AT&T and the city of San Jose, California, are teaming up in a public-private partnership that will foster the creation of a smart city with AT&T’s internet of things (IoT) technology. In April, AT&T and San Jose announced a strategic collaboration for the deployment of small cells.

A new company, EVERYWHERE Communications, launched to provide satellite and cellular connections for the millions of people and assets that require global connectivity for safety, security and productivity.

Brazilian mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Porto Seguro Conecta began offering Telit's simWISE solution to its internet of things (IoT) customers across Brazil in verticals including agrobusiness, fleet management and utilities.

South Korea’s KT said it proposed a Smart Boracay project to the Philippine government to help make the tourist destination safer and more wired with KT's information and communications technology (ICT) solutions.

The global internet of things (IoT) standards initiative oneM2M unveiled new tests as it holds its sixth Interop event.

pdvWireless reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year end results for the period ended March 31 and said it would lay off 20 percent of its staff.

Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications Systems (LA-RICS) is planning Long Term Evolution (LTE) round two with the primary objective of site augmentation of the round one system. The new round two sites will be selected in collaboration with AT&T.

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) board approved a report from its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and robotics working group on using UAS for communications support.

The Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report that offers a guide to government, civil society and industry actions that would dramatically reduce the threat of botnets and similar cyberattacks.

Drone provider DJI and Mircosoft announced a strategic partnership to bring advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities to DJI drones, helping businesses harness the power of commercial drone technology and edge cloud computing.