Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - January 2019

Technology Headline News Archives - RF Cafe

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1/31/2019

• USAF to Test Laser- and Microwave-Based Directed-Energy Weapons

• Largest In-Building NB-IoT Field Trial in Germany Is Successful

EU Approves New Telecom Reforms to Promote Future Technologies and Services

• ESA Claims 'Big Beasts' Among 20,000 Pieces of Space Junk

• N. American Semi Equipment Industry Posts December 2018 Billings

1/30/2019

The FCC is Back in Business

• iPhone FaceTime Bug Lets You Hear Even If Call Hasn't Been Answered

• Ericsson Reports Better-Than-Expected Earnings on 5G

• Higher Transition Temperature in Superconducting Materials

FCC's Auction 101 Wraps up, Raising $702M

1/29/2019

Point-to-Point Microwave Antenna Sales to Grow by 8% in 2019

• China, Chips, and 2019 Still Unclear

• T-Mobile Launches 'First-Ever' 600 MHz Hotspot

• IEC 61190-1-3 Published for Attachment Materials for Electronic Assembly

China Restores Public Access to Microsoft's Bing Search Engine

1/28/2019

• ARRL Board of Directors Issues Statement on Amateur Radio Parity Act

• Toyota, Panasonic Plan Battery 'Gigaventure'

• Organic Plastics for Extreme-Heat Electronics

Internet Addiction Spawns U.S. Treatment Programs

• USAF Outlines 2019 Modernization Agenda

1/25/2019

• Chinese Military Units Training with ASAT Missiles

• Ford F-150 to Go All-Electric

• FCC's 28 GHz Auction Continues But Slowing

Hams in Indonesia Get New Bands

• TSMC's Outlook Underscores Foundry Market Challenges

1/24/2019

FCC Reactivating Equipment Authorization System

Motorola Razr's Pricey Comeback on Verizon Wireless

• Japan's Epsilon Rocket Launches 7 Tech Demo Satellites

• Poland Arrests Huawei Executive on Suspicion of Spying for China

• Semiconductor Leaders' Market Shares Surge over Past 10 Years

1/23/2019

China Threatens Reprisals If Canada Bans Huawei from 5G Contracts

• Long-Term Semi Market Outlook Remains Bright

• Isotropic Systems Raises $14M forSpace-Based Connectivity

Consumers Will Be Disappointed with 5G Speed

• TSMC Expects 14% Q1 Revenue Drop

1/22/2019

Microwave Tube Market Size Still over US$1B for 2018

• Singtel and Ericsson Launch Live 5G Test Facility in Singapore

• U.S. Ponders Bill Outlawing Sales to ZTE and Huawei

• Sprint Preps Atlanta for 5G with Massive MIMO Deployment

• Iran Admits Failure in Satellite Launch Attempt

1/21/2019

• National Instruments Founders Selected for Inventors Hall of Fame

DOD Gives Microsoft $1.7B Support Contract

Earth's Magnetic Pole is on the Move - and Fast (AGW to blame)

Over-the-Horizon Radar Reported on 15 Meters

•• Apple Accuses Qualcomm of Monopolistic Practices

1/18/2019

• German Satellite Special Event to Commemorate AMSAT 50th Anniversary

• Judge: Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone

• USAF Courts Small Business Innovators

• Deutsche Telekom & Ericsson Demo Wireless Backhaul with Fiber-Like Performance

SpaceX to Lay 0ff 10% of Its Workforce

1/17/2019

• Verizon Launches $1M Funding Opportunity for 5G Start-Ups

• 2019: The Year Everything Changes

• 75% of Telecoms Industry Think 2019 Will Be Great Year

• UK Manufacturers Crave Clarity as "Spectre of Brexit" Looms Large

• DigitalGlobe's WorldView 4 Earth-Imaging Satellite Fails

1/16/2019

• U.S. Operator Strategic Priorities for 2019

China Wafer Production Capacity Growth Fastest in the World

5G Hype: Learning from Previous Generations

• How Network Operators Can Capitalize on 5G

• Scientists Discover a Process That Stabilizes Fusion Plasmas

1/15/2019

Small-Satellite Launch Service Revenues >$69B by 2030

• Italian Government Approves 5G Trial in Cagliari

• Ford Reinforces Its Commitment to C-V2X

U.S. 28 GHz Auction to Resume Despite Budget Impasse

Nominations Solicited for 6 ARRL Awards

1/14/2019

Global Semi Sales up 9.8% YoY in November

• T-Mobile, Ericsson, Intel Complete World's 1st 600 MHz 5G Call

• Semis Hope for Soft Landing

• New General Class Question Pool Released, Effective July 1

Huawei Enters 2019 with High Expectations & Daunting Challenges

1/11/2019

Samsung Echoes Apple's Gloomy Outlook as Tech Woes Get Worse

• Is Radio Measurement About to Be Revolutionized?

• SK Telecom Touts Live TV Broadcast over 5G Network

• MIT Radio Society, EE and CS Department Hosting Radio Technology Lectures

AT&TTMOBILESPRINT Selling Customer Real-Time Location

1/10/2019

• Test and Measurement: New Year, New Test Market Predictions

• SpaceX Confident of Starlink Constellation for Satellite Internet

Apple Looks to India to Stem Decline in iPhone Sales

• Americans Have High Hopes for 5G

• Partnership to Develop 5G Base Station Chip

1/9/2019

• Mini-Circuits Partners with Virginia Diodes on Waveguide Bandpass Filters

• FCC Reaches $900k Settlement in Unauthorized Satellite Launch Case

CES 2019 Will Star 5G, Immersive Reality, Digital Trust, Voice UI

• Can Magnesium Do Lithium's Job?

Google Shifted $23B to Tax Haven Bermuda in 2017 (while supporting politicians who raise our taxes)

1/8/2019

• Europe to Spend €1.75B for Micro Electronics Research

FCC Stays Open Despite Government Shutdown

• Qorvo FEM Enabling Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Trials

• The Smartest Tech Products of 2018

• Musk vs. Bezos: The Battle of the Space Billionaires Heats Up

1/7/2019

• China Launches Telecom Technology Test Satellite

2019 Wireless Test Trends: The Year of Enabling 5G

Robocar Tech Faces 'Major Pain' in 2019

Semi Sales Slowing

• Astronaut Accidently Dials 911 from ISS

1/4/2019

2018 Radio by the Numbers

• Technology News We Never Saw Coming in 2018

Chip Sales Slipped Sequentially in November

TRUMPF Acquiring VCSEL Laser Diode Maker Philips Photonics

• Biggest Telecom Stories of 2018

1/3/2019

FCC to Suspend Most Operations on January 3 for Government Shutdown (fine w/me)

• 2019 Preview: 5G to Ripen

Apple Makes 1st Cut in Earnings Guidance in 15 Years

Predictions 2019: What We Can Expect for 5G This Year

• Big IPOs Eyeing a Brittle Wall Street in 2019

1/2/2019

• Who's Hiring and Who's Firing: A Flood of Tech Jobs

• FCC Investigates Widespread 911 Outage

• 2019 Preview: Midband Spectrum Takes Center Stage

• Hopes That 3D Sensors Will Revive Smartphone Market

Practical Quantum Computers at Least a Decade Away

1/1/2019

ARPANET Founding Father Lawrence Roberts Dies Aged 81

• How Much of the Internet Is Fake?

• ARRL Says Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles Petition is Premature

Turkey Space Agency to Boost Its Defense Industry

• Physicists Record 'Lifetime' of Graphene Qubits