Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - November 2019

11/29/2019

• FCC Invites Comments on Digital AM Broadcasting Proposal

• U.S. Unveils Procedure to Shield Telecom Networks from Security Threats

• Intel, MediaTek to Make a 5G Chip for PCs

• New Upper Limit Set on Neutrino Mass

• Senators Say U.S. Lacks Coordinated 5G Strategy

11/28/2019

• Radio As a Psy Ops Tool

• AT&T to Launch 5G for Consumers Using Low-Band 850 MHz Spectrum

• How EEs Can Stay Relevant

• 5G Subscriptions to Top 2.6B by End of 2025

• How Brexit Will Affect EU's Research Infrastructure (read comment at bottom)

11/27/2019

• Industry Positive on Outcomes of WRC-19 Congress

• Windows 7 End of Life in January 2020

• Japan Gets Lockheed Martin SPY-7 Anti-Missile Radar Technology

• Global Spectrum Regulators Allocate 10 GHz of mm-Wave for 5G

• FCC Bans Use of USF Funds for Huawei, ZTE Equipment

11/26/2019

• UK Labour Party Pledges to Nationalise Much of BT If Elected

• ARRL Drafting New Bill Addressing Antenna Restrictions

• Liquid Telecom's Transcontinental Fibre to Link East and West Africa

• The Thorny Problem of 5G Security

• EU Physicists Propose Huge Underground Gravitational Wave Lab

11/25/2019

• Google Completes of Curie Cable Connecting U.S. and Chile

• Wi-Fi Companies Back Broader Unlicensed Use at 6 GHz

• AT&T Expects Major 5G Handset Upgrade Cycle in 2020

• U.S. to Extend Licenses to Continue Business with Huawei

• Public Carsharing Fleet Reached 332,000 Vehicles Worldwide in 2018

11/22/2019

• British Broadband

• Satellite Designers Must Boost Cyber Security, Trusted Computing

• Vodafone to Activate 150 New 5G Antennas in Germany by Year End

• NI Launches Vehicle Radar Test System with 4 GHz Bandwidth

• Google to Shame Slow-Loading Websites (https://www.rfcafe.com scored 100%)

11/21/2019

• Will 5G Be Bad for Our Health?

• Chinese Manufacturers Ambivalent About 3D Printing in Manufacturing

• Wi-Fi Strives for BFF Relationship with 5G

• Wireless Telecom Group to Acquire Holzworth Instrumentation (NoiseCom, Boonton, et al)

• Many Radio Stations Flip to All Christmas Music This Friday 1 2 3 4 5 6

11/20/2019

• RF GaN Revenue to Exceed $1.7B in 2023

• DOD's Innovation Board Suggests Hiring Shortcuts for Tech Talent (actually a good plan)

• Youth on the Air Camp Coming to the Americas

• Evidence That STEM Programs Work

• "Capsule Living" in Los Angeles (ah, just like in China)

11/19/2019

• Manufacturing Slump Hasn't Dented Job Openings

• Laser Used to Commandeer Voice-Controlled Devices - Alexa, Siri, et al

• Access to 60 Meters Continues to Expand

• DARPA Picks Teams for Virtual Air Combat Competition

• Reliability Gives Way to Market Pressures

11/18/2019

• Race to Replace iPhones with Smart Glasses

• CBA Hits Back at Critics of Its C-band Proposal

• FCC to Protect Networks from National Security Threats

• 13 Reasons Why You Will Learn to Love Engineering

• Measuring Gravity with Floating Atoms

11/15/2019

• FCC Refuses to Be Bullied By Court

• USAF Seeks NexGen Directional Communications for Tactical Airborne Networking

• Fulfilling Internet Connectivity Expectations Across the Skies

• Ericsson, Nokia Ink 5G Deals with Chinese Operators

• The Christmas Season Officially Opens in Rovaniemi, Finland w/Santa Broadcast

11/14/2019

• Qualcomm Forecasts 200 Million 5G Phones in 2020

• FCC Considers Revising WWII-Era Antenna Site Requirements

• China to Dominate 5G Deployment Despite Early Lead by USA and South Korea 

• T-Mobile Catches Grief for Alleged Ring Tone Scheme

• Google's Project Nightingale Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans

11/13/2019

• Wrong to Repair (interesting article you might relate to)

• Altice's 19,000 Small Cells on Long Island Don't Help Much

• BlackBerry, BofA, Qualcomm Could Impact Future of Smartphones

• Global Execs Doubt U.S.-China "Trade War" Truce

• Coast Guard to Develop Drone Interception Capability

11/12/2019

• DOD Announces 5G Military Test Sites

• 5G and IoT to Boost the RF Transceiver Market to $18.5B by 2024

• Gartner Identifies Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2020

• Navy, Marines Moving Ahead with Unmanned Vessel Programs

• FCC Order Approves T-Mobile/Sprint Merger, Modifying Dish Deadlines

11/11/2019

• C-Band Alliance to Clear 300 MHz of Spectrum in NA for 5G Deployments

• Cellular IoT Device Shipments Approach 350M Annually by 2025

• LiFi Trialed in Commercial Airplanes

• AT&T to pay $60M Fine for "Unlimited" Data Throttling

• MS's AI Research Draws Controversy Over Possible Disinformation Use

11/8/2019

• >20 Billion RFID Tags to Be Sold in 2019

• What's Next After 5G? 6G at THz Frequencies (I posted 1st-ever 6G story)

• Broadcom Ordered by EU to Stop Enforcing Unfair Contracts

• Student Mentoring Needs to Be Better Recognized and Rewarded

• Russia Enacts "Sovereign Internet" Law

11/7/2019

• Verizon Tweaks 5G Home, Puts 5G Repeaters on Road Map

• New Electrolytes Push Ca-Based Batteries Toward Replacing Li-Ion

• Huawei Phone Sales Soar

• Are You Suffering from Technophobia?

• Walmart Appears to Gain Ground on Amazon

11/6/2019

• Indian Government Exacts Crippling Fees on Its Carriers

• 12 GHz Next Big Mid-Band Spectrum Opportunity?

• NASA's Van Allen Probes Shut Down

• Comcast Taps Its 19M Wi-Fi Hotspots to Offload Xfinity Mobile Traffic

• New Hubble Constant Value Adds to Cosmic Mystery

11/5/2019

• Apple Asks U.S. to Waive Tariffs on Their Chinese-Made Products

• Tesla Sales Tumbled 39% in 3rd Quarter

• Ericsson Lifts 5G Builds with Tower Investments

• Brexit's Effect on the UK's Manufacturing Sector (more experts w/crystal balls)

• How Did Radio Perform in Q3?

11/4/2019

• Happy Workers Are 13% More Productive

• Cisco Predicts Major Backhaul Upgrades for 5G

• 5G and AI Expected to Bring Heightened Cybersecurity Risks (duh!)

• Are Engineers Who Specialize More Successful?

• Private LTE and 5G Network Market to Reach $8B by 2023

11/1/2019

• Verizon Gears up for DSS Launch Next Year

• Boris Johnson Set to Grant Huawei Access to UK 5G Network

• London to Lay Fibre in The Tube to Boost Connectivity in Capital

• Engineers Develop New Way to Remove CO₂ from Air

• Study Casts Doubt on Carbon Capture