Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - April 2020 |
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If you came to RF Cafe looking for a certain news item you remember seeing or found on a search engine, there is a good chance it is no longer on the homepage. Headlines change daily (except Saturdays). Here are links to all the headline archives. 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• FTC Imposes Record $5B on Facebook over Privacy • USPS Collapse Could Be Nightmare for Some Businesses (philatelists take note) 4/27/2020 • FCC and Ligado Are Undermining GPS • FCC Proposes $200M Fine for Failure to Protect Consumer Location Data • Quantum Computing Milestone with "Hot" Silicon Qubits • ARRL Suggests Taking a Creative Approach to Field Day 2020 • Geochemical Tool Reveals Origin of Earth's Nitrogen 4/24/2020 • New Way to Track Semiconductor Technology • Elon Musk Calls out Fake News on Ventilator Non-Delivery Claims •China Turns to Japanese IoT Expertise to Reduce U.S. Dependency • The West Must Do More to Stop China Buying up Technology • FCC Makes Further Spectrum Allocation to Accommodate 5G Deployment 4/23/2020 • Phone Maker Pays $100k Fine for Excessive SAR Emissions • Trump Knows What Connects with the People – Radio • Automation Key to Testing, Managing, Optimizing 5G Networks • Telco Revenues Forecast to Contract 3.4% Due to Wuhan Virus • India Says Zoom "Not Safe Platform" for Video Conferencing 4/22/2020 • U.S. FCC Releases Home Network Tips in Time of Wuhan Virus • South Korea Reaches Nearly 10% 5G Penetration • FCC Chairman Wants to Green Light Ligado Nationwide Network • Europe Faces Epidemic of Telecoms Mast Arson (benighted public burning witches) • Apple Launches New iPhone for Budget-Minded 4/21/2020 • European Smartphone Shipments down 50% for 2020 • Amazon to Add 75,000 Jobs as Online Orders Surge During Lockdowns (their trucks do 40-50 mph through my neighborhood) • Huawei Chip Unit Orders More Domestic Production • 5G Arsonists Damage >20 Masts over Easter Break • Crude Oil Futures Collapse to Historic Low of -$37 / Barrel 4/20/2020 • RF FEM Market to Remain Stagnant in 2020 Due to COVID-19 • Critical Research Hit as COVID-19 Forces Physics Labs to Close (no apologies from China yet) • FCC Grants NYFD Expanded T-Band Access • Telco Shares Are Losers as Lockdown Drives Internet Boom • Wuhan Virus Drives Global Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Semiconductor Recession 4/17/2020 • Arson, Sabotage to Dutch Cell Towers as 5G Conspiracy Theories Spread • FCC Eyes Banning China Telecom from U.S. Market • Post-Lockdown China: Glimpses of the New Normal (coming to a world near you, compliments of Wuhan) • U.S. Space Force Chooses VOX Space for $35M SmallSat Launches • Dell'Oro Expects Robust Wireless Capex Growth in 2020 4/16/2020 • Telcos Promise Broadband Aid for NHS Workers • Engineering Salaries Remain Strong • Semi Industry Ask Nations to Prioritize Semi Manufacturing Operations During Pandemic • Release 16 for 5G to Address Integrated Access Backhaul • DARPA Program to Build Travel Adapter for Human Body (cyborg pill) 4/15/2020 • Huawei, China Unicom Tout 5G Indoor Distributed Massive MIMO • New 144 MHz Transatlantic Record Reported • Cobol Programmers Shore up Unemployment Benefits Systems (Y2K redux?) • Wuhan Virus Impact on Technical Standards Bigger Than Initially Reported • FCC's "Keep America Connected" Pledge 4/14/2020 • The Pandemic's Toll on Privacy Laws (buh-bye Constitution) • Mobile Communication Antenna Market to Grow by $2B over 5 Years • DOD's Workforce May Shift Post-Wuhan Virus • 1st Transatlantic Contact on 70 cm Reported 4/13/2020 • Major Tech Companies and Industries Falling to the Wuhan Flu • New ARRL Volunteer Monitor Program is up and Running • CCA Blasts FCC's Rural 5G Fund Eligibility Maps • DoD Issues 5G RFP for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Testbed • Wuhan Flu to Slow Down 5G Adoption in China 4/10/2020 • FCC to Make 1200 MHz of Spectrum Available in 6 GHz Unlicensed Band • French Arcep Accepts 5G Bids, Postpones Spectrum Auction • FCC Floats Options for Proposed $9B 5G Rural Fund • Smartphone vs Virus, Will Privacy Always Be the Loser? • Silicon Valley's Snoopiness Paying off, But Is It Moral? 4/9/2020 • Wuhan Flu Threatens to Knock South Korea out of 5G Leadership • RF GaAs Device Revenue Declined 6% in 2019 • 5G Base Stations Use a Lot More Energy Than 4G • FCC to Deliver $200M in Telehealth Relief to Strained Hospitals • Smartphone and Laptop Chargers Enabled by Navitas' GaNFast Technology 4/8/2020 • FCC Expected toOpen 6 GHz Band for Wi-Fi 6 • COVID-19 Could Hamper National Security • Semi Materials Market Fell Last Year • Huawei Says European 5G Delays as Spectrum Auctions Postponed • U.S. Space Force Asks Raytheon to Swap GPS Computers from IBM to HP 4/7/2020 • $2T Rescue Bill Gives Defense Contractors Limited Relief • Some Countries Permitting "STAYHOME"-Suffix Call Signs during COVID-19 • 30% Reduction in Production of Smartphones Due to COVID-19 • AT&T Says Wi-Fi Call Traffic up 76% • Microsoft "Teams" Usage Surged 775% in Italy 4/6/2020 • Furloughs, Layoffs, CEO Pay Cuts Hit Radio • OneWeb Files for Bankruptcy as Due to COVID-19 • Verizon Makes Pitch for Licensing Part of 6 GHz Band • To All ARRL Members and ARRL VEC Accredited VEs • Analog Devices Withdraws Q2/2020 Guidance Due to COVID-19 4/3/2020 • Huawei Hits Back at U.S. • Vodafone UK Does Its Bit with Free Unlimited Mobile Data • Engineers in the Covid-19 Era • U.S. Chip Industry Lobbying to Stay Open Despite Virus Concerns • FCC Extends 3.65 GHz CBRS Transition Deadline 4/2/2020 • Prolonged Outbreak Presents Significant Problems to Telcos • Ultra-Secure, Jam-Resistant GPS M-Code Signal Underway • Atlas 5 Launch Deployment of Ultra-Secure Military Communications Network • Ofcom, UK Telcos to Launch National "Stay Connected" Campaign • 3GPP Delays 5G Standard Updates Due to COVID-19 4/1/2020 • FCC Grants Temporary Emergency Authority to WISPs Operating in 5.8 GHz Band • Aging Tech Means Raises for Some Who Lose Jobs in Wuhan Flu Outbreak (read this and weep) • Sell! Sell! BT to Offload French Operations • Power Level of High Frequency GaN Transistors Increased • Router Phishing Scam Targets Global Fear over Coronavirus |
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