Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - February 2020

Technology Headline News Archives - RF Cafe

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2/28/2020

• Semiconductor Intelligence Expects 7% Semi Market Growth

• ARRL Opposes FCC Plan to Delete 3.4 GHz Band

5G's Hottest Feature Is Network Slicing

Tesla, Panasonic Hiring "Hundreds" in Buffalo as Solar Business Recovers (see below)

Tesla, Panasonic to Lay off 400+ at Buffalo Solar Plant (see above)

2/27/2020

Coronavirus Takes 5-Week Toll on Product Shipments

In-Mold Electronics Market to Exceed $1.11B by 2029

• State of Matter Predicted to Conduct Electricity and Energy Perfectly

• Apple to Develop Its Own 5G Antenna for iPhone

• France Authorizes Use of 60-Meter Band

2/26/2020

• Fujitsu Receives 1st Private 5G License in Japan <

• Intelsat Declares C-Band Alliance Dead

DoD Budget Focuses on Leading-Edge Technologies

Offshore Wind Farms Could Power Coastal China

• New World Distance Record Claimed on 122 GHz

2/25/2020

• Qorvo Completes Acquisition of Custom MMIC

RF Tunable Filter Market to Grow at CAGR of 10.6% up to 2025

Global Digital Tax Deal on Internet Giants in Jeopardy

• NASA Solicits Venus Rover Design Ideas

• UK 5 MHz (60-m) GB3WES Beacon Shutting Down

2/24/2020

Tech Companies Prepare for Coronavirus Fallout (China's a SPOF for many)

• FCC Invites Comments on 5.9 GHz Proceeding

• AMSAT Declares End of Mission for Pioneer AO-85 CubeSat

Wireless Charging Market Projected to Grow to $71B by 2025

• White House Looks to Curtail DoD Worker Unions

2/21/2020

Thailand's 1st 5G Spectrum Auction Raises $3.2B

• EU Commission Updates Lists of Harmonized Standards Under RED

CBRS Auction Procedures Head to Vote

• Successful 47 GHz Amateur Radio Moonbounce Test Reported

• NRL Golden Touch Enhances Quantum Technology

2/20/2020

China to Use >70% of Industry's 5G RF Transceivers in 2020

• FCC's PIRATE Act is Now the Law

American Tower, Crown, SBA Get Bump from T-Mobile Deal

• New Windows 7 Bug a Real Turnoff

HuskySat-1 Gains Enthusiastic Following

2/19/2020

Mayors Suing FCC Call Its Small Cell Rules a "Land-Grab"

New Math Makes Scientists More Certain About Quantum Uncertainties

Brexit's Benefits: A Catalyst to Change?

• ARRL Creates New HF Band Planning Discussion Group

Extending Quantum Entanglement Across Town

2/18/2020

California Still Top Spot for U.S. Tech Jobs (if you can live in your car)

• Trump Budget Set to Double AI and Quantum Computing R&D

CubeSats Set for Deployment from ISS

5G Extended Reality Emerges as Hot Focus

• What's the Hottest Job in Tech?

2/17/2020

• RF Exposure Test Finds iPhone 11 Pro Exceeds the FCC Limit

• Ericsson Drops out of MWC over Coronavirus Concerns

• FCC Raises $7.56B from 1st Phase Auction of mm-Wave Spectrum

Sprint T-Mobile Merger Gets Green Light

International Amateur Radio Union Debuts New Websites

2/14/2020

MWC 2020 Cancelled Due to Coronavirus - RF CafeMWC 2020 Cancelled Due to Coronavirus

• What's in Store for National Engineers Week (February 16-22)

• Carriers Broke Law Disclosing Customer Location Data

• OneWeb Launches 1st Major Tranche of Satellites

Silicon Slips 7% YoY in 2019

2/13/2020

• DARPA's Plan for U.S.-Friendly 5G Network

Registrations Begin for MilSatCom USA 2020!

Qualcomm Cites Coronavirus Uncertainty in Lowered Guidance

Tech Company Lockdown: Who's Who in Wuhan

• Trump Seeks Big Increase in Career-Technical Education Money

2/12/2020

• DARPA Integrated Mixed-Mode RF Electronics in Onshore Foundries

• Philips Hue Vulnerability Shines Light on Possible IoT Security Nightmare

Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, Elected AMSAT President

• Vodafone Tests DSS at 700 MHz & 800 MHz

• Apple Is Biggest Buyer of Silicon

2/11/2020

WiGig Market to Grow 4x to over $4B by 2024

GaN Transistors up the Game in Reliability and Power Efficiency

Dayton Hamvention 2020 Web Portal Opens for Tickets, Exhibit Space

Huawei, ZTE Fights FCC National Security Threat Classification

• Improving 5G Network Security

2/10/2020

• Undersea Expedition Planned to Retrieve Titanic's Radio Gear

• Latest Episode of ARRL Audio News Available

Elon Musk Slams Twitter, Google for Rising Scams, Fake Bots

Tall And Thin or Short and Fat: Are Engineers Ready for Industry 4.0?

• Xilinx to Lay off 7% of Workforce

2/7/2020

• FCC Seeks Candidates for Honors Engineer Program

5G on Hold in Brazil as Spectrum Auction Delayed

• UK Warns Free European Roaming May End in 2021

• Supercomputers Help Link Quantum Entanglement to Cold Coffee

Beer Might Actually Be Good for You, According to Science

2/6/2020

Chinese Researchers Returning Home in Greater Numbers

U.S. Space Force Seeks Civilians to Join Staff

• C-Band Legislation to Prevent Windfall for Satellite Companies

• Satellites Shifting to Higher Orbits to Avoid Debris

• EU Welcomes Pompeo's 5G Comments

2/5/2020

• FCC Authorizes Commercial Deployment of CBRS in U.S .

• NTIA Cites Progress in 3450-3550 MHz Band for Sharing

Foundation for Amateur Radio Invites Scholarship Applications

• Orange Chooses Ericsson and Nokia over Huawei forFrance 5G

$1,500 Foldable Motorola Razr Makes Bid for Old Glory

2/4/2020

Huawei, Chinese Chip Makers Keep Factories Humming Despite Coronavirus

FCC mmWave Auction Brings in >$7.5B

HuskySat-1 with VHF/UHF Linear Transponder Set to Deploy Soon

• Overcoming Signal Loss in Magnonic Circuits

Huawei Races to Replace Google Apps for Next Smartphone

2/3/2020

Supply Chain Poised for Coronavirus Disruption

• U.K. Allows Limited Huawei Role in 5G Networks

• Info on Dayton Hamvention-Related Activities

• How India Shuts Down the Internet

• FCC's TRACED Act Signed into Law