Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - June 2020

Technology Headline News Archives - RF Cafe

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6/30/2020

FCC Modifies 900 MHz Band to Facilitate Broadband Deployment

Trusted DoD Fabs GloFlo, SkyWater Join Forces

• U.S. Government Prepares Further Action Against Chinese Companies

• Senate Takes Aim at Navy's New EW Jammer

• "Ham Radio Saved My Life"

6/29/2020

Apple TikTok Spying iPhone Users - RF Cafe Apple "Suddenly" Catches TikTok Secretly Spying on Millions of iPhone Users

• Russian Hackers Attack Wuhan Flu-Related Work-at-Home Staff with Ransomware

• China's Beijing Reaches ~21,100 5G Base Stations

ARRL Seeks Vintage DX Logs for Archive

Engineering-Sourcing Connection in Electronics Procurement

6/26/2020

UK Tells Telcos to Stockpile Huawei Gear in Face of U.S. Sanctions

Radio Pirate Ignores FCC, Faces $10K Fine

• Nokia Tests 5G over C-Band Network

• BluGlass Commissions U.S. Laser Diode Test Facility

CAMSAT CAS-6 Satellite Antenna Deployed, Transponder Activated

6/25/2020

• Ericsson Predicts Fixed Wireless Access to Grow 3x Through 2025

• Qualcomm Leads in Wireless Patent Quality

• Northrop Grumman to Upgrade RF Components in F-16 Radar

• FirstNet Approves $218M for Deployables, 5G Upgrades

Teleportation Possible in the Quantum World

6/24/2020

• Bloomberg Finds 5G Networks Across Asian Cities to be Patchy

• Secretary of Defense Meets with FCC Chairman on Ligado

• Ericsson Mobility Report Shows Mobile Networks' Crucial Role During Wuhan Flu Pandemic

• Skin Cream Used to Prevent Li-Ion Battery Fires

T-Mobile Lays off Hundreds of Sprint Employees

6/23/2020

• House Bill Pushes Pentagon to Boost 5G Security

Electronic Supply Chains Sending Mixed Messages

DoD Microelectronics Office Boosts Contract Ceiling

• U.S. Stymies Digital Services Tax

• Wuhan Flu Pandemic Blamed for 25% Smart Meter Sales Drop

6/22/2020

U.S. Space Force Invokes Defense Production Act for Small Launch Market

• FCC Denies Petition Seeking Delay to C-Band Auction

Wuhan Flu Pandemic Causes 18% Drop in New IoT Devices

• It's Raining Plastic Everywhere (this is spooky)

• Rocket Lab Launches 3 U.S. Spy Satellites from New Zealand

6/19/2020

FCC Approves 5G Upgrade Order to Speed Rollouts

• Vertical Bridge 1st Tower Company to Become 100% Carbon Neutral

• Army May Have Electronic Warfare Tool the Pentagon Needs

AT&T Ready on 39 GHz Following FCC License Application Approval

Scientific Societies Condemn Racism in Wake of George Floyd Death (they didn't condemn it before?)

6/18/2020

• U.S. Chip Revival Gains Traction

• The Dawn of 2020 Was Boom Time for Tech Salaries

• Zigbee Alliance, Essence Group to Develop Open Standards for Smart Home Devices

Silicon Is Dead ... and Discrete Power Devices Are Dying

AT&T to Cut 3,400 Jobs in Next Few Weeks

6/17/2020

Russian-Ukrainian Radio War Continues

• Worldwide Smartphone Market <11.9% for 2020

UMC May 2020 Sales Show Increase in Revenue

• Auto Sector Stuck in Neutral As Few IC Makers Recover

• Bell Canada Doesn't Rule out Huawei for 5G

6/16/2020

Licensed Low Power IoT Tech to Surpass Unlicensed LPWA by 2025

FCC Advances 70-90 GHz to Support 5G Backhaul

• Huawei Charms to Keep UK 5G Business

• Worldwide Semi Manufacturing Equipment Market <13% in Q1 2020

• Amazon Enters Fray for Stake in India's Telecom Business

6/15/2020

UWB Tech to Show Strong Growth in Years to Come

• FCC Extends Comment Period on Human Exposure to RF

UK 6th in 5G Rollout

• FCC Says CBRS Power Limits Could Be Increased

C-Band Clearing to Move Ahead on Accelerated Timeline

6/12/2020

DoD Doubles Down on 5G Testbeds

KN6EQU Balloon Wins Cross-Country Race

• FCC's 5G Upgrade Order Passes 3-2

• ARRL Foundation Announces Frankford Radio Club Scholarship

Million-Mile EV Battery

6/11/2020

• UK Talking to NEC, Samsung and Others to Replace Huawei

ARISS Establishes Itself as Independent Organization

IMTS Trade Event Canceled Due to COVID-19[84]

C-Band Moving Ahead on Accelerated Timeline

• Google Sued for Tracking Chrome Users While Incognito (who believed they wouldn't?)

6/10/2020

April IC Sales up 6.2% YoY

Photonics to Drive GaAs Wafer Market Growth in Coming Years

AMSAT Defines Its GOLF Program Objectives

Ligado Opposes to NTIA's "Outrageous" Block to Its License Modification

• Israel Company Targets  Europe and Asia for Software-Defined Radios

6/9/2020

USAF to Assess Electronic Vulnerability of Aircraft

• DARPA Teams to Increase Security of Semiconductor Supply Chain

• Ericsson Suspends Field Work Amid Reports of 5G Protests

• EE's 5G Network Reaches 80 UK Cities

Nokia Touts 30% Base Station Energy Savings with 5G Cooling Tech

6/8/2020

• DoD to Invest $2.7M in Spectrum-Sharing Research

• Dish-Backed 12 GHz Plan Returns to 5G Stage

• Next-Gen Laser Facilities Usher in Era of Relativistic Plasmas Research

Digi-Key Expands Scheduling Orders up to a Year in Advance for U.S. Market!

GaN Complementary Logic on Silicon Using Normally-off Transistors

6/5/2020

NB-IoT Roaming Set to Accelerate Adoption in Europe and North America

• Scientists Announce a 'Nuclear' Periodic Table

Ligado Raises $100M for Its 5G, IoT Network Plans

China Pulls Ahead as Motor of 5G Smartphones for 2020

• U.S. FCC Adopts Rules for 6 GHz Band

6/4/2020

• Cellular IoT Module Shipments of Reached 265M Units in 2019

• China Already Has More Than 65M 5G Subscribers

FCC Modifies 900 MHz Band to Facilitate Broadband Deployment

Analog IC Market Rides Rollercoaster

6.1" iPhone 12 Production to Kick off in July

6/3/2020

Shortages Threaten Electronics Supply Chain

Balloons with APRS Payloads to Race Across America in Educational Challenge

AT&T to Deploy DSS in 2nd Half of 2020

U.S. Opens 6 GHz Band for Wi-Fi

• 5G Communication to Revolutionize Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

6/2/2020

• DARPA Selects Teams to Increase Security of Semiconductor Supply Chain

Radar Industry to Show Steady Growth Through 2025

• UK D10 Plan to Provide Alternatives to Huawei

What Is a Space Weapon, and Who Has Them?

• FCC, FTC Order Call Gateway Providers to Cut off Scam Robocallers

6/1/2020

Amateur Radio Operator Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, Makes History Aboard Crew Dragon

GaAs Wafer Market to Grow by 14% CAGR through 2024

• AT&T Reprimanded for Unclear "5G Evolution" Branding

FCC's Tower Co-location Plan Provides Network Predictability, Cost Savings

IoT in 2030: 24B Connected Things Generating $1.5T (not even equal to 1 COVID-19[84] bailout)