Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - June 2020 |
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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 • 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 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) |
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