Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - October 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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3.8 GHz Mid-Band 5G Spectrum Auction • 25 Utah Schools to Deploy Private LTE Using CBRS 10/22/2020 • SIA and SRC Publish $3.4B Plan for Stimulating U.S. Semiconductor R&D • U.S. DoD Allocates $600M for 5G Experimentation and Testing • FTC Proposes Rulemaking on "Made in USA" Labeling • Boingo Launches Wi-Fi 6 at São Paulo Airport • Europe Telecoms Lobby Group Denounces Bans on Chinese Vendors (gee, wonder where their money comes from?) 10/21/2020 • DoJ Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google • Reshoring and Onshoring Trend Update • Japan Resists U.S. Calls for Blanket Ban on Chinese Telecoms Tech • Good News for In-Car Radio Listening • Hughes India to Provide High Speed Network to 5,000 Indian Villages 10/20/2020 • France Hopes to Allay 5G Fear with Emissions Tests (no more tower torching) • Huawei May Have Found an Ally in Japan • SpaceX Launches Batch of 60 More Starlink Satellites • China Redoubles 5G Deployment As Current Tech Falls Fat • FCC Targets Reforms for "Big Tech" Social Media Section 230 Protection 10/19/2020 • Ofcom Set to Probe BT over Broadband Charges • DoD Invests $600M for 5G Military Tests • Apple Finally Reveals 5G iPhones • "One-Way" Electronic Devices • Bluetooth Flaw in Linux Kernel Allows Hackers to Execute Code 10/16/2020 • Wireless Chipset and RFFE Vendors Launch OpenRF to Standardize and Advance 5G • Russia Puts Huawei in Driver's Seat for Building High-Tech Superhighways • Huawei Ousted from Heart of EU • Optical Tweezer Pioneer Arthur Ashkin Dies Aged 98 10/15/2020 • OpenRF Consortium Could Save Time, Money for Smartphone Industry • Nokia Steps in to Fill Huawei's 5G Shoes • 5G Smartphone Sales Surging from 18M in 2019 to 250M in 2020 • Right-Pricing Cellular Patent Licensing in 4G and 5G Connected Vehicles • ARISS Celebrates 20 Years of Ham Radio on the ISS 10/14/2020 • There's No 5G iPhone, But 1/2 of iPhone Users Think They Have One • Satellite "Mega-Constellations" Measurable Affect Telescope Imaging (duh, it was predicted & dismissed) • IBM to Break up 109-Year Old Company to Focus on Cloud Growth • U.S. Space Force Announces New Nicknames for GPS Satellites • Solar Physicist Predicts a Slightly Better Solar Cycle 25 10/13/2020 • Groups Blast Idea of Nationalized 5G Network • FCC Opts for Accuracy over Speed in $9B Rural 5G Fund • CERN's Carbon Emissions Equal to Large Cruise Liner • Space Force Gets Its 1st Vice Chief of Space Operations • 2 More Astronauts Earn Amateur Radio Licenses 10/12/2020 • U.S. Space Force Say No Troops on Moon in Near Future • FCC Orders Amateur Access to 3.5 GHz Band to "Sunset" • Loon LTE High Altitude Platform Station Seeks FCC Approval • Zigbee Alliance Launches Europe SIG • Farmers Use Private LTE in CBRS Spectrum to Increase Yields 10/9/2020 • NXP Opens New 6" RF GaN Fab in Arizona • Einstein's General Relativity Proven Correct Yet Again • U.S. Space Force to Establish New Acquisitions Command in 2021 • French 5G Spectrum Auction Completes • Ofcom Action Makes a Difference on "Follow Me" Fraud 10/8/2020 • Low-Loss Materials for 5G a $110M Market by 2031 • NXP Bets on 5G Networks with RF Chip Plant in U.S. • UK Space Agency Funds Search for International Collaborations • Low-Loss Materials for 5G to Be a $110M Market by 2031 • India and Japan Partner to Develop 5G 10/7/2020 • FCC Votes to Expand Use of 4.9 GHz, Despite Safety Protests • Why Writing by Hand Makes Kids Smarter • FCC Moves Forward on 3.45-3.55 GHz, Wants CBRS-Like Input • RF Front-End Market Steady Growth Through 2025 10/6/2020 • U.S. Army Wants Help with Radios That Integrate with Augmented Reality • How the World's Supply Chains Can Come Back • NASA's $28B Plan to Return Astronauts to Moon in 2024 • ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program Now Accepting Applications • Evolution of Radio-Resistance More Complicated Than Thought 10/5/2020 • 4.9 GHz Plan Faces Opposition from Public Safety • White House Pulls Renomination of Michael O'Rielly to FCC • U.S. Tightens Exports to China Chipmaker SMIC for Risk of Military Use • Electronic Component Distributors Need to Add Value • Absence of 5G iPhone Holding Back 5G Adoption in U.S. 10/2/2020 • Will Relocating Engineers Embrace a Pay Cut? • FCC Grants ARRL Waiver Request for Emergency Operations • Scottish Government to Invest £4M to Aid 5G Deployment in Scotland • The Future of Flying Antennas • U.S. E-Commerce Companies in the Dark on EU Privacy Rules 10/1/2020 • Small-Dimension Wafer Market Estimated Revenue of $5.4B by 2025 • Without Trade Shows, What Are We Missing…Really? • Victoria Coleman Sworn in as 22nd DARPA Director • NB-IoT, LTE-M Stay Hitched to LTE waveform • General Motors Slashes Battery Wiring by 90% |
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