Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - October 2020

Technology Headline News Archives - RF Cafe

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10/30/2020

• Trump Replaces H-1B Visa Lottery w/Wage Bidding

• Pentagon Seeks Strategy to Spark Transform Data into Warfighting Tool

Ericsson Caught in Crosshairs Between China, Sweden

• ASA Partners with Nokia to Build 1st Moon-Based Cellular Network

Bulgaria Signs 5G Security Declaration with U.S.

10/29/2020

FCC Extends Use of 4.9 GHz Band by Adopting New Rules

China's 5G Infrastructure Push Continues to Accelerate

U.S. Military to Hasten Adoption of 5G with Wireless Contracts

Timekeeping Theory Combines Quantum Clocks and Einstein's Relativity

• FCC to Draft Social Media Regulations

10/28/2020

• Thailand Enacts Ban Against Importation of Electronic Waste

RAIN RFID Market Size Estimated at $1.3B

• From Foldable Phones to Stretchy Screens

• NTU Researchers Develop Radiation-Protection for Chips in Satellites

Ligado Raises Nearly $4B to Support L-Band Plan

10/27/2020

FCC Addresses Non-Compliance with Labeling Requirements

Elon Musk Calls FCC Chairman Pai to Discuss 12 GHz Band

Tech Firms Support Huawei Restriction, Balk at Cost

• Lockheed Martin Approved for Shetland Space Centre Plans

• NGMN Alliance Project Focuses on Vision and Drivers for 6G

10/26/2020

• Talk of National 5G Plan from DoD Causes Confusion, Concern

Charging Electric Cars up to 90% in 6 Minutes

Software-Defined Satellite Ground Stations the Next Big Leap

• Robert Bankston, KE4AL, Is New AMSAT President

• Nominations Open for Golden Antenna Award

10/23/2020

FCC Headquarters Relocates

• Minsk, Belarus' Teetering Tech Scene

2020 Wafer Shipments to Grow 2.4%

• France Completes 3.4 - 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 Antitrust Lawsuit Google - RF Cafe 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

Radio Turns 100

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

Nokia Hits 100 5G Deals

• 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%