Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - September 2020

9/30/2020

• Military Renaissance in High Frequency Communications

• ITU Releases 2020 Radio Regulations

• Turning Trashed Electronics into New Alloys

• Cambium Meshes Wi-Fi 6 & 60 GHz for Fiber-Like Speeds

• From 1G to 5G: How Innovations in Cellular Shaped Our Lives

9/29/2020

• DoD Considers DSS for Operating Its Own 5G Networks

• ARRL Seeks Changes in FCC Proposal to Delete 3.4 GHz Amateur Band

•  Ericsson Demonstrates 1st Live C Band Network with 5.4 Gbps Throughput

• Analyst Thinks CBRS Auction Failed Goal

• 13% of Small Packages from China Contain Fraudulent Products

9/28/2020

• U.S. Space Force Eyes Improving Satellite Communications

• 3GPP Release 17 Delayed Until December

• AOC Electronic Warfare Europe 2020 Postponed to 2021

• Four 5G Drone Demonstrations and Trials

• NASA Plans for Return to Moon to Cost $28B

9/25/2020

• "Li-Fi" Link Exceeds 7 Gb/s Using Blue Micro LED

• MARS Communications Exercise Involves Amateur Radio Community

• Northrop Grumman Awarded for Evolved Strategic SATCOM Program

• 170 Million Fixed Wireless Access Connections by 2025

• MIT Engineers Develop Flat Fish-Eye Lens

9/24/2020

• Fab Emphasis Questioned as U.S. Chip Lobby Sounds Off

• Smartphone Market Headed for Mid-Range Mediocrity

• AMSAT-OSCAR-7 Approaching Return to Full Solar Illumination

• U.S. Army Radios Show Anti-Jam Progress at Network Experiment

• T-Mobile Achieves 5G Speed of More than 5.6 Gbps with MU-MIMO

9/23/2020

• Tech Job Market Hot for the Near Future

• Chipmakers Apply for U.S. License to Sell to Huawei

• UK Space Agency Unveils £1M Space Junk Projects

• Tesla's Value Drops $50B as Promised Cheaper Battery 3 Years Away

• Air Force Shocks Defense Sector with Secret Jet Fighter

9/22/2020

• Mobile Deployable Communications Conference in January 2021

• Verizon to Deploy Indoor 5G mmWave Sites

• U.S. Space Force Detected Space Based Infrared System Missile Attack

• Emerging Countries to Have Faster than Expected 5G Adoption Rate

• China to Launch Space Mining Bot

9/21/2020

• FCC Grants ARRL Rules Waiver Request

• Intelsat on Track to Meet C-Band Clearing Timelines

• U.S. Space Force Issues $298M Anti-Jamming Satellite Contract

• Ofcom Joins Global 4G and 5G Mobile Ecosystem

• AT&T Enables 5G Roaming for Its U.S. Customers in Japan

9/18/2020

• Trump Administration to Invest $1B in Research Institutes

• Only 18% of U.S. Consumers Aware of Different Types of 5G Spectrum (I'm surprised it's that high)

• 5G Enabled eSIM Marks Mobile Tech Revolution

• University in Poland to Launch Balloon with VLF Transmitter Onboard

•  Ericsson Hits 5.4 Gbps in MU-MIMO C-Band Test

9/17/2020

• Ericsson Warns That Open RAN Compromises Security

• Army to Award GPS Alternative Contract by End of September

• NXP Opening GaN Foundry in Arizona to Develop 5G Transistors & PAs

• 5G + Wi-Fi 6 Accelerates Internet of Everything

• 17% of Supply Chain Officers Are Women

9/16/2020

• Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Disaster

• ARRL Technical Service Award Conferred on James W. Brown, K9YC

• 170 Million Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Connections Expected by 2025

• Chinese SmallSat Launcher Fails

• UK Starts Phase 2 of LHC Upgrade Project

9/15/2020

• Beijing Becomes 2nd Chinese City to Reach Full 5G Coverage

• Canada Set for C$1B Lawsuit If Huawei Equipment Banned

• Samsung Set to Cut off Huawei Due to U.S. Sanctions

• Q4 Consumer Tech Sales Primed for 18% Surge

• NASA Declines Seat on Russian Soyuz for ISS Flight

9/14/2020

• U.S. Government Lawsuit Against Alphabet's Google Within Weeks

• China Close to Massive 5G Base Station Target

• Maine Radio Amateur Dies After Fall from Tower

• Lightweight Green Supercapacitors Quickly Charges Devices

• Nokia Launching Professional 5G Training and Certification

9/11/2020

• FCC Estimates Cost of Removing Chinese Equipment at $1.8B

• Air Force Research Laboratory Tracks Sporadic E

• 700 MHz Spectrum Cleared for Auction in January

• Linux: 29 Years and Counting as a Powerhouse OS

• Telecommunications Declared a "Public Service" in Argentina

9/10/2020

• FCC Amateur Radio Fee Proposal Open for Comments

• FCC 3.5GHz Auction Opens New Routes to 5G

• ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference to Stream Live

• July Semi Sales up 4.9% YoY

• China's Newest Wireless Entrant Raises $14.5B to Propel 5G

9/9/2020

• The Cost to Re-Shore the World's Supply Chains

• Calls for UK and EU to Compromise over Horizon Europe

• Global Wireless Charging Market to be Worth $49.30B by 2027

• Verizon Told to Stop "Most Powerful 5G" Claim

• Test Equipment Problems are Common and Costly

9/8/2020

• Tech Sector Tightens Its Grip over Europe's Stock Markets

• U.S. Space Force Upgrades GPS Anti-Jam Capabilities

• Fixed Wireless Access Poised for Global Scale and Adoption

• Nokia Launching Professional 5G Training and Certification

• Surveillance Camera Captures Huge Pile of USPS Mail Being Dumped

9/7/2020

• Wireless Providers Invested $29B in 2019 to Fast-Track 5G Deployment

• Broadcom Overtakes Qualcomm in Fabless Listing

• FAA Clears Amazon for Drone Delivery

• Particle and Atomic Physics More Likely to Win Nobels

• Manufacturing Adjusts, Rebound Continues

9/4/2020

• OneWeb Gets OK for Additional 1,280 Satellites

• Cosmic Rays May Soon Stymie Quantum Computing

• Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air Set for October 16-18

• China's Three Gorges Dam Hits Dangerously High Level

• 2020 Military PNT Conference to Be Held Virtually

9/3/2020

• Global Smartphone Market Forecast to Decline 9.5%

• CTIA Says 2019 Wireless Investment of $29.1B Highest Ever

• U.S. 5G Mid-Band Spectrum Auction Raises $4.5B

• USAF Investigates Beaming Solar Power from Space to Earth

• Holiday Online Shopping Forecast: Less Spending, More Empathy

9/2/2020

• U.S. Lags Behind in Global 5G Speeds

• >8000 Participants Attend 1st Virtual IMS Event

• Latest Tech Aims to Solve Riddle for Rural Broadband

• Another China Fab Project Stalled

• 50 Top Private Engineering Firms of 2020

9/1/2020

• China Factory Activity Slows in August as Flooding Hits Business

• CBRS 3.5 GHz Auction Concludes, Raising $4.58B

• China Chip Imports Still at $300B

• People Choose Smartphones over Booze

• World's Top Automakers Ranked by Revenue