Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - April 2021

4/30/2021

• National Amateur Radio Operators Day Bill Offered in Congress

• DoD Seeks Ideas for Real-Time Spectrum Sharing

• ARISS-USA Seeks Volunteers to Further Its Mission

• Experimental Military Navigation Satellite Pushed out to 2023

• France Buys Stake in OneWeb Satellite Internet

4/29/2021

• China's Satellites with Grappling Arm Can Grab U.S. Satellites

• New FCC RF Exposure Rules Take Effect May 3rd

• Epic 800 MHz Re-Banding Program Concludes

• Apple to Invest $430B in U.S. Operations

• In Fixing GPS, Timing Is Everything

4/28/2021

• Virtual CubeSat Developers Workshop is April 27–29

• Live Sessions at Virtual IEEE WAMICON 2021

• 5G in U.S. Boosts Towercos More Then Telcos

• Could the Ongoing Chip Shortage Linger Until 2023?

• Project Looks to Create Platform for Trusted Electronics

4/27/2021

• What Chip Shortages Taught Us About Supply Chain Resiliency

• Skyworks Buys Auto Unit from Si Labs for $2.75B

• China Boasts 792K Base Stations for 5G

• Cellular Industry's Clash over the Movement to Remake Networks

• FCC to Permit "Hot Car" Sensors in 57-64 GHz Band

4/26/2021

• Youth on the Air (YOTA) a Go for July 11-16!

• Marines Making Big Investments in EW

• UK Cites National Security Reasons for Probing Nvidia's ARM Deal

• Semiconductor Shortage Halts Production at Jaguar Plants

• Silicon Labs Sells Infrastructure to Get on IoT Bandwagon

4/23/2021

• Challenges Satellite Internet Must Address

• AM Radio Still Alive and Well

• DNS Flaws Expose Millions of IoT Devices to Hackers

• Amazon Buys 9 Atlas 5 Launches for Kuiper Broadband Constellation

• LED Community Saddened by Loss of Nobel Laureate Isamu Akasaki

4/22/2021

• Smartphone Revenues to Rebound by 13% in 2021

• Wi-Fi 7 Will Require New Level of Testing

• Canada Raps Bell's Knuckles on Pole Access

• Archive of Marconi Papers Acquired by California Museum

• Cyber Crime up 6%: E-mails, Texts, Phone Calls

4/21/2021

• Romania Latest Country to Implement Huawei 5G Ban

• NSF Funds Creation of Research Lab at Alaska's HAARP

• U.S. Space Force Introducing Commercial Capability Mission Areas

• The Circular Electronics Partnership

• DuckDuckGo Can Now Block Google Chrome Tracking Method

4/20/2021

• Global Cellular IoT Module Shipments Declined 6% YoY in Q4 2020

• Senators Push Quantum Computing at DoD

• Ulrich Rohde, N1UL, Awarded Germany's Cross of Merit

• 93% of Manufacturing Personnel Want to get Back to Work

• Atom Interferometry Demonstrated in Space

4/19/2021

• Ham Bootcamp Program on April 24th

• Student's Physics Homework Picked up by Amazon Quantum Researchers

• Port Congestion Continues to Throttle World Supply Chains

• People May Trust Computers More Than Humans

• FCC Publishes Pirate Radio Enforcement Provisions

4/16/2021

• Celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on April 18

• Lockheed Martin, Omnispace Eye Global 5G Hybrid Network

• CCA Urges FCC to Consider Higher-Power Rules for CBRS

• Ericsson Puts 5G to Work in Its Texas Factory

• Solar-to-Hydrogen Sees "Remarkable" Efficiency Jump

4/15/2021

• Huawei to Beat U.S. Sanctions with Software, Automotive

• RAC "Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day" Event

• Business Is Booming in China... Again (that virus thing paid in spades)

• 2020 Semi Revenues up 10.4%

• U.S. Export Ban Metastasizes to Chinese Supercomputing Companies

4/14/2021

FCC's Updated RF Exposure Rules for Amateur Stations Effective on May 3

• Spain Bends Some Rules to Secure Mobile World Congress 2021

• 2021 Trends in the Electronics Industry

• AT&T Sues Pittsburgh over Small Cell Fees

• First Wi-Fi 6E-Enabled 8K TV

4/13/2021

• Space Force Unveils Plans for Space Systems Command

• France's ANFR Spectrum Agency Authorizes 22,857 5G Sites

• ARISS USA Gets IRS 501(c)(3) Recognition

• BAE Systems Receives Adaptive Radio Frequency Contracts from DARPA

• Aluminum Batteries a Step Closer

4/12/2021

• IEEE Launches Revised Reporting Process for Professional Ethics Violations

• "Tantalizing" Results of 2 Experiments Defy Physics Rulebook

• Private Equity Firm Bids $20B+ for Toshiba

• Verizon's "Fastest 5G" Claim Stands up in NAD Ruling

• China to Reach 739M 5G Subs by 2025

4/9/2021

• LG's Cellphone Exit Spells Upheaval for Prepaid

• Hams Invited to Take Part in MARS Exercise on 60 Meters

• Inmarsat to Fight Dutch Government over 5G Eviction

• "Good Vibrations" for Piezo MEMS Market

• Verizon Looking to Offload LMDS Spectrum Holdings?

4/8/2021

• Trials with Frequency Beyond 100 GHz for 5G Backhaul

• Defense Intelligence Agency Progresses on MARS Database

• Huawei Beats U.S. Sanctions to Make Profit in 2020

• In-Person Friedrichshafen Ham Radio Exhibition Canceled for 2021

• Data from 500M Stolen Facebook Accounts Posted on Hacker Site

4/7/2021

• IMS 2021 to Take Place as a Live Event in Atlanta

• Flexible Indium Phosphide DHBT with f_T = 337 GHz

• Supply Chain Robust for 2021 and Beyond

• A New State of Light

• Combating China's Quest for Tech Dominance

4/6/2021

• SCOTUS Rules in Favor of FCC and NAB

• U.S., China "Race to 5G" Rages On

• Georgia Tech Readies "Wireless Power Grid" for 5G

• TSMC to Spend $100B in 3 Years

• Qubits Composed of Holes

4/5/2021

• FCC Mulls Setting Aside Spectrum for Space Launches

• World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) 2021 is April 18th

• Big Tech Seeks Immunity from Class Action Lawsuits

• ESA Looks to Begin In-Space Servicing Market

• Manufacturing Output Approaches Record Levels as Recovery Surges Thanks to Last Administration's "Operation Warp Speed" Covid-19 Vaccine Development

4/2/2021

• Dayton Hamvention Weekend Activities Announced

• Hong Kong Government to Award New 5G Spectrum in Q4

• Made in China, Sold on Amazon: Numbers Skyrocketing

• Maintaining Stable Supply Chain Despite Pandemic

• CubeSat Spacecraft

4/1/2021

• 5G Adoption Low for Prepaid Carriers

• Upward Radar Device Submitted to FCC for Approval

• European 5G Has €300B Price Tag

• 5G Isn't Just About Phones

• Combining Complementary Wireless Technologies for Industry 4.0