2/26/2021
• USAF to Begin
Assembly of Airborne Laser
• Ham
Radio in Friedrichshafen Tentatively June 25-27
• The Rise of the
IoT Semiconductor
• CPRI Traffic Convergence with
Radio over Ethernet
• 10 Amazing
Facts About PCBS
2/25/2021
• Anti-Jamming
Tests of Military Satellites a Success
• Bitcoin
Mining Uses More Electricity Than All of Argentina
• Nano-Barrier
Could Protect Satellites from Oxygen Damage
• Hybrid
III–V TFETs and MOSFETs on Silicon
• 2/3
of Electricity Meters in North America Are Now Smart
• PA
Government Adds 1,586 Employees at >$100k/yr in 2020 -(while Wuhan Flu devastated private businesses)
2/24/2021
• Carmakers Wake up to New Pecking order as
Chip Crunch Intensifies
• FCC Preps $1.9B for
Huawei Rip and Replace (prediction: it won't
happen now)
• CTIA, CCA Cheer
Emergency Broadband Provision
• LPWA
LTE Networks Will Connect 75% of Smart Cities by 2026
• Keep Your
iPhone 12 Away from Medical Devices
2/23/2021
• China Might
Ban Rare Earth Exports to U.S.
• Ocean Networks Announces
Caribbean Express Cable
• C-Band
Assignment Phase Ends
• Can Europe Catch up in
Race for 5G?
• Roadmap
for 6G Technology Development
2/22/2021
• NASA's
Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars w/Helicopter Onboard
• Chipmakers
Halt Production in Texas After Power Outages
• UK Already Feeling
5G Speed Boost
• China
Supplies 5.9% of Domestic Chip Market
• Supply
Chain Professionals Want More Resilience
2/19/2021
• U.S. and China Already
Fighting for 6G Dominance
• ARRL Board Considers
Plan to Cover $35 FCC Fee for Young Members
• Significant
5G and Radar Chips at ISSCC 2021
• Linux Foundation, DARPA Collaborate on
Open Source for 5G
• GlobalFoundries
to Manufacture Secure Chips for the U.S. DoD in NY Fab
(secure like the voting machine overseas connections?)
• Biden Says
No
Vaccine Available When Coming into Office
2/18/2021
• French Institute Kicks off
Pan-European 6G Research Project
• British Columbia Ham Copies
Mars-Orbiting Satellite Signal
• U.S. Army Looks Beyond Land Targets with
New EW System
• GeoTargeting Would
Undermine Radio's Business Model
• Birds Can "Read" the
Earth's Magnetic Signature
2/17/2021
• Recent
Shortages in the Semiconductor Industry
• How Broadband Will
Transform the Emerald Isle
• Skyworks'
Quarterly Revenue Grows 58% to Record $1.51B
• Qorvo
Quarterly Revenue Grows 11%
• iPhone
12: Rekindling Smartphone Sales
2/16/2021
• A Perfect
Coronal Mass Ejection Could Be a Nightmare
• DARPA Pursues Plan for
Robust Manufacturing
in Space
• White
Hat Hacks into 35 Major Technology Firms
• Quantum
Computing Leaps Forward with New "Gooseberry" Chip
• Harvard
Astronomer Argues Alien Vessel Visited Earth
2/15/2021
• Google's
Transatlantic Dunant Submarine Cable Goes Live
• Ofcom
Removes Chinese Propaganda Outlet from British Airwaves
• SpaceX Launches
60 Starlink Internet Satellites into Orbit
• Zincblende
GaN 4x Higher Hole Concentrations Than Wurtzite GaN
• Products
of Tomorrow: February 2021
2/12/2021
• Most
of Europe Fails to Enact New Telecom Rules
• 1st Ever
Measurements
of Einsteinium
• China's
Tianwen-1 Probe Has Sent 1st Image of Mars
• New
Leadership at Amazon as CEO Bezos Steps Aside
(hmmm... not seeing a lot of diversity there)
• $43B for
"World's Biggest" Offshore Wind Farm in South Korea
2/11/2021
• Quantum Receiver
1st
to Detect Entire RF Spectrum
• IARU Receives Gift of
hamradio.org Domain
• RAB:
Digital Now 14% of Total Revenue
• Japan
Enacts Law Regulating Tech Giant Commerce Platforms
• ARRL
School Club Roundup, February Edition
2/10/2021
• LoRaWAN
Roaming Available in 27 Countries
• Bell
Canada to Spend $935M to Expand 5G, Fiber Footprint
• 6
GHz and Wi-Fi 6 Create Buzz in Wi-Fi Community
• Plans to
Retrieve Titanic Wireless Equipment Put on Indefinite Hold (thx to Wuhan Flu)
• "Stay
of Execution" for NiMH Batteries
2/9/2021
• Sweden
Holds 5G Auction for 2.3 and 3.5 GHz Bands
• Europe Launches
Quantum Processing on Silicon Programme
• DARPA Pursues Plan for
Robust Manufacturing
in Space
• ARRL Board of Directors to Reconsider the
Use of Electronic Balloting (yeah, 'cause it
worked so well in the presidential election)
• China Issues
Anti-Monopoly Rules Targeting Tech Giants
2/8/2021
• Massive
GDP Growth and Employment with 5G Networks
• European
Union DX Contest to Debut
• Qualcomm Shares Drop Due to
Chip Supply Constraints
• Pentagon to Work with Industry on
5G Network Development
• Lunar Traffic to Pick up as
NASA Readies Robotic Moon Deliveries
2/5/2021
• Optimising
AI Usage in the Telco Space
• GaInAsSb
1.55μm Telecom Device
• AT&T Borrows
$14.7B to Buy Spectrum
• SpaceX
Violated Launch License in Explosive Starship Test
• IoT at CES 2021:
A Sign of the Times
2/4/2021
• What's in Store for
Subsea Communications in 2021
• Chemists Settle
Li
Metal Anode Battery Debate
• Doomsday
Clock Remains Perilously Close to Midnight
• Semtech and Swarm Deliver
Satellite Communications with LoRa®
• Huawei
Suffers Same Phone-Making Jinx as Other Vendors
2/3/2021
• Samsung Considers
$10B U.S.-Based Chip Manufacturing Plant
• European Commission Awards
€1.47B Contract for 2nd Gen Galileo Satellites
• ARISS Investigating
Space Station Ham Radio Failure
• FCC Levies
$10M Fine on Robocaller
• FCC
C-Band Auction Heads to Next Phase
2/2/2021
• AMSAT
RadFxSat-2 Satellite Signals Detected
• Intel Claims
40% Share in 5G Infrastructure Silicon
• U.S.
Space Force Wants More Resilient Architecture
• Biden Order Pushes Government to "Buy
American" (sounds familiar...)
• Top 10
IC Growth Categories 2021
2/1/2021
• U.S. DoD
GPS Tests Threaten Airline Safety
• Wall Street Gears up for
2nd Bout Against Reddit Traders
• New
Stretchable Electronics Perform Better Under Strain
• 5G
Download Speeds in U.S. a Meager 47-58 Mbps
• China Collects
100 Petabytes of Earth Observation Data
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