6/30/2020
•
FCC Modifies 900 MHz Band to Facilitate Broadband Deployment
•
Trusted DoD Fabs GloFlo, SkyWater Join Forces
• U.S. Government Prepares
Further Action Against Chinese Companies
• Senate Takes Aim at
Navy's New EW Jammer
• "Ham
Radio Saved My Life"
6/29/2020
Apple "Suddenly" Catches
TikTok Secretly Spying on Millions of iPhone Users
• Russian
Hackers Attack Wuhan Flu-Related Work-at-Home Staff with Ransomware
• China's Beijing Reaches
~21,100 5G Base Stations
• ARRL
Seeks Vintage DX Logs for Archive
•
Engineering-Sourcing Connection in Electronics Procurement
6/26/2020
•
UK Tells Telcos to Stockpile Huawei Gear in Face of U.S. Sanctions
•
Radio
Pirate Ignores FCC, Faces $10K Fine
• Nokia Tests
5G over C-Band Network
• BluGlass Commissions
U.S. Laser Diode Test Facility
•
CAMSAT CAS-6 Satellite Antenna Deployed, Transponder Activated
6/25/2020
• Ericsson Predicts
Fixed Wireless Access to Grow 3x Through 2025
• Qualcomm Leads in
Wireless Patent Quality
• Northrop Grumman to
Upgrade RF Components in F-16 Radar
• FirstNet Approves
$218M for Deployables, 5G Upgrades
• Teleportation
Possible in the Quantum World
6/24/2020
• Bloomberg Finds
5G Networks Across Asian Cities to be Patchy
• Secretary of Defense Meets with
FCC Chairman on Ligado
• Ericsson Mobility Report Shows
Mobile Networks' Crucial Role During Wuhan Flu Pandemic
• Skin Cream Used to
Prevent Li-Ion Battery Fires
•
T-Mobile Lays off Hundreds of Sprint Employees
6/23/2020
• House Bill Pushes Pentagon to
Boost 5G Security
•
Electronic Supply Chains Sending Mixed Messages
•
DoD Microelectronics Office Boosts Contract Ceiling
• U.S. Stymies
Digital Services Tax
• Wuhan Flu Pandemic Blamed for
25% Smart Meter Sales Drop
6/22/2020
•
U.S. Space Force Invokes Defense Production Act for Small Launch Market
• FCC Denies Petition Seeking
Delay to C-Band Auction
•
Wuhan Flu Pandemic Causes 18% Drop in New IoT Devices
• It's
Raining Plastic Everywhere (this is spooky)
• Rocket Lab
Launches 3 U.S. Spy Satellites from New Zealand
6/19/2020
•
FCC Approves 5G Upgrade Order to Speed Rollouts
• Vertical Bridge 1st
Tower Company to Become 100% Carbon Neutral
• Army May Have
Electronic Warfare Tool the Pentagon Needs
•
AT&T Ready on 39 GHz Following FCC License Application Approval
•
Scientific Societies Condemn Racism in Wake of George Floyd Death
(they didn't condemn it before?)
6/18/2020
• U.S. Chip
Revival Gains Traction
• The Dawn of 2020 Was
Boom Time for Tech Salaries
• Zigbee Alliance, Essence Group to Develop
Open Standards for Smart Home Devices
•
Silicon Is Dead ... and Discrete Power Devices Are Dying
•
AT&T to Cut 3,400 Jobs in Next Few Weeks
6/17/2020
• Russian-Ukrainian
Radio War Continues
• Worldwide
Smartphone Market <11.9% for 2020
•
UMC May 2020 Sales Show Increase in Revenue
• Auto Sector Stuck in Neutral As
Few IC Makers Recover
• Bell Canada Doesn't
Rule out Huawei for 5G
6/16/2020
•
Licensed Low Power IoT Tech to Surpass Unlicensed LPWA by 2025
•
FCC Advances 70-90 GHz to Support 5G Backhaul
• Huawei Charms to Keep
UK 5G Business
• Worldwide
Semi Manufacturing Equipment Market <13% in Q1 2020
• Amazon Enters Fray for Stake in
India's Telecom Business
6/15/2020
•
UWB Tech to Show Strong Growth in Years to Come
• FCC Extends Comment Period on
Human Exposure to RF
•
UK 6th in 5G Rollout
• FCC Says
CBRS Power Limits Could Be Increased
•
C-Band Clearing to Move Ahead on Accelerated Timeline
6/12/2020
• DoD
Doubles Down on 5G Testbeds
•
KN6EQU Balloon Wins Cross-Country Race
• FCC's
5G Upgrade Order Passes 3-2
• ARRL Foundation Announces
Frankford Radio Club Scholarship
•
Million-Mile EV Battery
6/11/2020
• UK Talking to NEC, Samsung and
Others to Replace Huawei
•
ARISS Establishes Itself as Independent Organization
•
IMTS Trade Event Canceled Due to COVID-19[84]
•
C-Band Moving Ahead on Accelerated Timeline
• Google Sued for
Tracking Chrome Users While Incognito (who believed
they wouldn't?)
6/10/2020
•
April IC Sales up 6.2% YoY
•
Photonics to Drive GaAs Wafer Market Growth in Coming Years
•
AMSAT Defines Its GOLF Program Objectives
•
Ligado Opposes to NTIA's "Outrageous" Block to Its License Modification
• Israel Company Targets Europe and Asia for
Software-Defined Radios
6/9/2020
•
USAF to Assess Electronic Vulnerability of Aircraft
• DARPA Teams to Increase
Security of Semiconductor
Supply Chain
• Ericsson Suspends Field Work Amid
Reports of 5G Protests
• EE's
5G Network Reaches 80 UK Cities
•
Nokia Touts 30% Base Station Energy Savings with 5G Cooling Tech
6/8/2020
• DoD to Invest $2.7M in
Spectrum-Sharing Research
• Dish-Backed
12 GHz Plan Returns to 5G Stage
• Next-Gen Laser Facilities Usher in Era of
Relativistic Plasmas Research
•
Digi-Key Expands Scheduling Orders up to a Year in Advance for U.S. Market!
•
GaN Complementary Logic on Silicon Using Normally-off Transistors
6/5/2020
•
NB-IoT Roaming Set to Accelerate Adoption in Europe and North America
• Scientists Announce a
'Nuclear'
Periodic Table
•
Ligado Raises $100M for Its 5G, IoT Network Plans
•
China Pulls Ahead as Motor of 5G Smartphones for 2020
• U.S. FCC Adopts
Rules
for 6 GHz Band
6/4/2020
• Cellular
IoT Module Shipments of Reached 265M Units in 2019
• China Already Has
More Than 65M 5G Subscribers
•
FCC Modifies 900 MHz Band to Facilitate Broadband Deployment
• Analog
IC Market Rides Rollercoaster
•
6.1" iPhone 12 Production to Kick off in July
6/3/2020
•
Shortages Threaten Electronics Supply Chain
•
Balloons with APRS Payloads to Race Across America in Educational Challenge
•
AT&T to Deploy DSS in 2nd Half of 2020
•
U.S. Opens 6 GHz Band for Wi-Fi
• 5G Communication to
Revolutionize Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
6/2/2020
• DARPA Selects Teams to Increase
Security of Semiconductor
Supply Chain
•
Radar Industry to Show Steady Growth Through 2025
• UK D10 Plan to Provide
Alternatives to Huawei
•
What Is a Space Weapon, and Who Has Them?
• FCC, FTC Order Call Gateway
Providers to Cut off Scam Robocallers
6/1/2020
•
Amateur Radio Operator Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, Makes History Aboard Crew Dragon
•
GaAs Wafer Market to Grow by 14% CAGR through 2024
• AT&T Reprimanded for
Unclear "5G Evolution" Branding
•
FCC's Tower Co-location Plan Provides Network Predictability, Cost Savings
•
IoT in 2030: 24B Connected Things Generating $1.5T
(not even equal to 1 COVID-19[84] bailout)
|