Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - July 2020

7/31/2020

• 5G Handsets to Comprise 19% of Smartphone Production in 2020

• Deadline Approaches for New EU Conflict Mineral Regulations

• Wuhan Pandemic Won't Stop SmallSat Market Growth

• The Coming Cull of Workers over 50

• Russia Tested New Anti-Satellite Weapon

7/30/2020

• Qualcomm Chases 20% Share of FEM Market by 2022

• Military GNSS Anti-Jamming Solutions to Rise over Next 5 Years

• AMSAT Partners with U. of Maine to Develop State's 1st CubeSat

• CBRS Auction Starts off Strong

•China Launches Robotic Mission to Explore on Mars

7/29/2020

• FCC Formally Designates Huawei, ZTE as National Security Threats

• Engineers Confirm 5G as Safe as Existing Technologies (is that good?)

• NAB Applauds D.C. Ad Tax Rejection

• Power Transistor Market Set for 7% Drop

• ARRL Foundation Announces 2020 Scholarship Awards

7/28/2020

• 5G Smartphone Teardowns Show RF Front End Challenges

• China Leads in 5G Deployment and Smartphone Market

• RAN Market Poised to Eclipse $200B

• FTC Considering Deposing Top Facebook Executives

• Unauthorized Transmissions Reported in 144 MHz Satellite Allocation

7/27/2020

• How Space Force and Space Command Fit into the Pentagon Cyber Plans

• EME SSTV Party Could Become Annual Event

• Global Radar Market to Reach $38B by 2025

• Execs of Bankrupt Companies Paid $131M in Bonuses This Year

• Tribute to Engineer Grant Imahara, Dead at 49

7/24/2020

• GaAs RF Revenue to Fall 3.8% in 2020 Due to Wuhan Flu

• Deadline Approaches for EU Conflict Mineral Regulations

• Bluetooth Device Shipments Expected to Exceed 6B  by 2024

• Deutsche Telekom Updates 15,000 Antennas to 5G

• Executive Order Examines Cyberattack Threat to the Power Grid

7/23/2020

• UK Asks Japan for Huawei Alternatives in 5G Network

• Broadcasters Ask Government for Financial Aid

• Nature Article Features LO-94,Lunar-Orbiting Ham Radio Spacecraft

• Global Military Radio Market to Grow to $9B by 2028

• Diverse 5G Spectrum Holdings Fuel Mix of 5G Infrastructure

7/22/2020

• LinkedIn to Lay Off 6% of Its Workforce Due to Wuhan Flu Downturn

• FCC Takes Further Actions Against Huawei, ZTE

• Global Military Satellite Terminal Market to Reach $6.2B by 2028

• Verizon's CBRS 3.5 GHz Deployments Rising

• Will Germany Be Next to Ban Huawei?

7/21/2020

• FCC Closing Filing Window at Its Headquarters

• Apple Wins EU Tax Case, Won't Pay $14B

• Verizon Readies SShift to 5G Standalone Core

• Lawmakers Oppose FCC's Ligado Plan

• Samsung Releases 6G Vision White Paper

7/20/2020

• Dish Presses FCC to Reject SpaceX Plan for 12 GHz Band

• U.S. Clings to Semiconductor Dominance as China Mounts Challenge

• AI's Carbon Footprint Problem

• What's the Status of Standalone 5G?

• Huawei Smartphone Shipments Slump

7/17/2020

• Supply Chain Disruptions Possible as Tensions Rise in Hong Kong

• Chinese Telcos Already Deployed >20,000 5G Base Stations in Shanghai

• 68% of Small Cells Will Be Enterprise by 2026

• 5G mMTC Module Shipments to Exceed 1B Units by 2024

• Independent Broadcasters Association Ready to Launch

7/16/2020

• Analog Devices to Buy Maxim Integrated for >$20B

• Brazil's Claro to Kick off 5G Services

• Virtual Semicon West 2020 Set for July 20-23

• U.S. Needs to Expand 5G Spectrum by Licensing Mid-Band Frequencies

• BAE Systems Delivers Radiation-Hardened SDR Radios

7/15/2020

UK Bans Huawei from Its 5G Network

• The Chip Industry Has Hardly Blinked

• RF Duplexer Market to Grow 11% Annually from 2020 to 2025

• New IARU Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Coordinator Appointed

•  Digital Fraud Flourishing During Wuhan Flu Pandemic

7/14/2020

• Italy Pushes to End Single Broadband Network Stalemate

• New Amateur Extra Class License Manual Available

• E-Commerce Dominates "New Normal" Retail (sad)

• UK Space Agency Opens Call for Proposals on 5G

• 15 Trends to Watch in Microelectronics

7/13/2020

• Russian-Ukrainian "Radio War" Remains at a High Level (1940s redux)

• NTIA: 3.45-3.55 GHz Good Candidate for Mid-Band Sharing

• Building Supply Chain Resilience During a Global Disruption

• EC Proposes No 5G Small Cell Planning Permission Obligations

• World's 1st 1 µF Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor for Smartphones

7/10/2020

• Will the Tech Workplace Ever Be the Same Again?

• Hong Kong's Status as Semiconductor Hub Under Threat (thanks to China)

• Cambium Embraces 60 GHz, Wi-Fi 6

• Breakthrough in Spintronics Could Boost High Speed Data

• Rural Cloud Initiative Brings the "Edge" to Rural America

7/9/2020

• Radio Broadcasting Bouncing Back

• UK: Huawei Must Meet Conditions for Use in 5G Network

• South Korea Nears 7M 5G Subscribers

• GaN and SiC Semiconductor Markets to Surpass $1B in 2021

• World's Widest Graphene Nanoribbon Synthesized

7/8/2020

• UK Commits $500M to Rescue Bankrupt OneWeb Satellite Constellation

• 2020 Top 50 Electronics Distributors eBook

• MTN Using DSS to Deliver 4G and 5G in Same Band

• Future is SMART for Submarine Cable Industry

• Fuji Envisions 400TB Tape Drive (and a 32-bit color VGA CRT display)

7/7/2020

Huawei Faces 5G Ban in Britain Within Months

• Vodafone Claims 5G Standalone 1st in UK

• Hat Tip to "Star Trek?" U.S. Space Force Names New Unit 'SpOC'

• FCC Lists Huawei and ZTE as Security Threats

• Huawei's Planned $1B UK R&D Facility Prompts U.S. Warning

7/6/2020

• Could Japan Offer a 5G Solution?

• Brexit Signatories Call on PM to Avoid "N Deal" or "Bad Deal

• Chip Sector Provides Lifeline During Wuhan Flu Pandemic

• China Aims to Complete Its Own Navigation System to Decrease Reliance on GPS

• Men and Women Go Separate Ways in College Labs

7/3/2020

• Army to Allow Users Access to Classified Info from Home (can't imagine any problems with that)

• 5G Continues to Expand Despite Wuhan Flu Pandemic

• Hydrogel Cools Electronics, Uses Waste Heat for Power

• New Method to Control Electromagnetic Compatibility

• Dr. Fauci Backed Wuhan Lab with U.S. Dollars for Risky Coronavirus Research

7/2/2020

• UK Government to Buy 20% of OneWeb Satellite System

• IoT in 2030: 24B Connected Things Generating $1.5T

• U.S. Special Operations Command to Develop Space Capabilities

• Norway to Build Wireless Charging Network for Jaguar Taxis

• Wuhan Flu Crushes Radio Revenue

7/1/2020

• Tiny Satellites Could Distribute Quantum Keys

• Theorists Calculate Upper Limit for Possible Quantization of Time

• SpaceX Postpones Starlink Launch

• Broadcast Translator Owners Punch Back

• Chemistry Paves Way for Improved Electronic Materials