Tech Headline News Archive - April 2019

4/30/2019

• Global Radar Sensors Market to Grow at 18% YoY from 2019 to 2023

• 5G Will Support 22M Jobs by 2035

• Boeing to Build 11th WGS MilCom Satellite for Global C4ISR

• Huawei Frustration Shows as CIA Allegedly Shows the Goods

• Who Are the 10% of Americans That Don't Use Internet?

4/29/2019

• 5G Smartphone Shipments to Grow from 5M in 2019 to 1B in 2025

• Intelsat Declares Drifting Satellite Total Loss

• FCC Seeks Telecommunications Specialist

• How Will We Know If Early 5G Deployments Are Successful?

• Huawei Trumpets 39% Revenue Growth in Q1

4/26/2019

• International Marconi Day 2019 is April 27

• Rogers CTO Says 600 MHz Spectrum Key to Launch 5G

• Microsoft Hits $1T Market Cap

• Three UK Asks Ofcom to Drop Costly Rural Connectivity Initiative

• Hypersonic Weapons Present Severe Technological Challenges for Ruggedized Electronics

4/25/2019

• AT&T's Project AirGig Could Extend 5G mmWave Signals (a BPL scheme - trouble brewing)

• Wireless Broadband Alliance to Conduct World's 1st Wi-Fi 6 Industrial Enterprise Trial

• Is Wireless Killing Wired Networks?

• Samsung Applies Brakes to Galaxy Fold Launch

• An Unintended Consequence of Self-Driving Cars?

4/24/2019

• FCC to Make mm-Wave Spectrum Available for 5G and Satellite Broadband Services

• Apple, Qualcomm Settle Their Dispute

• $6B Market for Autonomous-Vehicle LiDAR in 5 Years

• U.S. Stalls China Institutions' U.S. Tech Purchases

• Huawei Touts Mass-Market Deployments of AirEngine Wi-Fi 6 Products

4/23/2019

• US, China Vying for AI and 5G Supremacy

• EU Looks to Remold Internet with New Copyright Rules

• 3D Printer Threads Electronic Fibers for E-Textiles

• Japan Approves Carriers' Plans to Build 5G Networks

• O2 to Activate 5G Driverless Car Testbed in June

4/22/2019

• Cloud Gaming Could Account for Half of 5G Traffic

• Qorvo to Acquire Analog / Mixed-Signal Power IC Firm Active-Semi

• Unexpected Properties Found in New Type Superconductor

• TIM, Ericsson Install 5G Demo Zone at Rome's International Airport

• Is Defense Acquisition at an Inflection Point?

4/19/2019

• Radio Still Owns the Ear

• Russia's New Radar Surveillance Aircraft Tracks 300 Targets at Once

• 1st Demo of RF N-Polar GaN Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor HEMT

• FCC's 24 GHz Auction Has Raised Nearly $2B in Bids

• The Scientific Contributions of the Late Paul Allen

4/18/2019

• FCC OET Seeks Comment on Modifying Equipment Authorization Rules

• Chip Manufacturing Equipment Sales Reach All-Time High

• SAW Device Market to Grow to $3.4B 2024

• Huawei and China Telecom Complete 5G Electricity Slice Test

• Security Researchers Find WPA3 Vulnerabilities

4/17/2019

• KT Corp Claims World's 1st Nationwide 5G Network

• Life After Nokia: How Finland's Radio Valley Emerged

• DARPA Announces 2nd Annual ERI Summit

• SDR Assembly Makes Space Missions More Flexible

• China Mulls Banning Bitcoin

4/16/2019

• Japan to Spend $14B on 5G over 5 Years

• World Amateur Radio Day 2019 Marks IARU Founding

• Tracking Phones, Google Is Dragnet for Police

• Space Is Opening up for Electronics Design

• WiFi Detects Suspicious Objects in Bags

4/15/2019

• U.S. Now Tied with China in Global 5G Race

• AMSAT Comments in FCC Orbital Debris Mitigation Proceeding

• Powerful Spyware App Hits iPhone

• Amazon Shoots for the Stars to Provide Internet from Space

• World's Tallest Buildings Not Built in USA Anymore (what is?)

4/12/2019

• Y2K-Like GPS Bug Knocks out NY City Wireless Network

• Swarm Signs Ford, Vodafone, Others for Satellite IoT Service

• France Tackles 5G Vendor Security Concerns

• 24 GHz Auction Pushes Past $1.8B

• Walmart to Amazon: Pay Your Taxes Before Challenging Us

4/11/2019

• 24 GHz Auction Moves to 5 Rounds/Day

• Want Your AM To Succeed? Put It on FM.

• Nokia Sees Private Networks as LTE-to-5G Transition

• Google Avoided Paying £1.5B in Tax (no hypocrisy here)

• Crowd-Sourced, Social Media Betting Tesla Will Crash and Burn

4/10/2019

• 5G Could Inject up to $20B/Year into UK Economy

• Austria and Australia Join March Against Silicon Valley

• Global Fixed Line Broadband Subscriptions to Hit 1.3B by 2025

• South Korea Carriers Announce 5G Pricing & Data Plans

• EU Updates Caller Location Requirements for Advanced Mobile Devices

4/9/2019

• RF Power Semiconductor Market Growing at 12.29% CAGR

• 5G Deployment Faces Skills Gap

• 50% Spectrum Cap Will Stifle 5G in India

• Israel's Beresheet Lander in Lunar Orbit

• SK Telecom Takes 5G Lead

4/8/2019

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• Amazon Gets into Satellite Connectivity Game

• UK FTTH Footprint Passes 2M Properties

• Wi-Fi 6 vs. 5G: Picking a Winner Misses the Point

• EU Cars to Have Speed Limiting Tech by 2022 (Big Bro)

4/5/2019

• Bluetooth Low Energy Market to Triple by 2023

• Is U.S. About to Soften Stance on Huawei?

• Petition for Rule Making Calls for "Amateur Digital Mode Transparency"

• 3D Modeling for Many-GHz PCBs

• Oslo to Install Wireless Fast-Charging System for Taxis

4/4/2019

• GPS Flaw: Security Expert Says He Won't Fly April 6

• Russia Spoofing GPS Signals on Massive Scale

• Chip Firms Expect IoT to Be Key Revenue Driver

• Additional Amateur Radio-Related Petitions Now Open for Comment

• New Applications Bring Renewed Life to UWB Wireless

4/3/2019

• FCC Issues Another Massive Fine for Slamming, Cramming

• T-Mobile Austria Launches 5G Network with 25 Base Stations

• DoD to Transmit Interoperability Exercise Info via WWV/WWVH

• ST Bets Future on Silicon Carbide

• U.K. Says Huawei Equipment Has Major Security Flaws

4/2/2019

• FCC's 24 GHz Auction Surpasses $1.5B in Bids

• Defiant Huawei Reports 20% Revenue Growth

• FCC 5G Spectrum Auction Tops $1.4B

• 2019 QST Key Design Competition Deadline on June 1

• Anti-Satellite Weapons: Rare, High-Tech, Risky to Test

4/1/2019

• FCC Tees up Public Notice on 37, 39, 47 GHz Auction

• Ofcom Outlines Plans for 2019/2020

• Chinese Startup OneSpace Fails in 1st Orbital Launch Attempt

• Saudi Telecom Company Has World's 1st Multi-Vendor Integrated 5G Network

• Telegram Provides Nuclear Option to Erase Sent Messages