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If you came to RF Cafe looking for a certain news item you remember seeing or found on a search engine, there is a good chance it is no longer on the homepage. Headlines change daily (except Saturdays). Here are links to all the headline archives.

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12/31/2020

C-Band Nears $70B, Rockets Past Prior U.S. Spectrum Auctions

Evolution of Personal Communications Technology Through 2050

• What's Lying in Wait for Telecoms in 2021

• 2020 World Communication Awards Winners!

• Earth Could Be Entirely Powered by Sustainable Energy (nuclear is sustainable w/no greenhouse gases)

12/30/2020

• 2020 Store Closures Lead Year of Wireless Retail Upheaval

• 5G Americas Provides a Peek into NexGen Wireless Communications

• U.S. Operators Spent $70B in C-Band Auction, More to Come

• 5G Lessons from South Korean Telcos

• FCC Launches Efforts to Replace Certain 5G Equipment

12/29/2020

GaN-on-SiC to Maintain Stronghold in 5G Sub-6 GHz RRH

16 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 21st Century

Women in Technology: Channel Your Passion

Verizon Expands Nationwide 5G to 230M People

• OneWeb Resumes Deployment of 650-Satellite Broadband Network

12/28/2020

China Tests 6G Wireless Communications

• Congress Provides $130M for Hypersonic Missile Warning Satellites

Top 10 RF Spectrum Analyzers in 2020

IBM to Secure Chip Supplies for U.S. DoD

What If China Taps Open RAN to Breach Networks?

12/25/2020

Netherlands Radio Amateurs Face Fee Increases

5G and Wi-Fi 6 to Disrupt Communication Protocols for Building Automation Systems

World and IC Industry out of Joint

• Army Fortified Radio Withstands Electronic Warfare

• Operator Wins and Fails for 2020

12/24/2020

Commemorate 1906 Fessenden Christmas Eve Broadcast Starts Today

• 5G Is Fastest Growing Mobile Technology in History

Nokia Going for 5G Share at Expense of Margin

• FCC Moves to Expedite Equipment Authorizations

• >600 Japan Entities Hit by Cyberattacks Amid Rise in Telework

2020 Software Failures Linked to Wuhan Flu

12/23/2020

Virtual Trade Shows Again in 2021

Space Force Members Finally Get a Name: "Guardians" (I like "Sentinels" better)

• China's Chang'e 5 Returns Moon Rock Samples to Earth

FCC Begins 5G Spectrum Auction

• Oregon ARRL VEC Offers Testing from Your Car

12/22/2020

• NFC Forum Announces an Independent Contactless Standards Certification Program

• Defense Policy Bill Prepares Pentagon for Operational 5G

• ARISS Marks 20 Years of Continuous Ham Radio Operation in Space

• 2020 Software Failures Linked to COVID-19

• Russia's Hypersonic Avangard Boost-Glide Weapon Enters "Combat Duty"

12/21/2020

Electric Utilities Eye Private LTE, 5G for Digital Transformations

Demand for non-Japanese Engineers Growing in Japan

• Science Gains Ground While Fewer Students Opting for MBA, Engineering

TSMC YTD up 26.4% YoY

• Sifting out Universe's 1st Gravitational Waves

12/18/2020

FCC Authorizes 1st Wi-Fi 6E Device

• DST Launches Scheme for Women in Science and Engineering

• Trump Administration Releases National Space Policy

Transatlantic Radio Tests Mark 99th Anniversary

New Electronic and Photonic Device Design

12/17/2020

• C-Band 5G Spectrum Auction Garners $1.9B on Day 1

Techies Want a Vaccine Mandate Before Returning to Work

• Etisalat Claims 5G Speed Record of 9.1 Gbps

1st Woman, Next Man on Moon will Come from These NASA 18

• A Biochemical Random Number

12/16/2020

• FCC Opens up 5.9 GHz Band for Wi-Fi and Automotive Applications

Foundry Capex to Account for 34% of Semi Industry Capex in 2020

• DoD Changes in Thinking About Electronic Warfare Tools

Australian Radio Amateurs Denied Access to 60 Meters

Cellular IoT Devices to Hit a Global Total of 5.7B by 2026

12/15/2020

• Electronic Design: Looking Forward to 2021

• Nathan Simington Confirmed as Newest FCC Member

• Japan's Hayabusa 2 Mission Returns Asteroid Sample to Earth

Global 5G Subscriptions Expected to Reach 200M by End of 2020

• Ontix Rolls out Superfast Free Public Wi-Fi Across London Borough of Bexley

12/14/2020

China's Chip Industry Eyes Advanced Breakthroughs in 2021

Procurement's Shifting Priorities for 2021

• Two Distinctly Different Liquid States of Water

CW Quantum Dash Lasers on Silicon

• China Accomplishes 1st-Ever Robotic Docking in Lunar Orbit

12/11/2020

• Study Shows 5G is 90% More Efficient Than Legacy 4G Networks

• Germany, France, 11 other EU Countries Team for Semiconductor Push

Semiconductor Industry Forecast: Sunny and Bright with Few Clouds in Sight

• Process Developed for Producing Light-Matter Mixture

• What's the Best Way to Cut Christmas Cookies?

12/10/2020

• FierceWireless 2020 Most Powerful People in Wireless somehow they missed me ;-)

• Take Part in The Engineer's 2020 Salary Survey

• Cellular IoT Devices to Hit Global Total of 5.7B by 2026

• U.S. Senate Set to Vote on Trump FCC Nominee

• Japan to Welcome Home Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2

12/9/2020

FCC Overhauls 5.9 GHz Band for Wi-Fi and Auto Safety

• 5G Americas Whitepaper on mm-Wave Opportunities for 5G Networks

WSTS Sees 5.1% Semi Growth This Year and 8.4% in 2021

Launch Window for AMSAT's RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E Opens December 19

• Marki Microwave Appoints Duncan Pilgrim as VP of Sales and Marketing

12/8/2020

• Design News 16 Electronic Tech Trends from 2020

FCC to Require Email Addresses on Applications

Nokia Leads EU 6G Group

• Company Wants to Launch Satellites into Space via Drone

Telco Entrants to Ethiopia Not Be Allowed to Launch Mobile Banking

12/7/2020

• Congress Requires Shake-up in Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations

Unlicensed Access to 6 GHz to Add $163B to the Brazilian Economy

December is YOTA Month

• Congress Could Slow Funding for Cyber Battlefield Tool

• DARPA Wants Integrated Photonics with Chip-Scale Laser

12/4/2020

• Progress of 5G Rollouts Across Europe

• Gartner Downgrades Global Smartphone Market

South Korea's 5G Mobile Base Reaches Almost 10M Subscribers

• Printable Ink Protects Against Electromagnetic Radiation

• New Possibilities for Magnesium Batteries

12/3/2020

Telecoms Industry Not Expected to Fully Recover Until 2023

RadioShack Purchased by Online Retailer

France to Seek EU Riposte if U.S. Punishes French Digital Tax

• China's Guangdong Province Reaches over 110,000 5G Base Stations

Moore's Law Overheated Not Broken

12/2/2020

• IBM Stock Slides as Amazon "Lays Groundwork" for Own Quantum Computer

• The Current State of 5G Deployments in UK

M-Code-Capable GPS Receivers Now Available

• $43B: The Pandemic's Impact on Telecoms Sector

Powerful Solar Flare, CME Occured on November 29

12/1/2020

• FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Departing Commission

Britain Bans Huawei 5G Kit Installation from September 2021

• Wireless Technology Accelerating Adoption of Commercial Connected Lighting

ZTE Petition Denied, FCC Affirms It Poses Security Risk

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