7/31/2020
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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
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Qualcomm Chases 20% Share of FEM Market by 2022
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Military GNSS Anti-Jamming Solutions to Rise over Next 5 Years
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AMSAT Partners with U. of Maine to Develop State's 1st CubeSat
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CBRS Auction Starts off Strong
•China Launches
Robotic Mission to Explore on Mars
7/29/2020
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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
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China Leads in 5G Deployment and Smartphone Market
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RAN Market Poised to Eclipse $200B
• FTC Considering
Deposing Top Facebook Executives
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Unauthorized Transmissions Reported in 144 MHz Satellite Allocation
7/27/2020
• How
Space Force and Space Command Fit into the Pentagon Cyber Plans
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EME SSTV Party Could Become Annual Event
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Global Radar Market to Reach $38B by 2025
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Execs of Bankrupt Companies Paid $131M in Bonuses This Year
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Tribute to Engineer Grant Imahara, Dead at 49
7/24/2020
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GaAs RF Revenue to Fall 3.8% in 2020 Due to Wuhan Flu
• Deadline Approaches for
EU Conflict Mineral Regulations
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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
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UK Asks Japan for Huawei Alternatives in 5G Network
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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
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LinkedIn to Lay Off 6% of Its Workforce Due to Wuhan Flu Downturn
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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
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FCC Closing Filing Window at Its Headquarters
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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
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U.S. Clings to Semiconductor Dominance as China Mounts Challenge
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AI's Carbon Footprint Problem
• What's the Status of
Standalone 5G?
• Huawei Smartphone Shipments Slump
7/17/2020
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Supply Chain Disruptions Possible as Tensions Rise in Hong Kong
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Chinese Telcos Already Deployed >20,000 5G Base Stations in Shanghai
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68% of Small Cells Will Be Enterprise by 2026
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5G mMTC Module Shipments to Exceed 1B Units by 2024
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Independent Broadcasters Association Ready to Launch
7/16/2020
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Analog Devices to Buy Maxim Integrated for >$20B
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Brazil's Claro to Kick off 5G Services
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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
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The Chip Industry Has Hardly Blinked
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RF Duplexer Market to Grow 11% Annually from 2020 to 2025
• New
IARU Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Coordinator Appointed
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Digital Fraud Flourishing During Wuhan Flu Pandemic
7/14/2020
• Italy Pushes to End
Single Broadband Network Stalemate
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New Amateur Extra Class License Manual Available
• E-Commerce Dominates
"New Normal" Retail (sad)
• UK Space Agency Opens
Call for Proposals on 5G
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15 Trends to Watch in Microelectronics
7/13/2020
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Russian-Ukrainian "Radio War" Remains at a High Level
(1940s redux)
• NTIA:
3.45-3.55 GHz Good Candidate for Mid-Band Sharing
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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?
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Hong Kong's Status as Semiconductor Hub Under Threat
(thanks to China)
• Cambium Embraces
60 GHz, Wi-Fi 6
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Breakthrough in Spintronics Could Boost High Speed Data
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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
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South Korea Nears 7M 5G Subscribers
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GaN and SiC Semiconductor Markets to Surpass $1B in 2021
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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
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Vodafone Claims 5G Standalone 1st in UK
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Hat Tip to "Star Trek?" U.S. Space Force Names New Unit 'SpOC'
• FCC Lists
Huawei and ZTE as Security Threats
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Huawei's Planned $1B UK R&D Facility Prompts U.S. Warning
7/6/2020
• Could
Japan Offer a 5G Solution?
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Brexit
Signatories Call on PM to Avoid "N Deal" or "Bad Deal
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Chip Sector Provides Lifeline During Wuhan Flu Pandemic
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China Aims to Complete Its Own Navigation System to Decrease Reliance on
GPS
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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)
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5G Continues to Expand Despite Wuhan Flu Pandemic
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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
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