Month

August 2020
26
Aug

Nearly 3,000 5G antennas activated in Switzerland

August 26, 2020
Despite resistance or cantonal moratoria, operators continue to activate their 5G antennas in Switzerland. But at the moment, few people have devices to receive the signal. Auto translated from https://www.lematin.ch/story/pres-de-3000-antennes-5g-activees-en-suisse-123577519701?fbclid=IwAR0r2981-2-9KUFQFkLNrcKGjqGzLuSKc084WqKCJhV7aYtu-cKj7XL_bfs 08/23/2020 by Eric Felley This is a figure that is climbing every week or so. The number of 5G antennas activated in Switzerland will soon reach 3000....
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26
Aug

More Ambitious ABMS Demo Uses 5G: Roper

August 26, 2020
“ABMS is about taking the concept of the OODA Loop and transcending it from something that people do to something that machines do,” says Will Roper, AF acquisition czar. By THERESA HITCHENS on August 25, 2020 WASHINGTON: The next demonstration of the Air Force’s top-priority Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) will be much larger in scale and...
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26
Aug

Canada postpones 3.5GHz spectrum auction

August 26, 2020
The government of Canada announced the postponement of its 3.5 GHz spectrum auction due to COVID-19. The auction is now scheduled to start on June 15, 2021. Read more at: http://5gobservatory.eu/canada-postpones-3-5ghz-spectrum-auction/
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26
Aug

5G spectrum sells for $4.6B so carriers can expand networks

August 26, 2020
The FCC awards more than 20,000 licenses for midband 3.5GHz spectrum. Corinne Reichert The FCC netted almost $4.6 billion after auctioning off 5G spectrum to US carriers. The midband 3.5GHz spectrum will “further the deployment of 5G,” the FCC said Wednesday. More than 20,000 spectrum licenses were awarded, with the FCC to announce more details later this week.  Read...
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26
Aug

Global smartphone sales down 20% in Q2 on continued Covid-19 impact – Gartner

August 26, 2020
Tuesday 25 August 2020 Global smartphone sales fell by 20.4 percent in Q2 2020 to 295 million as the mobile phone industry continued to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research from Gartner. Most major markets, except China, continued to have some form of shelter-in-pace restrictions for most of the quarter, leading...
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25
Aug

Bermuda: Temporary Moratorium On 5G Deployment

August 25, 2020
August 24, 2020 The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda said they will “mandate a temporary moratorium on the deployment of 5G” pending the completion of a study and the issuance of a final determination. A spokesperson said, “In acknowledgement of the various concerns raised about the deployment of 5G mobile technology [5G], the RA will mandate...
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25
Aug

DA wants Speaker to discipline Ndabeni-Abrahams over Icasa

August 25, 2020
By ANA Reporter Aug 24, 2020 Cape Town – Parliament should take disciplinary steps against Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams for defying the National Assembly by not appointing the full list of nominees for the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) council, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. Ndabeni-Abrahams on Friday gazetted the appointment of...
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25
Aug

Alleged attempt to scupper big Eastern Cape e-learning contract

August 25, 2020
By Ayanda Mdluli  Aug 24, 2020 Sizwe Africa IT Group, a black empowerment IT company awarded the Department of Education in the Eastern Cape e-learning contract, and electronics manufacturing giant Samsung, who got the bulk of the contract to supply 55 000 tablets, have been caught in a tug of war between political factions in...
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24
Aug

Newly-appointed ICASA Council members sworn in

August 24, 2020
24th August 2020 The newly-appointed ICASA Council members will be taking their oath of office today and commence their 4-year term to serve and execute their mandate in the public interest. The Chairperson will serve a five-year term. The Councillors will be sworn in by Judge JCW Van Rooyen at ICASA Head Office from 16h00...
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24
Aug

Physiological effects of millimeter-waves on skin and skin cells: an overview of the to-date published studies

August 24, 2020
Reviews on Environmental Health | Ahead of Print Dariusz Leszczynski DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2020-0056 | Published online: 24 Aug 2020 Abstract The currently ongoing deployment if the fifth generation of the wireless communication technology, the 5G technology, has reignited the health debate around the new kind of radiation that will be used/emitted by the 5G devices and networks – the millimeter-waves. The new...
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