PHOENIX -- The long-awaited Silicon Valley tech infusion promised by EVA Automation’s buy of Bowers & Wilkins three years ago (see 1605030054) landed in specialty AV stores Monday when B&W’s Formation line debuted wireless audio products for whole-home sound.

The Enterprise Wireless Alliance filed a petition for rulemaking requesting that the FCC designate 800 MHz guard band spectrum as “green space” for incumbent business/industrial and land transportation (B/ILT) licensees that may be required to vacate T-Band spectrum “and for certain 900 MHz incumbents whose narrowband systems may need to be moved to replacement frequencies as part of a transition to create a 900 MHz broadband opportunity.” EWA announced the petition Thursday in a news release. “B/ILT T-Band incumbents deserve recognition of their plight,” said EWA President Mark Crosby. “For whatever reason, the Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act did not even recognize their presence in the band, which places their wireless investments and operations at future peril. B/ILT licensees do not deserve to be an afterthought.”

MicroVision landed its first purchase order to supply components for a laser-beam-scanning display system it developed for a “Tier 1 technology leader” under an April 2017 contract in preparation for a second-half commercial product launch, said CEO Perry Mulligan on a Wednesday earnings call. As on recent calls (see 1903060009), Mulligan wouldn’t identify the customer or speculate on the scale of the launch, which is expected to involve head-mounted displays for augmented and virtual reality.

In the April 11 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted (see 1904120033 for notices from April 12):

Uber paid CEO Dara Khosrowshahi $45.3 million in total 2018 compensation, including $40 million in stock awards, $1 million in base salary, a $2 million cash bonus and $2.2 million in other pay, said Thursday’s initial public offering (see 1904110072) filing. Leadership under Khosrowshahi “has sought to reform our culture fundamentally,” said the company. It’s “creating and embracing new cultural norms, committing to diversity and inclusion, and rebuilding our relationships with employees, Drivers, consumers, cities, and regulators,” it said. The new Uber values “ideas over hierarchy.” Uber’s “category position” declined in “recent periods,” such as in 2017 when the company “was significantly impacted by adverse publicity events,” it said. Uber was rocked that year by sexual-harassment scandal and PR nightmares, including when former CEO Travis Kalanick was caught on camera yelling profanities at his own Uber driver, who had complained to his boss that Uber’s discount-pricing policies drove him into bankruptcy. An Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) within Uber is developing autonomous vehicles, delivery drones and “vertical takeoff Group and landing vehicles,” along with “other future innovations,” said the IPO document. Uber foresees “a long period of hybrid autonomy, in which autonomous vehicles will be deployed gradually against specific use cases while Drivers continue to serve most consumer demand,” said the filing. “Deciding which trip receives a vehicle driven by a Driver and which receives an autonomous vehicle, and deploying both in real time while maintaining liquidity in all situations, is a dynamic that we believe is imperative for the success of an autonomous vehicle future.”

Uber's hiring away from Expedia of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in September 2017 put it on “a new path forward,” after “many challenges regarding our culture, workplace practices, and reputation,” said an initial public offering filing Thursday at the SEC to raise $1 billion (see 1904110072). Uber paid Khosrowshahi $45.3 million in total 2018 compensation, including $40 million in stock awards, $1 million in base salary, a $2 million cash bonus and $2.2 million in other pay, said the IPO.

Uber's hiring away from Expedia of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in September 2017 put it on “a new path forward,” after “many challenges regarding our culture, workplace practices, and reputation,” said an initial public offering filing Thursday at the SEC to raise $1 billion (see 1904110072). Uber paid Khosrowshahi $45.3 million in total 2018 compensation, including $40 million in stock awards, $1 million in base salary, a $2 million cash bonus and $2.2 million in other pay, said the IPO.

The FCC approved a process for sharing in the upper 37 GHz band, despite complaints from Commissioners Mike O’Rielly, Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks (see 1904100071). The two Democrats partially dissented. Chairman Ajit Pai, meanwhile, announced that the 37, 39 and 47 GHz auction will start Dec. 10 -- the FCC's third high-band auction. Commissioners approved a public notice on rules for the auction amid complaints by Rosenworcel and O’Rielly. Agency members also approved telecom and cable items.

Apple landed publication Thursday of a Dec. 6 patent application on using “human sleep detection” to adjust an iPhone’s alarm setting that allows the user to get a full night’s rest, said Patent and Trademark Office records. “Most people do not fall asleep right away when they go to bed,” said the application (20190104985) listing six inventors, including sleep scientist Roy Raymann, a former Apple executive who joined the healthcare research startup SleepScore Labs two years ago. Even someone who goes to bed at “an appropriate time” to get eight hours of sleep will often end up with only six or seven hours “when the alarm goes off in the morning” because of tossing and turning during overnight periods of sleep "latency," it said. The mobile device “can help the user feel more rested by automatically adjusting an alarm,” delaying the wakeup time “based on the determined sleep onset latency,” it said. The science inside the device can also study recent sleep-latency trends to suggest "an earlier bedtime," it said. The application didn't say who would phone the boss when the alarm-delay function causes the user to oversleep. Apple didn’t comment.

Apple landed publication Thursday of a Dec. 6 patent application on using “human sleep detection” to adjust an iPhone’s alarm setting that allows the user to get a full night’s rest, said Patent and Trademark Office records. “Most people do not fall asleep right away when they go to bed,” said the application (20190104985) listing six inventors, including sleep scientist Roy Raymann, a former Apple executive who joined the healthcare research startup SleepScore Labs two years ago. Even someone who goes to bed at “an appropriate time” to get eight hours of sleep will often end up with only six or seven hours “when the alarm goes off in the morning” because of tossing and turning during overnight periods of sleep "latency," it said. The mobile device “can help the user feel more rested by automatically adjusting an alarm,” delaying the wakeup time “based on the determined sleep onset latency,” it said. The science inside the device can also study recent sleep-latency trends to suggest "an earlier bedtime," it said. The application didn't say who would phone the boss when the alarm-delay function causes the user to oversleep. Apple didn’t comment.