6G work is dominated today by research, but the next two years will see the balance shift from research to actual development. The industry has aligned on the timing of the first implementable standard for 6G to be complete no earlier than March of...
The initiative will involve reallocating airwaves in 10 spectrum bands
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to refarm over 1,100 megahertz of spectrum currently allocated to various ministries to support the rollout of advanced 5G and future 6G services.
According to a report by local...
O2 Telefonica and AWS had also launched a new cloud-based core network this year, which is now available to one million customers
German operator O2 Telefonica is integrating quantum technologies into its mobile network to improve performance and explore new data security standards.
In a release,...
Docomo noted it expects to accelerate 6G R&D and contribute to 6G's global standardization and commercialization
Japanese telco NTT Docomo, working in cooperation with NTT Corporation, Nokia and Korean carrier SK Telecom announced the completion of a test using AI technology for future 6G systems.
In...
As we advance toward 2030, the insatiable demand for wireless data continues to surge, underscoring the urgent need for a comprehensive strategy to secure additional spectrum and optimize existing bands. Ensuring the success of 6G hinges on the timely availability of sufficient spectrum. With...
Unlike OFDM and OFDMA, both of which modulate information within the time-frequency domain, OTFS does so within the Delay Doppler domain
Certain high mobility environments, such as high-speed trains, pose a challenge for communications systems due to significant Doppler spreads deteriorating the performance of the...
Operators in Indian are asking the government to assign the 6 GHz band (6,425-7,125 MHz) for IMT or commercial mobile services in the domestic market
The Indian government needs to make available spectrum in the 6GHz band as soon as possible to support the growing...
AI is being explored in 5G-Advanced and expected to play a more important role in the 6G air interface
The building blocks for the use of artificial intelligence in the air interface are being developed and put together in 5G-Advanced, and AI is expected to...
LG Uplus said this test was carried out in collaboration with Infinera and Juniper Networks
Korean telco LG Uplus said it recently tested the All-Photonic Transport Network, which is a key technology designed to reduce power consumption in the era of future 6G networks. The...
At the 6G Forum, panelists said it's time to rethink the way spectrum has been made available and deployed
Panelists at the 6G Forum seemed to agree that when thinking about the spectrum needs in 6G, it’s less about new spectrum and more about a...
Ericsson noted that the new agreement will serve as an early engagement for defining the next generation of future mobile network evolution
Ericsson and Emirati-based telco e& UAE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the collaborative exploration of 6G technology, its use cases...
Sensors have become seamlessly embedded into a wide array of devices, from smartphones and wearables to vehicles and more, making them integral to how we understand and interact with our surroundings. They enhance our daily experiences by supporting a diverse range of applications, enabling...
Nokia noted that SUSTAIN-6G’s core mission is to harness the capabilities of 6G to tackle pressing sustainability challenges
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has been selected by the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), a public-private initiative funded by the European Commission,...
Hint: Yes, AI takes on a whole new meaning in the world of wireless connectivity
The future of wireless connectivity is bright, promising to deliver bespoke experiences that evolve with the user. 6G is expected to revolutionize the way we connect with the world around...
Artificial intelligence is expected to play a major role in future 6G systems, to the point that 6G is already being talked about as an "AI-native" technology, with a holistic and pervasive approach to integrating and using AI within the network, as well as...
Among other things, the Hexa-X II projects aims to evaluate '6G technology readiness'
Announced in 2022 and led by Nokia, Hexa-X II is the second phase of the European 6G flagship initiative, and therefore, builds off the foundation laid by the previous phase Hexa-X, which...
The mobile industry is a strange place. First, we give our technology a name. Then a bunch of engineers develop ideas for about ten years. Finally, we hand the new technology over to the business people and they decide whether to invest...
6G Forum panelists warned against overpromising when it comes to 6G
The notion that 5G is laying the foundation for 6G, with 5G-Advanced acting as a steppingstone, is widely accepted, and RCR Wireless News has covered this topic in depth here and here. At the...
We are standing on the precipice of a technological change that will fundamentally reshape the way we live, work and play. The advent of 6G era technology promises to blur the lines between physical and digital realms in ways that were once the stuff...
Trustworthiness can be broken into five aspects: security, privacy, reliability, resilience and safety
At RCR Wireless' 6G Forum event, NGMN Alliance’s Senior Program Manager Sparsh Singhal defined 6G trustworthiness as confidence in the availability of mechanisms that can mitigate or prevent network security threats. He explained...
Reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) as a key design requirement for 6G.
The jump to a new generation of wireless technology typically comes with the fanfare of the game-changing innovations it will enable, but with 6G, one of the biggest disruptions could be how much...
Ericsson has entered API partnerships with both Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm
Ericsson has announced an increased focus on network application programming interfaces (APIs) at its R&D centers in India, the vendor said in a release.
Network APIs enable various industry sectors to tap...
Non-terrestrial networks, or NTNs, will be a native component in 6G networks, according to 6G-NTN project member Dorin Panaitopol
For those behind Europe’s 6G-NTN project, non-terrestrial networks, or NTNs, are the only way to achieve ubiquitous coverage, project member Dorin Panaitopol told 6G Forum...
Is Integrated Sensing and Communications one of the top 6G use cases or is it an enabler? Does it matter?
At the recent 6G Forum, panelist Anton Monk, the VP of strategy at Cohere Technologies, reiterated a commonly expressed sentiment around the reality of 5G...
SK Telecom defines the key elements for 6G infrastructure evolution as ‘Cloud-Native, Green-Native and AI-Native'
Korean operator SK Telecom released its latest white paper, ‘SK Telecom 6G White Paper: View on Future AI Telco Infrastructure,’ laying out the evolution direction of the next-generation telco network...
