BROWSING: 6G

Indian government unveils national 6G vision

Under the 6G initiative, India will identify priority areas for research by involving stakeholders including industry, academia and service providers The government of India unveiled a national "6G" project with the aim of launching this technology by 2030. The main aim of the 6G initiative is...

Unlocking the upper mid-band on the path to 6G

Qualcomm focusing R&D efforts on Giga-MIMO to support future spectrum deployments The early vision of 5G, which has come to life based on global operator-led deployments, involved a mix of low-, mid- and high-band frequencies to strike the right balance between coverage and capacity. Looking...

5G Advanced and the path to 6G

Qualcomm SVP of Engineering talks 5G, AI and IoT at Mobile World Congress 2023 In addition to its long-standing leadership in smartphone and other mobile devices, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a driving force in the research and standards work that has defined 5G New Radio, 5G...

The 6G vision: Qualcomm on foundational research priorities

Air interface innovations and new services on the way with 5G Advanced and 6G In addition to driving the ongoing standardization of 5G Advanced and early scoping of 6G, Qualcomm engages in long-term foundational research geared toward identifying and solving problems facing ever-evolving mobile networks....

Bringing mmWave from vision to reality

The notion of mmWave for a mobility use case has gone from being the subject of skepticism to the subject of massive investment for operators looking to keep up with capacity demands. In addition to helping offload traffic from sub-7 GHz 5G networks, mmWave...

China ramps up 6G R&D focus to spur Industry 4.0 drive

The Chinese government is to put major focus on 6G technologies, according to Chinese state newspaper Global Times. It reckons China has a competitive advantage in cellular because of its technology capability and application scenarios, said the report. An official from the Ministry of Industry...

NTT Docomo and NTT expand experimental 6G trials with five vendors

Docomo and NTT have been collaborating with Fujitsu, NEC and Nokia on trials of not-yet-standardized 6G technologies since June 2022 MWC, BARCELONA: Japanese telco NTT Docomo and its parent company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) have announced plans to expand experimental trials in the...

Bosch and Nokia combine on 6G research for Industry 4.0

MWC 2023: Bosch has said it is working with Nokia to develop industrial IoT solutions based on incoming 6G cellular networks. It follows the same joint work, formalised by the pair in a partnership in 2017, on 5G networks, now coming to market, mostly...

South Korea aims to launch first commercial 6G networks in 2028

South Korea announced the K-Network 2030 strategy with the aim of boosting private-public cooperation to develop future 6G technologies South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT plans to commercialize an initial 6G network service in 2028, two years earlier than its initial schedule, Korean newspaper...

Editorial Report: 5G—is it making (enough) money yet?

Operators globally have spent hundreds of billions of dollars to deploy and scale 5G networks. However, meaningful new service revenue lift remains elusive. In the quest to realize a return on investment, how should operators approach delivery of differentiated, value-added services into the consumer...

Nokia, Docomo and NTT advance on future 6G technologies

The companies have implemented both technologies as proofs of concept at Nokia Bell Labs in Stuttgart, Germany Finnish vendor Nokia, together with Japanese companies NTT Docomo and NTT, announced that they have achieved two key technological milestones on the path to future 6G systems. Nokia said...

University of Sheffield to host the U.K.’s first 6G research center

The new center already received support from more than 40 companies and academic institutions with strong interests in the 6G field The University of Sheffield said it is set to open what it claims to be the first national 6G research facility in the U.K. In...

5G revenue to reach $625 billion by 2027: Juniper Research

Juniper Research forecasts that 80% of global operator-billed service revenue will be attributable to 5G services by 2027 Mobile operators are forecast to generate $625 billion from 5G services globally by 2027, up from $310 billion in 2023, according to recent analysis by Juniper Research. The...

Ericsson gets involved in new 6G initiative

Ericsson noted that one of the main aspects of the 6G project is the concept of deterministic communication Ericsson has joined forces with Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology and eight other partners to solve what it says is one of the key challenges of...

Finland, South Korea boost cooperation to develop 6G architecture

The 6G project started in July 2021 and is expected to last until June 2024 The University of Oulu in Finland and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea announced a new, collaborative research project to develop an advanced system architecture for...

Europe’s 6G-IA inks 5G, 6G cooperation agreement with ETSI

6G-IA is focusing on 'beyond 5G' (B5G) and 6G research, pre-standardization activities, policy and regulatory issues Europe’s 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) and ETSI recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation on 5G and 6G. 6G-IA has a wide range...

Kagan: NTT hosting 6G wireless next-gen IOWN events

NTT invited me to attend an event they will be hosting in San Francisco, which will explore 6G, next-gen network infrastructure and sustainability. It will be held at the NTT Experience Center and will highlight the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network initiative. IOWN is...

UK researchers develop 3D-printed mmWave antennas

The antennas have been tested at various frequencies up to 48 GHz Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed 3D-printed radio antennas that could be used to bring mobile networks to people living in remote areas. In a release, the University of Sheffield noted that...

ATIS, O-RAN Alliance tighten their cooperation

Under the terms of the MoU, ATIS and the O-RAN Alliance will collaborate on advancing the state-of-the-art of open radio access network The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) said it has executed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the O-RAN Alliance to expand collaboration...

Rohde & Schwarz deepens understanding of sub-terahertz RF

Rohde & Schwarz noted that the development of sub-THz communications as envisioned for 6G will only be possible with a solid understanding of the properties of electromagnetic wave propagation German company Rohde & Schwarz has conducted a channel-sounding measurement campaign with the aim of offering...

Singularities in cellular (Analyst Angle)

While cellular has undergone and brought about rapid and continuous change in human communication over the 40 years since the industry’s inception, we can identify a certain few developments that were profound and revolutionary. These include digitization of voice in 2G, text messaging, smartphones...

UK dedicates funds to 5G/6G R&D, industry collaborations

The U.K. government announced this week that it is putting 110 million pounds into support for 5G and 6G-related telecom research and development. The funding will include 28 million pounds that will be shared among the University of York, University of Bristol and University...

UK secures support from key allies for its 5G supply chain vision

The UK government previously announced efforts to increase the share of open and interoperable equipment in domestic networks The governments of Australia, Canada and the United States have backed guidelines for telecoms companies, developed by the U.K., designed to build a more competitive and secure...

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: Journey of a Modern Mobile Device: Design, Development, and Testing

This white paper describes the lifecycle of a modern mobile device, including identification of target requirements and goals, real-estate planning of components, design, prototype development, testing of the device at various stages and commercial launch. Details of smartphone human and machine interface and internal...

Nokia opens new facility in Portugal to focus on 5G, 6G R&D

Nokia said that the new facility will advance research in technologies that are key components of current 5G and future 6G networks Finnish vendor Nokia announced the opening of a new research and development center focused on 5G and future 6G mobile network technology at...