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Explore the fundamentals of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) with our new white paper! RIS is drawing increasing attention due to its wide range of potential benefits for modern millimeterwave systems as well as future 6G applications. This technology uses metamaterials …

As conversations around global spectrum use for terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks coalesced at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Dubai, the future of wireless was top-of-mind. As work progresses on future 6G systems, a timeline is emerging for standardization and commercialization—and …

China expects the standard-setting for 6G technology to be achieved around 2025 China aims to start commercializing 6G technology by 2030 and expects that the standard-setting for the technology will be achieved around 2025, Chinese press reported, citing Wang Zhiqin, …

Weaver Labs said it is currently working on a 6G project funded by the U.K. government with universities and vendors The telecommunications industry is in a good track in order to deliver its really ambitious objective of reaching sustainability in …

3GPP noted that the delivery of a new mobile generation is a multi-year process The 3GPP organizational partners ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA and TTC said the body would begin planning for 6G specifications. In a statement, the standards …

Machine learning (ML) has achieved tremendous success in a wide range of applications, such as image and video recognition, object detection and natural language processing. Over the last few years, researchers and key industry players have been investigating the native …

Rakuten Mobile has recently started R&D on the advancement of edge platform functions for the next communication standard after 5G Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile said that its research and development (R&D) project into advanced edge cloud technologies for next-generation communications …

Per a Global market Insight report, market size for 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) is set to be valued at more than $25 billion in 2022-2023 and is poised to depict a 30% CAGR through 2023-2032, on account of the …

6G-SANDBOX aims to develop a large-scale EU-wide experimental platform for 6G emerging technologies 6G-SANDBOX has signed of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to foster research in the 6G field, the former said in …

TiC6G houses a suite of instruments capable of testing prototype devices for future 6G networks The University of Glasgow announced the opening of new research lab dedicated to helping advance future 6G communications technologies. The “Terahertz On-chip Circuit Test Cluster …

In a recent conference call, Nokia President and CEO Pekka Lundmark said that the vendor’s business continued to see benefit from 5G deployments in India Finnish vendor Nokia is seeing a substantial demand for 5G equipment in India during the …

The government of South Korea said the 6G plan also involves the development of technologies for the upper-mid band South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT unveiled its KRW440.4 billion ($324.5 million) research and development plan for future 6G networks, …

The SoftBank executive noted that he expects 5G-Advanced technology to gradually be implemented into commercial network equipment after 2025 The main features of future 5G-Advanced networks are expected to include further improvements in the fundamental performance aspects of 5G, such …

Research and development efforts around the world are already honing in on what will constitute future 6G systems, from candidate spectrum bands to potential capabilities such as joint communications and sensing, and intelligent reconfigurable surfaces. 6G is also expected to …

Fujitsu believes that 5G-Advanced will contribute to the realization of technologies necessary for immersive multi-modal VR, smart home and smart city 5G-Advanced (5G-A) is expected to be commercially launched around 2026, Hiroyo Masuda, senior architect of 6G infrastructure, strategic planning …

The new team of researchers in India will work with Ericsson research teams in Sweden and the U.S. Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the launch of its “India 6G” program with the formation of an India 6G Research team in its …

The 6G-TWIN consortium includes partners such as Ericsson, Proximus and Viavi The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) confirmed it will coordinate a project, dubbed 6G-TWIN, on future 6G mobile networks which will be funded by the Smart Networks …

Chips, Open RAN, 6G … governments around the world are pouring investment into tech, hoping to gain a strategic and economic advantage. The US government wants to offer relatively modest funding and maintain a market-driven approach—but it knows it can’t …

This news agreement adds to the collaboration recently announced between InterDigital and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) to develop 6G enabling technologies that impact future wireless standards U.S. company InterDigital has signed an agreement the University Carlos III …

Every decade, mobile networks take a great leap forward to the next generation, with innovation staged in two major cycles: foundational and transformational phases. In the foundational stage, companies address the previous generation’s shortcomings, while building the backbone to support …

6G-IA and 5G Media Action Group will collaborate in the field of next-generation communications networks and systems The 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) and the 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with …

All roads to the future of wireless and the full potential of 5G travel through 5G Standalone, which is beginning to pick up steam. As of August, the Global mobile Suppliers Association reports that 115 operators in 52 countries and …

Nokia said the new 6G facility will be located at its Global R&D facilities in Bangalore Finnish vendor Nokia has established a 6G lab at its Global R&D center in Bangalore, India, the company said in a release. Nokia explained …

When it comes to building a successful ecosystem, the work has to be broad and deep. That, said Derek Johnston, head of 5G marketing and business development at Samsung Networks, is exactly the work that Samsung Networks has been doing …

3GPP Release 18 marks the start of 5G Advanced, which builds on the 5G baseline defined by 3GPP in previous Releases 15, 16, and 17. There is a wide consensus in the industry that 5G Advanced will bring new enhancements …