BROWSING: 6G

ATIS’ NGA studies network-enabled robotic, autonomous systems

NGA published a white paper exploring how the integration of advanced communications technology in these systems will transform industries ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) announced the publication of a new white paper on network-enabled robotic and autonomous systems, in which it explores how the integration...

Next G Alliance sets roadmap for 6G vertical applications

The new report explores how as-yet-unstandardized 6G technology can help meet the applications needs of a broad range of industries ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) announced the publication of a new report dubbed ‘6G Roadmap for Vertical Industries’, which focuses on the demand side of...

China aims to accelerate 5G deployments, ramp up 6G R&D

5G technology has been already used in 52 of the 97 major economic categories in China The Chinese government plans to increase resources to accelerate 5G deployment across the nation, local press reported, citing an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The...

Keysight claims UK’s first 100Gbps 6G Sub-THz connection

Keysight, NPL, and the University of Surrey established the first sub-THz high throughput 6G testbed in the U.K. Keysight Technologies, in collaboration with National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Surrey, claimed the first 6G connection at speeds over 100 Gbps over sub-terahertz (THz)...

Telefonica, NEC and partners launch 6G initiative in Spain

Telefonica said that this 6G project is funded by the European Union and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain The IMDEA Networks Institute, in collaboration with Spanish operator Telefónica, NEC Corporation and BluSpecs, announced the launch of the ENABLE-6G project. In a...

UK expects 5G SA coverage to reach all populated areas by 2030

The U.K. government also announced a £40 million 5G innovation fund to promote investment and adoption of 5G by businesses and public services The U.K. government set a target of 5G Standalone (SA) availability in all populated areas of the country by 2030 as part...

ATIS’ NGA publishes white paper on AI-native wireless networks

NGA said that native support of artificial intelligence (AI) is projected to be one of the major features of future 6G systems ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) published a new report on artificial intelligence wireless networks which addresses one of the “six audacious goals” set...

NTT DoCoMo grants standard essential patent license to Samsung

As part of the agreement, Samsung is to pay licensing fees to NTT Docomo Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced that it has reached an agreement to grant a patent license covering DoCoMo's standard essential patents, including 5G, to Korean company Samsung Electronics. As part of the...

China Unicom to launch early 6G applications by 2025: Report

China will formulate a specific 6G R&D action plan, and is encouraging local authorities to accelerate R&D activities around 6G-enabled industrial application Chinese carrier China Unicom expects to complete technical research and launch early applications for future 6G systems by 2025, Hong Kong-based newspaper South...

Anritsu to work on future 6G tech with Danish university

6G systems are expected to be commercially launched by 2030, while the first phase of standardization will likely start from 2025 Anritsu has announced that its 6G research activities include new research work with Aalborg University in Denmark. The company explained that the new 6G research...

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...