The Department of Home Affairs has launched a tender process to select an operator for the 5G lab
The government of Australia is moving ahead with its plans to set up a lab with the main aim of checking the interoperability and security of 5G...
Future 6G system will likely realize many of the use cases initially promised to happen in the 5G era, said Stéphane Téral, chief analyst at LightCounting
6G systems are expected to be commercially launched by 2030, while the first phase of standardization will likely start...
India stated the local 6G alliance will involve 75 companies
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has officially launched the Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA), an initiative aimed at fostering the development of 6G technology in the country, according to a government statement.
The DoT stated the local...
InterDigital said the partnership will aim to develop critical 6G technology features including integrated sensing, communications and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
U.S. company InterDigital signed a research partnership with the 6G Innovation Center (6GIC) at the University of Surrey, in the U.K., to develop 6G enabling...
6G systems are expected to be commercially launched by 2030, while the first phase of standardization will likely start from 2025
ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) announced the release of a new report unveiling a future vision of the fundamental technologies needed to evolve from...
Open RAN opens the door for network automation and service differentiation
Network and software providers would find it more useful to have less choice at every stage of future RAN specifications as the wide menu of options usually represents a challenge for companies, Picocom Chief...
The government of Brazil will allocate $36 million for research centers to develop 5G, 6G and O-RAN tech
Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and local state-run research and industrial innovation company Embrapii announced the investment of BRL180 million ($36 million) in three institutions...
Capgemini explained that the new lab will build advanced test beds and simulators to explore use cases
French IT services firm Capgemini has announced the launch of a 6G research lab in Gurugram, India.
In a release, the company explained that the new lab will build...
Spectrum is the backbone that carries all voice and data in wireless communications. It is a finite resource needed to connect virtually everything around us — smartphones, cars, laptops and the Internet of Things (IoT). However, available spectrum suitable for wide-area communications is becoming...
A new ETSI report looks at intelligent surfaces' potential uses to boost telecom networks
Intelligent surfaces are one of the use cases being floated for potential ways that as-yet-unstandardized 6G could be. A new report from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) delves deeper into...
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...
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...
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, 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 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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
