The initial commercial deployments of 6G technology are forecast to take place between 2028 and 2029, according to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research.
The research firm also said it expects the first standards for 6G to be ready by 2026.
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Chinese vendor Huawei expects 6G technologies to hit the market by around 2030, the company’s rotating chairman, Eric Xu, recently said a Huawei global analyst conference.
“We think 6G will be on the market by around 2030, but we don't really know what 6G is...
German government announces financing for 6G technologies
The German government plans to provide up to 700 million euros ($833 million) in financing for research into 6G technologies by 2025.
In a release, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) said it is starting the first...
Korean tech giant LG said it recently partnered with U.S.-based test and measurement firm Keysight Technologies and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), with the aim of carrying out research on future 6G technologies, Korean news agency Yonhap reported.
Under the terms...
AT&T's CTO Andrew Fuetsch is chair fo the Next G Alliance
North American mobile industry standards group ATIS has announced election results for the Next G Alliance and its Steering Group as well as the launch of work on a 6G roadmap.
In a statement,...
Chinese operators added a total of 16.94 million 5G subscribers during February, according to monthly statistics published on the carriers’ websites.
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 4.19 million 5G subscribers in February.
The operator said it ended February with a...
Nokia has announced a five-year deal with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to build and run a 5G innovation facility at the university’s Tech Lab campus in Sydney, Australia. The new lab will see Nokia and UTS test 5G use cases with partners...
(Am I really going to write this?) 6G is a trillion dollar opportunity, apparently. So says the headline in a PR missive about a new report from research firm IDTechEx, making a stab at forecasting the next generation of mobile comms, even before the...
French research institute for electronics and information technologies CEA-Leti has announced a new European Union "6G" research project for next-generation wireless connectivity..
Called RISE-6G, it will design, prototype and test smart and energy-sustainable technological advances based on reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) that will enable programmable...
Five Fraunhofer Institutes are cooperating to conduct research activities on "6G" technology under the leadership of Fraunhofer IIS. With the project, called 6G Sentinel, the research institutes aim to develop key technologies for the future 6G mobile communications standard.
The focus of their work will...
Despite the increase in sophistication of wireless standards and devices over the years, cellular technologies maintain a set of common principles that form the basis behind the design of cellular systems. Certain principles are highly likely to be incorporated into 6G systems, whatever that...
The Japanese government will earmark 50 billion yen ($482 million) with the aim of promoting research and development on 6G advanced wireless communications services, Japanese news agency Jiji Press reported.
The Japanese government expects to boost public-private cooperation in 6G research and development to secure...
Nokia announced that it is leading the Hexa-X project, the European Commission’s 6G flagship initiative for research that will drive the overall vision for not-yet-standardized 6G.
The project goals include creating unique 6G use cases and scenarios, developing fundamental 6G technologies and defining a...
While R16 and later releases for 5G have immense untapped potential, 6G will take the user experience to a whole new level and would revolutionize many industries. Data rates on the order of terabits per second, latency on the order of few microseconds, and...
The 5G race may still be in its early days, but international maneuvering over who will shape 6G and other technologies over the coming decade is well underway.
Five months ago, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) put out a call for collaboration and...
The government of South Korea aims to launch a pilot project for not-yet-standardized 6G mobile services in 2026, Korean press reported.
The government expects 6G services could be commercially available in Korea between 2028 and 2030, according to a report from Business Korea.
The government’s strategy...
Spending on private and shared enterprise networks will surpass spending on public cellular networks in about 15 years. The traditional operator community has a fight on its hands to guarantee a place at the table, as the new Industry 4.0 networking feast unfolds over...
Initial "6G" networks could be deployed in 2028, while mass commercialization of this technology will occur in 2030, according to a new white paper released by Samsung Electronics.
Samsung released a white paper entitled “The Next Hyper-Connected Experience for All,” outlining the company’s vision for...
ZTE scoping out what 6G will look like
Chinese vendor ZTE expects 3D-connectivity, intelligent MIMO, on-demand topology and on-demand artificial intelligence will represent the essential enablers of future 6G networks, the company’s spokesperson Jason Tu, told RCR Wireless News.
ZTE's 6G research team also considers that...
Xiaomi CEO said the company has already started preliminary research into 6G
Just months after releasing the Redmi K30 5G handset, Chinese device manufacturer Xiaomi launched a “lite” version of the new phone, which offers similar features at the affordable price of $266, making it...
Finland, Japan, China all also starting to think about 6G
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) announced a call to action and shared its vision for collaboration across government, academia and industry to promote U.S. leadership on the path to 6G.
ATIS noted that the timeline...
Chinese vendor ZTE and compatriot carrier China Unicom have reached an agreement for the development of "6G" technologies, ZTE said in a release.
Based on China Unicom's network, both companies will jointly explore the prospect and technical trends of 6G. According to the industry, 6G...
Q&A with leader of Finland's 6G Flagship Program
Finland is among the first countries in the world to kick off research on future 6G technologies, which are forecast to appear in 2030. To know more about Finland's efforts towards 6G, RCR Wireless News interviewed Matti...
The potential launch of new services supported by future "6G" technology by 2030 will exert more challenging requirements on the key performance indicators (KPIs) of 6G networks, according to Chinese vendor ZTE.
“The 6G network should be able to support the peak data rate of...
