BROWSING: 6G

NTT DoCoMo targets 2030 for commercial launch of ‘6G’

  Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo aims to launch commercial "6G" technology by 2030, the carrier said in a release. The Japanese operator has released a white paper on the topic of 6G technology that incorporates DoCoMo's views in the field of 5G evolution and 6G communications...

Japan announces plans to kick off ‘6G’ research: Report

  The Japanese government announced plans to put together a comprehensive strategy regarding future "6G" wireless communications networks, and it set up a panel to start discussions on the topic later this month, Japanese press reported. The 6G panel will discuss and analyze technology development, potential...

6G preview: RF front-end is key to unlocking 1 Tbps wireless service (Reader Forum)

Everything about 6G networking is still up in the air, but a new whitepaper – the first of many to come – is the first step in defining a service that won’t be available for at least 10 years. The document, titled “Key Drivers...

India’s Tech Mahindra to set up 5G/6G innovation lab in Finland

6G a focus of study at Finland's University of Oulu Indian firm Tech Mahindra, a provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services and solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Business Finland, an agency directed by the Finnish government, for research...

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: 5G Evolution – On the Path to 6G

5G deployments have only recently started, and releases beyond R15 will continue to tap into the tremendous potential of 5G. However, as a new generation of cellular technology typically appears every 8-10 years, 6G can be expected around 2030. 6G could offer high-fidelity holograms,...

Test and Measurement: Rohde & Schwarz lines up partners for ‘6G’ research

Is it too early to think about '6G'? Nah. Higher, further, faster, baby! The Chinese government is already kicking off its 6G research efforts, and test company Rohde & Schwarz said this week that it has partnered with research institutions including the Fraunhofer Institute...

Chinese government kicks off research on 6G technologies

6G announcement follows major 5G network launch China has officially started researching 6G technology a few days after state-run telecom operators  launched 5G networks in the country. According to reports by Chinese state media, government ministries and research institutes met this week with the aim of...

Huawei started research on 6G ‘a long time ago’, CEO says

  Chinese vendor Huawei has already begun research on future "6G" technology, according to its chief executive Ren Zhengfei, CNBC reports. Huawei’s founder told a CNBC-hosted panel on Thursday that the company began to carry out research activities on 6G “a long time ago,” and has parallel...

Huawei conducts 6G research at Ottawa’s R&D facility: Report

Look for 6G in the 2030 timeframe, Huawei exec says Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has started research on future 6G mobile technology at its research facility in Ottawa, Canada, tech site The Logic reported. Song Zhang, Huawei Canada's vice-president of research strategy and partnerships, reportedly said...

Test and Measurement: Keysight sets sights on 6G

5G is just barely getting off the ground, but it's not too early for "6G" research efforts -- and Keysight Technologies is jumping in by joining Finland's 6G Flagship Program, which is led by the University of Oulu, Finland and supported by the Academy...

SK Telecom to collaborate on ‘6G’ tech with Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung

  Korean carrier SK Telecom signed agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung Electronics for joint research and development in advanced 5G and "6G" mobile network technologies. Under the agreements, SK Telecom will work closely with each company on the advancement of 5G network technologies. They will...

Looking beyond 5G, FCC opens up Terahertz spectrum

Potential applications for Terahertz spectrum include sensing, imagine, wireless cognition To say we're in the early days of 5G is an understatement, but regulators and academics in the U.S. are already looking to what's next. Last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to open...

The URLLC debate (pt1): Is 5G just a testbed for 6G? (Whisper it, is 5G the new 3G?)

“5G will do the boring stuff first”. The low-latency pyrotechnics that will fire the industrial sector into a new gear for the first time will come much later. The version of 5G that radio engineers are preparing and network marketers are promoting is only...

IoT, 802.11ax and startups to power WLAN in next 5 years

IoT boosts WLAN market for enterprise-class outdoor products. The wireless local area network (WLAN) is far from dead. On the contrary, the internet of things (IoT), emerging markets and startups will grow the enterprise-class and outdoor WLAN product market to over 35% greater than 2017...