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...
Operators in China recorded a net gain of 59.17 million 5G subscribers in March
China ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 2.64 million base stations nationwide, local press reported, citing Zhao Zhiguo, a spokesperson at the country’s Ministry of Industry...
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...
LitePoint's Adam Smith on observations of trends at MWC
While anticipation for the shiny new 5G tech on the block was the driving theme for the previous several years of Mobile World Congress Barcelona shows, this year there was a shift, arguably one with...
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 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 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...
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...
The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Mobile Work Congress 2023
MWC, BARCELONA - Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom and Ericsson have agreed to align their efforts around 5G Advanced and 6G, with a particular focus on bringing more energy-efficient networks to the private wireless...
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...
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 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...
Nokia said that the proof-of-concept was deployed in a Bosch production plant in Germany
Nokia and Bosch are jointly working on the development of a 5G-based precision positioning technology targeting new Industry 4.0 use cases, the vendor said in a release.
The two firms have deployed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A recent whitepaper from InterDigital and ABI Research whitepaper argues that AI and 5G are cornerstone technologies that will together enable new levels of automation, optimization, and potential for wireless networks and communications. AI/ML algorithms have become increasingly prominent in business and operational applications...
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...