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...
ZTE and Telekom Malaysia will work on network and technology planning and overall digital transformation strategies
Chinese vendor ZTE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Malaysian telco Telekom Malaysia (TM) with the main aim of collaborating on a range of research and development...
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...
In 2022, Huawei had reported revenues of CNY 642.3 billion, also flat versus 2021
Chinese vendor Huawei reported revenues of CNY132.1 billion ($19.1 billion) in the first quarter of this year, up 0.8% compared to the year-ago period, the company said in a release.
Huawei’s net...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Last year, the governments of Japan and the UK had signed agreement to cooperate with the aim of boosting O-RAN deployments
Japanese telcos NTT Docomo and Rakuten Mobile were selected by the U.K. government to work with local organizations with the aim of advancing the...
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...
Huawei also expects to keep R&D investment at a high level in 2023
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies estimated that its 2022 revenues remained flat compared to the previous year, despite continued sanctions by the U.S. government.
"U.S. restrictions are now our new normal, and we're back...
The U.K. government announced this week that it is putting 110 million pounds into support for 5G and 6G-related telecom research and development.
The funding will include 28 million pounds that will be shared among the University of York, University of Bristol and University...
Nokia will work with a consortium that includes partners from industry, subject matter experts, start-ups, research institutes and universities
Nokia announced that it will lead the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s KOMSENS-6G project.
In a release, the Finnish vendor said that the project aims...
InterDigital noted that the financing for these 6G research initiatives comes from the European Union
U.S.-based firm InterDigital announced that it has been awarded funding to support five Horizon Europe 6G Flagship research projects.
Specifically, the five flagship projects include 6G-XR, CENTRIC, PREDICT-6G, 6G-BRICKS, and 6G-SHINE,...
Far EasTone’s chairman, Chee Ching, said the telco has been looking to integrate and utilize 5G’s core technologies
Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone Telecommunications has signed an agreement with Intel Taiwan to carry out joint research on 5G open virtualized radio access networks, computer vision...
Nokia said that this transformation project is expected to create more than 340 new high-value jobs
Nokia Canada announced plans to transform its facility in the city of Ottawa into a sustainable research and development (R&D) hub with funding from the federal, provincial and city...
Data scientists from Ericsson's Global AI Accelerator in Montreal will support the three-year research project in close collaboration with professors and researchers from ÉTS, Concordia and Polytechnique
Ericsson Canada has partnered with a group of Montreal-based universities to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can help...
The new 6G research project will be based at the Samsung R&D Institute U.K. based in Staines-upon-Thames
Samsung Electronics announced it will establish a new research group in the U.K., which will focus on developing technologies for 6G networks and devices.
The Korean vendor said that...
Research topics considered in some of the selected projects include novel 6G system architectures and advanced optical communication technologies
The European Union (EU) has selected 35 research and innovation projects in a call that has the goal of developing 5G systems and promoting research into...
Nokia said that the Hexa-X-II initiative has been awarded funding from the European Commission
Nokia announced that it will lead the Hexa-X-II project, the second phase of the European 6G flagship initiative.
In a release, Nokia noted that this new phase will expand the Hexa-X partner...
Research council members will work with the U.S. and Canadian governments as well as private-sector 6G research communities
ATIS’ Next G Alliance announced the formation of the Next G Alliance (NGA) research council and publication of its 6G research priorities.
The entity noted that these actions...
Viavi is supporting 6G research activities at the Northeastern University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Surrey
Viavi Solutions said it is supporting global academic and industry research into future 6G systems through its new 6G Forward program.
In a release, the...
The DoD said it has a vital interest in advancing 5G-to-NextG wireless technologies and concept demonstrations
The Department of Defense’s Innovate Beyond 5G (IB5G) Program recently launched three new projects focused on 5G and future 6G systems.
“The DoD has a vital interest in advancing 5G-to-NextG...
