When new technology comes out every 10 years, the mobile industry already has a plan in place for what comes next because it takes that long to get used to new technology.
While 5G promises download speeds that are many times faster than those available on 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, 6G promises even faster speeds and more bandwidth to keep people more connected than ever before.
According to the Global System for Mobile Telecommunications Association (GSMA), there have been a lot of announcements about 6G in the last few months. Governments and industry players have said that they want to move the concept from just a vision to identify use cases and plans.
Group: The ITU-R 6G Vision Group is in charge of defining how the technology and its capabilities will be used to make 6G standardization happen. It said that Orange has shown how it thinks 6G will be used in the future, including holoportation and large-scale digital twins.
According to the Mobile Economy Report 2022, which was obtained by The Guardian at the weekend, the government in China plans to focus on 6G development until 2025 in order to make 6G a part of its overall digital strategy. This is what the report says.
Working groups have been set up in North America by the Next G Alliance to work on the 6G roadmap and “Green G.” (focused on achieving energy efficiency).
The GSMA said that the University of Texas has started a 6G research center called 6G@UT with the help of AT&T, Samsung, Qualcomm, Nvidia, and InterDigital. This is called 6G@UT. It said that Oppo has set up a research team to do some early research on 6G technology.
The report said that MIT and Ericsson are working together to make new hardware for 5G and 6G networks, and they’re working on it together. Read also; Apple “Peek performance”: How to watch and what to expect?
There are a lot of people excited about and committed to 6G, but the mobile industry is currently focused on 5G deployments and use cases. GSMA said that because it takes nearly a decade to move from research to commercialization, today’s 6G talks are important to make sure everyone has a fair chance and that 6G standardization and development is global.
The GSMA, which represents the interests of mobile operators around the world, said that 5G has become commonplace in many pioneer markets (like China, South Korea, and the US), and is making progress in other places.
According to the report, by the end of 2021, 176 mobile operators in 70 markets around the world had started offering commercial 5G services, and they had done so by then. In this list, there are 68 companies that offer 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) services. The group said that 5G adoption is also on the rise and that this year, on average, it will reach double-digits. This
As the economy recovers, more and more people are buying 5G phones, networks are expanding, and marketing efforts are all working together to keep the momentum going. Samsung, for example, said that in 2022, it expects more than half of its smartphone sales to be made with 5G phones. Read more; Dynabook refreshes with 12th-gen Intel Processors
Another wave of 5G rollouts in big markets with low-income levels (like Brazil and Indonesia) could even encourage the mass production of more affordable 5G devices for people with less money. It said that this could also lead to the development of new 5G applications for consumers and businesses in countries that haven’t yet had them.
The telecoms group said this is important because most of the applications and use cases for 5G so far have been in more advanced markets.
The average price of a 5G phone now costs less than $500, according to the GSMA. Some vendors, like Realme, are selling phones for less than $150. “This is good news for 5G adoption in countries that aren’t very rich,” it said. “It also opens the door to new and interesting services that are based on 5G.”
