Turns out the lockdown is a bit more chilled this time, so no Zoom pod, you’ll be pleased to hear. Iain and Scott start by looking at the state of 6G, such as it is, and the reasons it’s already being spoken about. That leads on to discussion of some of the antitrust heat being experienced by US tech giants before they conclude with the traditional update on the Huawei saga.
It may still be the early days of 5G, with the first commercial networks going live less than two years ago, but certain quarters of the telecoms industry, especially those in academia and R&D, have already begun casting their eyes to the world beyond 5G. This Telecoms.com Intelligence monthly briefing, the final issue in its current format, examines these visions to see where consensus has already developed and where the jury is still out.
The guys brave pestilent London once more, in their quest for podcasting perfection. The UK decision to ban Huawei from its 5G networks made that the unavoidable lead topic, before our intrepid podders move on to pontificate about 6G and conclude by considering the implications of a European Court ruling in the transfer of data to the US.
We might still be in the early days of 5G network deployment, but attention has already been afforded to 6G, with Samsung suggesting terahertz (THz) spectrum bands are critical.
This week’s pod starts with the exciting news that you can now access it on Spotify too. The guys start with a look at the increasingly politicised US 5G ecosystem, with even 6G now designated a matter of national strategic importance. They move on to the Balkanisation of the semiconductor industry prompted by US sanctions and conclude with a look at disruption in the podcast world following Spotify’s poaching of the Joe Rogan Experience.
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
The US Attorney General has been banging on about 5G, hot on the heels of demands the country wins at 6G too.
Chinese kit vendor ZTE has decided now is a good time to announce it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement on 6G with operator China Unicom.
The Technical Research Centre of Finland is going to build the country’s first quantum computer, joining a growing European contingent to compete at the front of next generation computing technology.
Participants at the virtual 6G Wireless Summit shared their thinking on what 6G can do and what research is needed to get the underlying technologies in place.
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo has become one of the first industry heavyweights to lay out its vision for 6G technology and service expectations.
Days after 5G was switched on by the three telecom operators in China, the Chinese government officially launched a 6G R&D programme.
Even though Australia blindly followed the US down the Huawei-accusation rabbit hole, the Chinese vendor hasn’t given up on the country, using the 6G carrot to tempt the Aussies back into the fray.
5G has only just arrived but people are already wondering what’s next. This special briefing examines the progress of 5G and provides early insight into what 6G might bring.
Welcome to the latest Telecoms.com Intelligence Monthly Briefing, which focuses on what’s next for 5G, including 6G. T5G has only just arrived but people are already wondering what’s next. This special report examines the progress of 5G and provides early insight into what 6G might bring.
We caught up with Stéphane Téral of IHS Markit at the recent 5G World event to talk, appropriately enough, about 6G. Téral offers an early look at some of the thinking going into the sixth generation of wireless communications technology, including frequencies approaching visible light and perfecting some of the stuff introduced in 5G.
South Korean operator SK Telecom is hoping to take the lead in the development of 5G towards 6G in partnership with most of the big kit vendors.
Samsung has reportedly announced the formation of the Advanced Communications Research Centre, which will have the mission of creating a 6G leadership position for Samsung.
The FCC has unveiled plans to create a new regulatory framework for spectrum above 95 GHz.
A few days after Donald Trump tweeted about 6G, for which he was broadly ridiculed, Finland’s scientists proved he had a point by announcing their plan at MWC 2019 to get started on it.
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