6G
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Globally, the first commercial deployments for 6G are expected by the end of the decade, fusing the human, digital, and physical worlds. But long before the first 6G network goes live, we need to go through the extensive process of creating a standard. I am pleased to say that process is now beginning.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to industry experts on the 6G-ready, AI and automation-driven networks that are metro cloud.
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Nvidia has launched its 6G research platform that gives researchers with a new approach to developing wireless technology using AI.
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5G coverage has reached double figures in one year, Modupe Kadri, the chief financial officer at MTN Nigeria revealed
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Join Capacity Media, Telehouse and Orange Wholesale for a free webinar on 28th March 2024 at 2pm GMT / 3pm CET to hear about how the Marseille hub connects the world and the relationship between Telehouse’s data centres and Orange Wholesale’s international network.
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Maximising the digital transformation calls for new, green business models as 5G-Advanced and AI take centre stage.
Forthcoming events
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Join Capacity Media and Kentik for a free webinar at 10am ET / 3pm GMT on February 29th 2024, as we explore the challenges of network monitoring.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman examines how telcos can get more bang for their buck when it comes to 5G and what the transition to 6G looks like.
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The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has welcomed Adrian Scrase to the organisation to support the GSA’s working groups and industry advocacy for 6G standardisation.
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The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has published its 6G Position Statement: An Operator View report.
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Bharat 6G Alliance will find use cases for 6G and bring industry participants together
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The Next G Alliance wants to shape 6G’s development to meet the ‘unique needs’ of the US. Ken Wieland investigates how it can do this while being committed to a single global standard.
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For our second episode of the C-Suite Hotseat, Saf Malik is joined by Katherine Ainley, CEO, and Blessing Makumbe, VP and head of digital services for Ericsson UK & Ireland.
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The UK government has announced an investment package worth up to £150 million to boost digital connectivity across the country.
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NTT and KDDI Corporation (KDDI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote global standardisation in optical networks.
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Bharti Airtel has pipped its rival Reliance Jio in the 5G roll-out race by being the first to reach 500 cities.
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HUBER+SUHNER, an optical connectivity provider, has joined the 6GTandem project.
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Digital inclusion, energy efficiency, environmental sustainability and flexible deployment will be key requirements for 6G according to the NGMN Alliance.
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European telecoms standards group ETSI is moving closer to the next generation of mobile with an alliance with a 6G services group.
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Keysight Technologies has partnered with sixteen organisations to create 6G-SANDBOX, a pan-European testbed for 6G and 5G-Advanced.
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The new UK Telecoms Lab, which is being set up in a suburb of Birmingham, will operated by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) on behalf of the government.
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Bristol University is leading a new 6G R&D consortium that has been granted £12 million and involves the likes of Samsung, Ericsson and Nokia.
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Europe’s leading telecoms standards organisation has set up a new group to work on radio waves with less than a millimetre wavelength.
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Four leading English-speaking economies have aligned their strategies for secure mobile infrastructure, continuing from the 5G era into 6G.
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Nokia plans to open a new 5G and 6G research and development centre in Amadora, Portugal.
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The O-RAN Alliance, a community of mobile operators, vendors and research institutions, has appointed Deutsche Telekom’s Alex Jinsung Choi as its new chairman.
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Samsung has announced a new research group focusing on the development of 6G networks and devices that will be established in the UK.
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Nokia confirms that it is to lead the Hexa-X-II project, the second phase of the European 6G flagship initiative, the world's first 6G research program.
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Nokia has signed an innovation-focused Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vodafone New Zealand to collaborate on the development of new applications and services enabled by Nokia’s mobile technology.
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Nokia says it is leading 6G conversation in the US after revealing that it expects the technology to arrive by 2030.
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A fourth mobile operator in China has revealed itself and will go by the name China Broadnet.
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Huawei’s UK presence remains strong, despite government-imposed restrictions wrangling its consumer segment. Head of R&D Henk Koopmans talks to Saf Malik about innovation, partnerships and 5G and 6G use cases
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Vodafone has signed the lease agreement for a new tech innovation centre in Dresden, Germany.
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At least three vendors – Fujitsu, NEC and Nokia – have announced they are working with Japan’s DoCoMo and NTT on 6G, the next generation of mobile communications.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from tower sales to contract announcements and the use cases for 6G.
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Two of the main tasks of 6G, the next generation of mobile, will be to improve human communications and machine communications.
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Researchers at two European centres for 5G innovation have communicated via video link using the seamless connectivity delivered by integrated terrestrial and satellite networks.
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Open RAN revenues will account for around 15% of the overall 2G-5G RAN market by 2026, according to a new estimate from the Dell’Oro group.
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The industry organisation setting priorities for 6G has set out its programme for a global standard for green networks.
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NTT DOCOMO has developed an antenna system capable of creating a high-frequency mobile communication cell when a small piece of plastic is placed on top of a dielectric waveguide.
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Ericsson has recruited one of the world’s top mobile telecoms academics, Mischa Dohler, as its new chief architect, to work on the next generation of wireless.
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A Cambridge-based semiconductor start-up has unveiled a new chip that it said will "change the way global smartphones, wearables and IoT devices are designed".