6G
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Samsung has partnered with KT to jointly research and develop next-generation tech to improve 6G signal quality. -
At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, Huawei hosted its "5G-Advanced Industry Evolution" summit, bringing together global industry leaders, ecosystem partners, and telecom operators to discuss the future of 5G-Advanced (5.5G) and its role in the rapidly evolving mobile AI landscape.
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Nvidia kicked off its annual GTC by doubling down on its industry-specific services, unveiling a trove of telco-specific AI offerings targeting AI agents, RAN, and 6G.
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Huawei introduced an ‘AI-Centric Network’ solution at MWC 2025 that aims to redefine telecoms infrastructure and operations.
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AI and 5G-Advanced (5G-A) will reshape network operations and monetisation strategies for telecom operators, according to Huawei’s senior VP Li Peng.
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The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has called for collaboration between Wi-Fi, cellular, and other wireless technologies in its newly released 6G vision statement, warning that industry fragmentation could threaten the goal of achieving truly ubiquitous connectivity.
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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.
