- The 5G network is not yet widespread.
- A Strategy Analytics study says that only one in seven phones is connected to a 5G network.
- But the big technology companies in the sector are already developing the new generation, 6G.
While 5G telecommunication networks are still in an early stage of deployment around the world, researchers and technology companies are already looking at the next step: 6G.
The development of 6G next-generation networks is still in its early stages, but it promises to be even faster than 5G and to revolutionize the way we communicate and interact with technologies in unimaginable ways.
Early reports say that a 6G network could offer data transfer speeds 100 times faster than 5G, allowing virtually instant downloads and uploads to the Internet.
The 6G network is also expected to be more efficient, more stable and more reliable than 5G, making it possible to connect more devices at the same time, hundreds of thousands of homes and factories on a single node.
6G, the next generation of networks
The latest news regarding 6G networks occurred last week at the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, where executives from some of the most important technology and telecommunications companies gave some details about developments and implementation times.
Taking these testimonies into account, as published this Wednesday, March 8 CNBC, 6G is likely to launch in 2030.
Tech CEOs acknowledge that carriers have struggled to reap good dividends from 5G network penetration (which is low) but still they are working on 6G standards.
They also said that “it is not clear what it will look like or how it will work” and that it is best not to do “too much advertising” in relation to that technology to “avoid confusing consumers.”
For now, 5G adoption remains low, even minimal in some countries. According to Strategy Analytics, barely 1 in 7 people worldwide have a 5G smartphone.
According to Pekka Lundmark, CEO of Nokia, before talking about 6G, “there is one step left, which will be called advanced 5G” and will be available on the market “in a couple of years.”
howard watson, Chief Security & Networks Officer from BT Group, meanwhile, said that “it is important that we think as operators to start pointing out what will and will not be the 6G network.”
For the cybersecurity specialist, 6G will bring that: a more secure mobile network.
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