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Chinese lab says it made a breakthrough in 6G mobile technology
Government-backed institute Purple Mountain Laboratories says it has made 6G speed breakthrough Project’s breakthrough was achieved in collaboration with telecoms giant China Mobile and Fudan University
5G was designed to provide faster data rates, ultra-low latency, energy savings, cost reductions, higher system capacity and massive device connectivity, powering new smart services for consumers and an industrial upgrade.
The world has yet to agree on technical standards that would support 6G frequencies, signal modulations and waveforms. 3GPP, a leading global communication standards-setting organisation, has yet to announce a road map for 6G.
Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co, which is a leading provider of 5G network equipment, expects 6G tech to enter the market around 2030.
Ericsson, also a leading 5G equipment manufacturer, anticipates that early standards for 6G could be released in 2027, according to a report from Light Reading, an industry research group.
When asked about Huawei’s perspective on 6G, Huawei’s then rotating chairman Xu Zhijun told a press conference in September last year that “we don’t know what 6G is now”, although Huawei hopes to work with the industry to define what 6G is over the next decade.
China has the world’s largest number of 5G base stations. As of November last year, China had built and put into operation about 1.4 million base stations around the country.
However, the roll-out of 5G services has been slow, with the industry still struggling to find a killer application for everyday users due to high development and deployment costs.
