5G And 6G

• All Member States have developed strategies / roadmaps for 5G deployment, and their evolution towards B5 G/6G networks in the 2020-2025 timeframe.
• 6G is expected to be the next focus in wireless communication and networking and aim to provide new superior communication services to meet the future hyper-connectivity demands in the 2030s.
• South Korea is planning a 6G pilot project slated for 2026.
• Japan is planning a strategy for post-5 G [6G] that would increase 5G speeds 10-fold by 2030.
• 5G will not meet all requirements of the future in 2030 and beyond, and sixth generation (6G) wireless communication networks are expected to provide global coverage, enhanced spectral / energy / cost efficiency, better intelligence level and security, etc.
• Starting in 2021, there will be an emphasis on the security aspects of 5G as well as innovations in next-gen capabilities such as 6G and 7G.
• As Huawei's 5G technology is out of networks in the USA, Australia and the UK, Samsung Electronics has moved to crank up their global vision for 6G technology, which they claim could be a reality in 8 years.
• Estimates from experts in the United States, China and Europe envision initial rollout of 6G technologies around 2030.
• The Third Wave initiated by 5G is expected to become a larger wave through 5G evolution and the sixth generation (6G) technology, and will support industry and society in the 2030s.
• 5G will be with us for the next 8 years before the migration to 6G around 2028-2030.
• As 5G services are launched in Europe, and a wider roll-out is expected in the next few years, research initiatives on 6G are also being launched, in Europe and worldwide.
• The next decade will see a world of new communications technologies, from 5G (and ultimately 6G) to thousands of low Earth orbiting satellites and terrestrial technologies like TV White Spaces.
• Ongoing advances in 5G and the imminent introduction of 6G by 2030 will create a world of 'zero latency', where millions of connected devices will interact in real-time with almost infinitesimal lag or latency.
• 6G is not expected to materialize in terms of a market ready product until the early 2030s, but China's ministry of industry and information technology's 5G technology working group started work in 2018 on 6G.
• 5G will account for only 15 percent of mobile connections globally by 2025.
• 5G and 6G technologies will continue to improve access and connectivity for users.
• 2019 will see UK networks dipping their toes into fresh new 5G waters, bringing the next generation of mobile internet services to us super-demanding consumers.
• By then, about $12.3 trillion worth of goods and services will be enabled by 5G networks, nearly 22 million jobs will be created by labor force demands related to 5G, and the new network will have contributed approximately $3 trillion to global GDP.
• IDG calls 2019 a seminal year on the 5G front, and predicts that the market for 5G and 5G-related network infrastructure will grow from approximately $528 million in 2018 to $26 billion in 2022, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate of 118 percent.
• In 2021, 5G connections are forecast to account for 15 percent of all mobile connections in North America.

Last updated: 17 January 2021