China stretches its 6G lead with successful tests; U.S. turns to Nokia and Ericsson

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phonearena.com, Nov. 27, 2022 – 

Even though we are still in the early days of 5G connectivity, it isnt too early to start the development of 6G. And as it did with 5G, Chinese companies are ahead of the pack when it comes to the next generation of wireless. A recent report by ITHome (via GizChina) revealed that Chinese handset and telecom gear manufacturer ZTE, along with the countrys Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) ran a sample test of some technology that will be important for the creation of 6G.

ZTE provided some of the staff and equipment used in the tests. The five tests that ZTE took part in included:

6G distributed autonomous network and digital twin network concept sample

6G computing power network key tech concept sample

6G terahertz key tech concept sample

6G communication perception integration key tech concept sample

6G intelligent metasurface tech concept sample

And the report stated that the results of the tests were good. But again, we are still years away from being able to talk about 6G in a way that would allow us to compare its potential to 5G. Besides China, 6G research is going on in the U.S. and Europe. In the states, Chinese telecom firms like Huawei and ZTE are banned so the U.S. is turning to Ericsson and Nokia. Ericsson has recently announced that it will invest millions of pounds into 6G research in the U.K.

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