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Mukherjee emphasized that India must play a stronger role in 6G standardisation to ensure that its innovations gain global scale rather than remain local adaptations.

India’s early push toward 6G will help shape global standards: Ericsson CTO Erik Ekudden

In an exclusive interaction with Moneycontrol, Ekudden said India’s rapid 5G rollout — among the fastest and most extensive globally — has already positioned the country strongly for the next generation of networks.

Satellite broadband won’t fix India’s real digital divide but smartphones, digital skills hold key: GSMA

Despite nearly universal 4G coverage and over 80% 5G reach, roughly 690 million Indians remain offline

Indian telcos must monetise 5G first, even as 6G research gains momentum: GSMA chief

Indian companies must work with industrial players, system integrators and enterprise customers to develop and roll out new 5G use cases to help them monetise their investments, Vivek Badrinath has said, adding the real value lies in enterprise adoption of 5G

Ericsson’s CEO Börje Ekholm: 5G monetisation needs fixing before 6G push

While the commercial deployment of 6G is expected around 2030 and standardisation efforts are set to begin next year, Ekholm cautioned that the telecom sector is still in the early stages of its 5G journey.

India accelerates indigenous 5G-A and 6G development with new open-source initiative   

The Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID) at IISc Bengaluru, the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at IIT Delhi, and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) have signed a landmark agreement to lead this effort.

GSMA urges telecom dept to include 6GHz band in next spectrum auctions

GSMA said the move will ensure that all necessary IMT spectrum bands—across mid-band and high-band frequencies—are made available together

American chipmaker AMD eyes bigger role in India’s 6G journey

Last year, AMD announced that it would invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and build its largest design centre in Bengaluru's tech hub

Govt to create favourable climate to boost 6G development, says Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

Scindia emphasized the importance of making 6G a transformative force for social and economic development, particularly in rural and underserved areas

Bharat 6G Alliance forms key strategic European partnerships to drive innovation

Last year, the Bharat 6G Vision manifesto was unveiled, setting the goal for India to become a leading provider of advanced telecom technologies, aligning with the Viksit Bharat objectives.

Nvidia launches cloud-based research platform for 6G research and testing

The new technology for communications known as 6G - the successor to 5G - is expected to launch commercially around 2030.

Nokia partners with IISc to jointly research on 6G technology, use cases

Nokia and IISc will work together in three core areas of research: 6G radio technologies, 6G architecture and the application of machine learning into 6G air interface

MC Exclusive: Rakuten using India as a major global innovation hub for OpenRAN and 6G, says top executive

A majority of Rakuten’s 4,000 employees are in India. The company is working closely with the IITs on the development of 6G technology.

Qualcomm’s 2024 plan for India: Semiconductor partnerships, R&D and startups investment

The American company has already announced plans to invest about Rs 177 crore in Chennai. More investments are being planned in Hyderabad, Noida and Bengaluru. It is also seeking to work with small, local semiconductor firms

How India evolved from 1G to 6G technology and what lies ahead

Ericsson launched a 6G research team for its 'India 6G' program and fundamental telecommunications solutions will be the team's focus.

India to host World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly next year: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Vaishnaw also said that the 5Gi standards developed in India have now been recognized by the ITU as one of the three 5G technologies.

India Mobile Congress: Not just 5G, India is working on becoming leader in 6G, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi likened previous governments to old phones that would hang when their screens were touched. He said that after 2014, citizens stopped using these "outdated phones."

Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurates Nokia's 6G Lab in India

Nokia is also a founding member of the Next G Alliance which is helping to drive the 6G ecosystem in North America and coordinating the German Lighthouse project 6G ANNA.

Ericsson to invest in 6G network research in Britain

The Swedish company, which supplies 5G gear to all four British mobile networks, said the 10-year initiative would help drive the development of next-generation 6G networks, which are expected to be commercially available around 2030.

Nokia CEO says new technology will make smartphones extinct by 2030

Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark added that people would prefer devices such as smart glasses and those worn on the face to smartphones.

India aims to roll out 6G telecom network by end of decade: PM Modi

India currently has 3G and 4G telecom networks and companies are gearing up to launch 5G over the next few months.

India investing in developing capabilities in 5G & 6G tech: PM Modi

In a virtual address at the Sydney Dialogue, the prime minister said the "greatest product" of technology today is data and that India has created a robust framework of data protection, privacy and security.

Telecom secretary asks C-DoT to work on 6G, launches Quantum Communication Lab

Samsung, Huawei, LG and some other companies have started working on 6G technologies which is said to be 50 times faster than 5G and is expected to be commercially launched between 2028-2030.

Achieved 50 times faster speed than 5G in 6G technology: Samsung

Samsung Electronics Senior Vice President, Head of Product Strategy, Networks Business, Wonil Roh during the company''s presentation on new 5G transmission equipment, said it has achieved speed of 5.23 gigabit per second (gbps) on 5G network.

Apple joins Next G Alliance to help develop 6G technology

The main aim of this group is to establish North America as a major player in the development of 6G.