The long road towards 6G: Spectrum, investment and making 5G complete
Mobile generations are not isolated events. More than five billion 6G connections are expected by 2040. Yet even then, 6G will only just have become the dominant mobile technology, with the crossover from 5G currently expected around 2035–2037. The 2030s will therefore be a decade of coexistence, with 5G and 6G networks operating alongside one another.
Luciana is Head of Spectrum and Ross is Senior Director of Spectrum Strategy at the GSMA.
The choices made today will help determine how much capacity mobile networks can deliver in the 2030s and how many people have access to them. Making sure 6G policies encourage investment and support widespread harmonization – delivering economies of scale – will help connect as many people as possible to robust, high-quality communications networks.
What is happening now?
Every generation of mobile technology is part of a long-term evolution that takes years of planning, investment, and coordination before...
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