SNS-JU project examines XR connectivity in Romanian schools
ROMANIA 15 JUN

SNS-JU project examines XR connectivity in Romanian schools

A pre-6G pilot backed by the EU's Smart Network Services Joint Undertaking (SNS-JU) is progressing a trial deployment of extended reality in action in two rural schools in Romania. A recent update of SNS-JU activity said that the trial was implemented in May. Existing 5G capacity from Orange Romania was deployed to carry XR content, but the programme also provided a glimpse at technologies likely to become more prevalent in 6G cellular, such as advanced dynamic slicing and quality-of-service (QoS).

Brazil and EU forge digital partnership
BRAZIL 15 JUN

Brazil and EU forge digital partnership

Brazil and the European Union have formalised a Digital Partnership to establish international cooperation in critical areas such as data governance, AI, 5G and 6G network infrastructure development, high-capacity connectivity, and digital public goods and services platforms. Beyond bilateral initiatives, the partnership will also involve political coordination in major global forums like the UN, G20, ITU, Unesco and ICANN, as well as technical standardisation bodies such as ISO, IEEE and 3GPP.

Global 6G RAN capex could reach USD 100-500 billion a year - Dell'Oro
GLOBAL 12 JUN

Global 6G RAN capex could reach USD 100-500 billion a year - Dell'Oro

Dell'Oro has published its current forecast for the global 6G capex trajectory in the first six years of deployment. According to its June 2026 6G Advanced Research Report, 6G RAN expenditure could surpass USD 100-500 billion annually. This reflects an expectation that RAN procurement will scale rapidly following 6G's standardisation. However, Dell'Oro notes that operator cell sites today have greater capacity than in the 4G-5G transition, and there may be scope for existing massive MIMO transmitters to be

Korea advances AI and 6G security standards at ITU-T meeting
JAPAN 12 JUN

Korea advances AI and 6G security standards at ITU-T meeting

South Korea said it has secured approval for 14 new international standardisation projects covering AI, 6G security and digital identity technologies at a meeting of the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Standardisation Sector (ITU-T) Study Group 17. The ministry of science and ICT said the approvals were achieved during the ITU-T security standards meeting held in Geneva from 1 to 10 June, where experts from 60 countries discussed information security standards. 

3GPP confirms Release 21 freeze deadlines
GLOBAL 11 JUN

3GPP confirms Release 21 freeze deadlines

3GPP has confirmed working deadlines for its upcoming Release 21 criteria, expected to mark the inaugural publication of normative 6G standards. Release 21 is scheduled for a third-phase functional phase in December 2028, ahead of the final ASN.1/OpenAPI freeze in March 2029. Preliminary first and second-phase freezes are planned in March 2027 and June 2028 respectively.

UK advanced connectivity technology revenue worth GBP 32.9 bln in 2025
UNITED KINGDOM 8 JUN

UK advanced connectivity technology revenue worth GBP 32.9 bln in 2025

The UK's advanced connectivity technologies (ACT) market generated revenue of GBP 32.9 billion and approximate Gross Value Added (aGVA) of GBP 13.2 billion in 2025, according to new data published by the UK government. A total of 501 companies identified as providing ACT products/services in the UK in 2025, accounting for 4 percent of the wider telecoms industry company base. Of these, almost two thirds (66%) focus solely on ACT; with 36 percent offering ACT as part of a wider portfolio. ACT companies had a

Northeastern University's INSI trials agentic AI platform for developing 3GPP-compliant RAN software
GLOBAL 5 JUN

Northeastern University's INSI trials agentic AI platform for developing 3GPP-compliant RAN software

Northeastern University's Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems (INSI) has unveiled an agentic AI platform designed to accelerate software lead times in mobile sites. INSI's Genesis platform aims to provide end-to-end automation across the research and development lifecycle for 5G base station software and future 6G equivalents. INSI gives the example of turning a particular 3GPP specification update into validated code that is then issued over the air to production-grade 5G equipment in radio access

Imdea Networks to run four EU-backed 6G research projects
SPAIN 4 JUN

Imdea Networks to run four EU-backed 6G research projects

Madrid-based research institute Imdea Networks has secured funding for four projects under the European Union's Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking, strengthening its role in the development of 6G technologies. The projects – PROSPERO, PAISES-6G, IoT-ZERO and PRIME-6G – are part of Horizon Europe's EUR 630 million investment in next-generation communications, with the institute participating in 20 percent of selected initiatives in the latest call.

Keysight, NTT progress 6G channel modelling project
GLOBAL 4 JUN

Keysight, NTT progress 6G channel modelling project

Keysight Technologies is working with NTT and the NTT Docomo mobile unit to explore pre-6G channel modelling and lab simulation technology. The collaboration, part of an ongoing memorandum of understanding between the two parties, is  announcing early development milestones, including channel modelling advances expected to support realistic 6G signal measurements and a simulation concept that would emulate distributed MIMO radio infrastructures.

NGMN reports aim to convey 6G operator perspective on upgrade strategy, architecture and timings
GLOBAL 3 JUN

NGMN reports aim to convey 6G operator perspective on upgrade strategy, architecture and timings

The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN) has issued two publications underlining operator 6G perspectives in the run-up to standardisation. The first paper looks at potential 6G architecture candidates and examines migration paths both in the core mobile network and in RAN-enabled mobile sites. NGMN calls on the industry to heed the experience encountered in 5G roll-outs, arguing this requires early convergence to identify a favoured approach to 6G migration and prevent fragmentation in the marke

LG Uplus and Samsung partner on 6G sensing and AI technology research
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 1 JUN

LG Uplus and Samsung partner on 6G sensing and AI technology research

LG Uplus has signed an MoU with Samsung Electronics to collaborate on research and development of integrated communications and sensing technologies, as well as AI-enabled 6G technologies. The companies said the partnership is intended to support the transition to 6G by validating emerging technologies in live network environments and assessing their potential for future commercial deployment. The collaboration will focus on integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) technologies, including base station-b

Italy consults on using 3800-4200 MHz band for local wireless networks
ITALY 29 MEI

Italy consults on using 3800-4200 MHz band for local wireless networks

Italy's communications watchdog Agcom has launched a public consultation on shared future use of the 3800 MHz to 4200 MHz band by terrestrial wireless broadband systems with medium-low power (WBB-LMP) capable of providing local network connectivity. The regulator said the band could represent a strategic resource for the development of new services based on 5G and, ultimately, 6G technologies.

GLOBAL 28 MEI

Ocudu open RAN project discloses 21 additional members including Wind River, Parallel Wireless

Ocudu Ecosystem Foundation, a Linux Foundation initiative focused on advancing Open RAN centralised and distributed units, has revealed details of its membership growth in the past couple of months since the project formally got under way in early March. Since then, an additional 21 companies and academic research organisations have enrolled in the programme, which is structured around premier, general and associate member tiers. New stakeholders in the general tier include Wind River Systems, a prominent s

SWEDEN 25 MEI

Ericsson hails Sweden-US tech prosperity deal, unveils plans for new Stockholm HQ

Ericsson has welcomed the agreement of a Tech Prosperity Deal between the US and Sweden, marking the fourth such framework entered into by the federal US administration. The Tech Prosperity Deal underpins strategic collaboration between the two nations in telecom and technology frontiers, including 5G and 6G innovation, artificial intelligence and advanced research. The agreement, signed 22 May by Swedish foreign minister Maria Stenergard and US secretary of state Marco Rubio, follows earlier US Tech Prospe

UNITED STATES 22 MEI

AmpliTech supplies 64T64R cat B radio for Northeast University AI-RAN prototype

AmpliTech has announced a further trial with Northeastern University, utilising the category B 64T64R massive MIMO radio prototype that was implemented in February. A follow-up study described as a world first saw AmpliTech's open radio (O-RU) deployed as the central hardware platform for an AI-RAN prototype system capable of massive MIMO transmissions. The device was configured to run AI Aerial, Nvidia's suite for AI-enhanced radio access networks, for layer 1 and 2 processing alongside OpenAirInterface's

GLOBAL 21 MEI

Via expands participation in 3GPP voice codec patent pool

Via Licensing Alliance's Voice Codec patent pool has added two new licensors, NovaVoice and Cordial IP, as well as an additional unnamed licensee. These agreements build on existing coverage provided by the five founding licensors, Dolby, Huawei, JVCKenwood, ETRI, and NTT, since the patent pool's inception in late 2024.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 21 MEI

South Korea and ITU discuss expanding AI and digital cooperation

Deputy prime minister and minister of science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon met secretary general Doreen Bogdan-Martin in Seoul to discuss expanding cooperation with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on AI and digital policy. The meeting took place during Bogdan-Martin's visit to South Korea for the Global AI Hub Vision event held in Seoul on 21 May. According to the ministry, the two sides discussed cooperation on expanding universal and meaningful connectivity, narrowing the digital divide and prom

AUSTRALIA 19 MEI

Telstra, Ericsson deepen 6G partnership with joint research and testing program

Telstra and Ericsson have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on 6G research, standards development and technology trials, as the two companies look to accelerate the evolution of next-generation mobile networks. Under the agreement, the companies will work together on 6G research initiatives, contribute to the evolution of 3GPP standards and conduct testing using Ericsson's 6G testbed facilities in Sweden. Telstra engineers will participate in trials at Ericsson's Swedish test environment, while Erics

JAPAN 19 MEI

Tokushima University demonstrates 112 Gbps wireless transmission above 420 GHz

Japan's Tokushima University and research partners have demonstrated single-channel wireless transmission at 112 Gbps in the 560 GHz band, marking what the researchers described as the first demonstration of 100 Gbps-class wireless communications above 420 GHz. The research focused on technologies intended to support future 6G mobile backhaul and integrated optical-wireless networks using terahertz spectrum above 300 GHz. 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 18 MEI

Korea and UK discuss joint roadmap for 6G standardisation cooperation

South Korea's Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) said it has discussed a joint roadmap with the UK aimed at strengthening cooperation on 6G standardisation and international standards activities. The discussions took place during the final reporting session for the 2025/26 UK Knowledge Sharing Program held in Seoul, attended by officials from South Korea's ministry of science and ICT, the UK department for science, innovation and technology, and telecommunications industry representatives from

GLOBAL 12 MEI

Cohere to launch channel observability feature to surface ISAC data insights

Cohere Technologies announced a feature update in its Universal Spectrum Multiplier software platform set to enhance sensing and AI-RAN workloads hosted in mobile towers. The new ECHO feature leverages USM to generate real-time wireless channel insights, delivering comprehensive observability to help operators understand and act on physical radio environments. ECHO is short for Enhanced Channel Insight with Holographic Observability. Cohere regards the tool as a key component in enabling commercial use case

CHINA 12 MEI

China authorises 6G tests in 6 GHz band

China has authorised spectrum use for testing 6G technology in the 6 GHz band, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced. The approval was granted to the IMT-2030 (6G) promotion group for trials in selected regions, Xinhua reported.

JAPAN 12 MEI

NTT Docomo begins joint 6G radio propagation simulation trial with Anritsu

NTT Docomo has begun a joint verification project with Anritsu aimed at improving the accuracy of radio propagation simulation technologies for future 6G networks. The companies said the project will compare large-scale, high-precision radio propagation data collected automatically in real-world environments with simulation results generated in cyber environments. The initiative is intended to identify and analyse sources of error between measured and simulated data to improve simulation accuracy.

GLOBAL 11 MEI

Korea expands international cooperation on AI and quantum standards

The Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) of South Korea has held a multilateral workshop with organisations from Japan, the UK and the European Union (EU) focused on international cooperation in digital technology standards, including AI and quantum communications. The two-day event took place in Tokyo on and involved 10 organisations, including Japan's Telecommunications Technology Committee (TTC), the Quantum STrategic industry Alliance for Revolution (Q-STAR), the UK Department for Science, In

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