In October of 2020, a consortium of companies announced formation of the Next G Alliance — created to “advance North American mobile technology leadership in 6G and beyond over the next decade.” At the time of the announcement, the Next G Alliance included founding members AT&T, Bell Canada, Facebook, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Samsung, among others. Apple and Google joined the group in mid-November.
According to a report at Bloomberg, Apple posted job ads last weekend seeking engineers “to craft next generation wireless technology that will have [a] deep impact on future Apple products” and help create “next generation disruptive radio access technologies over the next decade.”
So, what is 6G? The short answer is that no one knows yet, but that won’t keep any company or country from declaring that whatever it has or will have is “real” 6G.
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