Akihabara News (Tokyo) — Japanese companies are expediting plans to implement 6G by the 2030s.
Following the US-Japan summit on April 16, it was revealed that the two countries will jointly invest US$4.5 billion for the development of the next generation of mobile networks.
In June, industry groups from Finland and Japan agreed to conduct joint research and development on 6G technology.
This will be a collaboration with Japan’s Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium made up of the University of Tokyo along with NTT, NTT Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank, Rakuten Mobile, and Finland’s 6G Flagship led by the University of Oulu.
On August 23, mobile operator Softbank also announced its plans for 6G implementation, with Vice-President and Head of the Advanced Technology Division Ryuji Wakikawa calling it “a technology for the 2030s.”
NTT Docomo currently owns about 6% of 5G patents, while Qualcomm and Huawei are roughly equal at about 10%.
The rush to become a key player in the 6G race serves to ensure Japan does not have the same slow start as it did with 5G.
6G is expected to be 100 times faster than 5G, and ten times more effective than 5G at connecting to multiple devices simultaneously, decreasing connection delays.
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