Telecom industry gears up for next-generation frontier in China

Telecom industry gears up for next-generation frontier in China
# 08 June 2023 12:14 (UTC +04:00)

Chinese companies have started research into"6G", the next-generation telecommunication technology that will likely succeed 5G. They are working to prepare for a fully internet-connected world, APA reports citing China Daily.

Currently, there is still no universally accepted definition for 6G, the wireless technology that is expected to have far lower latency, higher speed and more bandwidth than 5G.

One of its key characteristics would be that it can enable the integration of space-air-ground-sea communication technologies, company executives and experts said.

At the two sessions that concluded earlier this month, Yu Shaohua, a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said there is a pressing need for China to promote the development of future emerging technologies during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25).

More efforts are needed to accelerate the research and development of technologies such as 5G and 6G, he said.

Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei Technologies Co, said in an interview last year that the company has been undertaking parallel work on 5G and 6G.

But 6G is in a nascent phase, and there is still a long way-at least 10 years-to go before any commercialization, Ren said.

For its part, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo said in 2019 that it would invest 50 billion yuan ($7.7 billion) over the next three years on R&D. One of the focus areas listed in Oppo's research budget is 6G.

Chen Mingyong, CEO of Oppo, said at the time the company has "the faith of sharpening a sword in 10 years" and that it "will ramp up the push to build our own technical moat".

In November 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced that China had entered the global 6G race, and has established two dedicated offices, one for related policymaking and the other for technical details. The latter group comprises 37 experts from colleges, research institutions and enterprises.

As early as in 2018, Miao Wei, then minister of industry and information technology, the nation's top industry regulator, said in an interview that the nation has started R&D of 6G around the end of 2017.

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