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China begins developing 6G technology after launching 5G services
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IANS | 07 Nov, 2019
China's Ministry of Science and
Technology has announced the setting up of a working team to research
and develop 6G networks just days after the commercial launch of 5G
services in the country, state-media reported Thursday.
Vice
Minister of Science and Technology Wang Xi said the 6G technology
research "is still in the initial stage of exploration" so key
indicators and application scenarios have yet to be clearly defined, Efe
news quoted public broadcaster CGTN as saying in a report.
The
Ministry has also set up a group comprising 37 experts from
universities, research institutes and technology companies to promote
the development of this technology and advise on decisions to be made by
the authorities in this regard.
This move officially marks the
start of 6G research and development in China although in September, Ren
Zhengfei, the founder of Chinese telecom giant Huawei - which has the
most 5G patents globally - revealed that his company had already begun
research on 6G.
Chinese media had reported in November 2018 that
the country was expected to formally start research and development on
6G networks in 2020 and launch the technology is 2030, but the Ministry
made no reference to any deadlines in its latest statement.
Su
Xin, head of 5G technology working group at China's Ministry of Industry
and Information Technology, had said at the time that 6G could extend
coverage to higher altitudes and offer transmission speeds of up to one
terabyte per second, which is 10 times that of 5G.
On November
1, Chinese telecom operators began offering 5G mobile services at a
monthly price of between 128-599 yuan ($18.2 - $85.4) and speeds of
between 500 megabytes per second and one gigabyte per second, higher
than those offered by 4G networks so far.
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