While several governments and businesses are preparing to roll out 5G networks for their citizens and consumers, others are already focused on 6G. LG Electronics, which saw its mobile business come to a tragic end, is now focusing its efforts on 6G research and development. According to LG, 6G will be commercially available in 2029. The standardization of 6G technology is scheduled to begin as early as 2025, according to the Yonhap news agency.
A prominent LG researcher will lead an alliance for 6G technology in the United States
According to an IANS report, LG’s top researcher, Lee Ki-dong, has been named the Next G Alliance’s director of the Applications working group. Lee Ki-dong has been allocated two years to lead the working group that will investigate and develop 6G application requirements.
The Next G Alliance is a relatively recent organization that was founded in October 2020 by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions in the United States (ATIS). The body’s mission is to learn everything there is to know about 6G and to meet the application demands associated with the successor to 5G.
It’s worth mentioning that the Next G Alliance comprises six separate working groups, each of which is made up of 48 businesses from the telecommunications, semiconductor, and software industries.
Commercial 6G networks will be accessible for residents starting in 2029, according to LG. This is happening at a time when even 5G isn’t yet available in many regions of the world. Only time and near-term advances will reveal if a 6G deployment as early as 2029 is feasible.
Even better than 5G would be 6G. Its applications will go beyond the Internet of Things (IoT) and will include much more. Users will benefit from significantly faster Internet speeds and lower latency with 6G networks, enabling the Ambient Internet-of-Everything (A-IoE) to come to life.
In 2019, LG and KAIST collaborated to construct a 6G research facility. Last year, the business also struck a deal to research 6G technologies with the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science.