Beijing will accelerate the research and development of 6G (sixth generation mobile communications) technology. This was expressed by Jin Zhuanglong, Minister of Industry and Informatics of the People’s Republic of China, Wrote agency TASS.
The minister also promised to strengthen international cooperation in this sector, but did not specify how this would be expressed.
As Zhuanglong recalls, China has built the world’s largest 5G network using cutting-edge technology. In 2023, Beijing plans to launch about 600,000 more 5G base stations, up to a total of 2.9 million. According to the ministry, the number of 5G mobile phone users in China is 575 million.
Press service of the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technologies of South Korea at the end of February knowledgeable About the intention to launch sixth-generation cellular communications in the country as early as 2028, two years before the deadline set in the K-Network 2030 state plan.
In the second half of October 2022, Izvestia newspaper based on its own sources. Wrotethat domestic companies began to develop sixth-generation networks. It is assumed that equipment supporting the 6G format may appear as early as 2027.