Recently, several telecommunications companies in Japan jointly announced the development of the world’s first high-speed 6G wireless device.
Its data transmission speed reaches up to 100 Gbps per second, which is 10 times the peak speed of 5G and over 500 times the download speed of ordinary 5G smartphones.
Since 2021, DOCOMO, NTT, NEC, and Fujitsu have been developing this device. Each company is responsible for specific research and development aspects.
Although the current transmission distance is limited, with testing only within a range of 100 meters, it is expected that as technology advances, the size and cost of the device will decrease.
Earlier, Huang Yuhong, director of the China Mobile Research Institute, revealed the progress of China’s 6G technology research in an interview.
Huang Yuhong stated that we are currently conducting research on some key technologies and developing some prototype machines. The 6G standard is expected to be formulated around 2029, and commercial use of 6G is likely to be achieved around 2030.
For the average person, when it comes to 6G, the basic feeling is that it will be faster than 5G. It is generally believed in the industry that the communication capabilities of 6G will be more than 10 times that of 5G.
Experts say that building on 5G, 6G will further expand from serving humans and connecting people with objects to supporting the efficient interconnection of intelligent entities. Moreover, 6G will drive more immersive holographic videos, enabling the linkage of the physical world, the virtual world, and the human world.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a notice on the quality of telecommunications services for the fourth quarter of 2023, showing that the average download speed for 5G mobile phone users exceeds 144 Mbps, the average first packet delay for fixed broadband users accessing websites is 0.08 seconds, and the average first-time playback delay for watching videos is 0.55 seconds.