Pre-commercial 6G infrastructure, testbeds market will reach $5B by 2030

6G Flagship, an organization funded in part by the Academy of Finland with an overall budget of 251 million Euros to study 6G from 2018 to 2026, published the white paper titled “Key Drivers and Research Challenges for 6G Ubiquitous Wireless Intelligence” in September 2019. This publisher subsequently became involved with efforts at the University of Oulu to develop a set of new white papers focused on various additional aspects of 6G.

This culminated in the publishing of “White Paper on 6G Networking” in June 2020. Written by an international expert group, and led by the Finnish 6G Flagship program, the paper sheds light on advanced features relevant to networking that are anticipated to shape the evolution beyond 5G, ultimately leading to 6G. Gerry Christensen, founder of the publishing firm, was one of the authors of the paper and his name is found among the contributors listed on the 6G Flagship website.

The involvement in 6G Flagship’s efforts has both solidified its initial research findings as well as provided an opportunity to network with wireless and networking experts from industry and academia. This makes this publisher the foremost market research authority in the emerging area of 6G technology, solutions, applications and services.

Select findings:

• 6G communication services will achieve initial commercialization during 2028 to 2030
• Pre-commercial 6G infrastructure and testbeds market will reach nearly $5 billion by 2030
• The Asia Pacific region will lead 6G core and RF investment, followed by the US and Europe
• 6G technologies are best characterized as ultra-secure, ultra-fast, ultra-reliable, and ultra-short-range oriented capabilities
• Network optimization beyond 5G will rely upon smart surfaces with solutions for 6G networks and devices reaching $16 billion by 2035
• Post commercialization investment in 6G technologies will be dominated by short-range wireless use cases as well as peer-to-peer networking
• 6G wireless will drive a new wave of electronics innovation including device power management, miniaturization, networking, and edge computing
• Communications with 6G will depend on device peering for short-chain connectivity for short-range communications and long-chain connectivity for front-haul and back-haul

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