The White House met today with business leaders, government officials, and academics over how to plan for the building of 6G networks.
It feels like we are still early in the 5G era but already the White House is looking ahead at 6G, the next generation of wireless connectivity. As per CNN, business leaders, government officials, and academics met with members of the administration on Friday to discuss ideas and strategies related to 6G. The meeting was also expected to discuss the lessons learned from the still ongoing build-out of 5G.
At stake is control over the creation of 6G standards which U.S. officials would like the country to have a big hand in. The concern is that China, led by networking firms that have been banned in the U.S., such as Huawei and ZTE, will help shape the standards for 6G and be the first to patent necessary technologies. In February, South Korea said that it plans on launching 6G service in 2028, two years earlier than the 2030 start date expected for 6G.
China and South Korea battled over which country received the most patents for 5G with China responsible for a leading 26.8% of 5G patents last year followed by South Korea’s 25.9%. South Korea is aiming to generate 30% of patents awarded for 6G innovations. But the U.S. is concerned with working out a plan so that it can help mold the new technologies that will be so vital to the U.
