What do vendors want from 6G?

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TelecomTV’s Guy Daniels introduces our new series, ‘Defining 6G Networks‘, in which we present comprehensive coverage and analysis of the 6G visions and requirements of the telecom industry’s major stakeholders. In this launch programme, we give a brief overview of the 6G standards process and timeline, and announce details of our new series of reports and programmes.

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Published March 2025

In this first report, we analysed a total of 77 submission documents from 36 separate companies. These covered the 3GPP 6G Workshop sessions on the overall 6G vision, the radio access network, and the system architecture and core network technology.

The following were identified as some of the key recommendations for industry standardisation:

• Prioritising energy efficiency as a design principle rather than a feature
• Establishing clear AI/ML frameworks early in standardisation
• Developing metrics and capabilities for the ‘beyond communication’ services to prevent fragmentation
• Ensuring that the migration path from 5G enables immediate differentiation while maintaining investment protection.

Discover the reasons behind these recommendations and what vendors had to say about them, as well as many other important areas. The report highlights the top-ten recommendations and focus areas from vendors, and contains a complete directory containing summaries of all submission documents.