North America testifies leadership in 6G with Next G Alliance launch

India is as yet not ready with the fifth generation spectrum auction. Whereas other countries especially the North Americas has already planned for 6G. The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), which brings together the top global ICT companies and having about 150 member companies, is currently working to address 6G parallel to 5G.

ATIS has announced the launch of the Next G Alliance, an industry initiative that is expected to advance North American mobile technology leadership in 6G and beyond over the next decade.

The Next G Alliance will encompass the full lifecycle of research and development, manufacturing, standardization, and market readiness.

The Next G Alliance Founding Members include AT&T, Bell Canada, Ciena, Ericsson, Facebook, InterDigital, JMA Wireless, Microsoft, Nokia, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Samsung, TELUS, Telnyx, T-Mobile, UScellular, and Verizon.

Additional Founding Members are expected to be onboarded soon.

The Next G Alliance is named after its primary goal, to establish North American preeminence in the 5G evolutionary path and 6G development.

It is believed to be an outgrowth of ATIS’ Call to Action Promoting U.S. Leadership on the Path to 6G.

According to ATIS President and CEO Susan Miller, 6G will ultimately leverage new infrastructure, systems, networks, and devices.  Collectively, this ecosystem will be central to defining the Next G vision.

Miller says recognizing that now is the time for bold action, the Next G Alliance will initially focus on three strategic actions:

1. Develop a 6G national roadmap that addresses the changing competitive landscape and positions North America as the global leader in R&D, standardization, manufacturing and adoption of Next G technologies.
2. Align the North American technology industry on a core set of priorities that will steer leadership for 6G and beyond to influence government policies and funding.
3. Identify and define the early steps and strategies that will facilitate and lead to rapid commercialization of Next G technologies across new markets and business sectors and promote widescale adoption, both domestically and globally.

“The work of the Next G Alliance delivers just that – from research to commercialization – and it is setting the foundation for a vibrant marketplace for North American innovation in future generations of mobile technology," opined Miller.