It feels like 5G hasn’t been around all that long. When you think of how long we’ve been texting and making phone calls, 2019 is a short seven years ago. Technology doesn’t stand still, however, which is why Telstra is working with Ericsson to prepare for 6G connectivity.
Announced overnight, the partnership between Australia’s biggest telco and the Swedish networking company sees the duo intending to work together on the future of connectivity. Both parties will spend time split across Sweden and the Gold Coast to research and test 6G technology as part of an information-sharing agreement.
By testing the latest technologies in different regions, the telcos hope to assess how 6G works based on various factors. Telstra and Ericsson previously worked together on 5G technology, with the newly inked partnership the latest in a long-running relationship between the pair.
In announcing the 6G collaboration, both companies referred to the technology as “AI-native”. Neither telco elaborated on the specifics, but it appears to relate to how AI is built into the network from the ground up.
“6G will redefine what a network fundamentally is – not just an AI-native technology platform, but a platform that senses, adapts and orchestrates resources to deliver outcomes for enterprises and society at scale; simply an intelligent fabric,” said Erik Ekudden, Ericsson Chief Technology Officer.
Shailin Sehgal, Telstra’s Group Executive of Global Networks and Technology, claimed that “6G will be the most intelligent network yet”, with the “ability to sense the environment around the network”.
“[This] opens the potential for new use cases for public safety, agriculture, weather detection and more,” Sehgal said.
There’s no set timeline at this stage for when to expect 6G as a publicly available technology. Considering it’s still in the research and development stage, expect it to be a while away.
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