China Begins 6G Communications Test

China sent the world's first 6G communications test satellite into orbit from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, in north China's Shanxi Province on November 7.

Media reports said that the 6G satellite was among three Chinese satellites successfully launched into orbit, along with 10 commercial remote sensing satellites developed by Argentinian company Satellogic.

According to CCTV, the 6G technology is still in its infancy and must overcome several technical hurdles in basic research, hardware design, and its environmental impact before the technology becomes commercially available.

6G networks are predicted to become 10 times faster than the fifth-generation networks, as the world continues to battle China’s superfast tech over security fears, according to China Daily.

On other hand, in May, China Unicom and national telecom equipment producer ZTE agreed to jointly research and develop the 6G network, predicting that the next-generation tech era will start in 2030.

Compared with the current 5G, Vivo Communications’ report believes that the upgrade to 6G lies in dimensions. While current communication tech standards can only provide a connection and a digitization capacity, 6G is to strengthen the two and combine them with intelligent development, which will be able to provide computing, storage, and communication integration services at the same time.

The Vivo Communications Research Institute head Qin Fei, believes that the emergence of 6G can bring a freely-connected world of physical and digital convergence, with a high degree of integration and interaction between the two.

Also, 6G capabilities will serve thousands of industries and promote the efficient, healthy, and sustainable development of society.