Qualcomm made a big announcement on 6G before MWC 2025!
Ahead of the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025, Qualcomm has revealed its plans for the year 2025. The company announced that it will focus on the development of 6G wireless technology this year. Qualcomm also announced that it will also work on supporting the FR3 band in 2025.
MWC 2025 will be held in Barcelona from March 3 to March 6 this year. Qualcomm will showcase its wireless technology development in Hall 3, Stand 3E10.
Qualcomm announces big step for 6G!
Qualcomm announced that it will focus on the standardization of 6G cellular technology this year.
“2025 will be a landmark year, marking the official start of 6G standardization,” said John Smee, SVP Engineering, Qualcomm Technologies.
He also said that the company is working extensively on its ‘6G Vision’, in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be integrated into various layers and devices of the network.
To achieve this goal, Qualcomm is already working closely with Nokia Bell Labs and Rhode & Schwarz. This partnership has been done to demonstrate the advantages and scalability of AI-enhanced networks and wireless AI.
In simple words, Qualcomm is using AI in cellular networks, which will eventually be incorporated into 6G networks.
According to Rhode & Schwarz, the use of AI in the network will not only improve the efficiency. But will also improve the user experience in 5G Advanced and 6G networks.
For those who are not familiar with this topic, ‘Advanced 5G’ is being described as the next version of 5G technology, which will focus on increasing the performance and efficiency of the network. Commercial advanced 5G became available last year with 3GPP Release 18. It will continue to evolve through Release 21, which will potentially launch in 2028.
Qualcomm will develop support for FR3 band
Qualcomm also announced that it will evolve its MIMO system designs so that they can support the new FR3 band.
According to the company, this FR3 band will provide new wide-area bandwidth of about 400MHz.
This is important because the FR3 band will eventually be used in 6G cellular technology.
It is worth noting that the FR3 band lies between the FR1 (below 6GHz) and FR2 (above 24GHz) bands, which are used in current 5G networks. The FR3 band is being considered suitable for use in 6G telecom networks, as it will provide low latency, support IoT (Internet of Things) devices and be able to transmit large amounts of data at high speeds.
