The NextG Alliance, formed by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) aims to “advance North American global leadership over the 5G evolutionary path and 6G early development.” Given that 5G is in the early stages of deployment, that might seem silly.
But consider that the first 4G framework was set by the International Telecommunication Union in 1998. What became Long Term Evolution was proposed in 2004. and that early commercial deployment began about 2010.
So 4G early conceptual work to commercialization took about 12 years, complicated by the distraction of two major alternatives, WiMax and LTE.
For 5G, early conceptual work began about 2008. The standard was largely solidified by 2017. South Korea launched commercial 5G in 2019. The point is that the time from early conceptual work to commercial deployment took about 13 years.
Samsung believes 6G could be available commercially as early as 2028, with widespread availability by 2020. So early commercialization could happen in about seven years, with deployment at scale in about nine years.
Many of us would expect to see early 6G deployment by about 2030. If so, then work on 6G actually is starting later than was the case for either 4G or 5G.
Expected to hold its first meeting in November 2020, the NextG Alliance says it hopes to:
Create a Next G development roadmap
Develop a set of national priorities that will influence government applied research funding and promote incentivized government actions.
Align development with commercialization outcomes.
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