Published: 18th Oct, 2021
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Recently, the government asked the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DOT) to start developing 6G and other future technologies to capture the global market in time.
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What is 6G technology?
- 6G (sixth generation wireless) is a successor of 5G mobile technology.
- It will be able to use higher frequencies than 5G networks and provide much higher power and much lower latency (delay).
- One of the goals of the 6G internet will be to support single microsecond-latency connections (one microsecond delay in communication).
- This speed of 1,000 times - or 1 / 1000th the latency - is more than one millisecond.
- It seeks to utilise the terahertz band of the frequency that is not currently in use.
- Terahertz waves fall between infrared waves and microwaves into an electric spectrum.
- These waves are tiny and fragile, but there is a large amount of free spectrum at the top which can allow for amazing data levels.
Progress in 6G
- Samsung, Huawei, LG and other companies have started working on 6G technology.
- Next-generation telecommunications (6G) technology is said to be 50 times faster than 5G and is expected to be introduced commercially between 2028-2030.
Current status of India’s telecom sector
- The Department of Communications has embarked on the process of launching 5G commercials in India.
- It has sought TRAI's views on the base price of spectrum to be allocated for 5G services.
- 5G technology is expected to deliver downloads ten times faster than 4G and up to three times the efficiency of spectrum.
- 5G high data download speeds are set at 20 gigabit per second (Gbps).
- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recorded high-speed 4G speeds of about 20 megabit per second (Mbps) on the Reliance Jio network in the country.
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