6G

Over the course of May and June 2024, Innovate UK, in collaboration with UKRI India and the Indian Department of Telecommunications (DoT), delivered a Global Expert Mission, bringing together key government and R&D experts from the UK and India.

Innovation is the lifeblood of any sector: it’s what keeps us moving forward.
But to deliver on the demands of citizens and industry today, and ensure a rich and robust pipeline 
of future R&D and innovation, organisations in the telecoms sector need to be able to navigate 

6G is unfolding fast in most prestigious labs worldwide. Research results are handled to standardization bodies like 3GPP which will deliver a standard ready before end of this decade. 6G will come to real world around 2030 complementing 5G with new groundbreaking features such as embedded AI and sensing capabilities.

Birmingham Tech Week is the UK’s largest regional tech festival and conference with over 7,500 people attending. Events will be taking place across the entire West Midlands covering a variety of important and innovative topics.

The UKTIN Academic Future Networks Strategy Working Group (which can be referred to as the Academic Strategic Working Group[1]) is one of the UKTIN groups which is tasked with developing a long-term strategy that will ensure world-leading academic research into future networks well into 2040.

Join us at the Institute for Communication Systems (ICS) at the University of Surrey in Guildford, for the sixth edition of the 6GIC SeLected Advanced TopICs WorKshop Series (6GIC-CLICK)

Join the UK SPF Cluster 1 for an exclusive event dedicated to examining the evolving landscape of indoor connectivity and its future demand. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the need for robust and reliable indoor networks is more crucial than ever before for both consumers and enterprises.

An update on the ongoing evolution of RAN architectures including the “vision” for 6G architectures; why 6G is required (from an architectural perspective); virtualisation underpinning this future direction and how we get to the 6G vision.

The telecom industry’s end-of-year wrap-up returns to London on Thursday 5 December, for a day of boisterous discussion and debate on the big issues and topics that are shaping the future of telecoms. 

Debates proposed so far include:

Digital Catapult is delighted to invite you to an in person SONIC Labs Investor Seminar on the outlook on future networks, taking place on Tuesday 15 October from 13:00-17:00 at Digital Catapult’s office in central London.

The IEEE 6G Summit 2024 will be taking place at the University of Leeds on 25th of July. 

About the Programme

Innovate UK’s Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) aims to help ambitious innovative UK businesses to grow and scale on a global stage through building R&D, innovation collaborations and partnerships.

Presentation outlining digital innovation undertaken by Coventry City Council

Connected Britain is the UK’s most important digital economy event, bringing together stakeholders from across the connectivity ecosystem. 

Join us for the IET’s 6G and Future Networks Conference

Gearing up to 5G, 6G and beyond

전 세계적으로 통신 부문의 혁신이 요구되고 있습니다. 문명의 근간을 이루는 통신은 오늘날 경제 및 사회적 과제를 해결하려는 세계의 노력을 지원합니다.

한국 기업을 위한 영국의 강점과 기회에 대해 자세히 알아보려면, 영국의 매력과 UKTIN에서 지원하는 새로운 국제 협업 모델에 대해 설명하는 '영국이 확실한 R&D 목적지인 이유’ 백서를 다운로드하세요.

From commercializing 5G and the roadmap to 2030 to aligning 6G evolution to real world requirements, from digital transformation to emerging business models, SCWS offers a dynamic platform to explore the intersection of policy, technology, and partnerships.

EPSRC and DSIT have funded three future Telecoms Hubs and provided additional resources to bring them together in a federated structure, which will help deliver the six core areas identified in the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy.

Meet 200 trailblazing speakers and network with over 2,500 attendees from across the digital economy ecosystem for a regional forum on connectivity enabled social and economic growth. Connected North brings together the innovators and disruptors shaping the North's connected future for two days of essential learning and networking.

A series of Future Capability Papers, authored by the UKTIN Expert Working Groups, are being published over the coming months, with the first paper - Wireless Networking - launched today.

Wireless technology has revolutionised society, providing unparalleled mobility through devices like smartphones, tablets, laptops, and smart home gadgets. The Internet of Things (IoT) has further connected billions of devices, fostering a world of interconnectivity and automation across various sectors.

The SNS R&I WP for 2024 has been (pre)released to give information on the contents of the forthcoming call.

This face-to-face event will offer attendees the unique opportunity to come together and exchange with experts, network with peers, and visit the dedicated project posters all focussing on the topic of Non-Terrestrial Networks for beyond 5G.