The path to 6G

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🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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The European Union needs high-performing digital connectivity infrastructure to give all citizens the best access to digital services and to maintain prosperity. As the 2030s approach, the groundwork for the next frontier in mobile communications is being laid – the era of 6G. However, with the promise of unprecedented capabilities comes a host of challenges. Countries and companies that lead in 6G development and deployment are expected to gain a competitive edge in terms of technological innovation, economic growth, and influence in shaping global standards. The global race to 6G has already begun.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the European Parliamentary Research Service Podcasts.
0:05.6	The global race to 6G has begun, and the stakes are high. This new technology is poised
0:13.4	to reshape the way we interact with the digital world, but it comes with a potential host of
0:18.6	challenges, such as privacy, cybersecurity security and a high environmental footprint.
0:24.6	Let's take a peek into our digital future.
0:29.6	3D mobile holograms, truly immersive extended reality, remote surgeries, exact digital replicas of real-world objects and people.
0:40.0	The era of 6G is coming and it promises to revolutionize the way we connect with the world
0:45.2	and with each other. But what is 6G exactly?
0:50.4	2G allowed us to send voice and text messages for the first time.
0:54.8	With 3G came mobile internet connection.
0:58.0	High quality video streaming followed with 4G,
1:01.0	and 5G is allowing the internet of things to develop further.
1:05.0	But 6G will take our connectivity to an entirely different level,
1:09.9	creating real-time interactions that will
1:12.4	blend the limits between the physical and the digital worlds.
1:15.6	It will not only improve applications on previous mobile generations, but introduce new ones,
1:21.6	such as truly immersive extended reality, opening a world of possibilities in health and medicine, entertainment, education or manufacturing.
1:30.7	Let's take the idea of digital twins as an example. Combining the use of advanced sensors,
1:36.7	artificial intelligence and high-speed connectivity, ensuring an ultra-fast transfer of data across
1:43.1	the network. We could produce exact digital
1:46.3	copies of objects, systems, or even people in a virtual world. Now you may be thinking,
1:52.7	what's the advantage of that? Well, digital replicas could be used in medicine to build human
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