"Industrial 5G Day 2025" will be held at Miraikan (Odaiba, Tokyo)

"Industrial 5G Day 2025" will be held at Miraikan (Odaiba, Tokyo)
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 9:00-17:00

December 4, 2025 5G-ACIA will co-host with XGMF the "Industrial 5G Day 2025" at Miraikan, Odaiba, Tokyo....

2025/11/11

Verizon Establishes 6G Forum to Promote Standardization in Collaboration with Industry Leaders

U.S. telecommunications giant Verizon announced on September 22, 2025, the establishment of the Verizon 6G Innovation Forum, an industry collaboration organization to lead research and development of the next-generation "6G" communications technology. In cooperation with telecommunications equipment vendors and device and chipset companies...

Thursday, November 13, 2025, 1:00 p.m. start
XGMF ODAIBA IX (Industrial Transformation) Core
Workshop on the Integration of Advanced Industrial Technology and Advanced Telecommunications Technology (IX) Vol. 10

Experience the possibilities of next-generation factories pioneered by millimeter waves!
Learn cutting-edge R&D at Sumitomo Electric Industries Information Network R&D Center

The "XGMF-ODAIBA IX Core Workshop (Vol. 10)" is an opportunity to witness first-hand the initiatives of Sumitomo Electric Industries' Information Network R&D Center in a workshop format. It is the foundation for promoting DX in social infrastructures and industries, mi...

Apple Watch to Support 5G RedCap; U.S., German, and Japanese Carriers to Launch Commercial Offering

Following Apple's support of 5G RedCap (Reduced Capability) in its latest Apple Watch series, major telecommunications carriers in the U.S., Germany, and Japan will begin offering the standard commercially one after another. Optimized for wearable devices...

Nokia Opens Next-Generation Campus in Oulu to Promote AI-Driven 5G/6G Research and Manufacturing

Finland's Nokia announced on September 5, 2025, the opening of a new R&D and manufacturing campus, Home of Radio, in Oulu, northern part of the country. The site covers an area of 55,000 square meters and will employ approximately 3,000 professionals. This center will be used to develop 5G O...

Chinese Research Team Announces Chip for 6G, Covering 0.5G to 115GHz in a Single Chip

A research team from Peking University in China and City University of Hong Kong published the world's first "all-frequency-capable" wireless chip in the British scientific journal Nature on August 27, 2025. Demonstrating transmission in excess of 100 Gbps per second on a single communication channel, the chip has the potential to take advantage of the full spectrum in future 6G...

First in Korea, KT begins AI-RAN verification on commercial 5G network

South Korean telecommunications giant KT announced on August 26, 2025, that it has begun verifying AI-RAN technology on a commercial 5G network in Naju, Jeollanam-do Province. This is the first trial of its kind in the country, an initiative aimed at improving communication efficiency and laying the groundwork for the 6G era....

SoftBank's AI-RAN, 30% faster uplink speed on actual network, advances toward commercial deployment.

On August 21, 2025, Softbank announced that it has developed a new AI architecture for RAN (Radio Access Network) and demonstrated that it can significantly improve the performance of 5G communications. As part of the company's "AI for RAN" research, AI-RAN live net...

du and huawei launch first 5G-Advanced network in the Middle East in the UAE

UAE telecom giant du announced on August 13, 2025, the launch of the first 5G-Advanced (5G-A) on a commercial network in the Middle East, in collaboration with Huawei....

Thursday, September 18, 2025, starting at 13:30
XGMF ODAIBA IX (Industrial Transformation) Core
Workshop on the Integration of Advanced Industrial Technology and Advanced Telecommunications Technology (IX) Vol. 9

Experience millimeter wave and APN and discuss how these two work together!

In the first part of this "Integration of Advanced Industrial Technology and Advanced Telecommunications Technology (IX) Workshop (Vol. 9)," three core members of the IOWN Global Forum, which promotes IOWN as the most promising APN, will provide important tips, followed by the second part...

Celona, U.S.A., announces AerFlex, the industry's first cloud-controlled private 5G

On August 6, 2025, Celona, a US private 5G operator, announced AerFlex, the industry's first cloud-controlled private 5G platform consisting only of APs (access points). By eliminating the need for local servers and complex integration,...

AI-RAN Alliance and Linux Foundation Partner to Promote AI-RAN through Open Source

The AI-RAN Alliance, which promotes wireless access networks (RANs) using AI technology, and LF Networking (LFN), an affiliate of the Linux Foundation, announced on August 4, 2025 that Innovations in AI-Native Networking [......

Catalonia to Launch Europe's First 6G Experimental Satellite by Year's End

Catalonia, Spain, is planning to launch Europe's first orbital experimental satellite for 6G communications, 6GStarLab, by the end of 2025. This research project with small satellites aims to validate technologies essential for future 6G networks....

AT&T Announces U.S. Deployment of "RedCap" 5G Technology for IoT

U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T announced on July 16, 2025, that it has begun rolling out 5G RedCap (Reduced Capability), a next-generation 5G technology suitable for industrial IoT devices, across the United States....

NASA Demonstrates 5G Communications Infrastructure for Urban Air Taxis

NASA announced on July 23, 2025, that it has tested the use of existing 5G networks as the communication infrastructure for air cabs for use in urban areas. Compared to building a new communications network or deploying a dedicated satellite, the company expects significant cost savings and rapid deployment....

Thursday, August 21, 2025, starting at 13:30
XGMF ODAIBA IX (Industrial Transformation) Core
Workshop on the Integration of Advanced Industrial Technology and Advanced Telecommunications Technology (IX) Vol. 8

Local 5G Accelerating Sophistication and Local 6G Seen Beyond

This year's "Fusion of Advanced Industrial Technology and Advanced Telecommunications Technology (IX) Workshop (Vol. 8)" will focus on the advanced use of local 5G, which has begun to spread in earnest, and specific industrial applications, as well as actual use cases that have begun to spread to the sea, undersea, and sky, and also local use of subterahertz waves...

AI-RAN Market to Grow to $10 Billion by 2029 (Dell'Oro Group Forecast)

Research firm Dell'Oro Group released its latest report on the AI-RAN market outlook, the AI RAN Advanced Research Report, on July 10, 2025. In this report, AI and RAN (Radio Access Network) are integrated...

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