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Telecommunications Industry in 2026, "Upload Speed" and "Fault Tolerance" to be Competitive Axes (Ookla Forecast)

Ookla, a U.S. company that provides Internet line speed measurement services, recently released its forecast of trends in the wireless telecommunications industry for 2026. In this report, the company discusses next year's telecommunications industry, including the optimization of "low latency and uplink speeds" associated with the use of AI and the integration of satellite communications with "network resi...

2026/02/13

Thursday, February 12, 2026 starting at 13:00
FFPA/5G-ACIA/XGMF (ODAIBA IX Core) Joint Workshop (Vol. 12)

Creating a Dynamic Future Production Site with DX - Creating Possibilities Together Evolution of Wireless Utilization Against a Backdrop of Trends in Physical AI, Wireless AI, etc.

In this workshop, ICT professionals and manufacturing professionals will discuss "The dynamic future of production and its possibilities as envisioned by DX"....

OPPO and Audi Sign License Agreement for 5G Standard Essential Patents--Expanding Collaboration in the Automotive Communications Field

On December 10, 2025, Chinese smart device giant OPPO and Audi of Germany will license OPPO's Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs) for cellular communications for automotive applications, a gro [......

NTT R&D FORUM 2025 Photo Report---Technologies that will revolutionize everything from telecommunications to the real world

NTT held the NTT R&D FORUM 2025 "IOWN∴Quantum Leap" on November 19-21 and 25 and 26, 2025. This article will discuss IOWN, optical quantum computing, digital twin, mobility, e...

Photo Report on CEATEC2025 "5G/6G Special Day II"

CEATEC2025 "5G/6G Special Day II" will be held at Convention Hall A of Makuhari Messe International Convention Center from October 15 (Wed.) to 16 (Thu.), 2025, with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, XG Mobile Promotion Forum (XGMF), Radio Industries Association of Japan (AR...

Private LTE/5G Market to be worth $7.2 Billion in 2028: Nokia and Ericsson diverge on strategy

Market research firm SNS Telecom & IT (SNS) recently released its latest forecast for the global private network market. In it, global private LTE/5G infrastructure investment will grow at a CAGR of 22% from 2025 to the end of 2028....

Samsung and SK Telecom Jointly Develop AI-RAN for 6G, to be Verified on Real Network

On November 26, 2025, Samsung Electronics of Korea and SK Telecom (SKT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint research on AI-RAN technology. The two companies will work on AI-based channel estimation, distributed MIMO, AI-RAN-based scheduler and core network architecture...

Thursday, January 15, 2026, starting at 13:30
XGMF ODAIBA IX (Industrial Transformation) Core
Workshop on the Integration of Advanced Industrial Technology and Advanced Telecommunications Technology (IX) Vol.11

The Future of Mobility as Envisioned by Public Transportation

The "future of wireless (mobile communications) in mobility" is often headed by the optimization of transportation (V2X: Vehicle to Everything) using high-speed, high-capacity, wide-area, low-latency 5G/6G communications, but this is just the telecommunications industry...

5G to 6G Project for Transportation and Public Works / Let's start with the realization of "reliable vehicle control" - Takeo Fujii(Professor, Center for Advanced Wireless Communications Research, The University of Electro-Communications)
ODAIBA IX Core/Industrial Transformation (IX) Leaders
Leaders Transforming Industrial Technology (No. 13)

This time, the project leader is Takeo Fujii, one of the industry's leading and extremely busy researchers, who has been involved in various projects, including the Effective Utilization of Radio Waves Committee of the Information and Communications Council (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications). The direction of this project and the future of mobility...

EU Considers Legislation to Eliminate Huawei and ZTE Telecom Devices, Unified Policy for All Member States

The European Union is considering legal action to phase out China's Huawei and ZTE products from member states' 5G and next-generation networks....

Nokia Considers Partial Sale of Enterprise Private 5G Business to Focus on Mission Critical Areas

Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia announced its new strategy and restructuring at an investor presentation (Capital Markets Day) on November 19, 2025. Among the changes, the company announced that the "Enterprise Campus e...

Samsung Demonstrates "AI Native 6G" Technology in Silicon Valley

On November 13, 2025 (local time), Samsung Electronics Korea, Inc. demonstrated its AI-RAN technology integrated into a real system at the Silicon Valley Future Wireless Summit 2025 in Mountain View, California, USA....

Nokia and Rohde & Schwarz Demonstrate Coverage Improvement with AI-Enabled 6G Receiver

Finland's Nokia announced on November 3, 2025, that it has developed an AI-powered receiver for 6G and successfully field-tested it in collaboration with German measurement equipment giant Rohde & Schwarz. The two companies presented the results at the Brooklyn 6G [......

Nokia and NVIDIA form strategic alliance, jointly develop AI-RAN platform for 6G

On October 20, 2025, U.S. telecommunications giant T-Mobile announced Edge Control and T-Platform, a new enterprise solution based on 5G-Advanced. The equivalent of private 5G on public networks...

T-Mobile Announces New Service for Businesses Using 5G-Advanced

On October 20, 2025, U.S. telecommunications giant T-Mobile announced Edge Control and T-Platform, a new enterprise solution based on 5G-Advanced. The equivalent of private 5G on public networks...

BMW launches next-generation EV factory with full use of AI and 5G

German automotive giant BMW has opened a new EV plant in Debrecen, Hungary, with AI and 5G at its core. The company has positioned this plant as the "world's first AI car factory" and will begin production in late October....

"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....

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