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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...

2025/12/02

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....

Results of the Flexible Society Project-FSPJ, which promotes the use of wireless communications at various sites, including manufacturing sites (1)

The Flexible Society Project (FSPJ) is one of the projects of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), which conducts various activities to promote the utilization of wireless communication technology in the real world. FSPJ is one of the projects of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).

Airbus and Ericsson to Fully Deploy Private 5G for Factories on a Global Scale

European aircraft giant Airbus announced in October 2025 that it has installed a private 5G network at its Hamburg, Germany plant in cooperation with Ericsson. The installation is also underway at the Toulouse plant in France (to be completed by 2026), with future installations in the UK, Spain, the U.S., Cana...

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....

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