Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has announced a new strategic coalition with leading industry partners to accelerate the development and global deployment of 6G. Revealed at MWC Barcelona 2026, the collaboration establishes a ‘clear, milestone-driven roadmap focused on delivering 6G commercial systems starting from 2029 onwards’. Global partners supporting this coalition include Airtel, Amazon, Asus, ...
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has announced a new strategic coalition with leading industry partners to accelerate the development and global deployment of 6G. Revealed at MWC Barcelona 2026, the collaboration establishes a ‘clear, milestone-driven roadmap focused on delivering 6G commercial systems starting from 2029 onwards’. Global partners supporting this coalition include Airtel, Amazon, Asus, BT Group, Cisco, Dell, e&, Ericsson, FPT Corporation, Fujitsu/1finity, Google, HP, HPE, HUMAIN, KDDI, KT, Lenovo, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, Meta, Microsoft, Motorola, NEC Corporation, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, Reliance Jio, Samsung Electronics, Sharp, SK Telecom, Snap, Inc., Stellantis, Swisscom, Tejas Networks, Telstra, TIM Group, T-Mobile, Viettel Group, VNG, and YTL. Among the auto industry partners in the 6G tech coalition are Stellantis, Chery, Hyundai, SAIC, Xpeng and Xiaomi. “As vehicles become more intelligent and connected, the networks that support them must evolve as well. 6G will enable real time intelligence, greater environmental awareness, and more responsive experiences for our customers. By engaging early, Stellantis is helping shape technologies that improve safety, efficiency, and everyday mobility for our customers around the world,” said Ned Curic, Chief Engineering and Technology Officer, Stellantis. 6G is being designed as an AI-native system that builds upon three key pillars: connectivity, wide-area sensing, and high-performance compute. These next generation networks will feature new and advanced capabilities, including intelligent radios with integrated wide-area sensing capabilities, virtualized and cloud RAN with high-performance and energy efficient compute, AI-based network autonomy, as well as edge and centralized data centers for entirely new AI workloads. 6G systems will enable higher levels of efficiency and performance for telecommunication applications, new agentic consumer and enterprise devices, and new classes of AI-enabled services, ranging...