Although it won't appear until 2030, a lot of testing has already been done with 6G mobile networks.
According to Science Alert, a demo test for the 6G network demonstrated by an organization of Japanese telecommunications companies showed that their prototype can provide download data transfer speeds of 100 Gbps, 10 times faster than with peak 5G and 500 times the average 5G handset.
Many companies and organizations are accelerating efforts to develop 6G networks.
To demonstrate the speed of 6G, consider a two-hour Netflix movie at average quality streamed on a phone with a capacity of about 1.5GB. At 6G speeds, it can download 8 to 9 Netflix movies per second. While many consumers know that 5G's maximum download speed is 10 Gbps, what they don't know is that achieving maximum speed requires using the most powerful device running in optimized conditions.
The device used in the Japanese test runs on high frequency bands between 100GHz and 300GHz. 6G's ultra-fast data speeds could be used to help operate self-driving vehicles, help surgeons perform remote operations, and allow consumers to download high-resolution movies quickly than. These are examples of tasks that were used only a few years ago to demonstrate how much faster 5G would be compared to 4G.
To date, many examples such as self-driving cars and remote surgery have not been widely experienced despite the growing coverage of 5G signals. However, everything will change when there is 6G. This next-generation mobile network will increase bandwidth, allowing more traffic to be connected to the same network at the same time.
There is still a long time to go before 6G networks become widespread.
The report also says that 6G speeds will make Wi-Fi unnecessary for many people. In fact, this is starting to happen at current 5G speeds.
Of course, users shouldn't worry about whether their 5G phone will quickly become outdated or how much it will cost to buy a 6G device, because we have at least 6 years before the device will be available. 6G devices are starting to appear on the market.
