#6G is coming, even if it's still only on the horizon. But what should regulators start to think about in advance?. Hint: it's not just about #spectrum.- Metrics.- Indoors.- Infra-sharing.- Role of MNOs in 2030+.- Competition.- New tech like AI & sensing.

Today’s winner of the “worst captive WiFi portal” is this hideous example from Purple WiFi at @93FeetEast in London. Whoever thought this was a good idea for a public venue ought to be fired. Into space, ideally.

I’m on vacation . I’ll address this properly when I’m back. There was no “5G race” and it’s alarming that NVIDIA’s boss thinks the US “lost it”. I’m unconvinced that Jensen Huang understands telecoms.

@3GPPLive @Cisco Sorry, but no. Nobody believes that the mobile industry contributes 8.4% of global GDP. Absolute tosh

@3GPPLive Now @Cisco Mark Grayson also mentioning coverage and indoor access, and option for using WiFi to bolster 5G / 6G

@3GPPLive Lots of challenges for NTN & mobile. Phone in pocket? That’s 6/7dB worse signal…. Various 6G enhancements needed for the RAN especially uplink

@3GPPLive Great question from TTP. “Why is Coverage a new capability in IMT2030?”

Love this slide from Moray Rumney, who’s addressing an elephant in the room - @3GPPLive and the increasing disconnection between standards and 5G / 6G deployment reality

Quick post on presentations so far. … good stuff on coverage, shame about the XR and immersive hype. (I’ll give AR/VR a thorough kicking later).

Really good to hear the speakers at #CWTEC #6G all mention indoors & coverage challenges . - Catherine Page from @SciTechgovuk .- Mike Short, @_UKTIN .- @jonesthefone Andy Jones. Shame the venue only has 4G in the auditorium!

I’m at the #CWTEC #6G conference in Cambridge today. Moderating a “hetnet” session and panel later today

Waiting in the queue at Portcullis House to get into today’s @ISPAUK Parliament & Internet conference . Apparently Emmanuel Macron heard I was going to be around, so he’s putting in an appearance at the Houses.Of Parliament as well today too, so it’s super-busy here.

Thoughts on the new @Ofcom mobile mapping tool.

Indian mobile data traffic growth fell to 13% y-on-y in Q1 2025.

Telcos need to decouple #AI applications & services development, from work on AI for network automation and OSS/BSS. Timing matters. And those worlds have different speeds.

Thoughts on connecting the unconnected, FWA, spectrum and takeouts from @WAPAonline #WAPALOZA2025. It made me change my view on the role of WISPs, and the importance of unlicensed spectrum for FWA.

If this applies to everyone from @SciTechgovuk and perhaps @Ofcom, this is a major negative for UK government engagement. I go to *many* events with government speakers & panellists, as well as hosting my own workshops where I have public-sector participants.

No, network slicing is not a substitute for spectrum sharing & private networks . … and it certainly can’t replace other uses of spectrum such as radar or military comms.

@ekahau @Speedtest @IspFramework Now @TaranaWireless . $2.20 “per home passed” for FWA using 5GHz unlicensed + future 6GHz when it’s available in S Africa. Also beamforming gives some redundancy as allows failover to another base station if one has an issue

@ekahau @Speedtest Presentation from vendor / sponsor @IspFramework Splynx which does billing / OSS software for ISP and WISPs. Notable that it integrates WhatsApp for customer service (important in markets like S Africa) as well as working on ChatGPT

Presentation by @ekahau @Speedtest . It’s been quite slow for ISPs to roll out #wifi7 and #6GHz support, as refresh of home gateways usually takes years