Unveils World’s First High-Speed 6G Wireless Device with Blistering 100 Gbps Speeds

(CTN News) – A Japanese partnership of businesses has developed the world’s first high-speed 6G wireless gadget. It can transfer data at scorching speeds of 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) across distances of more than 300 feet (90 meters), up to 20 times faster than 5G.

Statista states these data transfer speeds are up to 500 times quicker than average 5G T-Mobile connections in the US. This is equivalent to wirelessly transmitting five HD movies per second.

According to a joint statement released on April 11, the consortium’s wireless gadget successfully carried data at 100 Gbps indoors over the 100 GHz band and outdoors in the 300 GHz band, which is below infrared in the electromagnetic spectrum. Consortium representatives said the tests were conducted over 328 feet (100 meters).

5G, introduced in 2019, is the cutting-edge wireless communication protocol used by nearly all new smartphones for example. T-Mobile’s average speed in the US is 204.9 Mbps, whereas the theoretical maximum for 5G is at least 10 Gbps.

According to the GSM Association (GSMA), scientists are already working on the sixth generation of this standard, 6G, with infrastructure in place for a rollout in the early 2030s. GSM stands for Global System for Mobile.

5G and 6G differ primarily in their frequency bands of operation in the electromagnetic spectrum. Operating in higher bands often results in substantially faster speeds.

According to 6GWorld, 5G signals are typically delivered in the “millimeter-wave bands,” which range from 6 GHz to 40 GHz.

According to Nokia, 6G will use higher-frequency “sub-THz” bands ranging from 100 GHz to 300 GHz. Transmitting in this zone takes advantage of quicker speeds but has the downside of more interference from the environment, with signals more likely to being blocked — particularly indoors.

Whereas the transition from 4G to 5G enabled far higher levels of media consumption, the transition from 5G to 6G may result in new technologies such as holographic communication, smoother virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality experiences.

Because 6G operates in considerably higher frequency bands, we would need entirely new infrastructure to transmit and amplify signals, whilst smartphones and VR devices would require 6G antennae.

In prior studies, scientists obtained quicker 6G speeds but over considerably shorter distances. On February 10, a team of scientists in Japan achieved a world-record 6G speeds of up to 240 Gbps at 66 feet (20 m), as reported in the journal IEICE Electronics Express.