6G push picks up speed with focus on innovation

China is tapping the world's researchers and scholars to help advance technologies that could prove critical to the development of 6G, the next frontier in wireless technology, officials and experts said on Tuesday.

While there is still no universally accepted definition of 6G, the technology is expected to have far lower latency, higher speeds and more bandwidth than 5G.

6G could support the integration of space, air, territorial and maritime communication technologies, and is expected to be in commercial use around 2030, specialists said at the 2022 Global 6G Conference in Shanghai.