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Chinese lab says it made a breakthrough in 6G mobile technology as global standards-setting race heats up

  • Government-backed institute Purple Mountain Laboratories says it has made 6G speed breakthrough
  • Project’s breakthrough was achieved in collaboration with telecoms giant China Mobile and Fudan University

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Workers are seen on a 5G tower at Shougang Park, one of the sites for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing on December 1, 2021. Photo: AFP
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A Chinese lab said it has made a breakthrough in next generation mobile communications technology, as the global power struggle over standards-setting in the telecoms industry continues to heat up.

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A government-backed institute called Purple Mountain Laboratories said on Wednesday that a research team led by its chief scientist professor You Xiaohu had achieved a sixth generation (6G)-level wireless transmission up to a speed of 206.25 gigabits per second for the first time in a lab environment, according to a statement on its website.

The project was supported by a special government project on 6G and achieved in collaboration with telecoms giant China Mobile and Fudan University.

The speed achieved is a world record for real-time wireless transmission within the terahertz frequency band (300GHz~3THz), which is considered to be the bedrock for future 6G mobile communications, according to the Purple Mountain statement.

6G wireless communication technology will be the successor to current 5G cellular technology, which is still being rolled out across multiple countries. 5G enables data to be transferred at a speed that is 20 times faster than previous standards.
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