en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, China officially became the first country in the world to approve 6G trial frequencies, providing spectrum support for the next phase of key technology verification, equipment testing, and industrial ecosystem cultivation. A predictive study by the Global System for Mobile Communications Association on spectrum planning towards 2040 indicates that China is expected to remain in the leading tier for 6G deployment, with a projected 6G penetration rate of 60% by 2035.
The 6G competition is first and foremost a competition in spectrum and standards. Each generation of mobile communication technology, from the laboratory to commercial use, must go through stages such as technology research, frequency band selection, standard formulation, industrial verification, and large-scale deployment. After the trial frequencies are approved, research institutions, operators, equipment manufacturers, and chip companies can conduct system tests in a real spectrum environment, verifying air interface technologies, network architectures, terminal forms, integrated sensing and communication, space-terrestrial integration, and intelligent networks. Compared to pure simulation and closed experiments, verification using specific trial frequency bands is closer to future industrialization conditions and can accelerate the convergence of technology routes.
China has established a relatively complete foundation in networks, terminals, applications, and industrial chains during 5G construction, providing a sustained advantage for 6G research and development. 6G is not simply about increasing network speed; it is a new generation communication system oriented towards intelligent agents, industrial control, immersive interaction, integrated air-space-terrestrial-sea communication, intelligent sensing, and artificial intelligence native networks. Future networks need to simultaneously support greater bandwidth, lower latency, higher reliability, stronger sensing capabilities, and more complex terminal access. China's pioneering approval of 6G trial frequencies helps advance research work from concept verification to system-level experiments, and accumulates data for standard proposals, equipment iteration, and application scenario incubation.
Shanghai will host the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027, which will become a crucial node in global 6G spectrum coordination. The International Telecommunication Union has announced that WRC-27 will be held in Shanghai, China, from October 11 to November 12, 2027. The conference will review and revise the Radio Regulations, discussing future spectrum usage directions for services such as mobile communications, satellite communications, radiolocation, radio astronomy, and space research. For the 6G industry, the global spectrum allocation results will directly impact terminal scale, equipment R&D costs, international roaming, and cross-border industrial chain collaboration.
For the information and communication technology industry chain, the approval of 6G trial frequencies will drive base station equipment, RF components, chips, test instruments, terminal prototypes, satellite communications, network security, AI network scheduling, and industrial application platforms to enter the verification cycle earlier. Operators can conduct trials around network architectures and scenario requirements, equipment manufacturers can accelerate the R&D of key components and system prototypes, and universities and research institutions can advance technology evaluation under unified frequency conditions. Subsequent milestones focus on the scope of trial network construction, results of 6G key technology tests, progress of standard organization proposals, and the final arrangements for global 6G spectrum usage at the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference. If related work continues to advance, China will form a more systematic first-mover advantage in 6G spectrum, standards, industrial ecology, and application verification.
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