6G networks to hit market by 2030 amid ‘industrial metaverse’ expansion: Nokia CEO

NEW DELHI: Sixth-generation or 6G networks will become available in the market by 2030, amid the proliferation of “industrial metaverse”, Pekka Lundmark, President and CEO of Finnish telecoms gear maker Nokia, has predicted.

“Right now, we’re all building 5G networks, as we know, but by the time quantum computing is maturing for commercial applications, we’re going to be talking about 6G,” Lundmark was quoted as saying by media reports. “By then, [2030], definitely the smartphone as we know it today will not anymore be the most common interface.”