According to the first financial report, on February 26, local time, 10 countries including the United States and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement to support the 6G principle; The countries participating in the joint statement are: the United States, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Japan, South Korea, Sweden and the United Kingdom**.
At the same time, the AI-RAN Alliance was also established in Barcelona on the same day, which is a technological innovation led by NVIDIA to seize a more advantageous position in the upcoming 6G era. The organization has a total of 11 initial members, including semiconductor, telecommunications, and software giants such as Samsung, Arm, Ericsson, Microsoft, Nokia, Nvidia, and SoftBank.
The above information comes from the Mobile World Congress 2024 (MWC 2024), a joint statement led by the United States and the United Kingdom, which has the world's largest communications market (99.2 billion users) and China**, the best communication technology (5G) at the moment, is absent; The enterprise alliance represented by Nvidia and SoftBank, Huawei and Zhongguancun and other related Chinese companies are not on the list of invitees.
According to NVIDIA, alliance members will leverage their technical expertise to focus on advancing three areas of research and innovation: AI for RAN (leveraging AI to enhance RAN capabilities to improve spectrum efficiency), AI and RAN (integrating AI and RAN processes to use infrastructure more efficiently and create AI-driven revenue opportunities), and AI on RAN: (deploying AI services at the edge of the network through RAN to improve operational efficiency and deliver new services to mobile users).
It is reported that Nvidia and SoftBank are working together to build a groundbreaking platform for generative AI and 5G 6G applications based on the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper superchip.
In AI+6G-related fields, many giants such as NVIDIA and Samsung have had a number of substantive cooperations.
It is worth mentioning that the network operators in the AI-RAN Alliance will take the lead in testing and implementing these advanced technologies that member companies and universities work together to research and develop.
As early as the Trump era, the U.S. Department of Defense heavily funded a 6G cooperative research project consisting of more than 30 U.S. universities to establish the "Terahertz and Perception Fusion Technology Research Center" (Comsenter).
At that time, the United States ** was established by the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and the state came forward to support the development of the 6th generation of communication technology through financial investment, DFC CEO Adam Boehler (Adam Boehler) said in an early ** interview: "We are more interested in what the next trend is, we are interested in 6G, (which) is the area in which we invest, because the United States and other countries will dominate here."
While the 5G race is not over, 6G research has already begun, and the United States has developed policies and allies to define, incentivize, and support the development of 6G technology on a global scale.
As we all know, the development process of communication technology is gradually accelerating, 3G has taken 15 years to develop from the initial vision and technical standards to the deployment of mature technologies, 4G has taken 12 years, and 5G has only taken 8 years.
According to statistics, there are more than 800 million 5G users in China, and the application of 5G has been popularized in all areas of the national economy and people's lives.
However, a strong 5G does not necessarily mean that 6G is a win-win situation. The biggest difference between 6G and 5G is that 6G will be extended to the relevant application fields of the Internet of Everything based on satellites and cyberspace (i.e., the "star battlefield"), and the popularization and promotion of 6G will also become the biggest dividend of AI and chip technology.
Whether it is for China's 5G core enterprises or key areas such as chips, the United States has used various measures such as administrative means, financial tools and judicial power to brutally and unreasonably interfere in the free market economy in this field, coerce Chinese companies to cede their core interests, and force European, American, Japanese and South Korean companies with huge market shares in China to choose sides.
Choosing a side also means that these companies will face a sharp decline in sales in the real market and a huge increase in costs, and will force them to increase their R&D investment in alternative technologies and products, and the United States has occupied a major advantage in the periphery (satellites), core (chips) and center of gravity (AI) in this field; Similar behavior by the United States is quite suspicious of sacrificing others, and its allies and related companies may be sold and help count the money.
Of course, it is impossible for the United States and the West and their related companies to cross the patent barriers of 5G technology and directly enter the 6G market, because"Communication without humans is meaningless".；Through the large-scale application of 5G, Chinese enterprises will also rely on the massive data of users in mobile communication, and lay a solid foundation for the ubiquitous interconnection of people, machines and all things, so as to tap greater value wealth in the process of promoting the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.
Nevertheless, we must pay enough attention to every move of the United States in the direction of 6G and actively take countermeasures; According to the current technological development trend of the United States and the West, it is very likely to embark on an intelligent interconnection technology route of "silicon-based life represented by mobile Internet intelligent terminals such as smart phones, intelligent connected cars and robots" to connect all things including but not limited to the earth's "carbon-based organisms" + AI + Starlink, so as to skip the communication gap between humans and bypass 5G to achieve corner overtaking.
There is also a very important mystery, that is, the United States and Western companies related to the Internet of Everything, such as Starlink and brain-computer interface, which do not appear in the list of the AI-RAN Alliance, although these companies currently maintain an open and inclusive integrated business format for the Chinese market, they may not be able to withstand the pressure of Western capital and choose to compromise with authoritarianism.
In the modern war triggered by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the cyberspace battlefield between the United States and Russia around the 6G frontier is also fiercely confronted, and the space-based system composed of reconnaissance, navigation, communications, meteorological and other satellites has also played an extremely important role.
The battlefield intelligence provided by NATO through military satellites has given the Ukrainian side a battlefield situational awareness advantage, and the Russian army has suffered unexpected setbacks several times. Due to Musk's star effect, SpaceX's Starlink communication satellite system has also become hot news many times in this war.
Two days after the start of the war, on February 26, 2022, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Fedorov called on Musk on Twitter, hoping that SpaceX would open Starlink services in Ukraine and provide Starlink terminals. Just a few hours later, Musk responded on Twitter that the Starlink service in Ukraine had been activated and the terminal was on the road.
It is reported that SpaceX has launched 2,653 Starlink satellites, of which more than 1,800 (including nearly 300 in-orbit backup satellites) are in working condition, and the rest have either been retired or are still being tested.
On March 29, 2022, Ukrainian troops enter Irpin, a small city north of Kyiv, after the retreat of Russian troops. At that time, most of the city's 24 mobile base stations were destroyed, and mobile phone communications were completely disrupted. Two days later, engineers from Vodafone Ukraine came to Irpin. They found a base station with good fiber and power lines at the edge of the city, installed the Starlink antenna and receiver box, and connected a generator. In just a few hours, communication in the town was restored.
As for the use of Starlink in the Ukrainian army, very little information has been revealed. The Times of London reported in March that Ukrainian forces were connecting unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to Starlink terminals, sending target information directly to artillery positions.
A foreign mercenary posted on Twitter that a Starlink antenna was installed on the roof of their car. We also know that the Ukrainian army in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol used Starlink to send various messages to the outside world during the siege, including distress messages on Twitter, **and**, etc. This is undoubtedly part of the information war.
At this stage, Starlink is more suitable for individual soldiers and guerrilla squads, and is an effective supplement and backup to the dedicated military communication system. At the same time, it can play an important role in large-scale civilian emergency response in wartime.
During the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Gaza Strip's internet and communications networks were damaged by the Israeli army's continued bombardment of the area, leaving the local population virtually incommunicado. At the same time, Israel has intensified its air strikes on the Gaza Strip, exacerbating communications disruptions. This has left the population of Gaza incommunicado inaccessible to the outside world via the Internet, mobile** and fixed**, with only a few satellites** available.
It is worth noting that Elon Musk, CEO of the American company SpaceX, announced at this time that he would provide Gaza with the "Starlink" satellite network service. This service will provide communications support to internationally accredited relief organizations in Gaza.
As we all know, Musk and Trump have an unusual relationship, if Trump takes the helm of the United States again, what level will these two leaders who are fond of 6G will raise the development of the United States in this field, and whether the United States will follow the "Star Wars" plan launched against the former Soviet Union and unite Western countries to launch the "Star Wars" plan against China, we do not know.
Therefore, for the hot event that the United States and the United Kingdom have begun to join Japan and South Korea to enter 6G, it is not only a huge challenge for us, but also a major opportunity.
This kind of non-free market economy, which directly excludes competitors through administrative means, fully embodies the hegemonic ideology of the United States and the West in using their existing position to demand that all parties choose sides, which is inherently unpopular. For the companies involved, they are also mostly reluctant to give up their existing markets, especially for developing countries with larger populations, and will consider important factors such as market size and cost pressures.
China has always admired the humanistic and natural concept of "harmony between man and nature", and has a unique competitive advantage in terms of strategic depth and ideology in the relevant market.
More importantly, "the growth of all things" depends on sunshine, and the Internet of Everything also puts forward higher requirements for cutting-edge technological innovation such as new energy, which are the advantages of the Chinese market and its enterprises.
It is true that the Internet of Everything is inseparable from key areas such as satellites, AI and chips, and cyberspace, which puts forward higher and more specific requirements for China and its enterprises to maintain more open strategic cooperation and establish a global collaborative innovation technology ecosystem under the huge competitive pressure.
European, American, Japanese and South Korean enterprises can choose sides under the strict requirements of their countries, but they cannot put forward the same requirements for talents in various countries, after all, talents are free flow; Drawing on the experience of the United States in the last century to attract global talent through innovation highlands such as Silicon Valley and its technological and financial strength, talent will overcome many obstacles and choose to gather and develop in places where they can use their human talents.
With its vast geographical territory, abundant natural resources, biological diversity, cultural diversity and inclusiveness, and a huge market and superior ecology that creates greater value and ecological wealth through the Internet of Everything, if China can further emancipate its mind, open its market, and provide capital empowerment such as green finance and digital finance, it will surely have a huge attraction and provide a huge stage for talents in related fields in countries around the world, including 5G and 6G.
Qin'an strategy ten years ago had put forward an early warning, led by Cisco of the United States communications giants to the most harmful, will pose a huge threat to China's network infrastructure field, this is the lifeblood of the entire cyberspace, and telecommunications, finance, petroleum, chemical and other key information infrastructure related to the national economy and people's livelihood is closely related, to complete as soon as possible "national information infrastructure and key business network core product substitution strategy", these suggestions have been verified and played an important role.
5G is in the ascendant, 6G is still on the way, the decisive battle of the great powers has been expanded to all fields of the national economy and even the future star battlefield, in the face of the strong competition of Western countries led by the United States, is it a reckless military force or a peaceful rise, is it a closed confrontation or open coordination, is it to stick to tradition or innovation, is to seek private interests or inclusive common wealth, what choice will be made in the future, this is the question of the century for people from all walks of life in science and technology finance, including Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone, Will we be able to come up with satisfactory answers?
The future has come, all for the people, facing the stars and the sea, the whole world will wait and see!