Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo, alongside global partners, has demonstrated AI-powered enhancements for 6G, achieving an 18% boost in communication efficiency. This breakthrough uses AI to optimize modulation and channel estimation, enabling faster, smarter networks.
NTT Docomo’s 6G Harmonized Intelligence Project envisions an AI-driven network revolutionizing telecommunications beyond 5G. By focusing on sustainability, efficiency, and enhanced user experience, this initiative aims to unlock new paradigms for AI and robots, ensuring seamless communication.
Samsung and NTT Docomo are combining forces to propel AI research and innovation within the telecommunications sector, setting the stage for 6G technology. This strategic partnership aims to elevate network quality and service, ensuring seamless VoIP communication even in challenging signal areas.
NTT DoCoMo has successfully tested a hybrid quantum-computing-based network optimization solution from D-Wave Quantum, enhancing network performance and reducing paging signal congestion by 15% during peak times. This quantum breakthrough optimizes base station tracking, predicting device movements, and efficiently reconnecting devices. The hybrid solver completed tasks in 40 seconds compared to 27 hours for traditional methods.
NTT Docomo is set to launch New Radio dual connectivity technology, offering download speeds up to 6.6 Gbps using 5G Standalone architecture. Utilizing sub-6GHz bands and mmWave, this VoIP-enhancing tech will debut in Tokyo and Kanagawa starting August 1.
NTT Docomo has initiated Japan’s first experimental demonstration of a self-powered hydropower cellular base station. This project, designed to showcase sustainable and low-cost connectivity solutions for rural areas, features a hydroelectric power-generation system utilizing a jet turbine developed by Professor Yukihiro Shimatani from the Prefectural University of Kumamoto.
As the evolution towards 6G continues, telecommunications mammoths NTT DOCOMO and NTT, have expanded their research circle to include SK Telecom and Rohde & Schwarz. The newly inducted collaborators will aid in various 6G trials in Japan, focusing on identifying potent frequency bands for the upcoming technology. Of particular interest is the development of a ‘6G AI-native air interface’, that promises to bolster network performance and energy effectiveness.
DTST successfully merges Flagship Solutions Group and CloudFirst. Senior Technology Analyst Anisha Bhatia underscores the game-changing impact of Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series. NTT DoCoMo utilizes AI to generate diverse NPCs in metaverses, extends genAI initiatives to predict and visualize changes in the human brain. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol unveils a $471 billion initiative by 2047 to establish the world’s largest semiconductor cluster.
Japanese telecommunications giant NTT Docomo is set to revolutionize its commercial network with the adoption of Nokia’s Open RAN compliant 5G AirScale baseband kit. The comprehensive deployment includes both Centralized Unit (CU) and Distributed Unit (DU) software, emphasizing Nokia’s industry leadership in the mobile communication sector.
Taking bold steps towards combatting climate change, Japan’s leading telecom firm, NTT DoCoMo, unveils ambitious initiatives looking to drastically cut its scope 3 emissions. These indirect emissions derive largely from the supply chain, making up approximately four-fifths of the company’s total greenhouse gas output. Taking the bull by the horns, DoCoMo is charting an eco-conscious path, pledging to fully utilize renewable energy sources and implement energy-saving measures across its network. With an eye on the future, the telecom titan plans to transform its supply chain to become environmentally friendly by 2040, all while leveraging technology to help suppliers and customers visualize their carbon footprint. As the telecommunications industry continues to battle climate change, stay tuned for further updates.
