\u201cIf you actually believe in the AI revolution, 6G will be required. Resistance is futile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe traffic that we expect on 6G is way different than what we had before,\u201d says Palkhiwala. \u201cBefore, it was all about consumer traffic. We expect 6G to be driven by [AI] agent traffic. Think about all these use cases where there are AI agents sitting on various devices\u2014your glasses, your watch, your phone, your PC. These agents are going to be talking back and forth across the network to other agents and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe traffic completely changes. 6G is being built with this idea that the traffic that goes on the network is not just going to be consumer voice calls or downloading videos, we\u2019re going to have agents talking to each other, so the reliability of the network becomes very important.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201c6G is going to be the first time that connectivity and AI come together in the network. What we\u2019re building is the first AI-native wireless network that\u2019s ever been built.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akash\u00a0Palkhiwala, Qualcomm\u2019s chief financial officer & chief operating officer<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
On-device capabilities (the ability of your phone to process far more data); edge computing (locally sourced IT technology rather than distant data centers); more efficient use of available bandwidth (AI-enabled load control); and greater cloud access will all come together to produce a new wireless network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I ask Palkhiwala what this all might mean for a mother from Arkansas? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a great question,\u201d he answers (it isn\u2019t, but it is an attempt to bring the issue home for non\u2013technology experts). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday we are in the application economy,\u201d he notes. \u201cOn the phone, you want to make a travel reservation, you go to one application. You want to order an Uber, you go to a second application. You want to order food, you go to a third application, movie tickets, etc. The user has to go through that effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn the future, you think of the app economy moving over to an agent economy, where there\u2019s one agent I\u2019m interacting with, and I can ask that agent to book me a movie ticket or a plane ticket, to order food for me, get an Uber for me. It knows everything about me.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the stand there is an interactive tabletop display that used to look impossibly modern in movies 20 years ago. With the swipe of a finger, a video plays. It is of a driver arriving at a supermarket where there is a waiting robot with bags of groceries it already knew you wanted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qualcomm says the first 6G applications will be in consumer testing by the time of the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. By 2029, rollouts will begin. Many are still getting their heads around applied AI, and in the U.K., where I live, 5G is still spotty and drops out whenever on the train. Mobile World Congress is a gathering of thousands of people all focused on the possibilities of an AI-enabled future. How it works out will take the brainpower of many millions more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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