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The Next G Alliance 6G KPI Databases: From Intent to Measurable Outcomes: Supporting Consistent Evaluation of 6G Performance

February 20, 2026
By:Hank Daugherty
Category:Applications, Sustainable Development
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As the wireless industry looks ahead to 6G, discussions increasingly extend beyond raw performance metrics. The next generation of networks is expected to enable new classes of applications while also responding to growing expectations around environmental responsibility and long-term sustainability. To support this broader conversation, the Next G Alliance hosts two complementary KPI databases, the 6G Applications KPI Database and…

The Market and Applications Working Group — Bringing the Next G Alliance 6G Vision to Vertical Markets

December 24, 2025
By:Hank Daugherty
Category:Market & Applications
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One obstacle that has limited 5G adoption outside traditional telecommunications has been an underprepared ecosystem. To accelerate 6G uptake across key North American verticals, the Next G Alliance has established a Market and Applications Working Group (MAWG) dedicated to market development and vertical engagement, building relationships with end users, and mapping the ecosystem required to make 6G commercially successful across…

Technology Roadmap Working Group: Focus Areas and Priorities

November 7, 2025
By:Hank Daugherty
Category:Technology Roadmap
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—Developing and maintaining a lifecycle roadmap for 6G that extends from research to market readiness. After five years of capturing and refining North America’s vision and key technology for the 6G roadmap, the Next G Alliance has refreshed its working group structure. Our new Technology Roadmap Working Group (TRWG) is optimized toward driving long-term technology development, advancing pre-standardization efforts, and charting…

Pioneering Sustainable 6G: The Next G Alliance’s Holistic Approach

September 23, 2025
By:Hank Daugherty
Category:Sustainable Development
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The Next G Alliance, North America's premier initiative for advancing 6G technologies, has undergone a significant evolution by transitioning its Green G Working Group into the new Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG). This expands the Working Group's focus from primarily environmental concerns to a comprehensive framework that integrates environmental, societal, and economic sustainability. By embedding these three dimensions into 6G…

Insights on the 6G Future from Network X Americas’ 2025 6G Summit

June 9, 2025
By:Hank Daugherty
Category:Uncategorized
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For the fifth year, ATIS’ Next G Alliance partnered with Informa to produce the Network X Americas 6G Summit, which took place on May 20 at the Irving Convention Center. The following are key insights the NGA delivered and gleaned from the event: The Key Role of Vertical Engagement For 6G to deliver on its full potential return on investment…

Forging the Future with Industry Verticals

March 24, 2025
By:National 6G Roadmap Working Group Leadership: Amitava Ghosh, Doug Castor and Marc Grant
Category:National 6G Roadmap
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It’s no secret that the full potential of 5G has not yet been realized when it comes to providing benefits to vertical industries. With 6G standardization about to begin and with the continuing deployments of 5G standalone networks, it is a critical time to ask the question on how telecom and verticals can work better together to create value in…

The Next G Alliance Spectrum Working Group:Proactively Addressing the Spectrum Issues of the Next G World

March 20, 2025
By:Andrew Thiessen, Fabiano Chaves and Alexander Sayenko
Category:Spectrum
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The Next G Alliance’s Spectrum Working Group has been working diligently over the past several years to address a set of challenges where spectrum intersects with the needs for 6G in North America. And as most anyone reading this will agree, spectrum is the lifeblood through which commercial mobile broadband operates. Therefore, the determination of spectrum needs and access for…

How LPWAs and Short-Range Sensors are Transforming Rural North America

October 11, 2024
By:Amir Gomroki, Gagandeep Bhatti and Tamela Hill
Category:Societal and Economic Needs
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Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAs) and short-range sensors are not just technologies; they are tools that offer people power and control over their own lives and are revolutionizing aspects of life in rural North America. Through enabling long-range communication and dense data collection with minimal energy use, LPWAs are making a profound impact in sectors including agriculture, healthcare, and public safety.…

National 6G Roadmap Working Group: North American 6G Roadmap Priorities

September 20, 2024
By:Amitava Ghosh, Doug Castor, and Marc Grant
Category:National 6G Roadmap
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Over the last three years, Next G Alliance (NGA) has been studying the needs for the forthcoming 6G network and evaluating the readiness of potential technologies to be brought to standards and implementations. Ambitions have been high — carried by the momentum of an industry that has seen tremendous growth generation over generation. Hundreds of new use cases can easily…

From Everyday Living to Societal Goals: The Promise of 6G Applications

August 19, 2024
By:Ki-Dong Lee, John Macias, Dr. Mitch Tseng, and Carroll Gray-Preston
Category:Applications
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In the 6G future, applications will be pivotal in shaping the future of connectivity, enabling advanced and innovative use cases, and ensuring that the benefits of 6G technology are widely accessible and sustainable. To prepare for that future, ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) Applications Working Group (AWG) is exploring emerging opportunities anticipated with 6G applications. This work aims to assist…