Prof Yeo Kiat Seng, Associate Provost for Research and International Relations, SUTD, gave the opening address at the workshop.Īt the International Workshop on Future Communications, organised by SUTD’s Office of Research on 23 and 24 June 2021, leading scientists across the industry and academe discussed the possibilities offered by emerging technologies. However, a mindboggling 142 hours of Netflix shows can be downloaded in a single second with 6G.īut even as the country is in the midst of rolling out its nationwide 5G networks, researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and around the world are already looking ahead to a future fueled by 6G and other state-of-the-art communications technologies.
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For instance, with 5G, it would take 3.6 seconds to download a two-hour movie. With speeds of up to 20-gigabits per second and the ability to support up to one million devices per square kilometre, 5G-the latest generation of mobile communications technology-may already seem impressive, but 6G is set to take these capabilities even further. At the International Workshop on Future Communications, experts emphasised the key role of emerging technologies like 6G in driving a more connected, digitalised world.