Jio, Finland’s University of Oulu ink JV on 6G technology

TIL Desk/Business/Mumbai/ Jio’s Estonia arm and Finland-based University of Oulu have signed an agreement to collaborate for development of 6G technology as well as to foster entrepreneurship. The collaboration with the university is expected to extend Jio’s 5G capabilities and will help explore use cases in the 6G era. Jio Platforms is the parent of telecom player Reliance Jio.

“As the leader of the world’s first major 6G research programme, the University of Oulu focuses on wireless communications leading to 6G technologies.

“We are looking forward to collaborating with Jio Estonia and the entire Reliance Group on targeted research initiatives that will enable future wireless end-to-end solutions for a wide range of end-user requirements,” University of Oulu’s director of the 6G flagship professor Matti Latva-aho said in a statement on Thursday.

The university said that 6G builds on top of 5G and extends digitisation through unique capabilities, adding that 5G and 6G will co-exist and cover a broad range of consumer and enterprise use cases.