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// FRONTIER.INVISIBLE-HIGHWAY

The Invisible Highway

6G & Next-Gen Connectivity

4 companies · 5 sourced backers · 25 milestones on record

// What this frontier is about

This frontier covers future 6G wireless systems and the chips, networking equipment and testing tools needed to build them. Companies are working to put base-station functions into programmable chips, move growing data volumes reliably and introduce AI methods that learn how to transmit and receive signals.

// How real is it?

Where the 4 companies stand today, from their profiles and 10-year milestones. Tap a phase to see who is there.

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// What usually holds it back
  • ▸Making compact, programmable base-station hardware commercially usable
  • ▸Turning new radio technologies into dependable deployed networks
  • ▸Handling growing data volumes reliably
  • ▸Getting AI-based radio methods adopted commercially and in future standards
// Who's backing it
Lockheed Martin· EdgeQThreshold Ventures· EdgeQComcast Ventures· DeepSigSamsung Ventures· DeepSigScrum Ventures· DeepSig

Publicly listed: 2 companies (owned by public shareholders).

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// Companies in this frontier
  • Cisco (6G/Networking)

    To build the networking infrastructure needed for more demanding connected systems and future wireless services.

    Everyone · publicly listed

  • DeepSig

    DeepSig aims to have AI-native air interface methods adopted into commercial radio networks and future 6G standards, so that transmission and reception are j…

    Some users · backed by Comcast Ventures, Samsung Ventures

  • EdgeQ

    To integrate mobile-network base-station functions into programmable chips.

    Some users · backed by Lockheed Martin, Threshold Ventures

  • Keysight Technologies

    To provide the testing and measurement tools needed to develop advanced wireless networks, including future 6G systems.

    Everyone · publicly listed

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