5G is still a long way off, but some people are already discussing 6G

It often takes many years for network technology to develop, and it needs to be planned decades in advance. 5G is not yet mature.

The standards for 5G radio networks won't be finalized until October 2018; there's another set of 5G standards, called IMT-2020, that won't be rolled out until 2020.

It is estimated that the United States will not be able to deploy 5G networks until 2019-2024.

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This year, AT&T and Verizon will deploy 5G fixed wireless networks. It is hoped that the networks of the two operators will be forward-compatible quasi-5G networks.

Last week, Qualcomm CEO Matt Grob said: "Eventually we will move to 6G. Yes, we will spend some time thinking about 6G."

What exactly is 6G? No one knows. 3GPP has not set a timeline for 6G because the 6G standard will not be finalized until around 2020, and the technology used by then may not have been invented yet.

Will it use quantum computing? LiFi? Wormholes? These are just speculations...

Obviously, everyone wants to know what 6G is, just like everyone wants to know what the iPhone 10 is. Some of those who want to know are investors who want to bet on the future. Some want to put their own technology in it. And some are just curious about the future.

At MWC, we will hear a lot about 5G. 4G LTE still has a long way to go, at least 10 years of life. As for 6G, we only know that some people are planning it, but it is still very far ahead.