Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon: 6G will be commercially available as early as 2029, enabling "AI everywhere"

WealthCoffee · 2026-03-03T12:02:29+00:00

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon stated at the Mobile World Congress that 6G infrastructure and devices are expected to be completed by the end of 2028 and commercially available as early as 2029. Reflecting on the development history of the telecommunications industry, he pointed out that even-numbered generations of technology are usually more successful than odd-numbered ones.

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2026-03-03 12:02:29

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[Caixin] “6G infrastructure, chips, and terminals will be ready by the end of 2028, with commercial use expected to begin as early as 2029.” On March 3rd, local time, Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), stated during his speech at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.

Amon reviewed that every ten years, a new generation of mobile communication technology emerges in the industry, and even-numbered generations tend to perform better than odd-numbered ones—during the 2G era, mobile devices experienced an explosion, and everyone started using phones; 3G enabled device connectivity; 4G brought the smartphone revolution; 5G empowered high-definition video applications.

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