the United States teamed up with Japan to develop 6G, it recently joined hands with South Korea. It seems that it intends to gain a leading edge through the joint research and development of 6G among the three countries. This is undoubtedly a pressure for China, which has already obtained 6G patent advantages. Baiming Technology believes that China and Europe Jointly developing 6G technology may be a way to deal with the alliance between the United States, Japan and South Korea.
According to previous Japanese media statistics, in terms of the number of 6G patent applications, China ranks first with a proportion of 40.3%, and the United States, Japan, and South Korea rank second with a proportion of 35.2%, 9.9%, and 4.2% respectively. first, third and fifth place.
It can be seen that if the United States, Japan and South Korea jointly develop 6G, they may overtake China in 6G patents, which will put considerable pressure on China. 6G is no longer limited to terrestrial cellular technology, but integrates air and ground. The United States is in a leading position in space communications, especially the Starlink built by Musk, which has taken the lead in occupying space communication resources. This is important for the United States to take the lead in 6G technology. Advantages are hugely supportive.
The United States is so eager to gain dominance in 6G technology because of its failure in 5G technology. Due to its backwardness in 5G technology research and development, its communications industry has suffered huge losses. Recently, Apple was accused of infringing Ericsson. The 5G patent of has been banned, which shows that the loss of communication technology dominance has far-reaching consequences.
Faced with the plan promoted by the United States to jointly develop 6G technology between the United States, Japan and South Korea, in addition to continuing to strengthen its own 6G technology research and development capabilities, China can also respond by cooperating with Europe to develop 6G technology.
In terms of 3G technology, the American Qualcomm relied on the monopoly advantage of CDMA technology to gain the dominance of 3G technology. As a result, Qualcomm made a lot of money in the 3G era. Later, Qualcomm continued the 4G/3G bundling method. Its Qualcomm tax did not have to lower patent fees until 5G.
Faced with the United States' advantage in 3G technology, China and Europe chose to cooperate in the research and development of 4G to break the dominance of the United States. At that time, American companies were quite arrogant. Qualcomm launched its own UMB, Intel launched wimax, but the result was that they did not become one. American companies that share the rope lost in the competition for 4G standards. LTE, which was jointly launched by China and Europe, became the only technical standard for 4G. The cooperation in the formulation of 4G standards allowed , China and Europe, to achieve great success. Both parties later also worked in the formulation of 5G standards. Choosing cooperation further reduces the United States’ say in mobile communications technology.
Now that the United States is one step ahead in space communications and has established a U.S.-Japan-Korea alliance, the United States may once again gain dominance in 6G technology. Therefore, China and Europe should cooperate to formulate 6G standards. It should be the best way to start from the above-mentioned 6G patents. From the comparison, it can be seen that China and Europe have a combined patent share of nearly 50%, forming a two-power structure with the United States, Japan and South Korea. Cooperation is beneficial to both China and Europe.
Another benefit of Sino-European cooperation is that their 5G patents can be extended to 6G. The upgrade of each generation of mobile communication technology does not start over, but evolves to avoid wasting previous resources. This is also what operators hope for. Both are conducive to enhancing the say of China and Europe in 6G standards, and China and Europe have obtained more patents in 5G standards.
Mobile communication technology has a great impact on a country's industry. It not only affects communication equipment and mobile phones, but also affects many other industries. Especially 5G and beyond are not just serving people, but also serving industry, the Internet of Things, etc. , affecting the automotive, industrial manufacturing and other fields. Under such circumstances, all parties hope to obtain more patent rights, and cooperation has become a necessary measure in the 6G standard game.
