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An IDTechEx overview of 5 and 6G

5G is paving the way for a fully digitalized and connected world. The past two years have seen many new field trials and an accelerating number of commercial rollouts. Moreover, 5G is starting to be adopted in a wide range of industries, from manufacturing to healthcare.

Printed and flexible sensors constitute the largest printed electronics market outside of displays. Indeed, we forecast that the market for fully printed sensors will reach 4.9 billion by 2032.

This premium article gives the roadmap and outlook for 5G in Japan and South Korea.

This premium article gives the roadmap and outlook for 5G in the USA and China.

Antennas are the first major success for metamaterials and these can act as sensors

This premium article examines the laminar, antenna-like metamaterial that prevents emissions passing through

This premium article examines metamaterial antenna innovations

6G Communications promises between ten to one hundred times the download speed for operating unpowered devices, remote holographic surgery and much more, but it will depend on how high a frequency is chosen and how much infrastructure investment is made.

6G Communications Reprogrammable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) could become the largest market for metamaterials. This premium article focuses on the essential reprogrammable intelligent surfaces needed and applications beyond 6G.