6G Forge - Commercialising 6G

When "build it and they will come" is over, why build it?

6G Forge takes a deep dive into the difficult and as-yet unclear question of where the commercial benefit of the 5G-to-6G transition lies.

Without this, 6G is an expensive gamble for the industry’s vendor ecosystem and a driver of risk for telcos.

In 2026 a variety of interested parties have started to explore this. During a day of conversation under Chatham House Rules we will dive into their perspectives, among others, and look at the end-user markets, to start unravelling:

• How the commercial roadmap to 6G can or should build on 5G and 5G-A.
• What benefits 6G can credibly offer to consumers, enterprises and governments – and would those be point solutions or network-wide?
• What demand there is for telecoms services beyond those currently offered.
• What forms of implementation would complement existing telco strategies.
• What timelines are realistic for implementation, and will customers wait for them?
• What relationship any of this has to the 6G under telecoms standards development as currently understood.

While we will run the day under Chatham House Rules, the key points of the discussion will be collated, turned into real-world outputs to drive change, and shared with you and key stakeholders globally.

Organised with the support of Thinknet 6G.