InterDigital has published a paper that outlines the steps the industry will have to take in the path from 5G Advanced (a.k.a. 5G Standalone, via 3GPP Release 18). With the first iteration of 6G expected in 2029, with Release 21), InterDigital points to the speedy uptake of 5G as evidence that momentum is building. Here, the R&D house points to projections from ABI Research, which note that it took six years for 4G to reach 1 billion users. The paper claims that 5G managed this in three years, in the ‘foundational 5G’ phase – with the 5G-Advanced era set to provide a “slower, measured adoption.” A notable difference for the adoption of 6G would be that the software-defined nature of…