Germany is latest country to fund 6G research The German government has earmarked up to €700m ($833m) for research into 6G technologies running up to 2025. The country’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is starting the first German research initiative on 6G technology this week, with the initial priority to establish a foundation for an innovation ecosystem around the emerging technologies. “We have to think about the day after tomorrow and help shape new key technologies and standards in communication technologies right from the start,” said federal research minister Anja Karliczek. “5G is already setting important standards here and will take digital networking to the next level. 6G, however, will be the mobile data technology of the future…