<img src="https://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/908fb457-7f8e-4a08-9081-5565e3dfb3d7?size=2" nborder="0" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="5" title="22157.jpg" alt="Company Logo"/>Delivers 21-Year Forecasts for Infrastructure, Devices, Components and ServicesDublin, Aug. 10, 2026 <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com" target="_blank">(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)</a> -- The <a href="https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5997293/the-global-6g-market?utm_source=GNE&amp;utm_medium=PressRelease&amp;utm_code=rj6xf4&amp;utm_campaign=2324067+-+The+Global+6G+Market+2027-2047%3a+Examines+AI-Native+Networks%2c+Advanced+Materials+and+Emerging+Revenue+Opportunities&amp;utm_exec=jocamsai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="The Global 6G Market 2027-2047">"The Global 6G Market 2027-2047"</a> has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Sixth-generation mobile communications remain on track for commercial launch around 2030, with 6G specifications expected to be frozen in 2028 and the first interoperable systems anticipated in 2029. The subsequent deployment cycle is projected to become the longest and most capital-intensive mobile network build-out to date. Even before commercial equipment becomes available, competition is intensifying over 6G technology architectures, standards, supply chains and business models. The Global 6G Market 2027-2047 report provides a comprehensive technical and commercial assessment of the global 6G market. It covers the complete value chain, including semiconductor materials, advanced packaging, radio systems, base stations, non-terrestrial networks, connected devices, applications and network services. Three technology developments distinguish 6G networks from previous generations. AI-native network architecture will embed learned models within the physical layer, although the industry remains divided over the scale of the resulting spectral efficiency and capacity gains. Integrated sensing and communication will enable radio infrastructure to support environmental imaging and positioning alongside data transmission, creating new commercial opportunities for mobile network operators. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces will also alter network coverage economics by enabling operators to engineer radio propagation environments rather than relying exclusively on additional cell sites. These developments are expected to shift the structure of the 6G market. Services are forecast to overtake infrastructure as the largest revenue category as operators increase network outsourcing and distributed AI inference becomes a persistent source of network traffic. Component and materials value will concentrate in technically demanding categories, including radio-frequency front ends, sub-terahertz semiconductors, thermal management systems and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. Consumer and industrial Internet of Things devices will lead shipment volumes, while smartphones and successor form factors will continue to represent a substantial share of device value. Industrial policy and operator capital discipline will significantly influence the commercial outlook. The allied 6G partnership launched in July 2026, US federal spectrum policy affecting the 7.125–7.4 GHz band and coordinated positions within international standards organisations could contribute to partially divergent technology ecosystems. At the same time, lower-than-expected returns from 5G investment are encouraging operators and vendors to reposition the base station as a monetisable computing platform rather than solely as radio access infrastructure. The report identifies important risks for the global 6G industry. Major spectral efficiency improvements could reduce the number of physical sites required, placing pressure on infrastructure volumes while supporting growth in software and services. Geopolitical standards fragmentation could also weaken the manufacturing scale needed to meet industry cost targets. Both issues remain unresolved and are treated as material variables throughout the market forecasts. Detailed 6G Market Forecasts and Technology Analysis The study provides granular 21-year forecasts segmented by infrastructure, devices, components and materials, and services. Additional forecasts cover application verticals, device categories, component categories, geographic regions and base station types. Dedicated market projections are included for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces and thermal management materials. Analysis extends beyond conventional market sizing to examine the AI-RAN architecture debate among leading infrastructure vendors. Coverage includes merchant GPUs versus custom silicon, base station bill-of-material implications, physical-layer AI integration and the evolution of network computing. The report also evaluates integrated sensing and communication across ETSI, 3GPP and ITU-R, as well as the geopolitical restructuring of the 6G supply chain. Technology coverage encompasses sub-terahertz radio systems, compound semiconductors, phased-array antennas, advanced semiconductor packaging, MIMO evolution, zero-energy devices and battery elimination. Materials analysis addresses low-loss dielectrics, metamaterials, metasurfaces, energy harvesting, thermal management and solid-state cooling. The report assesses multiple reconfigurable intelligent surface architectures, including beyond-diagonal RIS, simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RIS, stacked intelligent metasurfaces and flexible intelligent metasurfaces. It also examines manufacturing processes, testing requirements, performance characteristics and cost structures. A dedicated section covers optical wireless communications, free-space optics, optical RIS, metalenses, photonics-defined radio and terahertz waveguides. Additional analysis addresses satellite networks, high-altitude platform systems, unmanned aerial vehicle integration, O-RAN fronthaul, cell-free MIMO, holographic MIMO and ultra-massive antenna arrays. Report Contents Include: <ul><li>Global 6G market revenues through 2047 across infrastructure, devices, components, materials and services</li><li>6G rollout timelines, use cases, technology requirements and interdependencies</li><li>Radio spectrum allocation, sub-terahertz propagation, modulation, transceiver architectures and RF front-end design</li><li>AI-RAN architecture, baseband processing, merchant and custom silicon, O-RAN and non-terrestrial networks</li><li>6G semiconductor technologies, including CMOS, SiGe, GaN, GaAs and InP</li><li>Phased-array antennas, beamforming, antenna-in-package technology and arrays scaling to 1024TRX</li><li>Advanced packaging, substrates, interconnects, system integration and thermal co-design</li><li>Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, metamaterials, optical technologies and smart electromagnetic devices</li><li>Distributed, cell-free, holographic and ultra-massive MIMO systems</li><li>Ambient backscatter, simultaneous wireless information and power transfer, energy harvesting and self-powered infrastructure</li><li>National 6G programmes, spectrum policy, regulation, standards and operator roadmaps</li><li>Profiles of 66 companies across infrastructure, semiconductors, materials, photonics, metasurfaces, test and measurement, and network operations</li></ul> The Global 6G Market 2027-2047 is intended for telecommunications equipment vendors, semiconductor manufacturers, advanced materials suppliers, mobile network operators, investors and policymakers seeking an evidence-based assessment of technology development, market growth and value creation across the global 6G ecosystem. A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to: <ul><li>2Pi Optics</li><li>AALTO HAPS</li><li>AGC Japan</li><li>Alcan Systems</li><li>Alibaba China</li><li>Alphacore</li><li>Ampleon</li><li>Anywaves</li><li>Apple</li><li>Atheraxon</li><li>Commscope</li><li>Echodyne</li><li>Edgehog Advanced Technologies</li><li>Ericsson</li><li>Fractal Antenna Systems</li><li>Freshwave</li><li>Fujitsu</li><li>Greenerwave</li><li>Huawei</li><li>HyMet Thermal Interfaces</li><li>InterDigital</li><li>Kuang-Chi Technologies</li><li>Kymeta</li><li>Kyocera</li><li>LATYS Intelligence</li><li>LG Electronics</li><li>Lumotive</li><li>META</li><li>Metaboards</li><li>Metalenz</li><li>Metamagnetics</li><li>Metawave Corporation</li></ul> For more information about this report visit <a href="https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5997293/the-global-6g-market?utm_source=GNE&amp;utm_medium=PressRelease&amp;utm_code=rj6xf4&amp;utm_campaign=2324067+-+The+Global+6G+Market+2027-2047%3a+Examines+AI-Native+Networks%2c+Advanced+Materials+and+Emerging+Revenue+Opportunities&amp;utm_exec=jocamsai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="">https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/rpcbdd</a> About ResearchAndMarkets.com ResearchAndMarkets.com is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. 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