Latest Events

Conference 16/ 17 Nov 2023 organized by CMI/ AU; IDA Connect; WWRF
Sustainability in the Digital Transformation
Call for Papers : CLICK HERE
More Information : CLICK HERE
Latest News
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) plans to finish the initial 6G standardisation process “no later than the year 2030”, according to an official draft 6G framework. The ITU-R study group in charge of the document reached an agreement last week. It awaits adoption at the end of September. Several countries and associations contributed over the past two years of discussions. They...
WWRF Chair Nigel Jefferies met Cosmas Zavazava, Director of the ITU Telecommunications Development Bureau, in Geneva last week. We took the opportunity to present the Director with a copy of WWRF’s latest book ‘5G, Cybersecurity and Privacy in Developing Countries’ and took the opportunity to discuss potential collaboration between the two organisations on issues related to development. We also had...
Outlook 32: Foundation Models for Telecom: Paving the Way for Self-Built Networks The recent progress around foundation models opened a new era in many Machine Learning (ML) applications. One specific type of foundation models, Large Languages Models (LLMs), created a technology leap in human like text understanding and generation with repercussions that we are only starting to grasp. ChatGPT and...
WWRF Webinar: 5G, Cybersecurity and Privacy in Developing Countries 12 April 2023 a successful webinar was arranged with the above theme based on a book recently published by River Publishers under the same title. The webinar had 50 participants from virtually all over the world and including talks on central themes of the book by some of the authors in...
Who We Are
The Wireless World Research Forum is the place where the global wireless research community meets to explore and develop the research challenges that confront us as we look beyond current 5G deployments. On the newly launched WWRF website, you can find out more about our current, future and past activities. This includes important information on upcoming events and special workshops. The ongoing effort to roll out 5G technologies, and the ongoing debate on how to meet the requirements of the various vertical industries that will make use of 5G are also being studied, with WWRF members closely involved in all these discussions, and publications such as our Outlook series are a good guide to them. But the mission of WWRF is to look beyond current technology and businesses to identify the key research trends that will impact our world in the next 5-10 years.
With over 50 members from across 4 continents, WWRF brings together a wide range of industry and academic players, and has a particular focus on the contribution of newly emerging market sectors and developing regions. As an example, the Vertical Industry Platform (VIP) programme of working groups focuses on vertical industry requirements, including business models, connected vehicles, ehealth, rail networks and the water industry, while new technical working groups have been set up to address key technology questions, such as the use of higher frequencies above 5GHz and the impact of AI technologies on communication networks. Lots of results and information from our most recent events are available, and, of course, the website also contains all the required information for prospective members, including application forms and details of membership fees and benefits.
WWRF Steering Board

Nigel Jefferies
Chairman

Bharat Bhatia
Vice-Chair Asia

Hendrik Berndt
Vice-Chair EMEA

Sudhir Dixit
Vice-Chair Americas

Vinod Kumar
Secretary / Treasurer
WWRF Chairman's 2023 Review & Outlook

Dear WWRF Members,
It’s the start of a year of transition for many. Difficult economic times, but many realize that investment in research and innovation now is crucial to our future prosperity. The next generation of mobile communications is moving from exploration of visions to serious development of the key technologies. The new initiatives we have taken on membership mean that more researchers are able to be part of the WWRF family, particularly from developing regions, enabling their voices to be better heard as we work towards harnessing new intelligence in the network to meet their needs in a sustainable way.