Telstra and Ericsson team up to target 6G

Posted by Harry Baldock | News: The agreement spans various aspects of 6G research, including trips to both parties’ research centres

Telstra and Ericsson have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on 6G research.

The agreement will see the companies collaborate on the research, standards development, and real-world testing of 6G technology,

It also includes mutual site visitations, with Telstra engineers visiting Ericsson’s testbed in Sweden, and Ericsson staff travelling to Telstra’s Innovation Centre on the Gold Coast.

Further details on the partnership were sparse, but both partners emphasised the role AI had to play in making 6G networks more intelligent and more customisable for customers. This feature is, in fact, a key element of Telstra’s Connected Future 30 strategy, which aims to allow customers to purchase configurable connectivity services at individual prices.

“Mobile connectivity has been one of the most powerful economic engines of modern Australia. As the first G which is AI-native, 6G will be the most intelligent network yet – capable of advanced network connectivity, and new Network as a Product innovations such as the ability to sense the environment around the network. The latter opens the potential for new use cases for public safety, agriculture, weather detection and more,” said Shailin Sehgal, Telstra Group Executive of Global Networks & Technology.

“We are on a clear and exciting trajectory – from 5G Standalone today, to AI-powered 5G and autonomous networks, towards AI-native 6G that is meeting the evolving and future business needs,” added Erik Ekudden, Ericsson Chief Technology Officer. “6G will redefine what a network fundamentally is – not just an AI-native technology platform, but a platform that senses, adapts and orchestrates resources to deliver outcomes for enterprises and society at scale; simply an intelligent fabric.”

This type of partnership is largely to be expected, with Ericsson having been Telstra’s primary RAN partner for many years. The companies made similar agreements during the early days of the 5G era, though these were often based around delivering greater speeds.Today, Ericsson and Telstra’s focus has increasingly shifted away from pure speeds and towards the benefits of AI integration and network optimisation. It seems likely that their initial joint research on 6G will follow that same path. Telstra and Ericsson team up to target 6G - Total Telecom

Read More........ → May 28, 2026

Data centre to be built near planned Polish nuclear power plant

Visualisation of the Baltic Data Centre Campus in Choczewo (Image: WBS Power)

Renewable energy developer WBS Power has announced plans for a 3.2 GW data centre campus in the municipality of Choczewo in northern Poland's Pomerania region. It says the nuclear power plant planned to be built nearby will help provide a stable power supply.

Preparations for the project - named the Baltic Data Centre Campus - have taken several months, the company said, and included the development of the investment concept, the selection of an optimal location and the securing of suitable plot for the development. "The chosen site allows the project to scale flexibly across different technological configurations while ensuring access to sufficient power sources," it added.

WBS Power is now moving into the next phase of the project. The campus will be built in four phases, each with a planned capacity of 800 MW. Each phase will include: dedicated energy infrastructure for AI workloads; integration with renewable energy sources and battery energy storage systems; solutions meeting the highest ESG, energy efficiency and energy security standards; and platforms designed to support cooperation with global hyperscalers and cloud providers.

Preparatory work for all four phases is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, with the first data centre planned to become operational around 2028–2029.

The company said it has already secured grid connection conditions for the full 3.2 GW capacity.

"This will be the largest project of its kind in Poland and one of the largest in Europe," said WBS Power CEO Maciej Marcjanik. "The rapid development of AI is driving demand for hyperscale data centres supported by advanced infrastructure and reliable access to large volumes of power. The integration of renewable energy and energy storage with digital infrastructure will be a key pillar of competitiveness for next-generation hyperscale projects."

The company said power supplied to the Baltic Data Centre Campus "will come from conventional sources complemented by renewable energy and, in the longer term, also nuclear power".

In November 2022, the then Polish government selected Westinghouse AP1000 reactor technology for the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in Choczewo municipality. The aim is for Poland's first AP1000 reactor to enter commercial operation in 2033.

"The digital revolution requires infrastructure on an entirely new scale," said WBS Power CFO Hubert Bojdo. "We selected the location for the Baltic Data Centre Campus very carefully, ensuring access to large power capacities, a diversified energy mix already in place today, and the long-term prospect of stable supply supported by future nuclear generation." Data centre to be built near planned Polish nuclear power plant

Read More........ → May 27, 2026