6GStart

Brief description

6GStart is a Coordination and Support Action driving strategic R&I orientations from the European ICT community, both the 5G Public-Private partnership and the Smart Networks and Services. It is developing methodologies for collecting metrics data and coordinating results and initiatives at the EU scale, including Member States while facilitating international cooperation across key regions and promoting European priorities.

Our Role

Trust-IT serves as Co-Chair of the 6G-IA Pre-Standardisation Working Group, helping to orchestrate and track European projects’ contributions to emerging standards, supporting them in maximising their impacts through practical guides. It leads engagement with industry verticals, playing an instrumental role in gathering standardisation requirements that are both sector-specific and relevant to diverse sectors through a dedicated event series and the Standards Tracker online tool. It also monitors and promotes outcomes of trials and pilots through an the Verticals Cartography online tool, contributing to the 6G-IA Trials WG and its annual competition while working with ScoDIHnet to support exploitation via Digital Innovation Hubs, as well as network KPIs to measure progress from an EU perspective.

Results

• Prepare for SNS JU Initiative, facilitating activities to maintain European leadership in 5G and transition to 6G.
• Establishe inter-project collaboration structures and mechanisms for efficient operational infrastructure.
• Provide infrastructure support for 50+ ongoing 5G PPP projects.
• Orchestrate collaborations, captures, and promotes achievements of 6G SNS and 5G PPP.
• Support the organisation of EuCNC&6G Summit events in 2023 and 2024.
• Assist in organising global 5G/6G events, promoting European achievements in the ICT sector.

Funding

6GStart is a Coordination and Support Action driving strategic R&I orientations from the European ICT community, both the 5G Public Private partnership and the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking, developing methodologies for collecting metrics data. It coordinates results and initiatives at EU scale, including Member States while facilitating international cooperation across key regions and promoting European priorities.