Global 6G alliances issue 'New Delhi Declaration' calling 6G a global public good
On 11 October 2025, at the International Bharat6G Symposium 2025 held alongside India Mobile Congress 2025 in New Delhi, leading 6G alliances including Bharat 6G issued a joint statement committing to develop 6G as a global public good.
Summary
On 11 October 2025, at the International Bharat6G Symposium 2025 in New Delhi, held alongside India Mobile Congress 2025, leading research alliances — Bharat 6G, 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA), ATIS' Next G Alliance, XGMF, 6G Forum, 6G Brazil, UKI-FNI, UK TIN, UK Federated Telecoms Hubs and 6G Flagship — issued a joint statement, the New Delhi Declaration. It commits to making 6G secure, open, resilient, inclusive and sustainable by design, and to developing it as a global public good through open, transparent and inclusive standardisation. It calls for trustworthy-by-design networks, open interfaces and multi-vendor interoperability, energy-efficient and recyclable systems, integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks (satellites and high-altitude platforms) for coverage across land, sea, air and space, and skills development.
Key facts
- Event
- International Bharat6G Symposium 2025, alongside IMC 2025, New Delhi
- Document
- New Delhi Declaration (joint statement)
- Core idea
- 6G as a global public good
- Principles
- Secure, open, resilient, inclusive, sustainable by design
- Coverage vision
- Terrestrial + non-terrestrial networks
- Signatories include
- Bharat 6G, 6G-IA, Next G Alliance, 6G Flagship, 6G Brazil
Practice MCQs 2 questions
At which event did global 6G alliances issue the 'New Delhi Declaration' in October 2025?
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Correct answer: D — International Bharat6G Symposium 2025
PIB: the joint statement was issued at the International Bharat6G Symposium 2025, held alongside India Mobile Congress 2025.
Consider the following statements about the 6G New Delhi Declaration (October 2025): 1. It calls for 6G to be developed as a global public good through open, transparent and inclusive standardisation. 2. It envisions integrating terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks such as satellites and high-altitude platforms. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct. PIB: the declaration calls for open, transparent and inclusive standardisation of 6G as a global public good, and envisions end-to-end coverage by integrating terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks, including satellites and high-altitude platforms.