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IntermediateReleased Aug 2026

Road to 6G: IMT-2030 & the First 6G Specifications

6G as it actually stands, not as it is pitched — the targets ITU-R set, what the 3GPP studies have genuinely agreed, where the spectrum question really sits, and one ruler that tells you which rung any 6G claim is standing on.

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Lessons
27
Video
≈3.5h
Hands-on
2 labs · 4 checkpoints
Before you start
5G Foundation

About this course

Who it's for. Engineers, architects and technical leads who have to judge 6G claims.

Before you start. 5G Foundation. 5G RAN Specialist helps for the radio module — lesson 1.3 is the waveform and coding bridge.

This course includes

  • 27 video lessons — the first needs no account, and all are free for your first 7 days
  • Hands-on labs and checkpoints
  • Study pack — question bank and slides
  • A free mock exam to find your gaps
  • Certification exam and a QR-verifiable certificate

Skills you'll gain

  • IMT-2030 usage scenarios
  • Rel-18 to Rel-21 roadmap
  • 6G waveform & bandwidth
  • 6G spectrum bands
  • Integrated sensing
  • AI-native design
  • Reading 3GPP & ITU-R outputs

Syllabus

6 modules · 27 lessons · certification exam

  1. Module 1 — From 5G-Advanced to 6G: the bridge

    Install the status ruler and the four frames every later claim is measured against — and put the demand question on the table on day one.

    1. Study item, work item, specification: one ruler for every 6G claimWatch free8:59
    2. Rel-18 and Rel-19: the 5G-Advanced ground 6G starts fromFree with an account7:21
    3. CP-OFDM, DFT-s-OFDM and LDPC: the frames 6G reusesFree with an account7:04
    4. ITU-R and 3GPP: who sets targets, who builds radiosFree with an account8:41
    5. Place the Claim · Checkpoint~6 min

  2. Module 2 — IMT-2030: the targets ITU-R set

    Read the ITU-R framework exactly — the six jobs, which capabilities carry numbers, what those numbers are and are not, and how a candidate radio is judged against them.

    1. IMT-2030's six usage scenarios — the hexagon, re-enteredFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:29
    2. Fifteen axes, nine figures: the capabilities under the hexagonFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:15
    3. Targets, not requirements: how the framework reads its own numbersFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership6:49
    4. How a radio becomes 6G: submitted, evaluated, acceptedFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership6:56
    5. The layer above the corners: IMT-2030's overarching aspectsFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:21
    6. Nine Carry Numbers, Six Do Not · Checkpoint~5 min

  3. Module 3 — The 6G radio: what the studies have agreed

    State precisely what the 6G radio study has agreed, in the study's own vocabulary, and hold the trade-offs behind the parts still being decided.

    1. The study's scope, and its agreed namesFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership6:49
    2. What the study kept, and changed: the waveform argumentFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:08
    3. 6G channel bandwidth: the width questionFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:20
    4. 6G beside 5G: standalone, one shared carrier, and a device that movesFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership8:00
    5. The split, and the interface to the core: a trade-off that outlives its decisionFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership8:14
    6. The Width Question · Interactive lab~6 min

  4. Module 4 — Spectrum for 6G: identified, studied, or neither

    Read any 6G spectrum claim exactly — which stretch of dial, which of three overlapping names, which regulatory verb, and which region it is true in.

    1. The 6G study's evaluation bands — the dial, re-enteredFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:21
    2. Three names, one stretch of dialFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:31
    3. Studied, not yet identified: two bands, and only one you can plan onFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:41
    4. Sub-terahertz, and what was actually saidFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership8:04
    5. Reading a spectrum claim: identified, allocated, licensed, deployedFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership8:20
    6. Which Verb? · Checkpoint~5 min

  5. Module 5 — Sensing and intelligence: the two new abilities

    Separate what is frozen from what is being studied on the two abilities 6G is most often sold on — and give "AI-native" a definition that can actually be tested.

    1. Sensing runs on two tracksFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:52
    2. It already arrived: AI hooks in a release vendors are building toFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:33
    3. Where AI is actually central — structural, optional, and how far either has gotFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:48
    4. "AI-native": four objects behind one wordFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership7:58
    5. Which Track, Which Layer? · Checkpoint~6 min

  6. Module 6 — Reading the release train: what to track, what to say

    Leave the learner able to track 6G without a press release, place any claim on the ladder, and state the demand case fairly in either direction.

    1. WP 5D and 3GPP TSG: the outputs worth trackingFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership8:39
    2. Contribution, working group, plenary: how a decision landsFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership8:34
    3. Lab, pilot, announced, shipping: placing a 6G claimFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership8:56
    4. The 6G demand case: what the skeptics get rightFree for 7 days with a free account, then with Prime Membership9:06
    5. Compared to What, Measured How · Interactive lab~6 min

  7. Certification exam

    Earns a certificate

    42 questions · 60 min · 65% to pass — earns your TELCOMA Certified 6G Readiness Specialist, a QR-verifiable certificate.

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Certification

Earn the TELCOMA Certified 6G Readiness Specialist

Pass the 42-question exam with 65% or more, and the certificate is yours to show anyone.

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Study materials

Download the Road to 6G: IMT-2030 & the First 6G Specifications question bank and slide deck — every signal check in the course, with answers, plus every figure.

  • Question BankPDF40 KB
  • Slide DeckPPTX14 MB

Hands-on learning

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Modules end with a hands-on exercise — 2 labs · 4 checkpoints in this course. You move the controls, the numbers answer back, and a wrong turn tells you why.

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Place the Claim · Checkpoint · ~6 min

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Place the Claim — a hands-on checkpoint from Road to 6G: IMT-2030 & the First 6G Specifications

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