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Published April 2025

In this second report we analysed a total of 64 submission documents from 30 network operators. These covered the 3GPP 6G Workshop sessions on the overall 6G vision, the radio access network, and system architecture and core network technology.

The following were identified as some of the key recommendations for industry standardisation:

• Adopt a 6G standalone (SA) architecture over non-standalone options from day one
• Prioritise sustainability and energy efficiency as design principles
• Ensure day one voice service support
• Streamline standardisation by minimising deployment options and feature overlaps
• Multi-RAT spectrum sharing (MRSS) is seen as an important migration path
• A preference is emerging to adopt a 5G core evolution approach rather than designing a new 6G core.

Discover the reasons behind these recommendations and what operators had to say about them, as well as many other important areas. The report highlights the top-10 recommendations of operators and their focus areas, and contains a complete directory containing summaries of all submission documents.