Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it has embarked on initial research on the sixth-generation telecommunications network by launching a new research center.

Samsung recently formed the Advanced Communications Research Center under Samsung Research, the company’s main R&D organization, based in southern Seoul.

The tech giant has expanded the existing telecommunications research team to the level of a center after the launch of fifth-generation technologies. 

“The current team on telecommunications technology standards has been expanded to start leading research on the 6G network,” said a Samsung official.

Along with the 6G network, Samsung Research is in charge of conducting R&D on artificial intelligence and robotics.

By Song Su-hyun (song@heraldcorp.com)