India, Sept. 15 -- Verizon has widened its 6G Innovation Forum to include nine additional technology companies, bringing cloud, semiconductor, networking, security and test-and-measurement capabilities into its next-generation network research programme.

The new participants are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, Intel, Keysight Technologies, MediaTek, Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, Rohde & Schwarz and VIAVI Solutions. They join founding members Ericsson, Samsung Electronics, Nokia, Meta and Qualcomm Technologies.

The expansion comes as 6G development moves from broad technology research towards more defined technical requirements and evaluation processes. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) finalised draft technical performance...