The MCG group of iTEAM played a prominent role at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, participating in key forums where the evolution toward 6G is being defined at both international and national levels.
At the 44th GTI Workshop, Narcís Cardona, Vice President of One6G and a leading researcher at iTEAM, shared the stage with international associations and major 5G and 6G manufacturers to present One6G’s strategic vision for the transition from 5G/5G-Advanced to 6G. With nearly 150 members from 40 countries, the association promotes a central idea: 6G should not be understood as simply “faster 5G,” but as a new technological paradigm.
The presentation explained how 6G is envisioned as an intelligent, integrated, and sustainable system that will natively combine communications, sensing (ISAC), computing, and artificial intelligence to enable advanced cyber-physical services. This approach implies a significant shift: moving from networks optimized around traditional KPIs to a goal-oriented model, where task success, security, control stability, and information freshness become primary metrics, while conventional indicators are maintained as necessary constraints.
During the congress, the IMPACT 6G network was also presented at the Mobile World Capital Barcelona stand and at the i2CAT booth, in meetings with authorities and scheduled visitors.
IMPACT 6G is an initiative aimed at coordinating Spain’s capabilities in the development of 6G technology. Launched a year ago, the network is formed by i2CAT, Gradiant, the Universidad de Murcia, and iTEAM. Its objective is to connect infrastructures and expertise distributed across the country, align agendas, and strengthen cooperation among universities, technology centers, and industry.
This coordination is particularly relevant in the current context of transition from infrastructure deployment, driven by programs such as UNICO, toward a new phase focused on exploitation, integration, and validation through use cases, metrics, and real impact on international standards.
Through its participation in the Mobile World Congress, iTEAM has helped highlight both its contribution to the global debate on 6G and the national effort to transform existing capabilities into a strong and coordinated proposal for Europe.
The IMPACT6G Project, developed under the RED2024-153933-E initiative, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCIU) and the State Research Agency (AEI), with institutional DOI 10.13039/501100011033.