‘Omnipresent’: Australia Signs 6G Agreement With US, UK

The technology isn’t likely to be available until 2030, while doctors still urge caution on the long-term effects of exposure to 5G radio waves.

A woman talks on her phone as she walks through Hyde Park in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 22, 2019. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Australia has signed an agreement with the governments of the United States, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and the UK covering the introduction of 6G mobile data technology.

The existing 5G network spans only a fraction of the continent—though Telstra claims its network is the largest and covers 85 percent of the population.