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Capability: 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026

Learning and workforce capability: competencies, completions, practicum outcomes and gaps, in aggregate only. This edition is in preparation: its frame is set and shared with the other five desks, and Risk Academy writes its chapters from its own mandate. Nothing on these pages is a finding yet.

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ReportsRA · XT-09

Academy Capability

6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026

Learning and workforce capability: competencies, completions, practicum outcomes and gaps, in aggregate only.

Baseline Edition 2026NR-RA-XT-09-2026-BASELINE, reservedRisk Academy
Chapters8the frame shared by all six desks
Readings seeded1chapter 6, from the GCRI edition
Released0until the desk releases it
Desks with this subject3of 6, by remit

01 · Contents

Eight chapters in the shared frame.

The same eight-chapter frame on every desk, so a reader can move across desks and the Collection can align them chapter by chapter. Each chapter title comes from this desk’s mandate.

  1. 1

    Chapter 1. Capability needed

    The competencies the systems in scope require of those who manage them.

    Frame: The question · In preparation

  2. 2

    Chapter 2. Capability findings

    What learning, practicum and workforce evidence show, in aggregate, each with its source.

    Frame: Findings · In preparation

  3. 3

    Chapter 3. Faculties and roles

    Capability read by faculty and by professional role.

    Frame: By system and sector · In preparation

  4. 4

    Chapter 4. Gaps and pathways

    The gaps between capability needed and capability taught, and the learning pathways that address them.

    Frame: Risk and capability · In preparation

  5. 5

    Chapter 5. Workforce scenarios

    How workforce needs would change under stated scenarios; conditional, never predictions.

    Frame: Scenario · In preparation

  6. 6

    Chapter 6. Readings from the other desks

    Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.

    Frame: Readings · Seeded from the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) edition

  7. 7

    Chapter 7. Curriculum agenda

    The courses, pathways and research notes the next cycle takes up.

    Frame: Agenda · In preparation

  8. 8

    Chapter 8. Competency map

    The competencies in scope, mapped to roles, faculties and courses.

    Frame: In depth · In preparation

Annex A (methodology), Annex B (data), Annex C (references and record), the complete edition for print and the citation forms are added at release, in the same form as every edition.

02 · Now

What exists today.

The evidence on 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity sits today in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, a draft in stewardship review. This edition cross-references it chapter by chapter and does not copy it.

GCRI Systems Evidence

6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026

12 findings, 42 sources; drafted, in stewardship review.

RA reading

Literature and evidence review

Printed in the GCRI edition and seeded here in chapter 6, attributed to this desk.

Subject collection

6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026

Every desk edition for this subject, compiled by GCRI Canada for the Collection.

03 · This desk

What Academy Capability reports on 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity.

Risk Academy reads an edition for capability: what competence exists, what is missing, which pathway closes the gap and which role needs it.

Risk Academy deposits capability editions of the Consortium’s Capability line, with the competency map and the curriculum agenda.

If you teach or assess risk, send aggregate outcomes and the method behind them. The Academy will not accept a file that names a learner.

04 · Six desks

Every desk’s edition for 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
Academy CapabilityCapability: 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026In preparationNR-RA-XT-09-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-XTECH-6G-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026In preparationNR-NXS-XT-09-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

05 · Downloads

The print edition of the evidence on 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity.

This desk’s edition is in preparation and has no print of its own until release. The evidence it cross-references is in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition for 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity: its designed PDF (A4 or US Letter), its data and its citation files are here, from this site’s library.

Draft, not yet releasedThe print and files of the GCRI edition this desk’s edition cross-references. Review copies until release; the DOI is issued at deposit.

  • Print

    • PDF, A4

      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, A4: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

      PDF110 pages1.0 MBTagged, with bookmarks

      SHA-256 ed5e484abe9330d2efe13a909a399668bbfd1db19703d87f2a6db6ac89b61b3b

    • PDF, US Letter

      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, US Letter: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

      PDF117 pages1.0 MBTagged, with bookmarks

      SHA-256 d953e7bdcd5815dab8cb3e56fb371b3acc808b97d8f7e2633bbce9426f8e8e31

  • Web edition

  • Data bundle

    • Indicators, CSV

      16 indicators with unit, year, status and source

      NR-XTECH-6G-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.csv1 KB

      SHA-256 5a559df298f1d78fa444c5c834ae054cb8e9f9b66abcd752461cff285f1f96c8

    • Indicators, JSON

      The same indicators with the edition’s identity and licence

      NR-XTECH-6G-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.json2 KB

      SHA-256 64003267b97e644bfea49c1e19f069f60450615ec55cb0725fccf829bada346c

    • Findings, CSV

      12 findings with status, evidence-quality level and references

      NR-XTECH-6G-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-findings.csv3 KB

      SHA-256 d842846869e5039b35c1f26e151ceaf44a5558ce48682d1937394b918bd04ecc

  • Citation files

    • Citation, BibTeX

      For LaTeX and reference managers

      NR-XTECH-6G-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.bib1 KB

      SHA-256 d450d63dbe9e22de44e72dc6372277018143b029e077d319a78893f9e3ebf3ff

    • Citation, RIS

      For Zotero, EndNote and Mendeley

      NR-XTECH-6G-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.ris1 KB

      SHA-256 fde8f06f8f525771d11b64f613832ac324e4423e8e6d1156977cb1cf64ad8f08

    • Citation, CITATION.cff

      Citation File Format 1.2.0, for GitHub, Zenodo and software catalogues

      NR-XTECH-6G-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.cff1 KB

      SHA-256 231790504577f8faced867f027358055f4911a44eaae882a7b8b7e7bc2386b54

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06 · Cite

Cite this report.

This edition is in preparation and is not yet citable. Its identifier is reserved; the version, the DOI and the UNI are issued at release.
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Cite the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, 6G, AI-RAN and Next-Generation Connectivity 2026, which prints this desk’s reading in its chapter 6. Cite the GCRI edition
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