The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) launched a new international “Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security,” bringing together more than 25 governments to coordinate policies aimed at securing leadership in next-generation wireless communications. The initiative supports the Trump Administration’s December 2025 Presidential Memorandum on “Winning the 6G Race” and establishes a structured roadmap for cooperation on secure, interoperable, AI-enabled, and resilient 6G networks.
The participating governments—including the United States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Denmark, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Romania, Greece, Albania, Panama, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Honduras, and the Philippines—committed to coordinated actions over the next 12 months to strengthen supply chains, improve cybersecurity, encourage innovation, and promote common positions in international standards organizations. The initiative emphasizes that trusted artificial intelligence will become an integral component of future 6G network operation and management while recognizing that commercialization of 6G remains several years away.
Rather than proposing technical specifications, the Call to Action focuses on government coordination. Initial milestones include establishing national 6G points of contact within one month, engaging industry and academia within three months, developing strategies for resilient 6G supply chains within six months, and holding an in-person international review meeting during 2027. Longer-term objectives include coordinating research, supporting secure telecommunications investments, strengthening supply-chain transparency, advancing security standards in global standards development organizations, and aligning national 6G strategies among participating governments.
“Today’s action recognizes that 6G will be dramatically different from 5G, and that advancing U.S. and allied leadership requires a dramatically different playbook. By working now with trusted partners, we will ensure that next generation networks reflect our shared security interests, strengthen our competitiveness, and drive innovation,” said Arielle Roth, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator.
• More than 25 governments joined the initial Call to Action.
• Initiative supports the December 2025 U.S. Presidential Memorandum on “Winning the 6G Race.”
• Focus areas include secure, interoperable, resilient, AI-supported, and resource-efficient 6G networks.
• Governments will establish national 6G points of contact within one month.
• Industry and academic consultations begin within three months.
• Supply-chain coordination discussions begin within six months.
• International progress review planned during 2027.
• Initiative encourages coordinated participation in global 6G standards development organizations.
• Emphasis placed on trusted AI as a foundational element of future 6G networks.
• Participating governments include partners across Europe, the Indo-Pacific, and the Western Hemisphere.
🌐 Analysis
The initiative represents one of the broadest international government efforts to shape the policy framework surrounding 6G before commercial technology reaches maturity. Unlike previous generations of mobile technology, the announcement places supply-chain resilience, cybersecurity, AI governance, and international standards coordination at the center of early planning, reflecting lessons learned during global 5G deployment.
The roadmap also signals increased government engagement alongside traditional industry-led standards bodies such as 3GPP and other telecommunications organizations. While the Call to Action explicitly avoids duplicating technical standards work, it seeks to align national policies, investment priorities, and security objectives among trusted partners before large-scale commercial 6G deployments begin later in the decade.
