Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile have launched a joint 6G Innovation Hub, anchored by T-Mobile’s Innovation Lab in Bellevue, Washington, US, and T-Labs in Berlin, Germany, to collaboratively design and develop 6G as a fully AI-native system.

The 6G Hub will focus on convergences of connectivity, sensing and compute to enable physical AI, and is designed to bring together ecosystem partners across the US and Europe for joint research, prototyping and field trials, contributing to the development of a unified global 6G standard.

The joint hub will focus on three integrated pillars: AI-native and Autonomous Networks for intelligent connectivity, secure wide-area sensing and positioning, and convergence of connectivity and high-performance compute.

At the centre of this work is Physical AI, systems that not only interpret information but interact with and control the physical world in real time. T-Mobile’s and DT’s networks will underpin physical AI systems, with 6G providing the connective tissue that enables ultra-low latency, real-time coordination, and distributed intelligence.

“Today’s AI systems are built around informational tokens, data that describes or predicts,” said John Saw, President of Technology and Chief Technology Officer, T-Mobile. “Physical AI is different. Data must carry intent, context and timing to trigger real-world action, what we describe as operational ‘kinetic tokens,’ requiring deterministic performance, ultra-low latency and precise synchronisation. Through this joint 6G Innovation Hub, T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are combining our combined expertise to design AI-native networks built for these demands at global scale.”

“With the transition to physical AI, the role of networks is fundamentally changing. Future AI systems will not only process information but actively control physical processes across robotics, industry, logistics, and autonomous systems” said Abdu Mudesir, Member of the Board, Product & Technology Deutsche Telekom. “As 6G standards are being defined, we have a rare opportunity to design intelligence into the network from the outset. Our engagement through this hub reflects a shared commitment to advancing 6G with best-in-class partners.”