Samsung said that the O-RAN deployment for Japanese telco KDDI will start next year
Korean vendor Samsung Electronics has been selected by Japanese operator KDDI as a main vendor to provide 4G and 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) compliant virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) solutions for...
Unabiz, owner of the Sigfox technology, has announced $25 million of new capital funds from Japanese pair KDDI and KCCS (Kyocera) as part of early interest in a new series C (“pre-series C”) round, which is due to close in October. The Singapore-based company...
SoftBank and KDDI will aim to jointly build out a total of 100,000 base stations each by the fiscal year 2030
Japanese telecom operators SoftBank and KDDI Corporation said they have agreed to start discussions to potentially expand the scope of their ongoing collaborative initiative...
UK-based manufacturer Sollatek, known for power stability and energy optimization solutions, has picked Japan-based virtual IoT operator (MVNO) Soracom to connect its commercial refrigeration and coffee solutions, used for remote tracking and energy monitoring in international markets by major brands in the fast-moving consumer...
Japan-based KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom has listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, in the third-tier Growth Market section for emerging high-growth companies. Soracom claims to have more than 20,000 startups and enterprises on its books, connecting around six million IoT devices globally.
Its IoT...
Well, this is wild: In a scenario meant to mimic the lunar surface, four robots cooperatively built a five-meter communications tower, including antenna—and then disassembled it, simulating not only the construction of such a structure but maintenance and sustainable operations for lunar infrastructure development.
Robotics...
The Japanese arm of Cisco has joined with Mitsui Information and KDDI Engineering, parts of trading group Mitsui Group and telecoms operator KDDI respectively, to deploy a private 5G network at the Shinwa Komaki SFiC Lab in Komaki City, in the Aichi Prefecture in...
US operator Verizon has struck a deal with Japan-based counterpart KDDI to provide connectivity in North America to a forthcoming electric vehicle from Sony Honda Mobility (SHM), a joint venture between Sony and Honda. Verizon will supply cellular IoT and broadband connectivity to the...
Rakuten Mobile has recently started R&D on the advancement of edge platform functions for the next communication standard after 5G
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile said that its research and development (R&D) project into advanced edge cloud technologies for next-generation communications has been selected by Japan’s...
Fujitsu said the SoftBank deployment included the former's next-generation optical transmission platform "1 FINITY Ultra Optical System T900"
Japanese telecommunications operator SoftBank recently completed the nationwide deployment, in core areas, of an all-optical network, using a disaggregated architecture optical transmission system that supports open networks,...
KDDI and Samsung successfully completed SLA assurance network slicing on a live 5G SA network in Tokyo in January
Korean vendor Samsung Electronics and Japanese carrier KDDI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form the 5G Global Network Slicing Alliance, the former said...
KDDI said the agreement will enhance its cellular connectivity to areas beyond the limits of current 4G and 5G networks
Japanese carrier KDDI and SpaceX announced an agreement to provide satellite-to-cellular service using Starlink's low earth orbit satellites and KDDI national wireless spectrum nationwide.
Starlink is...
UnaBiz has signed with KDDI-owned Soracom, an investor in and collaborator with the Singapore-based Sigfox-owner already, to resell its global cellular IoT airtime as part of its burgeoning ‘universal LPWAN’ proposition. Meanwhile, The Nikkei reports that Unabiz is looking to raise a further $100...
Ericsson will support KDDI in deploying 'manhole-shaped' 5G base stations, supplying sub-terrain antennas
Japanese operator KDDI has selected Ericsson for the deployment of what it claims to be the country's first underground 5G base stations.
The Swedish vendor said it will support KDDI in deploying 'manhole-shaped'...
The deal includes high-traffic shopping districts in Tokyo’s 23 wards and the cities of Osaka and Nagoya
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile signed a new three-year roaming agreement with rival operator KDDI and its subsidiary Okinawa Cellular.
In a release, Rakuten Mobile said the new roaming deal...
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom is partnering with US-based IoT platform provider Simetric to offer customers a single cloud management layer for their various IoT projects. Simetric offers management of IoT devices, connectivity, and applications in a “single pane-of-glass” platform. The Japanese firm said...
Watching the evolution of telco carrier RAN networks feels like viewing a sports replay in slow motion. It’s interesting to see, and there are often angles and perspectives that crop up that aren’t immediately apparent. In the end, however, you still know where things...
MWC 2023: The GSMA has announced a framework of universal network application programmable interfaces (APIs) to provide universal access to operator networks for developers. At launch, at the annual MWC showcase in Barcelona, the so-called GSMA Open Gateway initiative has the support of 21...
AWS has opened a new shopfront and for operator partners to hawk their private LTE (4G) and 5G solutions to enterprises, to be combined with its own cloud-to-edge compute services and applications, including sundry IoT and AI/ML based solutions. AWS has deals with Deutsche...
KDDI has started to deploy 5G vRAN sites in the city of Osaka last month
Wind River announced that its Wind River Studio is being used by Japanese operator KDDI for its O-RAN-compliant 5G virtualized base station, which began commercial deployment last month in Osaka,...
Samsung noted that the 5G core will enable KDDI to optimize network slicing
Samsung Electronics announced the company has been selected by Japanese telco KDDI to provide its cloud-native 5G Standalone (SA) core for the operator’s commercial network across Japan.
Samsung’s 5G core solution supports both...
The government of Japan is considering to auction mmWave spectrum
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) is aiming to launch a 5G spectrum auction in early 2026, Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported.
This would be the first time that the Japanese government has used an...
KDDI has been developing O-RAN compliant 5G Open vRAN sites using Samsung's virtualized solutions
Japanese operator KDDI announced that, in cooperation with Samsung Electronics and Fujitsu, it initiated commercial deployment of O-RAN-compliant 5G Open Virtual Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) sites in Osaka, Japan.
“The expansion...
Samsung said that the trial took place in Tokyo during Q4 2022
Samsung Electronics and Japanese operator KDDI asay that they have successfully achieved Service Level Agreement (SLA) assurance network slicing in a field trial conducted in Tokyo, Japan.
In a release, the Korean vendor said...
