Softbank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son invested $20 million in Alibaba in 2000
After posting a $23 billion quarterly net loss on Monday, SoftBank announced plans to reduce its stake in Alibaba to 14.6% from 23.7% for more than 4.6 trillion Japanese yen ($34.1 billion).
In the filing,...
KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, Rakuten Mobile and Softbank have all deployed mmWave 5G
Right now mmWave 5G deployments are focused on adding capacity to congested network hot zones, places like stadiums, music venues, shopping malls, transit hubs and dense central business or downtown areas. In addition...
Deutsche Telekom said GD Towers operates more than 40,000 sites in Germany and Austria
Germany carrier Deutsche Telekom announced the sale of 51% of GD Towers comprising its tower assets in Germany and Austria, to Digital Bridge and Brookfield for 17.5 billion euros ($17.58 billion),...
The test was conducted using SoftBank base stations located in Tokyo
Japanese operator SoftBank and compatriot company Kyocera conducted a backhaul system verification test utilizing the millimeter-wave band allocated to SoftBank for 5G services.
In a release, the telco said that the test was conducted using...
SoftBank said it aims to realize a next-generation network for autonomous driving in Japan by leveraging its expertise in vehicle communications with May Mobility's autonomous vehicle technology
Japanese operator SoftBank and U.S. autonomous vehicle technology company May Mobility have entered into a partnership agreement to...
Global cellular IoT provider 1NCE has confirmed a long-trailed deal with Softbank, a major investor already in the firm, to release equity to the Japan-based carrier in return for exclusive distribution rights in Asia Pacific. Softbank will sell 1NCE in 19 markets in the...
SoftBank began nationwide deployment of MEC for 5G SA (5G MEC) in May 2022
F5 announced collaboration with Japanese operator SoftBank, to provide advanced Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) services in Japan and international markets.
SoftBank began nationwide deployment of MEC for 5G SA (5G MEC) in...
In October 2021, SoftBank announced that it had started to offer 5G Standalone services
Japanese operator SoftBank announced that it opened a 5G Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) site in the Kanto region and started the nationwide deployment of MEC servers in Japan this month.
SoftBank noted...
Deutsche Telekom now holds 48.4% of T-Mobile US
Deutsche Telekom has increased its participation in T-Mobile US after it paid $2.4 billion to Japanese operator SoftBank Group, according to a report by Bloomberg. With this move, the German operator is closer to its goal of...
Yes, we have done the Leone analogy before, kind-of (see: 1NCE upon a time in America), but the original Spaghetti Western title works even better to tell the story, briefly, of how cellular IoT rode into town on a horse called 1NCE, and brought...
At the end of March 2022, SoftBank's 5G network covered 90% of the country’s population
Japanese operator SoftBank announced it decided to raise up to JPY35 billion ($262.6 million) through a syndicated loan to fund capital expenditures exclusively for the construction of 5G base stations.
In...
The Japanese government aims to assign additional 5G frequencies to local carriers to boost 5G coverage
The government of Japan aims to triple the availability of 5G services in the country over the next two years, Japanese press reported.
Local TV channel NHK World reported that...
Japanese carriers NTT Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank Group and Rakuten Mobile are also part of this 6G initiative
Toyota Motor, NEC and other Japanese companies will join a government-backed group to propose technological requirements for future 6G wireless communications, Nikkei Asia reported.
The technical proposal is expected...
NTT Docomo initially launched 5G services in Japan in 2020
Japanese carrier NTT Docomo aims to accelerate the pace of its 5G expansion in the country, as rival operators are also quickly rolling out 5G across Japan, local press reported.
According to the report, NTT Docomo...
Kyndryl's Japanese subsidiary has announced a strategic partnership with Japanese telco SoftBank, which focuses on multi-cloud enablement, systems integration and 5G networking to "drive digital transformation projects" for Japan-based customers, the two companies said in a release.
Under the terms of the deal, Kyndryl and...
Germany-based IoT provider 1NCE is to set up a new home in Miami in the US, from where it will run its operations in the North America region. The company, which took a $50 million investment from SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom in September, appointed...
Enterprise IoT Insights rarely reports on executive appointments, but this one is apposite in light of the cellular IoT market’s grab for scale in late 2021, and the good work by virtual IoT operators to show it the way. Germany-based IoT provider 1NCE, which...
Japanese operator SoftBank and compatriot car maker Honda announced they have started a use case-based verification of technologies to reduce collisions between pedestrians and vehicles using a 5G Standalone mobile communication system and a cellular V2X communication system.
Using SoftBank's 5G SA experimental base station...
U.S. provider of wireless technology JMA Wireless and Japanese company Kyocera Corporation announced an agreement to jointly develop a 5G millimeter-wave (mmWave) backhaul system.
Leveraging Kyocera’s wireless base station technology and JMA’s XRAN, the new system will accelerate 5G network deployment across Japan. Kyocera and...
Swiss-based u-blox is working with SoftBank to develop common global navigation satellite system (GNSS) augmentation services for Japan, the US, and Europe. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on GNSS 1 augmentation services for global markets, with a view...
