SoftBank and KDDI announced that they established a joint venture to promote the deployment of 5G in rural areas across Japan, both firms said in a release.
The joint venture, dubbed 5G JAPAN Corporation (5G JAPAN), is based on a previous agreement announced by the two...
Mike Sievert replaces John Legere as CEO of the combined T-Mobile
It's official: Sprint is no more, and the New T-Mobile is here. T-Mobile US CEO John Legere has formally passed the torch to Mike Sievert, a month earlier than expected.
Legere will continue to serve...
Japanese carrier KDDI announced that it will launch its 5G wireless services on March 26 in 15 prefectures across the country.
The telco also said that it aims to expand its 5G offering nationwide in the summer.
KDDI also announced plans to install 10,000 base stations...
Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank announced it expects to launch its 5G services on March 27, becoming the first of the country's three major mobile carriers to release details of its next-generation telecommunications service.
NTT Docomo and KDDI Corp. are also expected to soon unveil plans...
T-Mobile US and Sprint have slightly tweaked the merger agreement between the two companies, resulting in Deutsche Telekom having a larger stake in the combined New T-Mobile and a larger overall equity value for the merger deal, the two U.S. carriers announced Thursday.
DT is...
Greetings from Atlanta, GA (Dwarf House, a.k.a. the Original Chick-fil-A restaurant pictured), and Charlotte, NC. This week’s issue will be entirely devoted to the implications of Judge Marrero’s decision (here) on the telecommunications industry. Because of word constraints, we are going to push several...
Satellite connectivity startup Skylo, promising NB-IoT on existing geostationary satellites, has emerged from stealth with $116 million in total funding, including a new $103 million Series B round led by Japanese telecoms group Softbank.
The California-based company, targeting IoT data communications, previously raised $13 million...
Japanese telecoms group SoftBank claims to have tested non-standalone 5G with connected cars.
Nokia, the kit partner for the tests, called it a “world-first trial”. The setup used 3GPP Release 15 compliant radio equipment running commercial-level 256QAM high-order modulation and 4x4 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) spatial...
System relies on millimeter-wave-based backhaul to communicate with the ground and other UAS
Japanese tech giant Softbank and Alphabet's Loon have taken another step in establishing communications links based on unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flying in the earth's stratosphere.
The two companies said recently that they...
Japan's communications ministry confirmed it will start accepting applications for the deployment of local 5G networks next week, Japanese press reported.
Spectrum designated for local 5G will be released in Japan at the end of 2019.
Companies, local governments and universities are expected to apply to...
Japan’s Softbank will plough artificial intelligence (AI) and internet-of-things (IoT) technologies into a burgeoning smart city project in Indonesia, after striking a deal with Jakarta-based conglomerate Lippo Group.
The deal, with the Indonesian firm’s real-estate division PT Lippo Karawaci (LPKR), focuses on Lippo Village in...
SoftBank owns 80% of co-working provider WeWork
The Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter", reported on Nov. 11 that T-Mobile US CEO John Legere, who is also tapped to run a combined T-Mo/Sprint, is "in discussion...to take over leadership" of WeWork.
A bit...
Japanese car maker Subaru and compatriot telecommunications group SoftBank have started joint research on use cases that apply 5G mobile communication systems and cellular V2X (C-V2X) communication systems to help realize an automated driving society, SoftBank said in a statement.
With the main aim of eliminating...
Israeli firm Altair Semicondictor will embed ‘cloud location over cellular’ (C-LoC) software into its ALT1250 dual-mode NB-IoT and LTE-M chipset. It has worked with C-LoC technology firm Polte Corporation on the initiative.
Altair claims the ALT1250 dual-mode cellular IoT chipset is the market’s smallest, enabling...
SoftBank to deploy 11,210 5G base stations by early 2023
Japanese telecommunications carrier SoftBank expects to complete the initial phase of its 5G network two years ahead of schedule, according to a report by Nikkei Asian Review.
The carrier had initially planned to install a total...
Sprint is supporting tests of LTE connectivity at 1.9 GHz and 2.5 GHz via a solar-powered, drone-based high-altitude platform system (HAPS) in Hawaii, partnering with fellow SoftBank company HAPS Mobile.
HAPS Mobile is a joint venture formed in late 2017 by Sprint parent company SoftBank...
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, is likely to limit the scope of its mobile launch in October due to delays in the installation of wireless base stations across Japan, according to a report by Nikkei Asian Review.
Rakuten Mobile’s plan...
Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Jio expects to connect at least a billion connected IoT devices to its Internet of Things (IoT) platform within the next two years, Indian newspaper The Economic Times reported the company’s Chairman Mukesh Ambani as saying. "Jio has developed an innovative service on its pan-India 4G network...
Japanese operators KDDI and SoftBank have reached an agreement for the shared use of their base station assets to jointly promote the rapid deployment of 5G networks in Japan's rural areas, the carriers said in a statement.
Since 5G networks in Japan use the 28...
The Japanese government announced it will allow the country’s four mobile carriers to deploy 5G base stations on traffic signals, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.
The main aim of the initiative is to reduce the cost and times necessary to deploy 5G networks nationwide by taking advantage...
Japanese operator SoftBank has selected Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia for the deployment of a 5G network in Japan, the vendors said in separate statements.
Ericsson said it has been selected by SoftBank as a primary 5G vendor for the deployment of a multi-band 5G...
Japanese operator KDDI expects to launch pre-5G services in September 2019, the company’s president, Makoto Takahashi, said on a conference call with investors.
The executive
said that KDDI will start to sell 5G phones in March 2020.
Takahashi said that the company’s 5G coverage will reach...
Alphabet spin-off Loon, which relies on high-altitude balloons and drones to provide wireless internet service to terrestrial users, has snagged $125 million in investment from Softbank joint venture HAPSMobile.
The companies say that they are "actively exploring commercial collaborations to accelerate the deployment of...
Japan's government has approved plans by the country’s four mobile carriers to build 5G wireless networks with investment set to reach JPY 1.6 trillion ($14.4 billion) over the next five years, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.
Applications submitted by NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, SoftBank and e-commerce...
