Singtel, SoftBank,Etisalat and Telefónica join forces on cybersecurity
Singtel, SoftBank, Etisalat and Telefónica have joined forces in a global telco security alliance.
The companies collectively boast over 1.2 billion customers across 60 countries. The alliance’s founding members oversee 22 security operation centers, which employ more than...
The Japanese telco will collaborate with Israeli firm Vayyar to focus on several IoT use cases
Japanese telecommunications operator SoftBank has partnered with Israeli firm Vayyar Imaging to collaborate in the internet of things (IoT) field. The companies also agreed that SoftBank will be the...
SoftBank has been on a buying spree since Sprint/T-Mobile US merger talks were scrapped
Based on a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SoftBank and its subsidiaries Galaxy Investment Holdings Inc. and Starburst I Inc. have increased ownership stake in the U.S....
The Japanese telco will deploy experimental 5G base stations at Honda’s R&D facility in Hokkaido next year.
Japanese telecommunications operator SoftBank and compatriot car manufacturer Honda have recently announced that both companies have begun discussions toward a joint research project to strengthen connected car technologies.
The...
The two firms aim to deploy connected robots next year using 5G networks
Japanese telecom operator SoftBank and Huawei Wireless X Labs recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the connected robotics field.
Under the terms of the agreement, SoftBank plans to offer automated...
Services for connected cars will be provided through Huawei’s OceanConnect IoT platform
Huawei has announced a long-term partnership with French car manufacturer Groupe PSA focused on service enablement for connected cars. Groupe PSA has multiple car brands under its umbrella, including Peugeot, Citroën, DS and...
Sprint rebounding with MVNO arrangement with Altice USA
The months of will they, won't they speculation then formal discussions between Sprint parent SoftBank and T-Mobile US parent Deutsche Telekom are officially done.
The two sides couldn't agree on terms regarding pricing and corporate governance of a...
Director of Technology at Arm discusses what is required in a world of a trillion IoT devices
Santa Clara, Cali. – Since Arm, a multinational semiconductor and software design company, was acquired by SoftBank for $32 billion last year, the business has stated it intends to...
“Cybersecurity is a mess,” says Arm CEO
Santa Clara, Calif. – While advances in computing are ushering forth a new era of tech, cybersecurity is a mess and will worsen if we don’t do something about it. That is at least the conclusion of Arm CEO...
SoftBank transitions to DevOps work environment with Red Hat methodologies
SoftBank Corp., a Japanese multinational telecommunications and internet company, announced it is embracing a DevOps culture by adopting a slew of Red Hat open source technologies and services, including Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and...
A conversation with Jan Geldmacher, President, Sprint Business Sprint: A deeper reach into the enterprise.
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The company that's expected to deliver a trillion chips for internet of things devices is teaming up with the software provider that delivers operational intelligence to two-thirds of the industrial companies in the Fortune 500. Chip developer Arm will work with OSIsoft to help...
Japan's SoftBank, which owns roughly 80% of Sprint, said it is creating a U.S. infrastructure joint venture in partnership with Australia's Lendlease. Called Lendlease Towers, the company will develop and acquire rooftop and tower assets. The JV's goal is a $5 billion telecom asset...
Aeris partnered with telco BSNL to offer internet of things solutions to enterprise and public sector
Indian telecom services provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has partnered with internet of things (IoT) solutions provider Aeris to jointly target the IoT market in India. The two companies...
Massive MIMO trial was carried out on a commercial network in Nagasaki
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation, together with Japanese telco SoftBank and Wireless City Planning, successfully verified the 24-stream space division multiplexing technology by using pre-standard 5G TDD massive MIMO technology on a commercial network...
When it comes to IoT network news, Sprint has been the quietest of the four nationwide carriers. Verizon Wireless and AT&T have launched LTE Category M1 IoT networks, and T-Mobile US has promised the nation's first narrowband IoT network. Sprint is still rolling out...
SoftBank target use cases include tele-health, tele-education, factory automation, AR and VR
Japanese telco SoftBank has partnered with Chinese vendor Huawei to demonstrate potential 5G use cases for its enterprise partners.
The demonstration included real-time UHD video transmission using ultra-high throughput, remote control of a robotic...
Utility will work with OSIsoft and Petasense
Silicon Valley Power, the municipal electric utility owned by the city of Santa Clara, is adding operational intelligence to its connected predictive maintenance system. The utility has been working with Petasense for predictive maintenance, and now will leverage...
New SoftBank test builds on trial focused on 28 GHz
Japanese mobile telephony operator SoftBank plans to work with Ericsson to conduct a joint trial of 5G in the 4.5 GHz band in dense, urban areas of Tokyo. The two companies said this 5G trial will...
Airborne radios may play an important role in connecting the billions of devices expected to comprise the internet of things. Japan's SoftBank, which has been one of the most aggressive wireless carriers when it comes to IoT initiatives, recently announced its second investment in...
Airborne radios may play an important role in connecting the billions of devices expected to comprise the internet of things. Japan's SoftBank, which has been one of the most aggressive wireless carriers when it comes to IoT initiatives, recently announced its second investment in...
Marcelo Claure says merging Sprint with another wireless carrier offers "enormous" synergies
From a potential tie-up with T-Mobile US to a consolidation with a broadband/pay TV provider like Charter Communications, Sprint, which is primarily owned by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, is definitely the topic of much...
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure calls return to profitability "important milestone"
Amid on-again, off-again merger and acquisition discussion regarding U.S. carrier Sprint, the company on Tuesday morning released Q1 2017 financial reports indicating a return to profitability for the first time in three years.
Sprint, in a...
Security solution could enhance SoftBank's growing portfolio of IoT investments
SoftBank Technologies is partnering with Rambus in an effort to bolster IoT security and device management. Rambus makes semiconductors and IP cores for memory chips, security solutions, smart sensors and lighting products. The company said...
