News Softbank has entered a partnership with May Mobility, a US-based autonomous vehicle technology specialist. The agreement will see the two organisations collaborate to deliver an autonomous vehicle driving service in Japan using Softbank’s 5G network.The...
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SoftBank invests in booming Africa-focussed fintech company OPay
OPay’s latest round of financing values the company at over $2 billion, just three years after the company’s launch
SoftBank reaching new heights with range of Non-Terrestrial Network solutions
The Japanese conglomerate is seeking to provide broadband communications from High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) flying in the stratosphere, as well as Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) satellites
SoftBank invests $60m into Axiata’s AI unit
The investment will give SoftBank 23% of Axiata’s digital analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) unit, Axiata Digital Advertising (ADA)
SoftBank and KDDI have $38bn 5G investment plan
The two Japanese telcos are shaping up for major investment in the new technology, in part to make up the tech gap between themselves and their more deployed neighbours, China and South Korea
Fears of second COVID-19 wave see SoftBank sell $12.5bn shares in telco unit
The group’s push to raise money to pay off debt and buy back shares has been relentless in recent months, but it seems the process is far from over
SoftBank gets US ‘Clean Network’ seal of approval
Having already opted out of Chinese tech for its 5G network back in July, it comes as no surprise to see SoftBank would get the nod from the US State Department
Ericsson to deliver core solutions for SoftBank’s standalone 5G networks
Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G core will reportedly enable the development of new 5G use cases for mobile users as well as enterprise and industry partnership
SoftBank potentially selling Arm – but who’s buying?
The Japanese conglomerate has been aggressively raising funds to reduce its debt and the sale of Arm would put them over the line
SoftBank kicks off $21 billion T-Mobile US share sale
News SoftBank Group Corp revealed a series of transactions on Monday to divest more than $21 billion worth of stock in T-Mobile US, as part of a $41 billion share buyback and debt reduction plan.Much of the shares divested by SoftBank were acquired by...
SoftBank looks to offload T-Mobile shares to decrease debt
The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese company, who is now seeking to raise around $41 billion to buy back its own stocks and reduce debt
Struggling SoftBank could sell its T-Mobile US stake
Reports suggest that the conglomerate is in talks with Deutsche Telekom to sell “a significant portion” of its T-Mobile US holdings
SoftBank in $41bn push to buy back shares
The funds will be raised through an enormous asset sale, as shares nose dive amid the COVID-19 pandemic
NTT Docomo to fire up 5G in March before SoftBank
Japan’s largest operator says the network will be available in 150 initial locations
SoftBank launching Japan’s first commercial 5G network later this month
Rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI have both yet to announce their launch dates for 5G, expected this spring
SoftBank takes one for the team as Sprint–T-Mobile merger terms rebalanced
The merger of the US’ third and fourth-place operators was finally approved earlier this month, but SoftBank has had to cut its stake to get the deal done
SoftBank: Japan is no longer at the cutting edge of tech innovation
SoftBank’s CEO said that Japan is losing ground in the R&D arena, particularly in fast developing technologies like Artificial Intelligence
SoftBank names Nokia as its 5G RAN supplier in Japan
SoftBank is set to launch its 5G services using Nokia’s AirScale solution in both distributed and centralised RAN configurations
SoftBank unit, Google’s Loon in flying base station partnership
HAPSMobile invests $125m in Loon; companies to work together on high-altitude systems, including possible wholesale business and sharing network connectivity
SoftBank doing due diligence on Reliance Jio
Japanese telco’s Vision Fund reportedly mulling $2 billion-3 billion investment in Indian counterpart
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