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SoftBank Selects Nokia's Cloud-native 5G Core to Launch Standalone (SA) 5G Network

Nokia on Tuesday announced that Nokia’s cloud-native, 5G Core software has been selected by SoftBank to enable the launch of…

Rakuten Mobile Launches Mobile WiFi Router

Rakuten Mobile on Tuesday announced the release of the Rakuten WiFi Pocket, an original mobile Wi-Fi router. Available in 2…

Rakuten Mobile Launches Own Brand 4G Smartphone with 4x4 MIMO

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Rakuten Mobile this week announced the release of the Rakuten Hand, a new original 4G smartphone. The Rakuten Hand is…

SoftBank Acquires 10.1% Stake in Sinch for $690 million

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Sinch, a leading provider of cloud-based omnichannel voice, video and messaging services has announced that SoftBank is taking a 10.1%…

SoftBank, Subaru Showcase 5G and Cellular V2X Use Cases for Automated Driving

SoftBank and Subaru announced they succeeded in on-site verifications of merging vehicle assistance in August 2020. The achievement follows the…

Japan's KDDI Selects Fujitsu's O-RAN Compatible 5G Radio Units for 5G Commercial Service

Fujitsu on Tuesday announced that its O-RAN compatible 5G Radio Unit was selected by KDDI for the construction of virtualized…

Japanese Enginnering Firm MIRAIT Partners Metawave to Deploy Millimeter-Wave 5G Technology

MIRAIT, a leading Japanese telecoms engineering firm has partnered with Metawave to deploy millimeter-wave 5G technology throughout Japan. MIRAIT has…

Vodafone, Sumitomo to Collaborate on Technology Infrastructure and Digital Services Projects

Vodafone Group and Sumitomo (SC) last week jointly announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance to collaborate on…

NTT Com to Rollout Ciena’s 800G Optical for DCI to Cater for 5G, Gaming and Cloud Services

Ciena on Monday announced that NTT Communications (NTT Com) will deploy a single-wave 800G line speed solution for Data Center…