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SoftBank, Chunghwa Telecom to Collaborate in AI and IoT Fields

SoftBank and Chunghwa Telecom have signed an MoU for collaboration in artificial intelligence (AI), the IoT and other related fields…

SoftBank Launches $5 billion Innovation Fund to Invest in LatAm Tech Firms

SoftBank Group announced the launch of the SoftBank Innovation Fund, the largest-ever technology fund focused exclusively on the fast-growing Latin…

SoftBank Deploys Cisco's Segment Routing IPv6 Networks to Support 5G

Cisco recently announced its collaboration with SoftBank on the world’s first Segment Routing IPv6 (SRv6) deployment. With the anticipation of…

Japan's SoftBank Adopts Anritsu 5G NR Protocol Test Solution

Anritsu announced that Japanese mobile operator SoftBank has settled on using Anritsu’s 5G NR Protocol Test Solution for 5G NR…

SoftBank Claims World's First Connection Test of Non-IP Data Delivery (NIDD) for NB-IoT

SoftBank claims that it has succeeded in completing the world's first connection test in a commercial environment for NIDD (Non-IP…

Toyota, SoftBank Form IoT Partnership to Launch Mobility-as-a-Service in Japan

Toyota and SoftBank have agreed to form a strategic partnership to facilitate the creation of new mobility services. The companies…

SoftBank to Trial RCS and Blockchain-based Mobile Payments Service with Synchronoss and TBCASoft

SoftBank, Synchronoss Technologies and TBCASoft have partnered on a PoC for a new cross-carrier mobile payments service based on the…

Japanese and South Korean Operators Global Leaders in 5G Readiness, says Juniper Research

A new study from Juniper Research has found that with the first 5G networks launching in 2019, total connections will…

Robert Townsend to Join SoftBank Group as Chief Legal Officer

SoftBank Group announced that Robert Townsend will join as Chief Legal Officer and SVP in September. He will also serve…