SoftBank

is a Japanese multinational holding conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. SoftBank was ranked in the Forbes Global 2000 list as the 39th largest public company in the world, and the 4th largest publicly traded company in Japan after Toyota, MUFG, NTT.
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Policy & Regulation

US president forms committee to focus on threats from Chinese carriers

KDDI

SoftBank Corp. and KDDI Corporation establish joint venture to promote the rapid build-out of 5G networks in Japan's rural areas

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Cloud Native Telco

Rakuten zeroes in on zero-touch with Nokia OSS deal

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4G LTE

Rakuten Mobile turns over $1bn before MNO service launch

5G

Nokia supporting SoftBank Corp. in completing the world-first 5G connected car test

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Research and Trials

Japan eyes 6G as a way of making up lost ground

IoT

NB-IoT reaches for the stars with Softbank-backed Skylo

Radio Access Network

SoftBank pushes expanded use of High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) spectrum bands for WRC 2023

IoT

PT Lippo Karawaci announces comprehensive cooperation with Japan's SoftBank

Transport and Logistics

e5 Lab and SoftBank Corp. to Begin Jointly Studying Marine Broadband Services that Use Next-generation Communication Satellites

OTT

Softbank's Z Holdings and Line reach agreement over business integration

Telco & CSP

Announcement of Transfer of Shares of Z Holdings Corporation through Secondary Distribution to Shiodome Z Holdings Co., Ltd. (PDF)

Automotive

SUBARU Corporation and SoftBank Corp. Start Joint Research on Use Cases Related to Driving Assist and Automated Driving Control Using 5G and Cellular V2X

IoT

SoftBank's AI-powered ‘e-kakashi’ solution for sustainable agriculture adopted for smart rice farming project in Colombia

Mobile

SoftBank and HAPSMobile-led proposal for expanded use of HAPS spectrum bands approved as Asia-Pacific common proposal to WRC-19

Blockchain

TBCASoft, IBM and SoftBank announce plans to transform the telecoms industry with cross-carrier Blockchain solutions

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Business Models

Reality bites into SoftBank's "grand design"

Data & Analytics

SoftBank, Hakuhodo and Arm form joint venture to help companies transform themselves by utilizing data

Mobile

SoftBank selects Red Hat Ansible Tower to improve efficiency and reduce deployment times

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Enterprise

Foreign investment into UK tech sector hits record high

Satellite

SoftBank gets behind satellite-based OneWeb's business deployment

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AI & ML

Softbank CEO decries Japan's lack of (artificial) intelligence

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5G

5G network sharing the new normal as KDDI, Softbank ink deal

5G

SoftBank and KDDI to cooperate on rapid build-out of 5G networks in Japan's rural areas