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.

Satellite

SoftBank, MOL and e5 Lab Start Joint Studies for Next-generation Maritime High-speed Satellite Communications

Picture courtesy of Openreach

Access Evolution

What’s up with... Openreach & Equinox, 1NCE, América Móvil

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SoftBank Corp. acquires High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) patents from Loon

Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with... SoftBank & Deutsche Telekom, DT & BT, T-Mobile US

Access Evolution

SoftBank Enters into Long-Term Strategic Partnership and Equity Share Swap Agreement with Deutsche Telekom

6G R&I

SoftBank outlines 12 challenges for 6G

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What’s up with… SoftBank, ViaSat, Fortinet, Casa & Google

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SoftBank to promote non-terrestrial network (NTN) solutions

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SoftBank and OneWeb to collaborate on satellite communication service business deployment in Japan and global markets

5G

SoftBank Corp. Launches Multi-Gigabit 5G mmWave in Japan with Qualcomm Technologies

Digital Platforms & Services

Masayoshi Son is back... for now. Will the financial good fortune last?

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with… Telefónica, IBM, ONF, Verizon

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with… Deutsche Telekom, Rakuten/SoftBank, CES

Source: GLOBAL MOBILE TRENDS 2021 report, GSMA Intelligence

Digital Platforms & Services

Operators further expanding their revenue streams: GSMA Intelligence report

5G

SoftBank and Subaru verify use cases related to automated driving

via Flickr © beve4 (CC BY 2.0)

Mobile

That was quick: two weeks in and Japan’s new tariff-cutting PM is causing panic

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with… SoftBank, Bouygues, VMware

Business Models

The Ressurection Man: Masayoshi Son pulls Softbank back from the brink

5G

What’s up with… BICS, Huawei, Ericsson

Open Networking

What’s up with… HPE, Mobileum, Huawei

5G

What’s up with… Samsung, Nokia, Telefónica, Swisscom

Mobile

What’s up with… Verizon, Softbank, Mavenir

Device Software & Apps

SoftBank Corp. Leads Series B Investment Round into Mobility App Integrator, Splyt

Automotive

Road infrastructure maintenance business development using connected cars in the United States