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.

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

via Flickr © Financial Times photos (CC BY 2.0)

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

via Flickr © 401(K) 2012 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Enterprise

Foreign investment into UK tech sector hits record high

Satellite

SoftBank gets behind satellite-based OneWeb's business deployment

via Flickr © Luca Sartoni (CC BY-SA 2.0)

AI & ML

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

via Flickr © TR Haun (CC BY-ND 2.0)

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

Mobile

SoftBank to launch positioning service with centimeter-level accuracy in Japan

5G

Ericsson and SoftBank to deploy multi-band 5G network

5G

SoftBank selects Nokia for 5G

Broadband

Alphabet's Loon and SoftBank's HAPSMobile form strategic relationship to advance high altitude network connectivity HAPSMobile to Invest $125 Million in Loon

Radio Access Network

SoftBank Corp. Develops Aircraft That Delivers Telecommunications Connectivity from the Stratosphere New business to be launched through HAPSMobile Inc.

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5G

Tokyo power company orchestrates 5G infrastructure sharing

IoT

SoftBank and Chunghwa Telecom to collaborate in AI and IoT