In October 2021, SoftBank announced that it had started to offer 5G Standalone services Japanese operator SoftBank announced that it opened a 5G Multi-access Edge Computing
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At the end of March 2022, SoftBank’s 5G network covered 90% of the country’s population Japanese operator SoftBank announced it decided to raise up to JPY35
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Japan seeks to cover 95% of local population with 5G in two years: report
The Japanese government aims to assign additional 5G frequencies to local carriers to boost 5G coverage The government of Japan aims to triple the availability of
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Toyota, NEC and other firms join Japan’s 6G initiative: Report
Japanese carriers NTT Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank Group and Rakuten Mobile are also part of this 6G initiative Toyota Motor, NEC and other Japanese companies will join
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NTT Docomo aims to accelerate 5G rollout in Japan: Report
NTT Docomo initially launched 5G services in Japan in 2020 Japanese carrier NTT Docomo aims to accelerate the pace of its 5G expansion in the country,
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Nvidia reports record Q4, FY21 revenue on strong data center growth
Nvidia says data center sales were up 71% year over year, driven by AI uptake Nvidia reported quarterly revenue of $7.64 billion for its fourth fiscal
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SoftBank plans Arm IPO instead Nvidia’s two-year effort to acquire semiconductor maker Arm will end in defeat, according to a Bloomberg report. Nvidia first announced plans to acquire Arm from SoftBank
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FTC sues to stop Nvidia’s Arm acquisition
$40 billion fabless semiconductor acquisition violates antitrust, says gov The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday sued to block Nvidia Corp’s acquisition of Arm from SoftBank. The
U.S. provider of wireless technology JMA Wireless and Japanese company Kyocera Corporation announced an agreement to jointly develop a 5G millimeter-wave (mmWave) backhaul system. Leveraging Kyocera’s
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SoftBank launches 5G Standalone services in Japan
Japanese operator SoftBank announced that it has started to offer 5G Standalone services in conjunction with the sale of its new 5G-compatible SoftBank Air terminal,
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SoftBank, KDDI select Nokia for Japan’s shared RAN
Nokia has been selected by Japanese mobile operators SoftBank and KDDI as one of the vendors to deploy Japan’s shared Radio Access Network. The Finnish vendor
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Softbank buys Loon’s HAPS patents
Loon’s work on stratosphere-based communications will live on through Softbank, HAPSMobile In the wake of Alphabet winding down its stratospheric communications initiative, Loon, Softbank and its