Displaying items by tag: SoftBank

A consortium comprising Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), SK Broadband (SKB), SoftBank, and Verizon - the E2A Consortium - have announced a project to build a new transpacific submarine cable system, E2A, that will connect Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the US.

Japanese telecoms provider SoftBank has developed a new Large Telecom Model (LTM), which it describes as a generative AI foundation for the telecom industry.

AI development phenomenon OpenAI and Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank Group have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop and market an Advanced Enterprise AI system called “Cristal intelligence”, with SoftBank the JV's first major customer.

On day two of his second term, USA President Donald Trump has announced the Stargate Project - a massive half-trillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence instrastructure in the United States.

Japan's largest telecommunications companies – NTT, KDDI, SoftBank and Rakuten - have launched a new cooperative framework which started on 1 December aimed at ensuring the rapid restoration of communication networks after large-scale disasters.

GPU chipmaker NVIDIA has announced a series of collaborations with Japanese telco SoftBank on a range AI initiatives designed to unlock AI revenue opportunities for telecommunications providers worldwide.

Japan’s SoftBank has acquired UK chip company Graphcore.

The Japanese telecommunications arm of tech investment giant SoftBank will invest US$514 million to acquire a 51% equity stake in Dublin-based startup Cubic Telecom, a provider of software-defined connected vehicle solution, to meet growing demand for cars connected to internet.

COMPANY NEWS: Remote, the leader in building, managing, and supporting globally distributed workforces, today launched a marketplace for employers and job seekers. Fully integrated with Remote’s global HR platform, Remote Talent provides companies and their future teams around the world an easy way to connect.

CPU specialist Arm is moving ahead with its plan for an IPO after "regulatory challenges" prevented completion of the agreed acquisition of the company from SoftBank by GPU giant Nvidia.

Hyperscale networking software Arrcus has collaborated with Japanese multinational conglomerate SoftBank to demo its automated network slicing over 5G mobile networks and multi-access edge computing applications running with ArcOS—a component of Arrcus’ networking software stack.

COMPANY NEWS: TeamViewer, a global leading provider of remote connectivity and workplace digitalisation solutions, has announced that its connectivity solution is integrated into the professional aerial drones provided by SB C&S (SoftBank Commerce and Service). TeamViewer’s software enables the real-time sharing of aerial video and audio streams captured by the drones’ cameras to multiple remotely connected devices. Commercial use cases for this technology include for example joint infrastructure inspections, as well as joint aerial inspection of disaster sites or other locations that are difficult to access.

Of 60 major telecom markets globally, 16 will launch 5G services in 2022, but challenges in spectrum availability and pricing will cause delays, according to a forecast by the Economist Intelligence Unit in its Telecoms and Technology in 2022 report.

India has given WhatsApp, which is owned by social media giant Facebook, permission to start a payments service in the country, with the rollout initially limited to 20 million users.

SoftBank is one of the world's most technologically connected companies, and for years has also had a robotics division which has now reached Australia, with its new robot being a true whiz at cleaning and arriving at just the right time to help deal with our new post-COVID reality.

There have been many discussions centred around the possibility that China may try to retake Taiwan and speculation as to the likely American reaction, but hardly any consideration has been given to the fact that even a failed bid by Beijing would have a massive effect on the American reliance on Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturers.

Swedish telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson has been selected by telecom operator SoftBank to deliver cloud native 5G Core for SoftBank’s 5G Standalone Network.

Japan's NEC has been selected by the Asia Direct Cable Consortium to construct the 9,400-kilometre long Asia Pacific submarine cable which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022.

Nokia is providing an end-to-end 5G portfolio to telecom operator SoftBank, with the company becoming "first in the world" to have successfully completed tests demonstrating that non-standalone 5G technology can be used to commercially operate connected cars.

Total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Japan is set to grow at a moderate compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.3% between 2018 and 2023, according to a new analyst report.