Softbank falls into the arms of another after DT issues
After reports of a breakdown in talks between Softbank and Deutsche Telekom over the Sprint/T-Mobile US merger, it didn’t take long for the Japanese telco to find someone else to party with.
After reports of a breakdown in talks between Softbank and Deutsche Telekom over the Sprint/T-Mobile US merger, it didn’t take long for the Japanese telco to find someone else to party with.
A horde of big names has come together to build a high-capacity cable system that will connect Maruyama and Shima in Japan with Los Angeles in the USA and Daet in the Philippines.
In the absence of any recent romcoms coming out of Hollywood, Sprint and T-Mobile US are doing their best impression of a will-they/won’t they drama.
Softbank has continued its diversification strategy with another sizeable investment, this time in the big, wide world of mapping technology.
Japanese money train Softbank has continued to steam along as profits jump 50% with the inclusion of its Vision Fund, and some good behaviour from problem child Sprint.
Softbank has upped its investment in security firm Cybereason, as the focus on artificial intelligence continues.
German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom is reported to be seriously considering moving for a merger between its US subsidiary and Sprint.
Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank continued its drive to take centre stage in the evolution of the tech industry with the acquisition of Boston Dynamics from Google/Alphabet.
The proposed merger of Intelsat with Softbank-backed OneWeb has fallen through following an inability to come to an agreement with Intelsat bondholders.
SoftBank has continued its betting spree in the artificial intelligence arena as reports emerge the giant has a $4 billion stake in graphics chipmaker Nvidia.
SoftBank has announced its first major close with $93 billion of committed capital, and the promise to hit $100 billion within six months.
The technology incubation activities of Japanese conglomerate Softbank show no sign of slowing after it pumped $502 million into UK cloud VR startup Improbable.
Japanese tech conglomerate Softbank has announced strong full year numbers including a record 1.43 trillion yen (~$12.5 billion) profit.
Softbank is on the verge of entering the ride-sharing and autonomous vehicles space with a $6 billion investment into Didi Chuxing.
The name Masayoshi Son is coming up ever more frequently in Telecoms.com stories as the Chairman of SoftBank steps up his technology investment activities.
Rumours of Softbank’s potential acquisition of T-Mobile have surfaced once again, after a report claimed the Japanese telco is prepared to offload Sprint in an effort to seduce Legere and co.
Softbank has confirmed its $3.3 billion acquisition of Fortress Investment Group, a US-based asset manager which currently has significant holdings in various tech companies including Lyft.
Japanese operator may have gone abroad to make its massive bet on IoT but its first post-ARM move has been to launch a LoRa network at home.
The acquisition of UK chip designer ARM by Japanese operator Softbank completed today so Masayoshi Son and Simon Segars decided to blog about it.
Japanese operator group Softbank has successfully bid £24.3 billion to buy UK mobile chip designer ARM in a bid to position itself at the centre of the IoT revolution.
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