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.
IoT platform provider Jasper has announced a new strategic partnership with software giant Microsoft designed to help businesses bring IoT services to market more easily.
SoftBank is considering buying the wireless assets of Carlos Slim-owned América Móvil, according to a report. Apparently the Japanese tech giant has asked US subsidiary firm Sprint’s CEO Marcelo Claure to gather information on the business up for sale on its behalf.
It has been reported SoftBank has begun negotiations with DreamWorks Animation (DWA) to acquire the Hollywood studio. The reports follow SoftBank’s decision last month to drop its pursuit for T-Mobile US amid antitrust concerns from regulators.
Kit vendor Ericsson and Japanese operator SoftBank have collaborated to produce a new piece of software called Mobility-based Policy, which allows SoftBank to manage its resources more efficiently in congested areas.
Virtualisation incumbent VMware has inked partnerships with China Telecom and SoftBank in a move that will see both telcos host and help sell the company’s hybrid cloud service in the region. The move marks a significant expansion of the service as VMware looks to take its hybrid cloud offerings beyond North America and Europe.
A widely expected deal that will see US operator Sprint acquire its competitor T-Mobile USA is nearing completion, according to a number of reports citing inside sources. News agency Bloomberg said that an agreement on the price, capital structure and termination fee is close and that the deal would value T-Mobile at $40/share, or roughly $31bn.
US operator T-Mobile has claimed to have taken “virtually all of the industry phone growth” in 1Q14 winning market share from its competitors in the process, reporting total net subscriber additions of 2.4 million. However, the operator recorded a $154m loss in the quarter, compared to a $106m profit in the first quarter of 2013.
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The Cellnex shopping spree moves to Poland https://t.co/Ca30f3FKsv #Towers #Cellnex
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Telefonica has more LatAm fibre deals in the pipeline https://t.co/534ygZDtGc #Corporate #Fibre
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