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  • Softbank tests 7GHz band for 6G with Nokia in Tokyo

    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 9, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 9, 2025

    Softbank and Nokia are installing three pre-commercial 7GHz-compatible base stations in central Tokyo In sum, what to know: Outdoor trials – Softbank and Nokia have started outdoor trials of the …

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  • SoftBank aims to lead artificial super intelligence era

    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 30, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 30, 2025

    Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, compared the opportunity in superintelligent AI to the “winner takes all” effect seen in other tech sectors over the past two decades In sum, what to …

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  • SoftBank to launch HAPS telecom services in Japan in 2026

    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 26, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 26, 2025

    SoftBank has gained exclusive rights to use Sceye’s HAPS platform in Japan In sum – what to know: SoftBank to launch HAPS in 2026 – The Japanese carrier will begin …

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  • SoftBank to launch HAPS telecom services in Japan in 2026

    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 26, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 26, 2025

    SoftBank has gained exclusive rights to use Sceye’s HAPS platform in Japan In sum – what to know: SoftBank to launch HAPS in 2026 – The Japanese carrier will begin …

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  • Kigen raises new funds for global eSIM push in Industry 4.0

    by James Blackman June 17, 2025
    by James Blackman June 17, 2025

    In sum – what to know: New investment – eSIM specialist Kigen has secured new funds from Japan’s SBI Group, plus more funds from Arm and Softbank, to scale its …

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  • OpenAI eyes India for AI infrastructure partnership

    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 9, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás June 9, 2025

    OpenAI executives and top Indian officials are currently in talks to build AI infra in India In sum – what to know: AI infra ambitions – OpenAI is exploring collaboration …

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  • OpenAI plans global expansion of Stargate project

    by Juan Pedro Tomás May 12, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás May 12, 2025

    OpenAI said the Stargate initiative, unveiled earlier this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, has an estimated long-term cost of $500 billion In sum – what you need to know: …

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  • What is the Stargate AI project?

    by Juan Pedro Tomás May 8, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás May 8, 2025

    The Stargate AI project is one of the most ambitious infrastructure initiatives ever launched to support AI Spearheaded by a powerful group of technology and investment firms, this massive project …

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  • OpenAI, SoftBank mull UK Stargate investment

    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 21, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 21, 2025

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously said that he “would love to do a Stargate Europe” In sum – what you need to know: Stargate eyes UK expansion – OpenAI and …

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  • Five key things to know about AI infra investments in Japan

    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 8, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 8, 2025

    SoftBank and KDDI are moving fast to have a leading position in the AI infra sector in Japan with their AI data centers Japan is rapidly becoming a hub for …

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  • AI infra brief: From Meta, InfiniLink, SoftBank and more

    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 7, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 7, 2025

    In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector. Meta plans nearly $1 billion data center project in Wisconsin Meta …

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  • RCR news brief: Ericsson, Telefonica, Nokia and more

    by Juan Pedro Tomás March 27, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás March 27, 2025

      Editor’s note: The telecommunications sector continues to evolve rapidly, driven by advancements in 5G, the emergence of 5G Advanced, the growing adoption of Open RAN and the integration of …

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  • SoftBank Group goes after Ampere Computing in $6.5 billion deal

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin March 20, 2025
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin March 20, 2025

    Ampere Computing processors are optimized for cloud computing and AI applications and are used in a range of computing environments SoftBank Group Corp. announced today that it has entered into …

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  • Top six AI data centers in Asia

    by Juan Pedro Tomás March 19, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás March 19, 2025

    As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates, Asia is emerging as a global hub for high-performance AI data centers These AI data centers are critical for AI training, deep learning models …

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  • AI infra brief: From OpenAI, Chevron, Iron Mountain and more

    by Juan Pedro Tomás March 17, 2025
    by Juan Pedro Tomás March 17, 2025

    In this regular update, RCR Wireless News highlights the top news and developments impacting the booming AI infrastructure sector SoftBank and OpenAI to develop AI agents in Japan SoftBank plans …

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  • Red Hat secures new deals with SoftBank, Fujitsu, Orange and more

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin March 3, 2025
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin March 3, 2025

    On the first day of MWC, Red Hat revealed several additional tie-ups with operators and vendors around the world Earlier this month, Red Hat — IBM-owned open source solutions provider …

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  • OpenAI to move AI compute from Microsoft to SoftBank by 2030

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin February 24, 2025
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin February 24, 2025

    Today, OpenAI gets most of its data center capacity from Microsoft; however, OpenAI’s CEO wants to lessen the company’s dependence on Microsoft ChatGPT creator OpenAI is reportedly planning to shift …

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  • SoftBank, OpenAI crystalize enterprise AI joint venture

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin February 3, 2025
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin February 3, 2025

    Last week, reports began to circulate that SoftBank is considering investing as much as $25 billion into OpenAI Artificial Intelligence (AI) news just keep coming from SoftBank Corp. Last week, …

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  • SoftBank considers $25bn OpenAI investment

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin January 31, 2025
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin January 31, 2025

    The investment would make SoftBank OpenAI’s biggest financial backer Reports began circulating this week that SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25 billion into OpenAI, a move …

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  • Kagan: Masayoshi Son steers Softbank to AI investment in US

    by Jeff Kagan January 14, 2025
    by Jeff Kagan January 14, 2025

    Why does Softbank sees US as a leader in Artificial Intelligence? Softbank is one of the world’s largest, most important and powerful investment companies which plays in many spaces including …

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  • Softbank, AI-RAN, and D-MIMO (Analyst Angle)

    by RCR Wireless News January 11, 2025
    by RCR Wireless News January 11, 2025

    Softbank released test results from their experiment to demonstrate high-performance integration of GPUs and RAN over the past month. I appreciate their transparency, making the data public.  Here are my initial …

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  • What is AI and RAN multi-tenancy and orchestration?

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin December 4, 2024
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin December 4, 2024

    Three workload distribution models are emerging for AI-RAN — RAN-only, RAN-heavy or AI-heavy In November, SoftBank announced that it successfully piloted the world’s first combined AI and 5G telecom network …

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  • ‘Zero traffic, zero energy’ — How will AI enable dynamic network management?

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin December 2, 2024
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin December 2, 2024

    Energy consumption is one of the biggest factors of OpEx, says AI-RAN Alliance Chair Alex Jinsung Choi The reduction of operation expenses (OpEx) is a key priority for telecom operators, …

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  • Running vRAN on Grace Hopper (Analyst Angle)

    by RCR Wireless News November 22, 2024
    by RCR Wireless News November 22, 2024

    Over the past two years, I have gathered a ton of information about AI enhancements to the RAN and the possibility of running RAN workloads on GPUs. Many readers have …

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  • SoftBank, NVIDIA deepen AI RAN ties

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin November 13, 2024
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin November 13, 2024

    Telco networks that run AI and 5G workloads at the same time are referred to as AI-RAN NVIDIA and SoftBank Corp. have announced several AI tie-ups at the NVIDIA AI …

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