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The chip technology architects at ARM, which was acquired by Japan's SoftBank last year for $32 billion, have created an image signal processor that targets advanced driver assistance systems. The company said ADAS will require not only more cameras inside vehicles, but more powerful...

As standardization continues, major telecommunications network infrastructure vendors – primarily Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, ZTE and Samsung along with their suppliers –are racing to not only help guide the standards setting process, but to develop a "5G" portfolio that will enable operator customers to quickly...

The Dutch firm will provide its remote SIM Provisioning platform Japanese telecommunications operator SoftBank has selected Dutch digital security firm Gemalto as a partner for On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) services enabling both consumer and industrial machine-to-machine (M2M) IoT connectivity and deployment of value added applications and...

SoftBank 5G tests ongoing in 4 GHz and 4.5 GHz bands Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank recently acquired a license to expand tests of 5G communications in the 28 GHz band. The company already has already begun testing 5G in the 4 GHz and 4.5 GHz...

Congress applied pressure to Sprint and SoftBank to avoid Huawei, while T-Mobile USA launched its LTE network … 4 years ago this week. Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines...

Reports indicate SoftBank and Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son willing to sell stake to DT but maintain minority control in emboldened T-Mobile. Published reports late last week indicated a long-simmering merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint could be back on the table, though this time with...

NTT DoCoMo and NEC said a recent MIMO test used spectrum between the 3 GHz and 6 GHz bands and showed eight-times gain in spectral efficiency. Work continues on what is termed “massive” multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology, with NTT DoCoMo and NEC announcing a recent trial...

SoftBank said operating profits surged 71% in its most recent fiscal quarter, and trumpeted a turnaround at Sprint as a contributor to the company's strong results. "Sprint is no longer the bottleneck of SoftBank," SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son told investors, according to analyst Jennifer Fritzsche...

The Asia-Pacific region is currently very active in terms of "5G" trials as vendors and mobile operators are carrying out tests with the aim to launch commercial networks before 2020. South Korean operators are among the most active players in the field, with the country's...

Makers of wireless infrastructure are often careful about naming the semiconductor companies that supply their chipsets, creating a tension between chip vendors who want to promote their customer wins and manufacturers who want to maintain a competitive advantage by disclosing as little as possible....

Other potential investors in SoftBank fund include chipmaker Qualcomm and Chinese manufacturer Foxconn. Apple confirmed plans to invest $1 billion in a tech fund being set up by Japanese telecommunications group SoftBank, The Wall Street Journal reported. "We believe their new fund will speed...

The launch of 5G services will be highly reliant on spectrum, but has poor planning by the FCC undercut crucial low-band support? Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on...

Sprint and T-Mobile both saw their stock prices surge following commitment from Sprint and SoftBank Chairman Son for $50B, 50,000 job investment. SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son, who also holds the same title at subsidiary Sprint, said the Japan-based telecom giant plans to invest $50...

SoftBank looks to deploy a few thousand massive MIMO sites across Japan in 2017. TOKYO – Japanese mobile operator SoftBank believes massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology will represent a key part of the firm’s "5G" strategy. Hidebumi Kitahara, senior director of mobile netowrk planning at SoftBank,...

SoftBank looks to deploy a few thousand massive MIMO sites across Japan in 2017. TOKYO – Japanese mobile operator SoftBank believes massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology will represent a key part of the firm’s "5G" strategy. Hidebumi Kitahara, senior director of mobile netowrk planning at SoftBank,...

On the road to 5G, the Chinese vendor looks to carry out new trials of massive MIMO technology next year. TOKYO – ZTE is in talks with Japanese mobile operators to carry out trials of massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology next year, according to Leo Chao,...

Chinese firm plans to launch data centers in Middle East, Europe, Australia and Japan this year. Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, plans to launch four new data centers by the end of 2016. The data centers...

DT management said it was not in the “mood” to alter its current ownership stake in T-Mobile US as the unit continues to show strength. T-Mobile US parent company Deutsche Telekom continues to deny interest in selling off its U.S.-based operations, which...

SoftBank said it will continue to deploy the Ericsson solution in dense urban areas Ericsson said it completed a commercial implementation of its Elastic Radio Access Network for Japanese mobile operator SoftBank. Elastic RAN is part of the Ericsson Cloud RAN solution and was developed...

Sprint and SoftBank filed moves to consolidate Clearwire 2.5 GHz spectrum, and T-Mobile moved on MetroPCS acquisition … 4 years ago this week. Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the...

Ruckus Wireless is back in play thanks to another wireless technology merger. Broadcom Limited is looking to acquire Brocade Communications for $5.9 billion, with plans to divest Ruckus, which Brocade purchased for $1.2 billion this spring. Broadcom, a California company that designs chips for wireless...

SANTA CLARA, California – SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likened the impending boom in "internet of things" devices to the evolutionary period known as the Cambrian explosion: a turning point for life on earth. "The next big paradigm shift is coming from mobile into the IoT....

SANTA CLARA, California – SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son likened the impending boom in "internet of things" devices to the evolutionary period known as the Cambrian explosion: a turning point for life on earth. "The next big paradigm shift is coming from mobile into the IoT....

Japan-based telecom giant SoftBank, which is also parent company of Sprint, signed an MoU with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund SoftBank Group created its Vision Fund, with the main focus of making global investments in the technology sector. The Japanese group said the fund will...