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Nvidia is working with SoftBank to reinvent telecom networks to make them capable of supporting AI-RAN, enabling them to run AI and 5G workloads at the same time. -
To challenge Google's search dominance, telecom giants like Telefónica, SoftBank, and Deutsche Telekom threw their weight behind Perplexity, the conversational AI search startup. Their bet, however, appears under threat — as OpenAI has entered the arena.
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Ericsson is teaming up with SoftBank to develop AI radio access network (RAN) solutions to boost network efficiency and performance.
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Japanese telecom giant SoftBank has reportedly agreed to invest $500 million in OpenAI while Apple has decided to drop out of backing the AI startup.
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SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, e& Group, Singtel and SoftBank had held the inaugural meeting of the Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA) and announced their plans to establish a joint venture.
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SoftBank is in talks with Deutsche Telekom to sell its share in T-Mobile US.
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The long -awaited merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint is likely to go ahead on schedule today – but banks will need to provide $23 billion worth of loans to allow it to happen.
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Two Japanese telcos, KDDI and SoftBank, have formally set up a joint venture to build out 5G networks in rural parts of the country.
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SoftBank Group (SBG) has confirmed that its board of directors have approved the sale of $41 billion (JPY4.5 trillion) of its assets.
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Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile US appears on target to complete its takeover of SoftBank’s Sprint by the weekend.
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A cohort of 11 C-suite executives from across the telecommunications, technology, aviation, and aerospace sectors have joined forces to establish an alliance to promote the use of high-altitude vehicles in the Earth’s stratosphere and “eliminate the digital divide” worldwide.
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Sprint’s wholesale division will adopt the T-Mobile brand after the two companies merge on 1 April, Capacity understands, but the unit will not be folded into Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier.
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The long delay in winning approval for the T-Mobile/Sprint merger in the US has hurt Ericsson’s annual results.
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SoftBank Corp has announced plans to merge Yahoo Japan with Line Corp, a messaging app provider, to create a $30 billion tech company.
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Satellite company Iridium, which went into service with its new fleet earlier this year, is to work on combined services with rival operator OneWeb.
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A SoftBank company has successfully tested the first flying platform that could be used to deliver broadband communications to remote areas.
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The long-running saga of the $26 million T-Mobile-Sprint merger in the US has entered the last lap, as the companies try to satisfy the last objectors.
