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SoftBank to Trial RCS and Blockchain-based Mobile Payments Service with Synchronoss and TBCASoft

SoftBank, Synchronoss Technologies and TBCASoft have partnered on a PoC for a new cross-carrier mobile payments service based on the…

Japanese and South Korean Operators Global Leaders in 5G Readiness, says Juniper Research

A new study from Juniper Research has found that with the first 5G networks launching in 2019, total connections will…

Robert Townsend to Join SoftBank Group as Chief Legal Officer

SoftBank Group announced that Robert Townsend will join as Chief Legal Officer and SVP in September. He will also serve…

FRINX Offers OpenDaylight Distribution to SoftBank for Open Source NOS

FRINX and SoftBank are collaborating and have created an open-source based operations system for SoftBank's networks. Founded in 2016 in…

SoftBank, Yahoo Japan Team with India's Paytm to Launch Barcode-Based Smartphone Payment Services

PayPay, a joint venture established by SoftBank and Yahoo Japan announced that the company will launch “PayPay” smartphone payment services…

SoftBank Validates MediaTek’s New NB-IoT Chipset on its Network

MediaTek announced that it has completed NB-IoT interoperability tests with SoftBank for its MT2625 NB-IoT System-on-a-Chip (SoC). Unveiled last year,…

SoftBank Selects Ribbon Protect Platform for Network Visibility and Analytics of RTC Services

SoftBank, one of Japan's largest tier one carriers, has selected the recently launched Ribbon Protect platform for its advanced ability…

SoftBank to Automate RAN Design Process with Ericsson's Machine Learning

SoftBank has implemented a machine learning based method for radio access network design from Ericsson. The service groups cells in…

Japan's Mobile Operators KDDI, NTT DOCOMO and SoftBank Launch RCS ‘+ message’

Japanese mobile operators KDDI, NTT DOCOMO and SoftBank have launched Rich Communications Services (RCS) based on the GSMA’s specifications. The…