AI & Cloud SoftBank June 25, 2024 SoftBank targets Japan health services with AI JV SoftBank Group reportedly plans to roll out an AI-powered medical service analysing healthcare data in Japan through a joint venture with US company Tempus AI, with the aim of launching within one to two years. By Kavit Majithia
AI & Cloud Operators SoftBank June 18, 2024 SoftBank offers free access to Perplexity AI search SoftBank Corp detailed plans to offer a subscription-based generative AI service developed by US-based search engine start-up Perplexity to its mobile subscribers for free for a year. By Joseph Waring
Deutsche Telekom SoftBank T-Mobile US June 10, 2024 Deutsche Telekom scoops-up discount T-Mobile shares Deutsche Telekom activated an option to buy an additional 6.7 million shares in subsidiary T-Mobile US from Softbank Corp at well below current stock market value, under the terms of a deal signed in the wake of the merger of the US operator with Sprint in 2020. By Chris Donkin
AI & Cloud Asia Pacific SoftBank June 7, 2024 Sharp, SoftBank target domestic AI data centre move Japanese electronics giant Sharp was connected with its second AI data centre move in the space of a few days, with SoftBank Corp revealing the pair struck a memorandum of understanding covering the construction of a facility at an LCD plant in the Osaka prefecture. By Michael Carroll
Asia Pacific Operators SoftBank June 4, 2024 SoftBank expands THz band use cases with new antenna SoftBank Corp developed antenna technology which broadens the use cases for terahertz (THz) spectrum, demonstrating the reliability of the band to support connected vehicles during a field trial in Tokyo. By Joseph Waring
Asia Pacific SoftBank May 14, 2024 SoftBank profit surges as AI rally lifts Arm SoftBank Group recorded a second straight quarter of profit in fiscal Q4 2023 (calendar Q1), as it turned its investment strategy away from China and focused on AI-centric companies. By Joseph Waring
Asia Pacific Operators SoftBank May 10, 2024 SoftBank eyes continued mobile gains SoftBank Corp's mobile revenue returned to growth in fiscal 2023 (ending 30 March), a year ahead of a previous guidance, with continued gains forecast as tariffs started to bottom out. By Joseph Waring