Huge Congrats to DroneFund crew who secured $50M from solid range of investors to support future efforts. They raised $15M early 2018 and have 22 companies in the portfolio, exciting times ahead for the Chiba Dojo @DroneFund_PR おめでとうございます! [Jpn] https://t.co/OkBxoI0KbR pic.twitter.com/XeKBwQlKZi
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) May 13, 2019
DoCoMo has agreed to form a capital and business alliance with Magic Leap pledging $280M investment to assist on the development and promotion of MR in Japan, announced in English here: https://t.co/dAKbfkclLV pic.twitter.com/LsZPxzAROb
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 29, 2019
SoftBank announces $125M investment in GoogleX Project Loon, under HAPSMobile platform est. 2017, with goal of enabling ‘connectivity to more people, places, and things worldwide’. See PR in English with link for materials and press conference video here: https://t.co/Nwb0RAMpfI pic.twitter.com/LvaPW4yIvQ
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 25, 2019
As we noted here Feb. 20th 2018, Sony has officially rolled their S.Ride hailing platform with 5 major taxi companies in Tokyo claiming 10K cabs standing by.. dedicated website [Jpn] https://t.co/aGGLv2X0Od pic.twitter.com/pChTV45Ftc
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 23, 2019
Toyota, DENSO and the SoftBank Vision Fund to Invest $1 Billion in Uber ATG, Advanced Technologies Group. See terms, timelines and comments at signing ceremony in English via announcement here: https://t.co/fMyIbCnSKc pic.twitter.com/CUae8wy6Uf
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 19, 2019
The folks @CyberAgentInc just confirmed AbemaTV going global based on results of their pilot streaming trials for six countries as announced earlier this year. Details, with free-to-view app links, via here: https://t.co/k6fmnk6rLZ pic.twitter.com/6x1g5Iobss
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 18, 2019
Thought we’d note buried deep within this DoCoMo press release showing how new rate plans save 40%, unless you count Voice and Terminal subsidies, the fine print states end of i-mode.. new era indeed [Jpn] https://t.co/8Z1eygOTuR pic.twitter.com/I0FCE2j6W0
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 17, 2019
The Nikkei Applied Ai Summit on here next week with impressive list of activities, speakers and supporters planned including Next 90(second) Startup Pitch session with huge group of local players on-stage, see details in English: https://t.co/FpZtHZnnoV pic.twitter.com/d8xrkoFhwC
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 17, 2019
SoftBank Robotics just announced new improved Pepper for Home, with RoboApp offering games and language lessons, unit cost with subscription fee runs about $800 month on 3-Yr contract. Details [Jpn] https://t.co/frprzK1y1A pic.twitter.com/kMFIflp2V3
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 16, 2019
Testing I2V, Invisible-to-Visible, 5G delivers virtual donuts in real-time.. 以上https://t.co/0sJPQvufL8 pic.twitter.com/L4hRcAA3sK
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) April 16, 2019