SoftBank enters strategic partnership and equity share swap with Deutsche Telekom, based on evolution of stock structure from recent Sprint and T-Mobile deal it appears SBG has acquired 4.5% stake in DT along with various benefits as detailed here: https://t.co/Zyjb6e6X8G pic.twitter.com/nCvfWKnSKv
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 7, 2021
Japan has nominated Mr. Seizo Onoe, fabled ‘Father of LTE’, for Director-General position at ITU Standardization Bureau with elections to be held in Sept. 2022. See brief announced, with overview details in English, via Ministry of Foreign Affairs. https://t.co/UExrxJbIgG pic.twitter.com/Gz6epmY24G
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 5, 2021
The KDDI +αProject assigns points to employees volunteer efforts and coverts them into cash donations for worthy most NPOs. They just announced $10M from 2020 activities to support 58 charities with $94M raised since program launch in 2008. [Jpn] https://t.co/BjTtZqbLj9 pic.twitter.com/FZAU6VjdSC
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 3, 2021
NEC identity recognition tech claims another first place award from NIST on their Iris tool, with tested accuracy at 99.6% under IREX10 standard, which is now part of the Bio-IDiom suite that enables confirmation in motion. [Jpn] https://t.co/iXtQYyxSqQ pic.twitter.com/fEnsM9JYuk
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 2, 2021
NTT announces private 5G Network-as-a-Service platform. The flexible architecture tool suite can be configured via cloud, on-premises, or at the edge and integrated with various partners, enabling clients secure, scalable segment network design. https://t.co/vPZd0eeoqk pic.twitter.com/AfwVmeMnRT
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 15, 2021
KDDI ∞ Labo rolled new dedicated page listing Issues and Assets from their +50 enterprise partners for SMEs to review and pitch. Solid example for telcos and corporates overseas considering how to develop and support next-gen. open platforms [Jpn] https://t.co/3mb9MPOSsD pic.twitter.com/a2sCvh6DKz
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) August 6, 2021
Thrilled to see @Miraikan featuring ‘See-Through Captions’ exhibit as part of their xDiversity Project during month of August. An elegant way for visualizing speech to text in real time for the deaf, see overview with schedule details here [Jpn] https://t.co/wb8iHaTApl pic.twitter.com/HXyipu5y1Z
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 31, 2021
SoftBank recently introduced their latest Beyond 5G / 6G Concept and Challenges for Realization project material, specifically focused on range of topics from Ai and MEC to expansion into terahertz frequency utilization, initial overview here [Jpn] https://t.co/y4xgu2c6Jr pic.twitter.com/Qo54K2Xq9X
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 30, 2021
NTT 5G Network as a Service; as DoCoMo announced, with 12 enterprise partners, gearing up to provide dynamic suite of open platform solutions, for example private “5G Campus Network” with O-RAN and vRAN tech, to global telcos. English video here: https://t.co/7yRnHjAvSo pic.twitter.com/MeYHI3aYzQ
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 28, 2021
Tokyo Skytree hosting Society 5.0 Science Expo with +200 exhibits from huge collection of supporting partners focused on future adoption of enabling tech. in areas ranging from deep ocean to space. They have dedicated website in English via here https://t.co/vQ2TPfba1y pic.twitter.com/rjAwDTjXp1
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) July 26, 2021