SoftBank Group confirms ARM sale agreement with Nvidia for $40Bn value in cash and shares, subject to usual regulator approvals, ending weeks of rumors and bumping their share price 10% as markets opened in Tokyo. Details as announced in English here [Pdf] https://t.co/uTHruJIghx pic.twitter.com/V2tpdP4chE
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 14, 2020
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Toyota and Honda R&D join on mobile power project, fully fitted fuel cell bus hauling huge H2 load, intended to deploy in disaster zones and large scale events generating “Energy for Everyone”. See details, related specs and images, via PR here: https://t.co/clogbbfzWu pic.twitter.com/PBymHhHhY5
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 14, 2020
NTT Data and Japan Billboard Hot 100 ran trials using NeuroAI to analyse over 2,000 top chart songs released since 2016 to predict success trends and enable more accurate related style playlist suggestions. See RoboDJ overview details here [Jpn] https://t.co/18HlFfLSk6 pic.twitter.com/pEar3kF4or
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 8, 2020
New paper via Ministry, read: authoritative, includes survey data noting 28% has/will have 5G phone by end of 2021, while over 60% report no plan to upgrade even by end of 2022. Topics range from ‘droid vs. iOS to IoT, MVNO and FTTH market share; what else would you like to know? pic.twitter.com/ihJXch9L0Y
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 3, 2020
SoftBank joins @NianticLabs Planet-Scale AR Alliance, as Launch Member, promising next-gen. exclusive 5G contents delivered via Real-World Platform claiming 1Bn downloads on mega hit titles Ingress and Pokémon GO. Press release in English here: https://t.co/EZ8if1YYCA pic.twitter.com/ghfLdxSY8g
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 2, 2020
Fujitsu confirms agreement to sell their FJP consumer retail division, with 110 DoCoMo locations operating nationwide, to Sumitomo owned T-GAIA for approx $250M with deal closing date early November. See the announcement details in English here: https://t.co/7HOxFqOPLS pic.twitter.com/jsl8iFn855
— Mobile in Tokyo (@Wireless_Watch) September 1, 2020