TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s financial regulator on Monday ordered Coincheck to get its act together after hackers stole $530 million worth of digital money from its exchange, jolting the nation’s cryptocurrency market in one of Read more…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia said on Friday it signed its first major deal to supply new 5G wireless radio base stations to Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo, which boasts nearly half of the country’s Read more…
TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group said on Monday it was considering listing its Japanese wireless business – a move that could reportedly raise $18 billion and would accelerate the conglomerate’s transformation into one of the Read more…
Continental, Ericsson, Nissan, NTT DoCoMo, OKI and Qualcomm Technologies have announced plans to carry out their first Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) trials in Japan to validate the technology and demonstrate its benefits. The trials are designed Read more…
Huawei and NTT DoCoMo have completed yet another joint 5G field trial – this one for transmitting data on the 39 GHz mmWave band over long distances, potentially paving the way for using mmWave spectrum Read more…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten said it would apply for a 4G mobile license, aiming to become the country’s fourth major wireless carrier in a strategic shift that had analysts warning of an uphill Read more…
Huawei and NTT DoCoMo marked a milestone in their joint 5G trial by transmitting high-speed data over a distance of 1.2km on the 28-GHz mmWave spectrum band. The field trial, which took place in downtown Read more…
KDDI and Samsung Electronics say they have completed the first demonstration of 5G handover and 8K video streaming on a moving train traveling at over 100 km/hour (over 60 mph). During the demo – which Read more…
ITEM: Japanese security systems company 3rd-eyes has launched a new anti-shoplifting system that uses facial recognition to detect repeat offenders – and alerts shop staff by changing the store’s ambient music. According to Nikkei Asian Read more…
Japanese cable operator Energia Communications (EneCom) has agreed to deploy Nokia’s G.fast technology in combination with its existing VDSL following successful interoperability tests last month. EneCom is upgrading its broadband network in preparation for the Read more…
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