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Softbank shares plunge as its Vision Fund keeps losing money

November 14, 2022 News Centre 0

SoftBank reported its first quarterly profit in three quarters, but shares plunged anyway due to more heavy losses at its Vision Fund investment arm. Read more…

Softbank really wants Samsung and Arm to join forces

September 23, 2022 News Centre 0

SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son plans to meet with Samsung Electronics to discuss a potential “strategic alliance” with Softbank’s chip designer Arm. Read more…

How Softbank lost enthusiasm for Chinese tech investments

August 15, 2022 News Centre 0

SoftBank Group’s decision to sell down its Alibaba stake for a $34 billion gain underlines how CEO Masayoshi Son has cooled on China tech. Read more…

SoftBank unveils massive loss from upended tech stocks

August 8, 2022 News Centre 0

SoftBank Group Corp unveiled a $23 billion quarterly net loss, its biggest ever, as a market sell-off upended tech stocks and shredded valuations. Read more…

Where should Softbank re-list Arm? Preferably nowhere (for now)

June 28, 2022 Richard Windsor 0

The big question isn’t where to relist Arm, but how SoftBank is going to achieve $50 billion anywhere under current market conditions. Read more…

Softbank and Altaeros successfully test autonomous aerostat base station

June 24, 2022 Staff Writer 0

SoftBank successfully tests an aerostat base station (a tethered high-altitude balloon with a cellular base station payload) with Altaeros. Read more…

Arm China chief Allen Wu refuses to leave after being sacked

May 5, 2022 News Centre 0

Arm China CEO Allen Wu was fired and replaced last week, but he’s refused to step down and his supporters are championing him on social media. Read more…

SRv6 Flex-Algo powers SoftBank’s new 5G dynamic network slicing

April 28, 2022 Staff Writer 0

SoftBank completes SRv6 deployment in its 5G network and uses the SRv6 Flex-Algo feature to implement dynamic network slicing. Read more…

An IPO isn’t Softbank’s only option to salvage its failed Arm deal

February 15, 2022 Richard Windsor 0

An IPO for Arm is not the only option available to SoftBank – and given where Arm currently is, one option is to keep it. Read more…

Softbank’s Arm eyes 2023 IPO after planned sale to Nvidia collapses

February 8, 2022 News Centre 0

SoftBank Group’s sale of Arm to Nvidia has collapsed due to regulatory hurdles. Arm is now planning for an IPO sometime before March 2023. Read more…

Blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare trades players using NFTs

September 21, 2021 News Centre 0

Blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare features player cards that are traded in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Read more…

Smart robots can revitalise Japan growth, competitiveness: Softbank CEO

September 15, 2021 News Centre 0

SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son on Wednesday said so-called smart robots can revitalise Japan’s economy and competitiveness Read more…

East Asian 5G rollout not over yet, but Japan’s 6G race has already begun

August 30, 2021 News Centre 0

On August 23rd, Japanese mobile operator SoftBank announced its plan for a future 6G rollout. Said to be 100 times faster than 5G. Read more…

SoftBank slashing global robotics business, Pepper robot axed

June 29, 2021 News Centre 0

SoftBank is slashing jobs at its global robotics business and has stopped producing its Pepper robot, as it downgrades its industry ambitions Read more…

SoftBank to invest $60 million in Axiata’s digital analytics and AI arm ADA

May 11, 2021 News Centre 0

Malaysia’s Axiata said Japanese peer SoftBank Corp will invest $60 million in its digital analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) arm ADA. Read more…

SoftBank Group Chief Executive boasts of delivering “golden eggs”

February 8, 2021 News Centre 0

SoftBank Group Chief Executive Masayoshi Son boasted of delivering “golden eggs” after his company’s Vision Fund unit rebounded from a loss. Read more…