SandboxAQ’s AQtive Guard deployed by SoftBank for cryptographic security

SandboxAQ have announced the deployment of its AQtive Guard cryptography management platform by the Advanced Research Group of SoftBank. This followed testing of AQtive Guard’s abilities to discover cryptographic and certificate-based vulnerabilities to AI-based and quantum computer-based cyber attacks against IT systems, including networks, end-points and applications.

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Softbank targets two million with 1NCE flat rate IoT connectivity

SoftBank has announced an expansion of its global Internet of Things (IoT) business in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, spanning 19 countries and regions, including Japan. SoftBank’s primary emphasis in this initiative will be directed towards marketing IoT services, with a key focus on promoting the 1NCE IoT Flat Rate connectivity offering. SoftBank aims to

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SoftBank aims to secure 2 million IoT connections with 1NCE Flat Rate

SoftBank Corp. has announced that it will launch a full-fledged expansion of its global Internet of Things (IoT) business in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, commencing this month. This sales expansion spans 19 countries and regions, including Japan. SoftBank’s primary emphasis in this endeavor will be directed towards marketing IoT services, with a key focus on

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Pocketalk, SoftBank alliance to expand translation business in Japan, global markets

Pocketalk Corporation, a provider of translation solutions, and SoftBank Corp., a Japan-based telecommunications and IT operator, have announced that they formed an alliance. Under this partnership, both companies will collaborate in the marketing of ‘Pocketalk’ translation solutions for enterprise customers in Japan and global markets with the aim of further expanding their businesses.

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Will SIM innovations turn communications management platforms into IoT springboards?

IoT connectivity resembles the final frontier for simplifying deployment of devices. Currently, the process of enabling connectivity for global devices involves needless complexity, multiple layers of lengthy administration, performance guarantees in different markets that are hard to verify, currency fluctuations and challenging-to-reach local support. REGISTER NOW FOR FREE TO READ FULL REPORT Global connectivity often

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Aeris to acquire IoT business from Ericsson

Ericsson and Aeris Communications, a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions based in San Jose, California, have signed an agreement for the transfer of Ericsson’s IoT Accelerator and Connected Vehicle Cloud businesses.

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1NCE selects Miami over NYC, San Francisco and Seattle for North American headquarters

Miami, Florida, USA. 11 January 2021 – 1NCE, the provider of connectivity and software for IoT at a global flat rate, announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that it has selected Miami for its new North American headquarters. The company headquartered in Cologne, Germany was founded in 2017 and has offices in Cologne, Hamburg, Amsterdam, London, Miami,

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1NCE and Amazon Web Services join forces for a global IoT platform

Global IoT Carrier 1NCE and Amazon Web Services (AWS) join forces pushing forward the expansion of 1NCEs IoT platform on a global scale, bringing its cloud native IoT offering closer to its customers worldwide. The collaboration further aims to strengthen ties between the two companies and to develop the Next Level IoT Software speeding up

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Ericsson launches time-critical communication toolbox

Ericsson is enhancing its 5G capabilities with the launch of an end-to-end solution that aims to guarantee the consistent low latency and high reliability demanded by time-critical applications and services for consumers, enterprises, and public sector.

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1NCE raises US$50mn for global expansion led by investors SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom

IoT Carrier 1NCE reports it has raised $50 million (€42.87 million) in new financing. The capital is being provided by investors including Deutsche Telekom, SoftBank, and other investors. 1NCE offers cellular device connectivity at a fixed price in over 100 countries via 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, NB-IoT and LTE-M. Its cloud-based connectivity platform includes IoT

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Toyota and SoftBank in partnership to establish joint venture for new mobility services

Toyota Motor Corporation and SoftBank Corporation have agreed to form a strategic partnership to facilitate the creation of new mobility services, and plan to establish a joint venture company, Monet Technologies Corporation, before the end of the 2018 fiscal year (April 2019).

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Regulators could impose a package deal in exchange for new T-Mobile/Sprint merger approval, says GlobalData

The recently announced merger between US mobile operator rivals T-Mobile and Sprint in an all-stock transaction valued at US$26.5 billion (€22.33 billion) will be no slam dunk, according to data and analytics company, GlobalData.

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DEEPCORE launches AI incubation business

DEEPCORE Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., announced the launch of its AI-focused incubation business for students, researchers and entrepreneurs in Japan. Through this business, DEEPCORE will develop young and talented entrepreneurs in the AI field,

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Sequans announces collaboration with SoftBank to accelerate the deployment of LTE-M and NB-IoT technologies in Japan

Sequans Communications S.A. announced that it has established a technology collaboration with SoftBank Corp., a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. and Japan’s leading mobile operator, to accelerate the deployment of LTE-M and NB-IoT technologies in Japan.

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Sprint nabs Ivo Rook from Vodafone, appoints him to new post as senior vice president of IoT

Sprint has named the seasoned Internet of Things (IoT) executive Ivo Rook to the newly created position of senior vice president of IoT. Rook will lead and build Sprint’s IoT business and will be a strategic adviser to Sprint and Softbank. He will join Sprint on January 1, 2018.

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Artificial Intelligence comes to the rescue for the retail industry

Exponential progress in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, fuelled by the combination of cloud, big data and new algorithms, is transforming the retail industry.

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