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SoftBank Verifies GPU-based vRAN on Actual Machines with NVIDIA & Mavenir

SoftBank announced, in collaboration with NVIDIA and Mavenir Systems, it succeeded in End-to-End (E2E) communication from user equipment to image…

SoftBank Develops Battery Pack with Next-gen Lithium-metal Battery Cells for HAPS Stratosphere

SoftBank announced it developed a battery pack using a next-generation lithium-metal battery cell manufactured by Enpower Japan with a specific…

Ciena Powers Colt’s Long-Haul Networking Services in Japan

Ciena announced that Colt Technology Services (Colt) is now able to run high-capacity services across long distances spanning more than 500km using Ciena’s…

SoftBank Starts Autonomous Driving Field Tests

SoftBank announced it began conducting field tests in the Takeshiba area of Minato-ku, Tokyo, in January 2023 that verify driving…

Mawari, Sturfee, KDDI & Telefonica Unveil 5G MEC powered XR Digital Twin Store

Sturfee and Mawari, in partnership with KDDI and Telefonica, announced the 5G MEC powered XR Digital Twin Store, a new…

DOCOMO to Develop RIC Enabling Multivendor Interoperability for Open RAN

NTT DOCOMO announced that it has begun researching and developing a RAN intelligent controller (RIC) that enables multivendor interoperability for…

KDDI Selects Samsung's Cloud-native 5G SA Core for its Commercial Network across Japan

Samsung Electronics announced the company has been selected by KDDI to provide its cloud-native 5G Standalone (SA) Core for the…

DOCOMO Tests Transmissive Metasurface on Window for 5G/6G

NTT DOCOMO announced that it has succeeded in what it believes to be the world's first trial of redirecting millimeter-band…

Japan’s J:COM Transforms Video Delivery Network using Qwilt’s Open Caching Solution

Qwilt announced that J:COM, Japan’s leading cable broadband and multi-channel video provider, has transformed its video delivery network using Qwilt’s…