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SoftBank and Fujitsu Partner to Drive AI-RAN Commercialisation

Nov 13, 2024•over 1 year ago

Contract Type

partnership

LondonSoftwareMobile

Description

SoftBank Corp and Fujitsu Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their collaboration in developing AI-RAN, a new architecture combining artificial intelligence (AI) with Radio Access Networks (RAN), aiming for commercialisation by 2026. They will initiate joint research and development of software to improve RAN performance and communication quality through AI, and establish a verification lab in Dallas, Texas, to validate AI-RAN technology.

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Company

SoftBank

Location

London, Ontario, Canada

About

Guided by the SoftBank Group’s corporate philosophy, “Information Revolution – Happiness for everyone,” SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) combines telecommunications services with cutting-edge technologies to create and operate new businesses. SoftBank Corp. serves more than 45 million mobile consumer and enterprise subscribers in Japan, and as part of its “Beyond Carrier” strategy, is redefining industries by leveraging its unique strengths as a network operator to fully harness the power of 5G, big data, AI, IoT, robotics and other key technologies. To learn more, please visit https://www.softbank.jp/en/

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