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    Sprint owner SoftBank has acquired a new stake in Uber

    Softbank is the Japanese company that owns most of Sprint, but now the company is expanding its influence to acquire a stake in Uber. Uber has made 20% of its shares available for purchase, but SoftBank is expected to buy around 15%.
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    SoftBank ends Sprint/T-Mobile merger talks over disagreement

    A new report from Japan suggests that Sprint owner SoftBank has ended talks of a T-Mobile merger after a disagreement on who would control the two merged companies.
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    Softbank agrees to buy Boston Dynamics from Alphabet

    Boston Dynamics is a division within Alphabet that work on robotics and the company has been wanting to sell it for more than a year. They had yet to find a buyer but today it's been announced that Softbank will be acquiring the company from the Mountain View tech giant.
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    Sprint and T-Mobile continue merger discussions

    T-Mobile and Sprint are said to be back at the table with informal talks about a potential merger. The two have been on and off with talks for a few years now, with regulatory concerns likely making them hesitant to make any sudden movement.
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    Sprint to launch 5G network late 2019

    Sprint has revealed that they have plans to launch 5G by late 2019. The company is working with parent company Softbank and Qualcomm to do the work.
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    SoftBank has decided to not invest $100 million in Andy Rubin's latest smartphone copmany

    In January we learned that Andy Rubin was working on yet another smartphone and then we heard that SoftBank was going to invest $100 million in the company. However, a new report says the CEO of SoftBank has decided against the investment that would value Essential at $1 billion.
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    Sprint merger with T-Mobile, Comcast still possible

    Sprint owner Softbank supposedly still has plans to use the US company to expand their investments in the American technology industry. In an effort to create the 50,000 jobs that they promised to bring to America through talks with Donald Trump, the company's president is reportedly mulling...
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    SoftBank reportedly wants to merge Sprint with T-Mobile

    CNBC is reporting that SoftBank is willing to sell off its shares in order to get both Sprint and T-Mobile to merge. If it ends up happening, Deutsche Telekom would end up owning both Sprint and T-Mobile and that could result in even more competition against AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
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    Star Wars themed smartphones are being released in Japan

    To celebrate the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Japanese carrier SoftBank will have two special edition phones available. The devices are made by Sharp and feature the following specs: - 5.3-inch 1080p Display - Snapdragon 820 processor - 3GB RAM - 32GB Storage - 22.6MP rear-camera -...
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    SoftBank’s acquisition of ARM Holdings has just been completed

    Back in July, we learned that SoftBank was looking to pay $32 billion to acquire ARM Holdings. These big acquisitions have a lot of red tape to get through before it's completed, but now it's officially done.
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    SoftBank is paying $32 billion to buy ARM

    Softbank is expanding it product portfolio by getting to the mobile chip business. The Japanese conglomerate (which also own Sprint) has announced that it will pay $32 billion for ARM. For those who don't know, ARM designed the processors which are used in nearly 95% of smartphones these days...
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    SoftBank switches Pepper's tablet software to Android, plans to integrate features from apps

    SoftBank has a friendly robot called Pepper, and while the internal software is the company's own Naoqi software, they're switching its tablet software to Android. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son hopes this change can attract some attention, and maybe even use 3rd-party applications so they can add...
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    SoftBank could cut thousands of jobs at Sprint in effort to save $2 billion

    SoftBank is figuring out the best way to start saving money on Sprint, who bled $585 million in the last quarter alone. One of their moves will be to cut jobs -- thousands, apparently -- in a plan that would save $2 billion annually.
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