Tag: Alibaba

Japanese telco Softbank plans to invest W5trn (US$4.5bn) in the South Korean technology sector over the next 10 years, according to founder ...

The search for growth areas beyond the core business is a perennial problem for telecoms operators and one made more acute by ...

Softbank has closed the acquisition of UK chip designer ARM Holdings for £24bn (US$31.7bn) as CEO Masayoshi Son (pictured) pushes the Japanese group into ...

Japan’s Softbank has announced that UK chip designer ARM Holdings’ shareholders have overwhelmingly cleared the previously-agreed £24bn (US$31.7bn) takeover. Softbank has also named Ren Tanaka as Softbank’s ...

Sprint has hired Jan Geldmacher as president of its enterprise unit, effective 22 August. Geldmacher joins the US’ number four wireless operator from Vodafone where ...

Japanese giant Softbank Group plans to raise about Y1trn (US$9.8bn) in hybrid bonds by March 2017 to fund growth, according to multiple ...

Verizon Communications and Yahoo have entered into a definitive agreement under which Verizon will acquire Yahoo’s core internet business for some US$4.83bn in ...

Verizon Communications is reportedly close to sealing a deal to acquire Yahoo’s core internet business following the Silicon Valley-based tech giant’s ...

Verizon Communications, Dan Gilbert, founder of mortgage lender Quicken Loans, and private equity firm Vector Capital Management are reportedly the ...

Japan’s Softbank has agreed to buy UK chip designer ARM Holdings for some £24bn (US$31.7bn). Under the cash purchase agreement, Softbank will acquire 1.412 billion ...