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SoftBank (TSE:9434) signed a five year Master Services Agreement with Sceye to deploy High Altitude Platform Systems across Japan.
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The partnership aims to build a nationwide stratospheric communications layer to complement terrestrial networks and satellite links.
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Management plans to use the Sceye platforms to support connectivity for AI, IoT and future 6G related services across the country.
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SoftBank's move to large scale stratospheric deployment with Sceye matters, but investors should weigh it alongside other factors. Our analysis turns up
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SoftBank runs one of Japan's major mobile and fixed-line telecom networks, so this move integrates new stratospheric capacity directly into a large existing customer base that uses its wireless, broadband and ISP services across the country.
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