Japanese Space Industry Startup “Synspective” Raises US $100 Million in Funding

Cumulative funding reaches over US $200 million in total TOKYO, 2022, March 29 – Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and solutions provider, announced that the company has raised US $100M (11.9 billion yen) including a Series B funding round. The latest funding was led by Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), Nomura SPARX Investment, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), and Pavilion Capital Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) among others, as well as bank loans, and it is supposed to be ranked within the top ten largest startups in Japan*. This puts Synspective’s total…

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UltraSoC extends its commitment to Japanese market with appointment of Ryoden

CAMBRIDGE, UK – 3 February 2020 UltraSoC today announced it has appointed Ryoden as its technical representatives in Japan to bring its on-chip cybersecurity and embedded analytics architecture to more Japanese electronics manufacturers, particularly those targeting automotive applications. Ryoden will work alongside Intralink, UltraSoC’s existing commercial representative in the country. Ryoden was selected by UltraSoC because of the company’s extensive contacts within the semiconductor industry as well as its presence throughout strategically important locations across Japan. Ryoden will be helping to secure and support customers for UltraSoC’s on-chip monitoring and…

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UltraSoC selected by Japan’s NSITEXE for automotive development

Embedded analytics to boost design of future autonomous vehicles CAMBRIDGE, UK; Tokyo, Japan – 30 September 2019 – UltraSoC today announced that its embedded analytics technologies have been selected by Japanese company NSITEXE, Inc. (hereinafter, NSITEXE, a subsidiary of DENSO Corporation, the global automotive components manufacturer) to monitor performance and improve quality and reliability, particularly in future autonomous vehicle designs. Hideki Sugimoto, CTO of NSITEXE commented: “To extract more useful information from sensors, processor performance requirements are continuously increasing in a variety of industries. We need to meet these real…

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LINX Welcome CNCI as 1st New Member to Connect in London from Japanese IXP Partner, JPIX

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) and the Japan Internet Exchange (JPIX) recently entered into a new partnership agreement, a collaboration which stems from the knowledge that an increasing number of Asian networks are looking to peer in Europe, and in London in particular. Community Network Center (CNCI) is the first member to join LINX in London from JPIX’s Tokyo PoP. CNCI, a large customer for JPIX, is the second-largest cable MSO in Japan, providing internet connectivity to businesses and consumers across central Japan. Reaching Europe from Asia was high on…

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New partnership helps Japanese mobile operators efficiently plan 4G (LTE) and 5G networks for in-building and outdoor dense urban environments

Ranplan Wireless announces reseller agreement with Marubun of Japan 15 November 2018: Ranplan Wireless has today announced a new partnership with Marubun [Tokyo, Japan], to distribute the recently launched Ranplan Professional 5.2, a combined in-building and outdoor network planning tool for dense urban environments. The partnership will enable Japanese industry to plan and deploy 5G New Radio (NR) networks that can cope with the expected demand for data consumption and capacity. Japan is poised to become one of the first countries to leverage the next generation of wireless networks and…

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Quortus partners with Fujitsu on cellular core network technology for Private LTE

Camberley, UK, 31 July 2018 – Quortus today announces the recent signing of a multi-country reseller agreement with Fujitsu Limited of Japan. Under the deal, Fujitsu, Japan’s largest provider of IT services, will deploy the Quortus range of cellular core network products as part of its comprehensive range of Private LTE solutions for enterprises, telcos and other large organizations in Japan and North America. “We are delighted to be working with Fujitsu, Japan’s leading IT services provider,” said Andy Odgers, Quortus founder and CEO. “Fujitsu is uniquely positioned to help…

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NTT DOCOMO Selects Eggplant to Support 24/7 Service Monitoring

Japanese telecom giant deploys Eggplant Functional to help improve user experience London, UK, and Tokyo, JAPAN – May 3rd, 2018 – Eggplant, the maker of the Digital Automation Intelligence Suite of software, today announced that it is working for NTT DOCOMO to support an automated service monitoring system for the company’s internet services. NTT DOCOMO is Japan’s largest mobile telecommunications company, providing innovative, convenient and secure mobile services to over 74 million customers in Japan via advanced wireless networks. The end-user quality of NTT DOCOMO’s internet services is determined by…

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