SoftBank Group Stock: Three Projects Simultaneously
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SoftBank is advancing its vision of an all-encompassing infrastructure on several fronts - from the stratosphere to the data center. Within a few hours, three projects of the Japanese investment group spoke up, showing how broadly Masayoshi Son is currently spreading his capital. The subsidiary SoftBank Corp., together with the US aerospace company Sceye, has completed a remarkable test. A stratospheric platform flew more than 15,000 kilometers from New Mexico to Japan within 13 days and integrated there into SoftBank's core network. At an altitude of around 16.5 kilometers, the partners tested mobile communications, emergency communication, and drone control via the so-called HAPS system - a type of mobile phone mast that hovers above the Earth like a satellite, but is significantly closer and cheaper to operate. Particularly noteworthy is the processing speed: With an average response time of 68 milliseconds, data processing took place directly on the platform, more than 40 percent faster than via classic cloud connections. SoftBank had already invested in Sceye's technology in 2025, and now the first visible proof of the project's commercial maturity follows. In parallel, the acquisition of DigitalBridge, agreed in December 2025, is progressing. The asset manager specializing in digital infrastructure is withdrawing three series of preferred shares from the New York Stock...
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