NHK has learned that US tech giant Apple and other investors will contribute to a fund being set up by Japanese telecom firm Softbank Group.<\/b>
\nNHK has learned that US tech giant Apple and other investors will contribute to a fund being set up by Japanese telecom firm Softbank Group.
Softbank said last October that it will establish a fund of about 10 trillion yen or 90 billion dollars to invest in firms and projects involving cutting-edge IT technologies.
A Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund had already announced its intent to invest in the fund.
Sources say a sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates has newly agreed to invest 15 billion dollars.
They say Apple and US chipmaker Qualcomm also plan to pay around 1 billion dollars each.
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, together with its subsidiary Sharp, will also invest.
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