SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp.
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PRNewswire | 20 days 11 hours 54 minutes ago
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PRNewswire | 71 days 52 minutes ago
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Softbank profit doubles as mobile business expands
Boston Globe, The | 25 days 22 hours 37 minutes ago
TOKYOSoftbank Corp., which runs the only Japanese mobile operator to offer the iPhone, said profit doubled in the latest quarter as its cellular business continued to expand.
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PRNewswire | 83 days 18 hours 49 minutes ago
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KDDI Posts 25% Net Profit Drop
Wall Street Journal, The | 31 days 22 hours 36 minutes ago
TOKYO — KDDI Corp. said its net profit for the fiscal second quarter dropped 25% year-to-year, as sales promotion costs mounted amid weak demand.
BUSINESS OCTOBER 23, 2009, 5:00 A.M. ET KDDI Posts 25% Net Profit Drop
Barron's (subscription required) | 31 days 22 hours 23 minutes ago
TOKYO — KDDI Corp. said its net profit for the fiscal second quarter dropped 25% year-to-year, as sales promotion costs mounted amid weak demand.
Softbank July-Sep net profit doubles
Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) | 25 days 22 hours 33 minutes ago
Japanese operator's results boosted by strong mobile business.
Softbank's new lineup heavy on fast Wi-Fi
Japan Times, The | 13 days 7 hours 29 minutes ago
Softbank Corp. unveiled 22 new mobile phone models for its winter-spring lineup Tuesday with a special focus on Wi-Fi and a new service that uses the wireless system to access the Internet. "Today's biggest keyword is Wi-Fi. This one word," Masayoshi Son, Softbank CEO, said during a presentation in Tokyo of the new products. Eight of the 22 new phone models have built-in Wi-Fi, which enables handsets to connect to the Internet about 7.5 times faster than the 3G cellular connection, ac...
Softbank eyes stakes in India, China companies
Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) | 4 days 22 hours 31 minutes ago
Japanese operator keen on mobile application, technology firms.
Softbank eyes Asia for fresh content
Japan Times, The | 4 days 8 hours ago
Softbank Corp., Japan's third-largest mobile phone operator, is mulling possible investments in software or mobile phone content companies in India and Southeast Asia, Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son said Thursday. "We just partner we invest 20 percent, 30 percent," Son said at a briefing at the Mobile Asia Congress industry conference in Hong Kong. "We'd like to bring social games and others into Japan" from China. The company owns stakes in the parent of China's Aliba...
Foxconn Group To Participate In Joint Innovation Lab JV
Wall Street Journal, The | 14 hours 27 minutes ago
TAIPEI (Dow Jones)--Taiwan's Foxconn Group, the world's largest contract electronics maker by revenue, will join an initiative called the Joint Innovation Lab to develop products for its handset customers, Foxconn's flagship Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (2317.TW) said Monday.
Softbank profit doubles as its mobile business expands
Japan Times, The | 25 days 7 hours 49 minutes ago
Softbank Corp., which runs the only Japanese mobile operator to offer the iPhone, said profit doubled in the latest quarter as its cellular business continued to expand. Net profit was 43.37 billion during the July-September period, up from 21.75 billion a year earlier, the company said Thursday. Revenue was nearly unchanged at 682.9 billion versus 681.7 billion. Softbank said profit increased even as sales held steady because of falling costs as its mobile operations became a...
UPDATE 1-Japan regulator to brief on BNP Paribas probe
Forbes | 38 days 22 hours 15 minutes ago
TOKYO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Japan's securities regulator said it would hold a briefing at 6 p.m. (0900 GMT) on the result of its investigation of BNP Paribas and any recommendation for disciplinary action.
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Company Overview
| Company: | SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Wireless Network Operators |
| Website: | http://www.softbankmobile.co.jp |
SOFTBANK MOBILE is one of the leading wireless carriers in Japan where industry stalwarts NTT DoCoMo and KDDI preside in the mobile space. The mobile communications company provides wireless voice, data, and Internet services under the White and S! brands to about 20 million subscribers throughout the island nation. It also serves about 16 million customers with wireless Internet connections. SOFTBANK MOBILE distributes wireless handsets and accessories made by a range of mobile device manufacturers including Nokia, Panasonic, and Toshiba. The company is a subsidiary of investment firm SOFTBANK CORP which owns stakes in about 60 companies.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 15,013.2 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 0.0 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 0 () |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 () |
| Number of Employees | 5,112 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.0 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | March |