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Japan's Softbank Launches Takeover Bid for Smaller Rival Network

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Two Japanese LTE Network Launches Due this Friday

­Japan's softbank and KDDI have both announced that they will launch LTE services this coming Friday (21st Sept), on the same day that they start sales of the LTE enabled iPhone 5.  more

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BSB and Yahoo Japan announce partnership for Indian Mobile Internet Portal

­A consortium of India's Bharti Enterprises and Japan's softbank, Bharti softbank (BSB) along with Yahoo Japan are to develop a mobile internet portal for the Indian mobile market. The Companies have formed a JV company BSY for this purpose.  more

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Softbank Invests $200 Million in Mobile Advertising Agency

­Japan based softbank has invested US$200 million in the mobile advertising network, InMobi. The funding will take place in two tranches- US$100 million in September 2011 followed by an equivalent amount in April 2012.  more

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Softbank Profits Surge Helped by Smartphone Sales

­Japan's softbank Corp has reported a jump in its fourth-fiscal quarter profits to Y47.41 billion (US$588 million) from Y1.85 billion a year ago, when the figures were impacted by a one-off loss due to the migration away from its older 2G network.  more

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Vodafone Raises Full Year Forecast - to Sell Remaining Softbank Stake

Vodafone has raised its full-year profit forecast, after its first-half sales rose 3.9% to £22.6 billion (US$36.5 billion) from a year ago. EBITDA however fell 1.2 percent to £7.36 billion (US$11.9 billion) in the six months to September, but beating analyst expectations.  more

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Softbank 3rd Quarter Profits Up by 41%

Japanese landline and mobile network operator, softbank has reported a 41% jump in its net profits for the fiscal third-quarter on strong sales of the Apple iPhone and services. The company reported net profits of 24.1 billion yen (US$266 million), up from a 17.1 billion yen a year ago.  more

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Softbank still leading Japanese market for annual net additions

The total Japanese customer base was up 0.37m in August to 109.27m. Annual growth stood at 4.6%, down from 5.6% a year earlier.  more

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Vodafone Shakes up its Own Mobile Apps Platform

Vodafone has announced a shake-up of its mobile services platform and will be providing application developers a single point to access the mobile portal for all its operations, regardless of which country the customer, or developer is based in.  more

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Japanese Operators Planning $10 Billion Spend on LTE Upgrades

The four Japanese mobile phone networks are expected to collectively spend one trillion yes (US$10 billion) over the next five years on so-called 3.9G based network upgrades, reported Bloomberg News, citing the local Nikkei newspaper.  more

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