IT firm Softbank aims to enter Japan's mobile sector as 3G grows
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Japanese Internet firm Softbank said it aims to enter the mobile phone industry supplying third-generation (3G) services as more customers embrace the advanced technology.
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NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese telecom service provider, has invested $3 million in MontaVista Software, a developer of Linux-based mobile middleware.
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Japan's top mobile carrier has begun marketing a cell phone that can make Internet calls over Wi-Fi wireless networks in addition to regular ones.
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Japan's Softbank Corp. announced a new line-up of cellphone handsets as well as free mobile access to Yahoo web content as it prepares to relaunch the acquired Vodafone business here this weekend.
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Japan&#39;s top mobile carrier has begun marketing a cell phone that can make Internet calls over Wi-Fi wireless networks in addition to regular ones.
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Japanese telecoms and internet firm Softbank has seen losses climb as it spends to market a new cut-rate phone service.
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Softbank, the Japanese telecommunications conglomerate, on Thursday closed one of the world's biggest whole-business securitisations on record, a Y1,442bn ($12.4bn) refinancing of the purchase of Vodafone Japan's mobile business.
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Japanese telecoms and Internet  conglomerate Softbank Corp. (9984.T) plans to raise about 1.4  trillion yen (6.31 billion pounds) by securitizing the cash  flow of its Vodafone Japan operations, a source close to the  matter said on Tuesday.
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Japanese Internet firm Softbank has offered about 200 billion yen (1.96 billion dollars) to buy Tu-Ka mobile phone companies from Japan's second-ranked mobile phone carrier KDDI Corp., a news report said.
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Internet investor Softbank Corp. took another step Tuesday toward its goal of being a comprehensive Japanese telecommunications provider, by agreeing to purchase Cable &amp; Wireless IDC.
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InfoWorld - It's easy to be wowed by Japan's mobile communications infrastructure. "Next-generation" 3G coverage is now so ubiquitous that carriers have already stopped launching 2G phones; an impressive array of attractive handsets offer free digital TV; phones can be used to pay for goods and train rides, thanks to embedded contactless smart cards; and on the mobile information superhighway data whizzes along at 3.6Mbps.
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Japan sees first Travel, Mobile Media Companions
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British telecommunications company Cable &amp; Wireless PLC is selling its Japanese business to Tokyo-based broadband services provider Softbank Corp.
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BRITISH telecoms group Cable and Wireless has agreed to sell its Japanese unit to internet service provider Softbank for Â£72.4 million ($178.
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TOKYOâJapanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. is reportedly set to join Cingular Wireless LLC in a partnership designed to unify third-generation wireless technology, according to published reports in Japan.
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Vodafone Wednesday formally rolled out its 3G mobile communication products and services in 12 European countries and Japan. The company expects 3G to begin gaining mass market acceptance next year, and forecasts
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Top Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo  9437.T said on Thursday it would launch a 3G phone equipped  for use overseas and including a video conferencing function,  getting a leg-up on its closest rival, KDDI Corp. 9433.T.