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• China Mobile, SOFTBANK and Vodafone in Agreement to Establish a Joint Innovation Lab to Develop Mobile Internet Services

  - 2008-04-25

  Tokyo, Japan, Apr 24, 2008 - JCN Newswire - China Mobile, SOFTBANK and Vodafone have agreed to establish a Joint Innovation Lab JIL to promote the development of new mobile technologies, applications and services. The three companies expect the initiative will help to accelerate the commercial deployment of mobile internet...

  Tags: agreement, China Mobile Ltd., Internet, mobile Internet, Softbank Corp., Vodafone Group Plc.

• SOFTBANK TELECOM Scales Infrastructure at Switch and Data's Palo Alto Site to Accommodate Doubling its Traffic Volume with North American ISPs

  - 2008-04-15

  TAMPA, Fla. -- Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services, announced today that SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp, the Japanese telecom- and Internet-services provider, has upgraded its main U.S. point of presence POP, located at Switch and Data's Palo Alto site, to accommodate a doubling...

  Tags: Internet, Internet Service Provider, Softbank Corp., telecommunications

• Japan decides to award new licenses to Willcom and KDDI.(JAPAN)

  - 2008-01-01

  Japan's telecom regulator plans to award licenses for high-speed wireless Internet to Carlyle-controlled handyphone firm Willcom Inc. and a consortium backed by cellphone giant KDDI Corp., according to the Nikkei business daily. The two companies have been battling it out with mobile operators NTT DoCoMo Inc....

  Tags: INTERNET, Japan, KDDI Corp., NETWORKING, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Softbank Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS

• INTENT MediaWorks Closes $10 Million in Series B Funding

  - 2007-04-16

  Capital to accelerate growth as INTENT experiences sharp increase in demand for its digital distribution platform among content owners and advertisers ATLANTA -- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: INTENT MEDIAWORKS CLOSES $10 MILLION IN SERIES...

  Tags: advertisement, advertiser, Allen & Co., entertainment, INTERNET, MARKETING, music, network, P2P, Softbank Corp., video

• Softbank and News Corp. to bring MySpace to Asia

  - 2007-01-01

  Japanese firm Softbank and News Corp. plan to bring MySpace, the Internet social networking site, to Asia. MySpace KK will be a 50-50 joint venture. Each firm would invest $5.0 million in the new firm. MySpace's international operations include Britain, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland. Japan's social networking sites are...

  Tags: INTERNET, MARKETING, MySpace, News Corp., Softbank Corp.

• Softbank and News Corp. to bring MySpace to Asia

  - 2006-12-01

  JAPANJapanese firm Softbank and News Corp. plan to bring MySpace, the Internet social networking site, to Asia. MySpace KK will be a 50-50 joint venture. Each firm would invest $5.0 million in the new firm. MySpace's international operations include Britain, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland. Japan's social networking sites are...

  Tags: INTERNET, MARKETING, MySpace, News Corp., Softbank Corp.

• MySpace Japan goes online in Softbank, News Corp venture

  - 2006-11-07

  TOKYO AFP — MySpace has come to Japan as Softbank Corp and media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp teamed up to launch a Japanese version of the wildly popular US networking website. The website -- http://jp.myspace.com -- went online as Softbank Corp president Masayoshi Son and Murdoch announced a 50-50...

  Tags: INTERNET, Japan, Mixi, MySpace, News Corp., Softbank Corp.

• Murdoch hints at plans for Japanese MySpace

  - 2006-11-06

  TOKYO AFP — News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch has said he is seeking a tie-up in new media with Japan's Softbank amid reports the firms plan a Japanese version of MySpace, the wildly popular US networking website. Los Angeles-based MySpace has exploded in popularity since it was launched in January...

  Tags: INTERNET, Japan, MARKETING, media, MySpace, network, News Corp., Softbank Corp., Tokyo

• Softbank logs 1 trillion yen sales due to broadband

  - 2006-06-01

  Softbank Corp. posted sales amounting JPY1.108 trillion in the year ending March 2006, a 32 percent rise from 2005. The sales were credited to rapid growth in e-commerce, Internet ads, and broadband business. The broadband infrastructure trade's sales greSoftbank Corp. posted sales amounting JPY1.108 trillion in the year ending March...

  Tags: broadband, Internet, sales, Softbank Corp.

• AFP, Softbank launch interactive news website in Japanese

  - 2006-02-03

  TOKYO AFP — Agence France-Presse and Japanese Internet group Softbank have launched an interactive Japanese-language website that lets users debate global and domestic news through blogs and bulletin boards. AFP-BB (http://www.afpbb.com) is updated 24 hours a day by a team of 25 Japanese-language journalists using AFP's pool of 2,000...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Blogging, INTERNET, Softbank Corp.