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• 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

• Ericsson brings world's first live IMS network over 3G to Softbank Mobile in Japan

  - 2006-12-05

  Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) customer Softbank Mobile Corp in Japan has launched the world's first live IMS network over 3G, powered by Ericsson's IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS solution. IMS allows the operator to launch new exciting 3G services on the demanding Japanese market.

  Tags: 3G, Ericsson Inc., IBM IMS, mobile, network, 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 ASIA INVESTS IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE PENGPENG.COM

  - 2005-12-08

  AsiaInfo Services 12-08-2005 Softbank Asia Invests in Social Networking Site Pengpeng.com SHENZHEN, Dec 08, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund, a leading venture capital in Asia, turns its eyes to Pengpeng.com, a Ch AsiaInfo Services ...

  Tags: network, social networking, Softbank Corp.

• SOFTBANK Selects iBasis to Support Fast Growing Yahoo! BB International Voice Service; iBasis Global VoIP Network Enables Calls from 4.5 Million Voice over Broadband Users in Japan to Fixed and Mobile Phones Worldwide

  - 2005-07-11

  BURLINGTON, Mass. -- iBasis, Inc. (OTCBB: IBAS), a leader in international long distance, VoIP, and prepaid calling cards, today announced that SOFTBANK BB, the largest operating company in the SOFTBANK Group, has connected with iBasis to enable subscribers to its Yahoo! BB voice service to call fixed and mobile phones...

  Tags: broadband, cell phone, mobile, network, Softbank Corp., voice service, VoIP

• Softbank subsidiary trials HSDPA gear in Japan.(Global Wireless)

  - 2005-06-13

  Nortel Networks Ltd. said it completed an UMTS/HSDPA network trial in the Saitama prefecture of Japan with BB Mobile, a subsidiary of Softbank. The live field tests were conducted using mobile handsets on BB Mobile's wireless network using a trial Nortel Networks Ltd....

  Tags: HSDPA, network, Softbank Corp., UMTS, wireless

• Billionaire Internet investor mulling tie-up with Japanese TV business

  - 2005-03-26

  TOKYO AFP — Billionaire Internet investor Masayoshi Son says he might consider a business tie-up with a major Japanese television network at the centre of a controversial takeover battle. "If the momentum gathers steam on possible mutual merit, I would consider it fair and square," the president of Softbank...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, broadcasting, INTERNET, investor, network, Softbank Corp.

• UTStarcom deploys largest GEPON network in the world for Japan's Softbank.(Networking)(Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network)(Softbank's new Fiber-to-the-Home )

  - 2004-11-01

  UTStarcom Inc. announced it has received initial purchase orders valued in excess of $60 million from Softbank BB, the leading provider of broadband services in Japan, for its carrier-class Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network GEPON solution in UTStarcom Inc. announced it has received initial purchase orders...

  Tags: FTTH, Gigabit Ethernet, network, Softbank Corp.

• SOFTBANK BB Selects Sonus Networks for Voice Over IP Network Deployment

  - 2004-03-01

  Sonus Networks, a leading provider of carrier packet voice infrastructure solutions and SOFTBANKBB Corp. SBB, one of Japan's largest broadband communication carriers, announced that SBB is deploying Sonus infrastructure as part of a multi-million dollarSonus Networks, a leading provider of carrier packet voice infrastructure solutions and SOFTBANKBB Corp. SBB, one...

  Tags: IP network, network, Softbank Corp., VoIP

• Harmonic Inc. is selling its digital-television headend hardware configuration to Softbank Broadmedia Corp., which operates a digital subscriber line network in Japan. (Briefs).(Brief Article)

  - 2003-01-13

  SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- Harmonic Inc. is selling its digital-television headend hardware configuration to Softbank Broadmedia Corp., which operates a digital subscriber line network in Japan. Softbank is marketing a content package to DSL providers, i SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- Harmonic Inc. is selling its ...

  Tags: DSL, hardware, hardware configuration, network, Softbank Corp.