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(Softbank Corporation, Tokyo, www.softbank.com) A computer conglomerate founded in 1981 by Masayoshi Son. The company has backed Yahoo! and more than 50 hardware, software, communications and Internet companies both in the U.S. and Japan. It also acquired and sponsored COMDEX, the largest computer show in the U.S. for half a dozen years, before selling it to Key3Media in 2001. Softbank Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary that handles U.S. operations. See COMDEX.

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SoftBank Corp.
ソフトバンク株式会社
Type Public KK (TYO: 9984)
Founded Flag of Japan Tokyo, Japan (1981)
Headquarters Flag of Japan Tokyo, Japan
Key people Masayoshi Son (孫正義), Founder, President & CEO
Yoshitaka Kitao, Director
Ken Miyauchi, Director
Kazuhiko Kasai, Director
Masahiro Inoue, Director
Ronald Fisher, Director
Jun Murai, Director
Tadashi Yanai, Director
Mitsuo Sano, Full-time Corporate Auditor
Industry Telecommunications
Internet
Revenue ▲ ¥ 2,776,169 million JPY (FY 2007)
Net income ▲ ¥ 108,625 million JPY (FY 2007)
Subsidiaries SoftBank Mobile
Softbank Telecom
Yahoo! Japan (~40%)
Softbank BB
Website www.softbank.co.jp

SoftBank Corp. (ソフトバンク株式会社 Sofutobanku Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese telecommunications and media corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-Commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses.

SoftBank was established in Tokyo, Japan on September 3, 1981, and had a market capitalisation of approximately US$32.8 billion at 28 February 2006.

SoftBank's corporate profile includes various other companies such as Japanese broadband company Cable & Wireless IDC, cable company BB-Serve, and gaming company GungHo Online Entertainment. Additionally, it has various partnerships in Japanese subsidiaries of foreign companies such as Yahoo!, E-Trade and Morningstar. SBI Group is a Japanese financial services company that began in 1999 as a branch of SoftBank.[1]

SoftBank is the official carrier of the iPhone 3G for Japan.[2]

Timeline

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  • January 28, 2005 - SoftBank becomes the owner of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball team.
  • March 17, 2006 - SoftBank announces its agreement to buy Vodafone Japan, giving it a stake in Japan's $78 billion mobile market.
  • Early April, 2006 - Softbank completed the purchase of 23% of Betfair, an Internet betting exchange.
  • October 1, 2006 - Vodafone Japan changes its corporate name, mobile phone brand name, and its mobile phone domain name to SoftBank Mobile, SoftBank, and [mb.softbank.jp] respectively. [3]
  • January 28, 2008 - It was announced that SoftBank and Tiffany & Co. collaborated in making a limited 10 model-only cellphone. This cellphone contains more than 400 platinum diamond, totalling more than 20 karat. The cost is said to be more than 100,000,000 yen.[4]
  • June 4, 2008 - SoftBank Mobile announced partnership with Apple and brought the iPhone (3G) to Japan later in 2008 [5]

References

  1. ^ SBI Group, Corporate history
  2. ^ SoftBank reaches deal with Apple to sell iPhone handsets in Japan this year, International Herald Tribune.
  3. ^ ITmedia +D モバイル：ボーダフォン、メールのドメイン名も「ソフトバンク」へ──10月1日から
  4. ^ "上戸彩：超高価ケータイ「ないしょにしてね」" (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. http://mainichi.jp/enta/geinou/news/20080129spn00m200016000c.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-29. 
  5. ^ "念願のiPhoneを獲得した舞台裏　ソフトバンク、トラウマ乗り越える" (in Japanese). 2008-06-06. http://bizplus.nikkei.co.jp/colm/nbonline.cfm?i=2008060600805cs&p=1. Retrieved on 2008-06-07. 

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