Softbank 

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.

SoftBank is the official carrier of the iPhone 3G for Japan.1

Timeline

Shibuya Store

References

  1. ^ SoftBank reaches deal with Apple to sell iPhone handsets in Japan this year, International Herald Tribune.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "上戸彩:超高価ケータイ「ないしょにしてね」" (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
  4. ^ "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). Retrieved on 2008-06-07.

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