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Softbank |
| Type | Public KK (TYO: 9984) |
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| Headquarters | |
| 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
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