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Softbank soars on recommendation

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2008-12-13

SOFTBANK Corp, Japan's third-largest mobile-phone operator, rose as much as 5.9 percent in Tokyo trading after Merrill Lynch & Co started coverage of the company with a "buy" rating on its earnings prospects. Softbank...

iPhone boosts profit for mobile net

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2008-10-30

JAPAN'S No. 3 mobile carrier Softbank Corp said yesterday its net profit rose 1.9 percent in the July-September quarter thanks to steady demand for Apple's iPhone. Softbank in July launched the much-hyped...

BlackBerry feels bite as Apple takes off

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2008-9-27

SHARES in Research In Motion Ltd, maker of the BlackBerry e-mail phone, have fallen as much as 20 percent in European trading after competition from Apple Inc's new iPhone curbed its profit forecast for the second...

Two carriers pin their hopes on iPhone's Brazilian debut

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2008-9-27

AMERICA Movil SAB, Latin America's largest mobile-phone company, and Vivo Participacoes SA began selling Apple Inc's iPhone in Brazil yesterday, in a bid to boost revenue and margins. "It's impressive how interested...

Fees for iPhone services to be slashed in Japan

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2008-8-6

JAPANESE will be able to use the iPhone at a lower fee depending on the amount of Internet use, with payments starting as low as 2,990 yen (US$27.70) a month, less than half the cost at its introduction in the country...

iPhone may find it tough in Japan

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2008-7-11

GADGET lovers have been camping out at a Tokyo store for days ahead of the global rollout today of the next-generation iPhone. But whether the debut for the phone will score with anyone in Japan beyond a niche crowd...

Softbank reaches deal to sell iPhones in Japan

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2008-6-4

JAPANESE mobile carrier Softbank Corp said today it now has a deal with Apple Inc to sell the iPhone later this year – the first such agreement in Japan for the hit cell phone. Softbank spokesman Naoki Nakayama...

Motorola rings in change as axe hangs over handset unit

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2008-2-2

MOTOROLA Inc, which has lost mobile-phone market share to all of its major rivals, rose in German trading after saying it may bow to shareholder pressure and shed its money-losing handset unit. Chief Executive...

Motorola faces uphill battle as buyers flee

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2008-1-24

MOTOROLA Inc, the biggest United States mobile-phone maker, has posted an 84-percent drop in fourth-quarter profit after customers fled to Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co. Net income fell to US$100 million,...

Dell sells laptops for charity

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2008-1-24

DELL Inc and Microsoft Corp are teaming up to release a Product Red computer, donating up to US$80 for every one sold to fund AIDS-fighting drugs in Africa. Dell will start selling two (Red) laptops and one desktop...