| Type | Public (TYO: 9984 OTC Markets Group: SFTBF) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | September 3, 1981 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Masayoshi Son (Chairman & CEO) |
| Products | Fixed line and mobile telephony, Internet services, digital television |
| Revenue | US$ 29.57 billion (2010) |
| Net income | US$ 1.03 billion (2010) |
| Employees | 21,799 (2011) |
| Subsidiaries | SoftBank Mobile SOFTBANK TELECOM Yahoo! Japan (~40%) SoftBank BB |
| Website | SoftBank English Website |
SoftBank Corp. (ソフトバンク株式会社 Sofutobanku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese telecommunications and internet 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 capitalization of approximately US$43.52 billion at March 2011.
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, Ustream.tv and Morningstar. SBI Group is a Japanese financial services company that began in 1999 as a branch of SoftBank.[1]
SoftBank was the only official carrier of the iPhone in Japan until the release of iPhone 4S when it became available on au by KDDI as well.[2]
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| Company | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Yahoo! | November 1995 | $2 Million |
| InMobi | September 2011 | $200 Million |
Yahoo! holds 40.16% of Softbank stock. [8]
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