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Softbank, satellite making phone for use in earthquakes

Softbank will soon offer a new satellite phone for use in earthquakes and other natural disasters. The Japanese carrier said Monday it has teamed with Thuraya, a Dubai-based provider of satellite ...
Digital Trends

Sprint’s parent company just bought ARM, the biggest smartphone chip designer

Japanese mobile giant SoftBank has agreed to acquire British chip designer ARM in a deal worth £24.3 billion (about $32 billion). ARM, which designs the vast majority of chips selling in mobile ...
Reuters

Softbank Q2 profit jumps on mobile phone business

TOKYO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Japanese Internet and telecoms group Softbank Corp. <9984.T> said on Wednesday its quarterly profit rose nearly eightfold after it added in the earnings from the wireless unit ...
Reuters

Softbank to offer Casio Computer mobile phones

TOKYO (Reuters) - Wireless operator Softbank Corp <9984.T> said on Tuesday it would offer mobile phones from Casio Computer Co <6952.T> by the end of the year, broadening a handset lineup that already ...