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BusinessWeek
November 1, 2004
David Rocks |
Setting Fire to the Cell-Phone Market Softbank's Masayoshi Son has sued Japan's communication ministry to open the cellular spectrum to outsiders -- such as himself. It's a gambit worth risking: Softbank has $5 billion in cash to invest in a new system and millions of broadband customers ready to sign up for his cellular service.   |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Ian Rowley |
Where The Net Has Telecom On The Run Yahoo! BB is luring Internet phone subscribers in droves, and owner Softbank expects profits soon. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2003
Irene M. Kunii |
Get Those Stun Guns Ready: Here Comes Masayoshi Son Softbank is launching an assault on the online-game market |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Brian Bremner |
Hard Truths For Japan's Softbank The broadband bet looks solid for the telecom, but investors want to see profits. |
Wired
August 2003
Brendan I. Koerner |
Fat Pipe Dream Softbank founder Masayoshi Son lost $75 billion in the dotcom crash. His new master plan: superfast, supercheap DSL for the masses. |
BusinessWeek
July 25, 2005 |
Steering Japan's DoCoMo Out Of The Doldrums DoCoMo has long been one of the most innovative players in the global cellular business, but has recently had trouble finding growth. CEO Nakamura stresses video phones and data services to reverse the slide. |
InternetNews
March 17, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Softbank Buys Vodafone Japan For $15B Citing reduced prospects, mobile phone giant Vodafone today announced the $15.4 billion sale of its troubled Japan unit to Softbank. Japan's Softbank already owns two mobile phone carriers. |
InternetNews
December 19, 2005
Tim Gray |
Japanese Internet Video on the Rise Yahoo's Japanese subsidiary has formed a broadcast company with Internet services firm Softbank that will stream television programs over the Internet, in an attempt leverage the vast numbers of Japanese users with advanced, high-speed Internet connections. |
InternetNews
April 15, 2004
Roy Mark |
FCC To 'Drop in' More Wireless Broadband Agency approves proposed rules to allow unlicensed wireless devices to operate at higher power. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
SoftBank Pays Up for Vodafone Japan Vodafone will receive $11.95 billion in cash, with the remainder of the purchase price in preferred shares and debt. Happily, U.S. ADR holders should expect a dividend of $1.75 per ADR. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Irene M. Kunii |
What's Playing in Japan Nokia's Corp.'s N-Gage may be this season's most anticipated new toy in Europe. But the Japanese have their own games to play. At the annual Tokyo Game Show in mid-September, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's biggest cell-phone operator, wowed crowds with some two dozen titles. |
InternetNews
December 27, 2007 |
Japan's DoCoMo May Tap Google on Phones Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo is considering a partnership with Google, adopting the Web giant's search and e-mail features in its mobile phone Internet service, company sources said this week. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Cliff Edwards |
What the Boys of Yahoo See Coming Yahoo co-founders envision a service that caters to you - anywhere - and an Internet both simpler and more powerful. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2007
Dave Mock |
Jobs Caught Fishing in Japan Word has spread that Apple has been in separate talks with NTT DoCoMo and Softbank about offering the iPhone in tech-savvy Japan. |
InternetNews
June 25, 2004
Roy Mark |
White House Issues Spectrum Policy Proposals Bush administration calls for limiting spectrum interference protections. The goal is universal, affordable access to broadband by 2007. |
InternetNews
February 4, 2005 |
Steve Largent, President and CEO, CTIA The cell phone chief says it's all about who can provide the largest, fastest and least expensive pipe into homes and offices and, of course, mobility. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005 |
"I Wonder Who Will Support Us" A 30-year-old Japanese shares his concerns about his country's aging crisis and the government's response to it. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005 |
How a Gray Japan Can Thrive Merrill Lynch's Jesper Koll says by not applying "shock therapy," the Koizumi government is taking the right approach. |
BusinessWeek
November 15, 2004
David Rocks |
Japan: Making 3G Look As Slow As Smoke Signals DoCoMo is already testing 4G technology that blows by current data speed limits. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2003
Steve Rosenbush |
Creating a Verizon "Built to Last" Looking ahead, CEO Ivan Seidenberg says telecom "will morph into a broadband industry that will change a lot of things." |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2011
Mariko Yasu |
Softbank's CEO Wants a Solar-Powered Japan Masayoshi Son wants to ramp up solar energy capacity in Japan and take on the established utilities at the same time. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
DoCoMo's Holding Strong Fierce competition in the Japanese telecom market foreshadows what will happen in the U.S. DoCoMo's recent results show the company continues to tread water while it rolls out a number of services it hopes will increase sales in profits. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005 |
P. Diddy Sees Bling in Ring The hip-hop star explains why he's moving into wireless service and how he expects to making money from music downloads |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Mitchell Lazarus |
The Great Radio Spectrum Famine Mobile broadband is consuming the available radio spectrum. Serving up more won't be easy |
InternetNews
September 1, 2004
Roy Mark |
Japan Ponders Wi-Fi Device Tax Proposal draws sharp criticism from U.S. government and IT trade group. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005
Chester Dawson |
How Hartford Insurance Conquered Japan A top exec explains how a little foresight opened a huge door for the U.S. insurer in annuities. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Anne Tergesen |
How Traders Play the Timing Game Finance professor Jason Greene explains why this technique hurts buy-and-hold fund investors and how to protect yourself |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004
Brian Bremner |
Don't Let Japan's "Mr. Dollar" Get Away With It Japan is driving down the yen in order to increase exports. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Bruce Einhorn |
DoCoMo vs. A Mouse That's Roaring As Japan's KDDI grabs subscribers with sleek handsets and low rates, the leader is starting to stagger |
InternetNews
January 12, 2007
Tim Scannell |
Barry West, CTO, Sprint Nextel Whether mobile WiMAX is a threat to cellular remains to be seen. Regardless, Sprint Nextel's CTO said the company is writing the WiMAX constitution. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2013
Mitchell Lazarus |
When Spectrum Auctions Fail For some microwave links, cooperation beats competition as a way to share the air |
InternetNews
December 19, 2003
Jim Wagner |
For NTT, Time to Up Ante on 3G Bets The Japanese telecom giant is investing millions in the development of alternative operating systems for next-generation FOMA (Freedom of Mobile multimedia Access) phones. |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004 |
Q&A with Riad Younes The manager of the Julius Baer International Equity Fund talks about the sugar high of the U.S. economy and which countries look strong long term |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2010
Eric Bleeker |
The iPad: Huge in Japan The iPad just launched in the country to much fanfare and staggeringly long lines. It's a familiar story: With each subsequent product release, the press frets that Japan will reject Apple because it's a foreign company, and each time, Apple hits a home run. |
InternetNews
June 22, 2007
David Needle |
DeWayne Nelon, CEO, Ortiva Ortiva Wireless provides content providers with a hosted solution it claims delivers the smoothest video, clearest audio and richest multimedia experience to mobile users under highly variable conditions, i.e. poor reception. |
Search Engine Watch
July 21, 2010
Michael Bonfils |
10 Missed Opportunities in Search Engine Marketing in Japan Why Japan is the most difficult country to provide both natural search engine optimization and paid search marketing service for. Part one of two. |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004 |
The CBOT: "We're on the Offense Now" Chicago Board of Trade's Charles Carey comments on the combat with rival exchange Eurex for a market with growth he calls "nothing short of fantastic" |
BusinessWeek
February 16, 2004 |
Consulting, With A Research Twist IBM Research Director Paul Horn explains why Big Blue now has its reknowned researchers working hand-in-hand with its consultants. |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003 |
Mark Goldston: A Lucrative On-Ramp The CEO of low-price ISP United Online explains why the 40 million households without broadband access are worth targeting |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
Steven Cherry |
Taking Apart the 700-MHz Wireless Spectrum Auction A U.S. spectrum auction opens up the coveted 700-MHz band to cellphones |
InternetNews
March 9, 2007
David Needle |
Beatriz Infante, CEO, VoiceObjects VoiceObject's phone application server company finds a way around dreaded voicemail menus. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: Softbank Pouts and Whines The company threatens lawsuits over unfavorable coverage. Investors, how is it necessary to sue a newspaper for reporting on a brokerage report? |
InternetNews
March 12, 2008 |
iPod Nano Emits Sparks in Japan: Government Apple investigates safety of the Nano following battery incident near Tokyo. |
Information Today
September 2004
Richard Poynder |
Interview: Put Up or Shut Up Derk Haank, Springer's new CEO (and former chairman of Elsevier Science), discusses his plans for the company, scientific, technical, and medical (STM) journal pricing, the Big Deal, and open access. |
| AskMen.com |
Billy Idol... Working the Devil's Playground With hits like "White Wedding" and "Dancing With Myself," Billy Idol has clearly left his mark on the music scene. Now, after a 12-year hiatus, he's cleaned up his act and he's and ready to rock. |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004 |
"Everything in the U.S. Is Expensive" First Eagle Global Fund's Charles De Vaulx, a value investor, says the best opportunities now are in Europe and Asia. |
InternetNews
March 5, 2004
Alexander Wolfe |
Q&A: Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL The head of the Open Source Development Labs is witnessing major movement to Linux in China. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2003
Stanley Reed |
Ericsson: "Smaller, Yes, but Stronger" New CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg talks about making the company profitable now and "not betting on any improvement in the market" |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005 |
What Savings Glut? Economist James Paulsen says he just doesn't see it. His proof: A hot housing market worldwide and plenty of price hikes. |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2003
Joseph Weber |
Mark Mays: "An Enormous Amount of Trust" Clear Channel Communications' president talks about how he, his brother, and his father work together running the radio giant |
