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Google's search for mobile goes east

News Also on Thursday, Softbank announced it will form a joint venture with Vodafone Group to succeed Vodafone's Japanese operation, which Softbank agreed to buy in March. Masayoshi Son, chief executive of Softbank, will become CEO of the new company... [19 May 2006]

Update: Vodafone sells Japanese arm for £8.9bn

News Vodafone has completed the sale of its Japanese arm to local internet and telecoms company Softbank in a deal that values the company at ¥1.8tr, or around £8.9bn. Softbank will now become the sole owner of the mobile operator, through a subsidiary... [17 Mar 2006]

Leader: Vodafone's Japanese sale

Leader Over the weekend it emerged that an agreement between Vodafone and Softbank, for the former to sell Vodafone KK to the latter, is very much on the cards. Outside Japan - where it has faced, in the form of NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, two of the canniest... [06 Mar 2006]