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Softbank is reported to be considering its options with regard to its future ownership of fellow Japanese operator eAccess, a company it agreed to acquire shortly before announcing a megadeal to take control of US operator Sprint

Sprint confirmed it is holding talks with Japanese hi-tech company Softbank, which could see Softbank making a “substantial investment” in the US number-three operator.

Japanese operator EMOBILE has launched the second LTE network in the country. Based on FDD-LTE the network offers download speeds of up to 75Mb/s and upload speeds of up to 25Mb/s

Japan’s data-centric mobile operator eMobile is expected to start offering smartphones for the first time this summer, a move which will more closely align it with competitive rival offerings

Japanese mobile data operator doubles HSPA+ speeds as rivals plan move to LTE

US-based asset management firm The Blackstone Group has acquired a 6 percent stake in Japanese operator eMobile for JPY16 billion (US$182 million)

Japanese operator eMobile has soft-launched what it claims is the country’s fastest mobile network.