★【Softbnk agrees on purchase of Sprint】
Softbank Corp. which Japan's the third largest mobile phone carrier made an agreement with Sprint Nextel Corp. on October 15.
【ソフトバンクがスプリントと買収合意】
10月15日、日本で3番目に大きい携帯会社であるソフトバンクがスプリント・ネクステルと協定を結んだ。
★Summary
Softbank Corp. purchased Sprint Nextel Corp. which is the third largest U.S. cellphone firm. Softbank will pay $20.1, about ¥1.57 trillion, to acquire a 70% stake of Sprint Nextel Corporation. Consequently, both corporation boast 90 million mobile phone subscriptions in the world. This deal has some advantages. The move boosts infrastructure for the high-speed data communications using Long Term Evolution network service, and the deal will help Softbank's operations in the United States after handset shipments tumbled 27% in Japan over the past 5 years.
★Reflection
Masayoshi Son, who is CEO of Softbank, is famous. Because his follower is No.1 on twitter in Japan, and he often tries to comply with the demands of the contractors. I'm interested in his activity.
★Vocabraly
stake 株 : deal 契約 : boast （地域・施設・組織などが誇らしい建物・場所）を持っている : subscription 購読 : investment 投資 : boost （景気など）を回復する : infrastructure 経済基盤 : handset 送受話器 : shipment 出荷 : tumble 下落、暴落
★Reference
The Japan Times Weekly, October 20, 2012
Tell me more about his activity:-)
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返信削除I heard the name of Sprint Nextel Corp. for the first time.
I hope this agreement will be good for Softbank.