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SoftBank Corp. (ソフトバンク株式会社, Sofutobanku Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese telecommunications and media corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-Commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. SoftBank was established in Tokyo, Japan on September 3, 1981, and had a market capitalization of approximately US$32.8 billion at 28 February 2006. SoftBank's corporate profile includes various other companies such as Japanese broadband company Cable & Wireless IDC, cable company BB-Serve, and gaming company GungHo Online Entertainment. Additionally, it has various partnerships in Japanese subsidiaries of foreign companies such as Yahoo!, E-Trade, Ustream.tv and Morningstar. SBI Group is a Japanese financial services company that began in 1999 as a branch of SoftBank.[1] SoftBank is currently the only official carrier of the iPhone for Jap! an.[2] Contents 1 Timeline 2 Investments 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links [edit] Timeline 1995 - Bought COMDEX from The Interface Group 1999 - Allowed organizers of COMDEX to restrict admission of media, creating a spiraling effect 2001 - Sold COMDEX to Key3Media, a spin-off of Ziff Davis January 28, 2005 - SoftBank becomes the owner of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball team . March 17, 2006 - SoftBank announces its agreement to buy Vodafone Japan, giving it a stake in Japan's $78 billion mobile market. Early April, 2006 - SoftBank completed the purchase of 23% of Betfair, an Internet betting exchange. October 1, 2006 - Vodafone Japan changes its corporate name, mobile phone brand name, and its mobile phone domain name to SoftBank Mobile, SoftBank, and [mb.softbank.jp] respectively.[3] January 28, 2008 - It was announced that SoftBank and Tiffany & Co. collaborated in making a limited 10 model-only cellphone. This cellphone cont! ains more than 400 platinum diamond, totalling more than 20 ka! rat. The cost is said to be more than 100,000,000 yen.[4] June 4, 2008 - SoftBank Mobile announced partnership with Apple and brought the iPhone (3G) to Japan later in 2008 [5] February 3, 2010 - SoftBank acquired 13.7% in Ustream with the option to increase shares to 30% by July 2011.[6] October 1, 2010 - Ayumi Hamasaki becomes the commercial spokesperson.[7] [edit] Investments Company Date Amount Yahoo! November 1995 $2 Million InMobi September 2011 $200 Million [edit] Notes ^ SBI Group, Corporate history ^ SoftBank reaches deal with Apple to sell iPhone handsets in Japan this year, International Herald Tribune. ^ ITmedia +D モバイル：ボーダフォン、メールのドメイン名も「ソフトバンク」へ──10月1日から ^ "上戸彩：超高価ケータイ「ないしょにしてね」" (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20080130125848/http://mainichi.jp/enta/geinou/news/20080129spn00m200016000c.html! . Retrieved 2008-01-29.  ^ "念願のiPhoneを獲得した舞台裏　ソフトバンク、トラウマ乗り越える" (in Japanese). 2008-06-06. http://bizplus.nikkei.co.jp/colm/nbonline.cfm?i=2008060600805cs&p=1. Retrieved 2008-06-07.  ^ Japan Today Softbank profit soars; buys stake in Ustream, February 3, 2010 ^ Yahoo Japan [edit] References SoftBank Annual Report 2008 [edit] External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: SoftBank SoftBank Corporation Masayoshi Son AXA Talents (www.axa-im-talents.com) (August 1, 2006) Companies portal v · d · eSoftBank Subsidiaries SoftBank Mobile - SoftBank Telecom - Yahoo! 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