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Japanese Carrier Softbank Buys Controlling Interest in Sprint
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Whomever leaked this information early should be brought up on charges for insider trading or misappropriation by the SEC. Any of your who traded on that information should be careful as you could be charged with insider trading as it was leaked only to some people and rather than publicly released through an official wire release.
You do know that Verizon is majority owned by Vodaphone right???
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How is Bank Of America operating?
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How is Bank Of America operating?
The same way banks can charge interest rates higher than usury rates, they fall under special regulation/laws.
Ms. Cleo up in here today it seems. Everyone knows just what is or isn't going to happen with confidence. LOL.. I'm a sprint customer and I suspect this injection of money will push sprint in the right direction.
It's the Japanese not the Chinese. speaking of security issue, NSA has an office at AT&T?? What about that?
Official Press Conference by Softbank
check http://www.ustream.tv/softbankcorp-eng
at 5pm JST. now 4:22pm.
In 30 min.
check http://www.ustream.tv/softbankcorp-eng
at 5pm JST. now 4:22pm.
In 30 min.
maybe not. it isn't 2 words. the word "Bank" isn't actually there it's SoftBank.
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Isn't it obvious it was a troll?
Isn't it obvious it was a troll?
You know... he lives under a bridge and tries to catch the goats crossing from one side of the river BANK to the other.
I must be the only one who actually likes SoftBank that has commented on this thread.
As someone who has had J-Phone, Vodafone AND SoftBank, believe me when I say that things have improved over the years. Since the iPhone debuted on SoftBank's network, SoftBank has always done right by me - unlimited data, calling and reliable reception both in the big cities and the countryside.
Compare that to Docomo, which claims unlimited data but throttles to 128k after 7 gigs.
They have always had excellent plans - anyone remember what the big 3's plans looked like before SoftBank's White Plan came out?
Sprint subscribers have only good things to look forward to. SoftBank knows what they're doing.
As someone who has had J-Phone, Vodafone AND SoftBank, believe me when I say that things have improved over the years. Since the iPhone debuted on SoftBank's network, SoftBank has always done right by me - unlimited data, calling and reliable reception both in the big cities and the countryside.
Compare that to Docomo, which claims unlimited data but throttles to 128k after 7 gigs.
They have always had excellent plans - anyone remember what the big 3's plans looked like before SoftBank's White Plan came out?
Sprint subscribers have only good things to look forward to. SoftBank knows what they're doing.
Yeah, I said "restrictions" ... not "forebidden"... I thought the "[to prevent companies other than financial institutions from using the term "bank"]" was obvious enough to go without saying.
In an ideal world that would be true. But these days it seems like capitalism is designed so that huge companies can make huge profits with as little effort as possible. The big telecoms offer similar services at similar prices, as do the cable companies, utilities, gas stations, etc.... There's a happy illusion of choice.
My happy illusion currently is AT&T.
they will buy other small companies or just destroying them
Reliable reception my a**
Their coverage is inferior when compared to AU and DoCoMo.
However, I do agree that SoftBank is a respectable company with a decent track record in service and if any non-US telecom company has a shot at making Sprint a competitor, SoftBank would be it.