Japanese mobile operator Softbank will acquire its smaller rival eAccess in a deal worth 180 billion yen (US$2.3 billion) as it moves to boost its available bandwidth and LTE (long-term evolution) ...

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-- Japan-based eAccess' potential parent, Softbank, announced it will buy U.S.-based wireless company Sprint Nextel, most likely in mid-2013. -- All ratings on eAccess remain on CreditWatch, but we ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Softbank Corp is in final talks to sell its stake in eAccess Ltd, representing around 67 percent of voting rights, to Samsung Electronics Co and 10 others, a source with ...

Japanese operator Softbank is selling a portion of its recently acquired subsidiary eAccess to 11 third party firms including infrastructure vendors Ericsson, NSN, Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung. Softbank ...

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* Softbank acquisition values eAccess at $1.84 bln * Softbank offers more than three times eAccess share price * Softbank says eAccess deal will take it past KDDI bysubscribers (Adds confirmation of ...