Softbank BB Shows Power of On-Demand Broadband Bundles, Cable Digital News, 1 Jan 2005

“No matter how pesky the Bells may be in the U.S. and Canada, North American cable operators should thank their lucky stars they're not competing for broadband customers in Japan. That's because Softbank Corp., a slick, brash Japanese Internet and telecommunications firm, has taken over the broadband market in its home territory by offering innovative services, aggressively pitching its products, undercutting its rivals on prices and snapping up other companies. In just three short years, the one-time software distributor, computer-magazine publisher and trade show producer has already transformed itself into the largest broadband provider in Japan and the biggest voice-over-IP (VoIP) operator in the world.�

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