Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Will the iPhone trigger a turning point in Japan's mobile phone industry?
Tetsuzo Matsumoto (Senior Executive Vice-President and Board Member of SOFTBANK MOBILE Corporation),
Gerhard Fasol (CEO, Eurotechnology Japan KK)
and
Dennis Normile (Japan Correspondent of SCIENCE Magazine, and FCCJ)
discuss about the future of Japan's mobile phone market.
"Will the iPhone trigger a turning point in Japan's mobile phone industry?"
(Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Tokyo Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 12:00-14:00)
(Photo: Copyright Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, used with permission)
Gerhard Fasol (CEO, Eurotechnology Japan KK)
and
Dennis Normile (Japan Correspondent of SCIENCE Magazine, and FCCJ)
discuss about the future of Japan's mobile phone market.
"Will the iPhone trigger a turning point in Japan's mobile phone industry?"
(Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Tokyo Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 12:00-14:00)
(Photo: Copyright Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, used with permission)
Labels: 3G, Apple, cellphone, iPhone, iPhone 3G, mobile phone, Softbank
Thursday, August 03, 2006
SoftBank a small fry??
In my 20 years of business and work between US/Japan and EU/Japan, I am often surprised how Western executives underestimate economic size and strength of Japan and it's companies - here is another example:
BusinessWeek writes about the SoftBank/iPod phone, and writes that former Apple executives say that Apple's CEO Steve Jobs wouldn't normally tie up with a small fry like SoftBank...
Is SoftBank really a small fry? Let's check it out:
1. Apple vs SoftBank revenues
Revenues of SoftBank + SoftBank Mobile (x-Vodafone KK) were on the order of YEN 2500 Billion (US$ 22 Billion) for the year ended March 2006. Revenues of Apple Computer were US$ 13.9 Billion for the year ended Sept 24, 2005. - So in terms of revenue the new SoftBank Group (including the recently acquired x-Vodafone KK) is almost twice as large as Apple Computer.
2. Apple vs SoftBank market capitalization
Market capitalization of Apple Computer was US$ 54.9 Billion on May 19, 2006. Market capitalization of SoftBank (US$ 28 Billion) plus SoftBank Mobile Corp (US$ 15 Billion) was on the order of US$ 43 Billion.
More about Japan's telecom industry sector in our JCOMM-Report
More about Softbank in our Softbank report.
Tags: SoftBank|Apple|iPod|Japan|wireless
BusinessWeek writes about the SoftBank/iPod phone, and writes that former Apple executives say that Apple's CEO Steve Jobs wouldn't normally tie up with a small fry like SoftBank...
Is SoftBank really a small fry? Let's check it out:
1. Apple vs SoftBank revenues
Revenues of SoftBank + SoftBank Mobile (x-Vodafone KK) were on the order of YEN 2500 Billion (US$ 22 Billion) for the year ended March 2006. Revenues of Apple Computer were US$ 13.9 Billion for the year ended Sept 24, 2005. - So in terms of revenue the new SoftBank Group (including the recently acquired x-Vodafone KK) is almost twice as large as Apple Computer.
2. Apple vs SoftBank market capitalization
Market capitalization of Apple Computer was US$ 54.9 Billion on May 19, 2006. Market capitalization of SoftBank (US$ 28 Billion) plus SoftBank Mobile Corp (US$ 15 Billion) was on the order of US$ 43 Billion.
More about Japan's telecom industry sector in our JCOMM-Report
More about Softbank in our Softbank report.
Tags: SoftBank|Apple|iPod|Japan|wireless
Labels: Apple, i-phone, iPhone, Softbank, yahoo
