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TOKYO (Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp has dropped its plan to buy mobile network operator eAccess Ltd from SoftBank Corp in a 324 billion yen ($3.2 billion) deal that was part of a reorganisation of ...

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) ...

The CreditWatch placement reflects our assessment that the merger is likely to positively impact eAccess' business prospects and financial risk profile. Competition in the Japanese mobile market has ...

Softbank Corp. plans to acquire smaller domestic rival eAccess Ltd. through a stock-swap deal valued at ¥180 billion, or $2.3 billion, in the Tokyo-based company's latest move in Japan's smartphone ...

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 ...

Japanese broadband provider eAccess has completed testing of its LTE network, which can reach speeds of 300Mbps in tests. The network, which will launch in March, will provide speeds closer to 75Mbps ...

* 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 ...

Yahoo Japan has dropped a planned acquisition of telco eAccess from Softbank that was due to be worth $3.2 billion (324 billion yen) to the Japanese wireless provider. Back in March, when the ...