Companies are moving to tastier markets. There's not that much point in investing in markets that are already more or less solidified. |
Results in the first half were good, but that has probably been now offset by the company's increase in subsidies and its efforts to encourage handset upgrades. |
We believe an acquisition would enable Softbank to get its mobile-phone operation off the ground much more quickly and smoothly than if it were to start from scratch. |