Tag: SOFTBANK

The ever popular MySpace social network has banged out a special Japanese version of the networking service, and launched it today. MySpace is currently running national versions in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, and in the UK. This new language integration is a team effort between News Corp. and Japanes bank Softbank. The main competition in Japan for MySpace is the 6 million member service ...

Microsoft has made a deal with SoftBank, the largest VoIP carrier in Japan, to offer "VoIP, instant messaging, Internet access, e-mail, groupware, presence and desktop services to Japanese businesses," says Ars Technica's Matt Mondok. SoftBank will provide the VoIP infrastructure while Microsoft will provide hosted versions of its server products like Exchange, Office Live Communications ...