SoftBank Corp.

The telecom operating company of the SoftBank group — Japan's third mobile carrier, and the domestic delivery vehicle for its parent's AI ambitions.

SoftBank Corp. headquarters

Business Description

SoftBank Corp. runs mobile, broadband and fixed-line services under the SoftBank, Y!mobile and LINEMO brands and ranks third in Japan by subscriber numbers. Its consumer business is tightly bundled with PayPay, the country's dominant QR-code payment app, and with LY Corporation, the operator of Yahoo! Japan and LINE, which it consolidates.

An enterprise arm sells corporate networks, cloud and security services, while a newer distribution and AI push is building data-centre and GPU capacity inside Japan, positioning the company as the local partner for the artificial-intelligence investments made by parent SoftBank Group. Incorporated in 1986 and listed separately in 2018 in what was then Japan's largest IPO, it distributes most of its earnings as dividends.

Corporate Data

Ticker9434
ExchangeTokyo Stock Exchange
Market SegmentPrime Market
SectorInformation & Communication
Head OfficeTokyo Portcity Takeshiba, 1-7-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7529, Japan
FoundedDecember 9, 1986
Fiscal Year EndMarch 31
WebsiteOfficial website

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