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It became Japan's third-largest mobile operator and was the first one to introduce camera phones in Japan. Vodafone then went on to acquire J-phone. [105] In December 2002 J-Phone's 3G network went live. On 1 October 2003, J-Phone became 'Vodafone Japan', and J-Phone's mobile internet service J-Sky became Vodafone Live!.
SoftBank purchased Vodafone Japan at $15b in 2006. SoftBank now offers 3G, 4G and 5G services using W-CDMA technology at 900 MHz and 2100 MHz. SoftBank was also the exclusive service provider of Apple's iPhone in Japan until November 2011. As of March 2016, there were 40 million subscribers.
Vodafone-Japan had only 4.8% of Japan's 3G market. Vodafone changed the name of its multimedia data services from J-Sky to Vodafone live! and used J-Sky's principles, technologies, and business models to introduce the WAP-based Vodafone live! in Vodafone's other markets. At the end of February 2005, Vodafone live! had 12.907 million subscribers ...
Vodafone Vanuatu: GSM-900 MHz: Unknown: Vodafone Vanuatu: 2: Digicel: GSM-900 MHzGPRS,EDGE 900 MHz UMTS, HSPA. 700 MHz LTE. 2.8 moilion (across Pacific) [203] Digicel Group Ltd 3: AIL: GSM-900 MHz: Not Yet Available: ACES International 4: WanTok: 2300 MHz TDD-LTE: Not Yet Available
Vodafone later acquired J-Phone including J-Sky, renaming the service Vodafone live!, although initially this was different from Vodafone live! in Europe and other markets. In addition, Vodafone KK was acquired by SoftBank, an operator of Yahoo! Japan in October, 2006 and changed the name to SoftBank Mobile.
Vodafone live! had an icon-driven interface that was the same on all compatible models regardless of operating system. [13] In December 2004, Vodafone live! with 3G services was launched. [14] Vodafone live! was struggling against competitors i-mode and EZweb in Japan, and in 2006, it announced that its Japanese division will be sold to ...
SoftBank Telecom Corporation (Japanese: ソフトバンクテレコム株式会社), previously as Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. (Japanese: 日本テレコム株式会社,Nippon Terekomu Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese telephone company of the SoftBank group. It provides services to businesses and consumers in Japan. It provides long-distance ...
Japan: 9 Charter Communications: $54.0 [9] United States: 10: China Unicom: $52.8 [10] China: 11 Vodafone: $49.7 [11] United Kingdom: 12: Orange: $45.7 [12] France ...