New York Times (May 29)
2013/ 05/ 30 by jd in Global News
SoftBank’s takeover of the mobile phone provider Sprint could benefit U.S. consumers. SoftBank “was largely responsible for making high-speed Internet affordable to consumers in the early 2000s by offering faster service and at prices that were less than half of N.T.T.’s rates. A few years later, it used a similar low-price strategy in the wireless business. If it competes aggressively in the United States, SoftBank could help shake up the highly concentrated American industry.”
Tags: Consumers, Internet, N.T.T., Phones, Prices, Service, SoftBank, Sprint, Takeover, U.S., Wireless