Softbank
Sep 3 2008, Deepa

The Japanese mobile phone operator Softbank in cooperation with NTT Data, Hitachi and Gemalto will start in October a NFC or Near Flied Communication testing phase allowing some lucky beta tester to be able to watch movie trailers (Wall-E and Tinker...

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Japanese Pacific League baseball club Softbank Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh speaks during a new conference in Fukuoka where the Hawks is based Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. Oh said that he will step down as the manager at the end of the 2008 season.