The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© 2012 AFPSoftbank's first-half net profit down 22%
TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.
© 2012 AFP
7 Comments
Login to comment
nath
Not mentioned here but they also quietly killed the acquisition of eaccess/emobile. (Reported by Sankei Shinbun last night)
Lilic
Softbank service been so bad lately, I'm Just ready to move to AU. Softcrap never more!
Akira Senpai
they're having a bad year, but i think there's hope left for them, they should prove it.
http://www.rentasatphone.com.au/
Elbuda Mexicano
I am with Lilic! Even here in Tokyo, the SB signals are weaker than AU and Docomo! Since I have a Jcom land line phone, and if I switch over to AU, I will be able to call home and to any Jcom phone for free and 24/7! Why should I stick with SoftBank??
sighclops
They deserve the wakeup call.
I've been with all three major carriers, and Softbank was BY FAR the worst. Absolutely disgraceful service. Couldn't make calls at home, half of my emails wouldn't send (which is extra annoying on an iPhone as you can't cancel messages) and forget trying to surf the web!
I gave them two years, but it only seemed to get worse. Now on AU for the iPhone 5 and it seems to be a big improvement.
Korlacan Khanthavilay
As Softbank service ever been good? I remember when Softbank was still Vodaphone. It was terrible during then too.
I ran on Docomo, another buddy on AU, and a third on Softbank. Softbank was super terrible. My friend's AU phone had a weird issue that would occur. Not often, maybe like 3-4 times a year. He'd call, but the call wouldn't go through. Instead, a few hours later, I'd get the call. I'd answer and it'd be ringing. Then my friend would pick up. Didn't make any sense. Aside from that, Docomo and AU seemed to be on par. I just preferred Docomo's phones, that's why I went with them.
AU_user_since_1998
It is the ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) that matters now. Everybody knows that most of the new subscribers of Softbank are Small-And-Medium Companies who provided their employees with WHITE-PLAN voice only for 980Yen per month. No DATA PLAN attached on those companies phone. There are even memo in many companies that employees should not use the phone if possible when calling customers of different carriers, if it not critical to do so. In the past three years, I know almost a hundred small and medium companies who had jumped to SOFTBANK.
--
What SOFTBANK got in return is just 980 Yen per month.
As of Sept 30, 2012
Softbank = 30,461,200 subscribers
AU = 36,110,400 subscribers
DoCoMo = 60,786,600 Subscribers
--
What will you get if the considerable numbers of your subscribers are just paying 980 Yen per month.
Also, now that PLATINUM BAND is also given to Softbank, in the next 3 to 4 years, in order to get even or at par with AU/DoCOMos quality, Softbank has to invest more for the infrastructures plus BIG ROYALTY to the Government for using the BAND. This will further dilute its earnings