SoftBank Boosted By iPhone Sales

Many people were wondering how well Apple’s iPhone would do in Japan, since it’s a totally different market from that in the US, but since SoftBank agreed to be Apple’s iPhone 3G carrier partner, the carrier has seen their bottom line move upwards. Even in the current global economic situation the strong sales of the iPhone 3G helped Softbank increase its net profits to $225 million and saw the biggest net subscriber growth in 17 consecutive months. Whichever way you look at it, the iPhone 3G definitely has been beneficial to SoftBank.