Softbank is to acquire EMOBILE (eAccess) for JPY180.2 billion (US$2.3 billion)

It noted that the combination of EMOBILE’s 10,000 base stations at 1.7 GHz with its existing 20,000 base stations at 2.1 GHz would give it an estate of 30,000 “LTE base stations available for the iPhone 5.” Softbank says it had 34.9 million subscribers at end-August, while EMOBILE had 4.2 million. The combination of the two would give the expanded firm 39.1 million – a 28.8 percent market share.  //mobilebusinessbriefing.com

NTT DoCoMo + Fujitsu + NEC = UE with connectivity?

Companies agreed to form a joint venture Access Network Technology Limited to focus on the development and sales of semiconductor products with built-in modem functions.

Fujitsu: 52.8%
DOCOMO: 19.9%
NEC: 17.8%
Fujitsu Semiconductor: 9.5%

Capital: 100 million yen, about 85 employees. Seems NTT DoCoMo looking for "made in Japan" LTE user equipment?