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...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 5, 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The earnings of the local oligopoly — NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and SoftBank, a telecoms subsidiary of the investment group of the same name — were under threat....
...Nomura was also a lead adviser on the $40bn move by telecoms group NTT to reabsorb its listed mobile business NTT DoCoMo last month....
...The bid is driven partly by NTT’s frustration about its unit’s decline in recent years with NTT DoCoMo’s market value falling to less than ¥10tn....
...But instead of spending money overseas like its rival, the Japanese telecoms conglomerate will invest $40bn to buy the 34 per cent stake it does not own in mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo....
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...Samsung has supplied 4G and 5G network equipment to US operators including AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, and is working with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and KDDI to develop 5G business models....
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