(keitai-l) Re: Emobile

From: Michael(tm) Smith <mike_at_w3.org>
Date: 02/22/07
Message-ID: <20070222084012.GF6612@mikesmith>
martyn_williams@idg.com, 2007-02-22 09:51 +0900:

> They are offering some very attractive prices. Of course the service area
> is very limited but if you're just looking for Tokyo, Osaka and/or Nagoya
> coverage it seems difficult to beat.
> 
> On the face of it Willcomm could have some real problems here, unless they
> cut their prices but that won't do the finances much good. Carlyle still
> owns them, right? It will be interesting to see what they do in response.

If it's still under the same ownership arrangement as it was when
Carlyle bought it, then Carlyle owns 60%, Kyocera owns 30%, and
KDDI 10%

  --Mike
Received on Thu Feb 22 10:40:50 2007