How Mobile Internet in Japan and Asia Is Shifting - Status Updates from Softbank

Mr. Akira Tada, Senior General Manager of Global Business Development and Planning, Softbank Mobile, discusses the development of a global mobile application ecosystem with telecom carrier partners, such as Vodafone, Telefonica, KT, SK Telecom, China Mobile, NTT DOCOMO, AT&T, and Verizon.  Previously, Mr. Tada was responsible for incubation and value creation as Head of Group Management at Softbank Corp.  His team led a venture investment unit to manage 900+ group companies that includes Alibaba, MySpace and Yahoo. He also served on the Boards of Directors of selected portfolio companies, supporting three portfolio companies in successful IPOs.  Prior to Softbank, he worked with IBM Business Consulting Services, providing strategy formulation consulting services for clients in infocom areas.  This is the next-to-last session in the US-Asia Technology Management Center's autumn weekly series on Mobile Internet Businesses and Technologies in Asia.