A man using a mobile phone walks past an advertisement board of Softbank Corp in Tokyo February 5, 2009. Softbank Corp, Japan's No.3 mobile phone operator, posted a 2.4 percent rise in quarterly profit as a drop in cellphone sales lowered its subsidy payments, and it stuck to its full-year forecast. Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

A man using a mobile phone walks past an advertisement board of Softbank Corp in Tokyo February 5, 2009. Softbank Corp, Japan's No.3 mobile phone operator, posted a 2.4 percent rise in quarterly profit as a drop in cellphone sales lowered its subsidy payments, and it stuck to its full-year forecast.

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