FILE - In this June 3, 2008 file photo, Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son speaks during a news conference, unveiling Japan's third largest mobile carrier's new lineup for summer in Tokyo. Japan's Softbank was in talks Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, about taking a substantial ownership stake in struggling U.S. carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. Sprint, the third-largest cellphone company in the U.S., said the deal could be big enough to involve a "change of control" of the company. It didn't provide any other details. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)

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