Softbank eyes enabling e-mail on Tokyo subway trains

Softbank eyes enabling e-mail on Tokyo subway trains

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (R) and Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose meet at the Tokyo metropolitan government building on Jan. 20, 2011. Son proposed that the mobile phone service provider improve telecommunications to allow cellphone users to send e-mails from Tokyo Metro subway trains at any time. (Kyodo)

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