With a growing subscriber base helped by iphone sales , softbank wouldn 't necessarily fall into the category of a cash-flush japanese corporate giant pressured to go overseas by the shrinking home market .
Lines were forming thursday at apple stores and softbank outlets in tokyo .
周四,东京的苹果门店和软库分支机构外排起了长队。
Mr. ma hadn 't obtained approval from alibaba group 's board , on which yahoo and softbank each has a seat .
马云没有获得阿里巴巴集团董事会的同意,雅虎和软库分别拥有一个董事会席位。
Yahoo and alibaba group appear to have developed the outlines of an agreement that would allow the companies to resolve the alipay mess , but that agreement would require a sign-off from softbank .
Softbank has remained curiously quiet on the matter so far , leading some to wonder whether the japanese telecoms giant plans to challenge alibaba on the decision .