Softbank Group mulls hiving off and listing wireless business
The move is aimed at giving the unit more autonomy and helping investors with valuing the business and its parent
Tokyo
SOFTBANK Group Corp said on Monday that it was considering listing its Japanese wireless business to raise a reported US$18 billion in a move that would accelerate the conglomerate's transformation into one of the world's biggest tech investors.
A spin-off - potentially the biggest initial public offering (IPO) by a Japanese company in nearly two decades - would also give the unit more autonomy and help investors with valuing the business and its parent.
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