http://smstextnews.disqus.com/Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanaticsenFri, 06 Jun 2008 05:51:03 -0000http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/06/apple_iphone_hits_japan_with_softbank.html#comment-606039The Softbank network is UMTS - it's the only network European phones can roam onto in Japan.<br><br>Their 2G network is PDC but as mentioned above that's being phased out. Japanese phones don't switch between 2 and 3G networks as UMTS phones tend to in the rest of the world.John CampbellFri, 06 Jun 2008 05:51:03 -0000