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Softbank warned after system crash

Softbank President Masayoshi Son AP PHOTO

Mobile phone carrier Softbank Mobile Corp., which aggressively slashed its prices to undercut rivals, was warned by government officials after a rush of customers wanting to switch to its service caused a system crash in late October.

Softbank stopped accepting new customers Oct. 28 and 29 when its computer system couldn't handle the barrage of new applications following the arrival of number portability in Japan, a system that lets people keep the same numbers when they switch carriers.

Softbank's president, the technology mogul Masayoshi Son, apologized to customers and said the company had taken measures to increase its system capacity.

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