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<p>Japanese telco<span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text"> SoftBank </span>Corp on Friday reported a 15% rise in third-quarter operating profit, beating estimates, underpinned by its mobile business.</p></article>

SoftBank raised its full-year operating profit forecast to 900 billion yen ($8.19 billion) from 890 billion yen previously.

Japanese telco SoftBank posts 15% rise in third-quarter profit

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