Sony, Fujitsu end ISP tie-up talks

TOKYO: Sony Corp said on Wednesday talks had been terminated with Fujitsu

Ltd. on possible cooperation in Internet services, which had been expected to

include the purchase of Fujitsu's Internet service provider (ISP).

The announcement comes five months after a media report that Sony was poised

to buy Nifty, Japan's largest fixed-line ISP and a wholly owned Fujitsu

subsidiary.

Executives at Sony, the world's largest consumer electronics maker, have said

they want to build the company's So-net ISP into Japan's largest, but have

complained that media reports hobbled negotiations on cooperation with Fujitsu,

Japan's largest computer company.

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