Japan's Softbank in talks to buy Sprint Nextel -NHK

TOKYO, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Japanese mobile phone carrier Softbank Corp is in talks to buy more than two-thirds of U.S.-based telecoms company Sprint Nextel Corp , Japanese public broadcaster NHK said on Thursday.

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(Reporting by James Topham; Editing by Edmund Klamann)

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