Japanese iPhone Coming Soon

TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is playing mobile operators NTT DoCoMo Inc and Softbank Corp against one another on selling the iPhone in Japan, where it would vie with some of the world's most advanced phones.

Apple is in talks with both DoCoMo, Japan's top carrier, and number three Softbank about launching the iPhone, but both have balked over the share of subscriber revenue that Apple is demanding, sources at the Japanese companies said on Tuesday.

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs met DoCoMo President Masao Nakamura in San Francisco earlier this month, a company source said.

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