market, theetitive collapse of their merger talks means perhaps they are looking around strategically something else to do in that market as they battle with a lot of the big carriers there. the domestic japanese telecom site, how much they have been spending to acquire new users in that market, with a focus on these numbers as well. we've seen a roller coaster ride at the start of this week for global equities. 0.i asia-pacific is up by 33%. we were up by more than this at the start of the trading day. the nikkei 225 was up by more up by%, but now it is less than 1%, so some of those gains are fading a little bit. how solid is this bounce that we are seeing inequities? -- in equities? just checking in on the u.s. 10 year yield, we are at 2.77. yields dropped down to 2.7% yesterday, but then bounced up a little bit. volatility is the root of all unrest. nikkei volatility is pretty anemic at the start of trade today, relatively speaking. 20% onay we closed down volatility. the question for the markets really encapsulates the issue for the market. the volatility in the equity market, wh