Japanese telco SoftBank posts 15% rise in third-quarter profit, hikes full-year forecast

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese telco SoftBank Corp on Friday reported a 15% rise in third-quarter operating profit, beating estimates, underpinned by its mobile business.SoftBank also raised its full-year operating profit forecast to 900 billion yen (£6.3 billion) from 890 billion yen previously.Operating profit in the October-December quarter was 243 billion yen versus 211 billion yen a year earlier. That compared with an average forecast of 240 billion yen from three analyst estimates compiled by..