History
(former SoftBank
Telecom Corp.)
- [Notes]
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- *SoftBank Telecom Corp., SoftBank BB Corp. and Ymobile Corporation merged into SoftBank Mobile Corp. (currently SoftBank Corp.) on April 1, 2015.
- *This page is current as of the end of March 2015.
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1984 - 1990
| Oct. 1984 | The former JAPAN TELECOM founded. |
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| July 1986 | ITJ established. |
| Aug. 1986 | Launched leased circuit services. |
| Dec. 1986 | RAILWAY TELECOMMUNICATION established. |
| Sept. 1987 | Launched long-distance telephone services. |
| Apr. 1989 | ITJ launched international leased circuit services. |
| May 1989 | Merged with the former RAILWAY TELECOMMUNICATION. Merged entity takes JAPAN TELECOM company name. |
| Oct. 1989 | ITJ launched international telephone services. |
1991 - 2000
| Nov. 1992 | Completed nationwide digital network. |
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| Sept. 1994 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| Sept. 1996 | Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| Apr. 1997 | Launched ISP service, ODN. |
| Oct. 1997 | Merged with ITJ. |
| Dec. 1998 | Announced its next-generation network project, PRISM. |
| Apr. 2000 | Launched world's first IP-VPN service, SOLTERIA. |
2001 - 2010
| May 2001 | Launched local telephone services. |
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| Aug. 2002 | Company name was changed to JAPAN TELECOM HOLDINGS, making it a pure holding company. The fixed-line telecommunications business was separated and JAPAN TELECOM was newly established. |
| July 2004 | Joined the SoftBank Group. |
| Dec. 2004 | Launched new fixed telephone service Otoku Line. |
| Apr. 2005 | Telecom Service merged with JENS. |
| July. 2005 | Merged with JAPAN TELECOM IDC. |
| Dec. 2005 | Announced its next-generation ICT platform Service design, IRIS. |
| Feb. 2006 | Launched ICT platform Service, ULTINA On Demand Platform Keyplat. |
| Apr. 2006 | Merged with JAPAN TELECOM Network Information Services CO., LTD. |
| JAPAN TELECOM Network Systems CO., LTD established through joint capital investment with NETMARKS INC.. | |
| Oct. 2006 | Company name changed to SoftBank Telecom Corp. |
| Feb. 2007 | Merged with SOFTBANK TELECOM SALES Corp. |
| July 2007 | Established JAPAN TELECOM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, a local company incorporated in New Delhi, India. |
| Nov. 2007 | Opened Guangzhou Office, SoftBank Telecom Corp., in China. |
| June 2008 | Together with SoftBank Mobile Corp., jointly launched White Line 24, an FMC service for corporate users. |
| Mar. 2009 | Launched BB Mobile Point, a public wireless LAN service in trains of the Tokaido Shinkansen. |
| Together with SoftBank Mobile Corp., launched White Office, an FMC service for corporate users. | |
| Apr. 2009 | SoftBank Mobile Corp., SoftBank BB Corp., and SoftBank Telecom Corp., unified their service brand logo. |
| Feb. 2010 | Launched cloud service, White Cloud. |
| Launched Hot Denpo, telegram service of the SoftBank Group. | |
| Dec. 2010 | Announced to launch White Line 24(OTOKU Line W), a free voice call service to WILLCOM. |
2011 - 2014
| Feb. 2011 | Launched Google Apps™ for Business™. |
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| Formed partnership with VMware K.K. on hybrid cloud business for enterprise. | |
| Mar. 2011 | Formed partnership with GE Healthcare Japan Corporation on medical IT business. |
| Launched the public wireless LAN service BB Mobile Point at 15 stations of JR Kyushu including Shinkansen bullet train stations. | |
| May 2011 | Announced the establishment of joint venture with KT Corporation on data center business. |
| Mar. 2012 | Established a joint venture, SBTM ONLINE (SUZHOU) CO., LTD in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. |
| Oct. 2012 | Launched Effective Customer-Leads Platform for O2O service jointly with Yahoo Japan Corporation. |
| Mar. 2013 | Tie-ups started to provide new ICT services jointly with AEON Group and Yahoo Japan Corporation. |
| June 2013 | Launched Yahoo! BB hikari with FLET'S and Yahoo! BB hikari FLET'S Course IP phone service, White hikari Phone, jointly with SoftBank BB Corp. |
| Apr. 2014 | Entered strategic partnership with GE Software to promote Industrial Internet software platform for M2M. |
| July 2014 | Together with SB Power Corp., jointly began power retail business for corporate customers. |
| Nov. 2014 | Started providing VMware vCloud® Air™, a hybrid cloud service with VMware. |