SoftBank Telecom Corporation ( ja, ソフトバンクテレコム会社), previously as Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. ( ja, 日本テレコム株式会社, links=no,Nippon Terekomu Kabushiki-gaisha) was a
Japanese telephone company of the
SoftBank
is a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo which focuses on investment management. The Group primarily invests in companies operating in technology, energy, and financial sectors. It also runs the Vi ...
group. It provides services to businesses and consumers in
Japan. It provides long-distance telephone service, international call service, and direct connection fixed-line voice service. In addition, it engages in the billing and collecting fees for the telephony service; consulting, development and establishment of telecommunication system; and provision of information processing and providing service. On 1 April 2015 Softbank Telecom Corp. merged into Softbank Mobile Corp. and ceased to exist as a separate entity.
Timeline
*1984-10: Japanese Telecom Telegraph was founded.
*1986-08: Japanese Telecom Telegraph launches leased circuit services
*1986-12: Railway Telecommunication established
*1989-05: Railway Telecommunication merges with Japan Telecom
*2002-08: Company name was changed to
Japan Telecom Holdings. The fixed-line telecommunications business was also separated to found a new Japan Telecom.
*2006-10: Company name changed to SoftBank Telecom Corporation
*2015-04: Company merged into Softbank Mobile Corp.
*2018-12: Company goes into
IPO
An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment ...
References
External links
Official website
SoftBank Group
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