SoftBank Telecom Corporation (), previously as Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. (,Nippon Terekomu Kabushiki-gaisha) was a
Japanese telephone company of the
SoftBank
is a Japanese multinational Investment company, investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management. The group primarily invests in companies operating in technology that offer goods and services ...
group. It provides services to businesses and consumers in
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. 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 (
JR Telecom, or JR Tsushin) 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
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References
External links
Official website
SoftBank Group
Japan Railway companies
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