SoftBank Telecom
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Native name | |
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| Japanese name | |
| Kanji | ソフトバンクテレコム株式会社 |
| Formerly |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | October 1984 |
| Defunct | April 1, 2015 |
| Fate | Merged into sister company Softbank Mobile Corp. |
| Parent | SoftBank |
SoftBank Telecom Corporation (Japanese: ソフトバンクテレコム株式会社), previously as Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. (Japanese: 日本テレコム株式会社,Nippon Terekomu Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese telephone company of the SoftBank 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.[1] 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[2]
References
- ^ "Softbank Telecom Corp.: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek". investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "SoftBank Telecom set for December 19 IPO; to raise $23.5 billion". Preview Tech. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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