SoftBank Telecom

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.

SoftBank Telecom Corporation
Native name
Japanese name
Kanjiソフトバンクテレコム株式会社
Formerly
  • Japanese Telecom Telegraph (1984-2002)
  • Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. (2002-2006)
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedOctober 1984 (1984-10)
DefunctApril 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)
FateMerged into sister company Softbank Mobile Corp.
ParentSoftBank

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
  1. "Softbank Telecom Corp.: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek". investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  2. "SoftBank Telecom set for December 19 IPO; to raise $23.5 billion". Preview Tech. Retrieved 10 December 2018.


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