| Jul-00 |
Authorized as a Type I Telecommunication Business |
| Mar-01 |
Submitted written notification of business commencement to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| Mar-01 |
Began offering Fiber to the Home (FTTH), an optical fiber Internet connection service, in parts of Shibuya City and Setagaya City, Tokyo |
| Sep-01 |
Expanded our service area to all ordinance-designated cities in Japan (areas in Sapporo, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, and Kitakyushu Cities) |
| Jun-02 |
Began offering the 100Mbps optical fiber Internet connection service to corporate customers |
| Apr-03 |
Commenced business renting optical fiber cores to Type I Telecommunication Businesses |
| May-03 |
Began So-net Hikari (UCOM) , an optical fiber Internet connection service, together with Sony Communication Network Corporation (currently So-net Entertainment Corporation) |
| Jul-03 |
Began offering FT Phone , a VoIP telephone service for small to medium corporations that supports optical fiber, together with the Forval Group |
| Jul-03 |
Began offering the 1Gbps optical fiber Internet connection service to corporate customers |
| Sep-03 |
Began offering VDSL16Mbps, an optical fiber Internet connection service, for communal housing |
| Sep-03 |
Began providing 100MBps and 1Gbps optical fiber Internet connection services for corporate customers to ITX Corporation |
| Nov-03 |
Began offering the IP transit service to provide Internet backbone connections to telecommunication businesses |
| Feb-04 |
Began offering Moraphone , a VoIP telephone service, together with ITX Corporation and Fusion Communications Corp. |
| Apr-04 |
Telecommunications business registration (complete authorization) |
| Apr-04 |
Began offering Pikapaa! (currently Sukapii! Hikari) , a charge multichannel service that employs an optical fiber network, together with Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation |
| Jul-04 |
Began offering VDSL100Mbps, an optical fiber Internet connection service for communal housing |
| Apr-05 |
Acquired Information Security Management System (ISMS) Certification |
| Sep-05 |
Moved the Head Office to Meguro-ku, Tokyo |
| Dec-05 |
Changed our trade name to UCOM Corporation |
| Dec-05 |
Began offering ACCA Hikari (UCOM) , an optical fiber Internet connection service, together with eAccess Ltd. ; also began providing services to ISP companies using eAccess Ltd. as an intermediary |
| Mar-06 |
Received the Broad-Gate 02 business (an optical fiber Internet connection service for corporate customers) from USEN Corporation |
| Sep-06 |
Began offering the Broad-Gate02 Hikari Multi Access service, which allows customers to select between maximum communication speeds of 200Mbps and 500Mbps, to corporate customers |
| Sep-06 |
Constructed the Data Center in Minato-ku, Tokyo; began Internet data center business |
| Apr-07 |
Moved the Head Office to Minato-ku, Tokyo |
| Oct-07 |
Merged with Media Corporation |
| Jun-10 |
Received Internet connection (Media Independent Interface [MII]) business from Mori Building Co., Ltd. |
| Sep-10 |
Changed the GyaO optical fiber Internet connection service brand name to S paaqs Hikari and Qit Hikari Apartment Bundle Type |
| Mar-11 |
Began provision of UCOM Mobile, a mobile service, through a cooperative project between UCOM and Emobile |
| Apr-11 |
Began offering “Smart Hikari” through a collaboration between UCOM and Forval Telecom,Inc. |
| Jun-11 |
Began offering Standard Gigabit Access, a 1Gbps service with a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for corporate customers. |
| Jul-11 |
Created the new corporate logo and corporate slogan of “Making sure you always feel connected.” |
| Sep-11 |
Received the ISP business from U'sISP Service Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of UCOM) |
| Sep-11 |
Consistently began using “UCOM Hikari” as the brand for our optical fiber fixed telecommunications business. |