History｜ARTERIA Networks Corporation

History of ARTERIA Networks

2014	February	ARTERIA Networks Corporation was established by merger of UCOM Corporation and Marubeni Access Solutions Inc.
	February	100 Gbps menu was launched in Ethernet leased circuit service,“Dyna Ether”.It was the first in Japan to provide 100 Gbps with Dual class at long-range.
	April	Fully-owned subsidiaries’ name were changed from “UCOM Access Engineering Corporation” to “ARTERIA Engineering Corporation” ,and from “U’sISP Service Corporation” to “ARTERIA Agency Corporation”
	December	Brand name of data center services for enterprses was unified “ComSpace”
2015	March	ARTERIA Agency Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary) was merged into ARTERIA Networks Corporation.
2016	February	Business of Internet access services for indivisuals was transferred to U-NEXT Co., Ltd.
2016	October	Head Office was relocated to Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
2017	March	TSUNAGU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS INC. became a subsidiary of ARTERIA Networks Corporation to acquire the shares issued from Marubeni Coporation.
2017	November	Integrated internet access service business for condominium of ARTERIA Networks Corporation and business of TSUNAGU NETWORK COMMUNICATION INC., a group company of ARTERIA.
2018	April	“Whole Building Package 10G Type” was added in condominium internet access service.
2018	December	Listed on 1st Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2019	January	10 Gbps menu was established to “UCOM Hikari Fast Gigabit Access”
2020	February	In a first for Japan, succeeded in establishing high speed telecommunications at 400 Gbps between Tokyo and Osaka through two different routes using a single wavelength without regenerative repeating
2021	August	As the first initiative in the DX business, we started providing the “Connectix” service for realizing priority communications for individual condominium units using SD-WAN technology.
2022	January	Started sales of NFV service “VANILA”
	April	GameWith ARTERIA Corporation, a newly established joint venture of ARTERIA Networks Corporation and GameWith, Inc., launched a streaming studio operation service and related services for use in e-sports competitions.
	April	Transferred from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market following the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s reorganization of market classifications
	June	Concluded a capital and business alliance agreement with GameWith, Inc.
	October	Established a joint venture, Far North Fiber, Inc., with Cinia Oy. and Far North Digital LLC as a business entity to promote examination of an Arctic submarine cable project.
2023	October	Delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market

History before the merger

UCOM Corporation
Marubeni Access Solutions Inc.
Global Access Ltd.
VECTANT Ltd.

1997	November	Global Access Ltd. was established
1998	April	Type 1 carrier license was acquired
2000	January	Domestic leased circuit service was launched between Tokyo and Ajigaura
	February	International leased circuit service was launched between US and Japan
	March	Global Solution K.K. was established
	March	Data center, “Com Space I” opened in Chuo, Tokyo
	April	Type 2 carrier license was filed
	July	U’s Communication Corporation was established and acquired Type 1 carrier license
	December	MEDiA K.K was established
	December	NTT East & West Flet’s access circuit connection services were launched
2001	March	World first, max.100 Mbps commercial optical fiber internet connection service was launched for individual customers. USEN Broad Networks(current: USEN Corporation) sold.
	May	Domestic leased circuit service by backbone network between Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka was launched
	June	Ethernet leased circuit service, “Dyna Ether” was launched
	June	Japan’s First 2.5 Gbps / 10 Gbps leased circuit services were launched
	September	Service area was extended to all ordinance-designated cities in Japan (areas in Sapporo, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, and Kitakyushu Cities)
	November	“VECTANT Transit Service” was launched
	December	Data center, “Com Space II” opened in Sinjuku, Tokyo
2002	January	MEDiA K. K launched IP telephone service
	June	100 Mbps optical fiber internet connection service, “Hikari Business Access” was launched
	July	Leased circuit service was launched between Osaka and Fukuoka route
2003	March	10 Gbps Ethernet leased circuit service was launched
2003	September	IP-VPN service “VECTANT Closed IP Network” was launched
2004	April	Complete authorized telecommunications business registration was acquired
2005	January	Ogaki Access Center opened in Ogaki, Gifu
	August	Service network was extended in Tohku, Hokuriku and Shinshu area
	December	Corporate name changed from “U’s communications Corporation” to “UCOM Corporation”
2006	March	UCOM succeeded an optical fiber internet connection service, “Broad-Gate 02(UCOM Hikari)” from USEN Corporation
2007	March	Mobile closed network connection service, ”VECTANT Secure Mobile Access” was launched
	April	Corporate name changed from “Global Solution K.K.” to “VECTANT Ltd.”
	October	UCOM merged MEDiA K.K
2008	August	UCOM succeeded Mansion ISP business from E-cubic corporation
2008	November	U’sISP Service Corporation became wholly owned subsidiary of UCOM
2009	July	Service area was extended between Tokyo and Ogaki route
2010	February	The WDM ring network in Hokuriku route was completed
	May	UCOM Access Engineering Corporation was established as consolidated subsidiary
	June	UCOM succeeded internet connection business “Media Independent Interface (MII)” from Mori Building Co., Ltd.
	August	Data center, “Com Space III” opened
	December	Marubeni Access Solutions Inc. was established by merger of Global Access Ltd. and VECTANT Ltd.
2011	May	IPv6 support services were launched
	June	Data center, “Com Space West” opened in Osaka
	June	Max. 1 Gbps internet connection service with service level agreement(SLA), “Standard Gigabit Access” was launched
	September	UCOM succeeded ISP service business from a fully-owned sales subsidiary, U’sISP Service Corporation
2013	May	Fully redundant and fully closed network connection service, ”Secure Cloud Access” was launched
2013	December	IP telephone service, “UCOM Hikari Denwa Business(Hikari Denwa Business)” was launched