Footsteps of Asahi Net
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Startup
We emerged as a spin-off company which offered online network service, or Pasokon-net, a communication method before Internet.
Eventually, with our expertise in network management, we launched Internet connection service and established the grounding to be a major Internet Service Provider in Japan. We have been a forefront in providing services with the latest technologies. We have constantly attracted a number of users since then.
| Footsteps of Asahi Net | Evolution of Our Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Apr. 1990 | ATSON, Inc. (currently Asahi Net, Inc.) was founded. Operated business based on ASAHI Pasokon Net, a BBS service. | |
| Oct. 1991 | Opened an electric forum "Den-no Tsutsuisen" in line with the Japanese best seller author Tsutsui Yasutaka’s book Asa no Gasupāru (Gaspard in the Morning). The forum was published in three books. | |
| Feb. 1993 | Found a literary award "Pascal-Tanpenbungaku-Shinjinsho (Pascal short-story newcomer award)" selected among submitted works through online network. The first year judges include Tsutsui Yasutaka, Inoue Hisashi, Kobayashi Kyoji, and award was given to Kawakami Hiromi. | |
| July 1993 | Service name changed from "Asahi Pasocon Net" to "Asahi Net" | |
| Mar. 1994 | Started reciprocal connection service with People, an online service provided by PEOPLE WORLD Co., Ltd., a corporate spinoff of IBM Japan. | |
| June 1994 | Started offering an Internet connection service. | |
| Feb. 1995 | Launched our MMJP service for businesses and organizations. | |
| June 1995 | Launched our homepage service for individuals. | |
| Dec. 1997 | Contracted with overseas provider UUNET to offer our members connection to over 500 access points in USA. |
Independent
In 2000, we became an independent network service provider. In the following year, we renamed the company name into the current form of Asahi Net, Inc. Since then, as we expanded the variation of our services with the fiber-optic and mobile broadband networks, we ranked at the top among the most customer-satisfied ISPs in several third party surveys. Positive feedbacks from our customers started to be heard as well.
| Footsteps of Asahi Net | Evolution of Our Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Mar. 2000 | Became independent and all shares were held by members of the board and company employees. | |
| Dec. 2000 | Started to offer ADSL connection services. | |
| Jan. 2001 | Changed company name to ASAHI Net, Inc. | |
| Aug. 2001 | Started to offer fiber-optic Internet connection services. | |
| Jan. 2002 | Ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei Net Navi Magazine. | |
| Mar. 2003 | Launched IP-Phone services. | |
| Apr. 2003 | The number of ASAHI Net members reaches 300,000. | |
| Sept. 2003 | Ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei Net Navi Magazine 2 times consecutively. | |
| Jan. 2004 | ASAHI Net ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei Net Navi Magazine 3 times consecutively. | |
| Sept. 2004 | ASAHI Net ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei Click Magazine 4 times consecutively. (Sponsored by Nikkei Net Navi until 2003.) | |
| Oct. 2004 | Launched our spam-filter service "SpamBlock" | |
| Jan. 2005 | Ranked No.1 in overall qualification among Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei Click Magazine 5 times consecutively. | |
| Mar. 2005 | Launched the ASP Groupware "AsaOne" | |
| Mar. 2005 | Launched the self developed "Asablo" blog service. | |
| June 2005 | Launched the ASAHI Net FTTH with FLET'S service. | |
| Dec. 2005 | Ranked No.1 in overall qualification among Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei PC Magazine 6 times consecutively.(Sponsored by Nikkei Click until 2005.) | |
| Apr. 2006 | Launched ASAHI Net TV, a high-quality broadband TV service. | |
| Aug. 2006 | Allocation of new shares to the third party company, NTT EAST. | |
| Dec. 2006 | Ranked No.1 in overall qualification Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei PC Magazine 7 times consecutively. (The survey terminated in 2006) | |
| Dec. 2006 | Listed on Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
Going Beyond
In 2007, we launched the development and marketing of our learning support system manaba, utilizing our expertise in network operation and software development as an ISP.
In the same year, Asahi Net was listed in the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
As a public company, we continued to adopt to the market trend, and have expanded the variation of services with more appealing contents. In 2011, the number of Asahi Net Internet users reached 500,000. The number of schools subscribing manaba institution-wide are more than 76 by 2017 and it keeps growing.
In 2015, we, as an established Internet service provider, have come to launch the cloud-based surveillance camera system for the first time in Japan. Our career as an Internet service provider has evolved and will continue to develop further beyond.
| Footsteps of Asahi Net | Evolution of Our Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 2007 | Developed "manaba", a new SNS for educational institutions. | |
| Nov. 2007 | The number of ASAHI Net members reaches 400,000. | |
| Dec. 2007 | Ranked #1 FTTH Internet Service Provider in Customer Satisfaction in 2007 in a customer satisfaction survey by J.D. Power. | |
| Dec. 2007 | Listed on First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. | |
| July 2008 | Ranked No.1 for the Internet Service Provider category in the Nikkei Business "2008 After-Sales Service Satisfaction Ranking" survey. | |
| Sept. 2009 | The number of ASAHI Net members reaches 450,000. | |
| July 2010 | Ranked No.1 in overall qualifications in Nikkei BP Consulting's "2010 Provider Satisfaction Survey". | |
| Nov. 2010 | RankedNo.1 FTTH Internet Service Provider in Customer Satisfaction in 2010 in a customer satisfaction survey by J.D. Power. | |
| Apr. 2011 | Subsidiary company Asahi Net International, Inc. established in the United States. | |
| Sept. 2011 | The number of Asahi Net members reaches 500,000. | |
| Dec. 2011 | Ranked No. 1 for the best customer satisfaction among Internet service provider in 2012 by Oricon.Wins. | |
| Mar. 2012 | Learning management system manaba is distributed to 100 institutions. | |
| Nov. 2012 | Started FLET’S Hikari WiFi Access Course, a small-scale complex housing fiber-optic Internet service, in the lowest price among competitors. | |
| Jan. 2013 | Ranked No. 1 of Internet service providers in RBB TODAY "Broadband award 2012", marking the 10th year of consecutive No.1 results. | |
| Mar. 2013 | Launched Asahi Net LTE. | |
| Apr. 2013 | Asahi Net International, Inc. our subsidiary company based in the United States acquired the learning management division of rSmart. | |
| Dec. 2013 | Agreed the capital and business partnership with the Asahi Shimbun. | |
| Feb. 2014 | Launched the "ASAHI Net WiMAX 2+" service. | |
| Sept. 2014 | Launched the "ASAHI Net Omakase Router" service. | |
| Feb. 2015 | Launched the "AsahiNet Hikari" service. | |
| Apr. 2017 | Launched the "IPv6 Conection Feature" |
Awards
2017
- Ranked No.1 in "Broadband award 2017" ISP category by RBB TODAY News Release (Japanese)
2016
- Ranked No.1 in "Broadband award 2016" ISP category by RBB TODAY News Release (Japanese)
2015
- Ranked No.1 in overall qualification of "Internet Service Provider (Kanto area)" category in Oricon Japan customer satisfaction survey 2015.
- A case study at Otaru University of Commerce using our active learning application respon wins the 12th Japan e-learning awards of "active learning category". News Release (Japanese)
2014
- Ranked No.1 in "Broadband award 2014 ISP" category by RBB TODAY
2012
- Ranked No.1 in ISP customers satisfaction level under RBB TODAY "Broadband award 2012" News Release (Japanese)
2011
- Ranked No.1 of the high customer satisfaction among the nation-wide Internet service providers of 2012 by Oricon
- Ranked No.1 of Broaad-band Award, ISP category 2011 by RBB TODAY
- Ranked No.1 in the Kakaku.com Internet service provider customer satisfaction survey
2010
- Ranked No.1 FTTH Internet Service Provider in Customer Satisfaction in 2010 in a customer satisfaction survey by J.D. Power.
- Ranked No.1 in Nikkei BP Consulting's 2010 Provider Satisfaction Survey.
2009
- Ranked No.1 for a provider with the highest customer satisfaction in Japan by Oricon survey.
2008
- Ranked No.1 for the Internet Service Provider category in the Nikkei Business "2008 After-Sales Service Satisfaction Ranking" survey.
2007
- Ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider Satisfaction Study (Fiber-Optics) 2007 by J.D. Power Japan.
2006
- Ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider 2006 by Nikkei Pasokon survey, marking the consecutive 7th term of No.1 results. (This survey terminates in 2006)
2005
- Ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider 2005 by Nikkei Pasokon survey, marking the consecutive 6th term of No.1 results (Sponsored by Nikkei Click until 2005)
- Ranked No.1 Internet service provider survey by Nikkei Click, consecutively for 5 terms.
2004
- Ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei Click Magazine 4 times in succession. (Sponsored by Nikkei Net Navi until 2003)
- Ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei Net Navi Magazine for 3 terms consecutively.
2003
- Ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei Net Navi Magazine for 2 terms consecutively.
2002
- Ranked No.1 Internet Service Provider in a Provider Satisfaction Survey by Nikkei Net Navi Magazine.