Company:So-net

Short description: Japanese internet service provider

Sony Network Communications Inc.
ソニーネットワークコミュニケーションズ株式会社

Headquarters at Shinagawa Seaside Tower
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Information and communication industry
Founded	November 1, 1995
Headquarters	Shinagawa Seaside TS Tower, 4-12-3 Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Hirokazu Takagaki (President)
Owner	Sony
Number of employees	1002 (as of December 31, 2015)
Parent	Sony Mobile Communications
Website	www.sonynetwork.co.jp/corporation/en/

So-net (ソネット, So-netto) is a Japan ese internet service provider operated by Sony Network Communications Inc. (ソニーネットワークコミュニケーションズ株式会社, Sonī Network Communications Kabushiki Gaisha), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony.

Timeline

• November 1995 - The operating company, Sony Communication Network Corporation (SCN) was established as a subsidiary of Sony.
• January 1996 - launched ISP business.
• November 1997 - Released PostPet DX mail software.
• November 1999 - Became the first Internet service provider (ISP) to obtain Privacy Mark.
• August 2001 - started ADSL service.
• September 2001 - purchased WebOnline Networks, the operating company of "JustNet", from JustSystems.
• October 2001 - launched "Harbot" service.
• April 2002 - merged with WebOnline Networks, Ltd.
• May 2002 - started optical fiber connection service.
• March 2003 - started IP telephone service.
• December 2005 - listed on the Mothers market of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• October 2006 - changed its corporate name to So-net Entertainment Corporation.
• July 2007 - Established MotionPortrait, Inc.
• August 2007 - Acquired So-net Entertainment Taiwan Ltd. as a consolidated subsidiary.
• November 2007 - Relocated headquarters to Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.
• January 2008 - Listed on TSE 1st Section.
• July 2008 - Acquired So-net Media Networks Corporation as a consolidated subsidiary.
• March 2009 - So-net Entertainment Taiwan Ltd. signed a capital/business partnership contract with Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (CHT).
• February 2010 - Acquired the ISP business from USEN CORPORATION.
• May 2011 - So-Net hacked from unknown IP address. Roughly $1225 in customer's redeemable gift points stolen.
• July 2012 - Established So-net Business Associates Corporation.
• December 2012 - Delisted from TSE 1st Section.
• January 2013 - Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.
• April 2013 - So-net launches Nuro Hikari, a FTTH service that provides 2Gbit/s internet. Initial markets include Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama in Japan.
• July 2013 - Changed company name to So-net Corporation.
• April 2014 - Integrated “bit-drive” business, the Sony Business Solutions Corporation IT solutions service for corporations.
• February 2015 - Launched “So-net Hikari Collaboration”
• June 2015 - So-net launches Nuro Hikari 10G, a FTTH service that provides 10Gbit/s internet. The service leads 10G marketing war in Japan.
• July 2016 - Changed company name to Sony Network Communications Inc.
• October 2016 - So-net launches nuro mobile, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) operating on the NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank networks.

External links

• So-net
• So-net Taiwan