title: SoftBank Telecom
text: # 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. On 1 April 2015 Softbank Telecom Corp. merged into Softbank Mobile Corp. and ceased to exist as a separate entity.
  
  ## 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
  