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Corporate History

Date History
1992 Dec. Established Internet Initiative Planning Inc. (Capital: JPY 18 million)
Dec. Became a founding member of the Internet Society
1993 May Renamed the corporate name as Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
Aug. Increased the capital to JPY 100 million
Nov. Launched IIJ Internet Service
1994 Feb. Registered as Special Type II Telecommunication Business
June Increased the capital to JPY 600 million
Oct. Established Internet Initiative Tokai Inc.
Dec. Established Internet Initiative Kyushu Inc.
1995 Jan. Established IIJ Media Communications Inc.
Mar. Established Internet Initiative Chu-Shikoku Inc.
Apr. Opened Osaka Branch
July Established Atom Co., Ltd.blank
July Established Internet Initiative Hokuriku Inc.
Aug. Established Internet Initiative Tokai Inc.
Nov. Established Asia Internet Holding Co.,Ltd.
1996 Jan. Increased the capital to JPY 750 million
Feb. Opened Sapporo Branch
Mar. Established IIJ America Inc.blank
July Osaka Branch renamed the Kansai Branch
Nov. Established IIJ Technology Inc.
1997 Sep. Established Internet Multifeed Co.blank
1998 Feb. IIJ and regional affiliates merged (capital increased to JPY 842 million)
Feb. Established Net Care, Inc.blank
Mar. Increased capital to JPY 1.1 billion
Oct. Established Crosswave Communications Inc. (It filed corporate reorganization proceedings in August, 2003 and transferred its business operations to NTT Communications Corporation in December, 2003)
1999 Aug. Listed on the Nasdaq Market (NASDAQ: IIJI)
Aug. Increased capital to JPY 7,082 million
Aug. Launched IIJ IPv6 Connectivity Service
2000 June Established "i-Heart, Inc." in Korea with the Samsung Group
2001 May Opened Okinawa Office
2002 Aug. Opened Toyota Office
2003 June Increased capital to JPY 7,765 million
Sep. Increased capital to JPY 13,765 million
2004 Oct. IIJ Financial Systems, wholly owned by IIJ Technology started its business by acquiring securities system operations from Yamatane.
2005 Oct. IIJ Media Communications Inc. transferred its systems integration business to IIJ Technology Inc. and integrated its broadcasting business and application hosting business with IIJ by merger
Oct. Asia Internet Holding Co., Ltd. merged with IIJ
Dec. Listed on the Mothers market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Dec. Increased capital to JPY 16,834 million
2006 Feb. Established "Internet Revolution Inc.blank" with Konami Corporation.
Aug. Decreased capital to JPY 14,295 million (on non-consodidated basis)
Oct. Established Net Chart Japan Inc.
Dec. Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2007 Jan. Participated in global international logistics pilot tests organized by EPCglobal's Transportation & Logistics Services Industry Action Group
Mar. Started High-Definition Content Delivery Platform
Apr. Started IIJ SSL Server Certificate Management Service
Jun. Started Unified Management Platform
Aug. Started IIJ Secure Web Platform
Sep. Provided Trial Earthquake Early Warnings Distribution Service
Oct. Launched new "SEIL/X" model of high-end router "SEIL" series
Oct. Acquired patent rights to SMF-LAN
Nov. Established "Underground Trusted Eco-Data Center Project" with partners including Sun and BearingPoint
2008 Jan. Started IIJ Mobile
Feb. Started IIJ Mobile Service Type E compatible with EMOBILE
Jun. Started IIJ FiberAccess/A Service
Jul. Established Shinsaibashi Data Center
Aug. Developed IIJ Mobile Secure Link発
Sep. Launched new "SEIL/B1" model of "SEIL" series
Oct. Started IIJ Contents Delivery Service
Oct. Developed Next-Generation FX System
2009 Feb. Established Nerima Data Center
Mar. Started IIJ Secure Web Gateway Service
Mar. Started IIJ Direct Access
Mar. Started IIJ IPv6 Transition Support Solution
Jun. Started "iiMail Suite" integrated email security solution
Jul. Started new "LaIT" service for SMEs
Nov. IIJ established Layer 2 connectivity with NTT DOCOMO
Dec. Started IIJ GIO Service
2010 Apr. Acquired patent rights to "SMFv2" in Japan and the US
Jun. Started IIJ GIO Hosting Package Service
Aug. Announced IIJ GIO Storage Service
Aug. Started construction of "Matsue Data Center Park," the first commercial data center using outside-air cooled container units in Japan
Nov. Started IIJ GIO Smart Mobile Solution
Nov. Started IIJ Mobile Biz+ Service
2011 Jan. Started IIJ Raptor Service
Apr. Established Matsue Data Center Park
May Provided IIJ Wide Area Load Balancing Service
May Started IIJ Smart Mobile Manager Service
Jun. Launched support for NTT East and West's FLET'S IPv6 connection on services for enterprise and individual users
Jun. Started IIJ GIO Storage Service FV/S
Jun. Established Kozu Data Center
Jul. Started service supporting NTT East and West's new IPv6 connection for individual users
Sep. Established Mitaka Data Center

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