Asahi Net : Ranked as the best Internet provider in RBB TODAY's Broadband Award 2020

Independent

In 2000, Asahi Net became an independent telecommunication operator, and the following year changed the name of the company to Asahi Net, Inc. From 2001 and onwards, the company has been expanding its service lineup with fiber-optic connection and mobile connection.

Asahi Net repeatedly achieved the first place in customer satisfaction surveys for internet service provider ran by external research institutions. The company started receiving high evaluation from customers.

Footsteps of Asahi Net	Development of Service
Mar. 2000	Became an independent telecommunication operator with all shares held by board members and employees of the company.
Dec. 2000		Started ADSL connection services.
Jan. 2001	Changed company name to Asahi Net, Inc.
Aug. 2001		Started fiber-optic connection services.
Jan. 2002		Asahi Net was evaluated as overall No.1 internet service provider in ISP survey ran by Nikkei Net Navi magazine.
Mar. 2003		Started IP-Phone services.
Apr. 2003		Number of Asahi Net members reached 300,000.
Sept. 2003		Ranked No.1 for overall evaluation in ISP survey ran by Nikkei Net Navi magazine for two terms in a row.
Jan. 2004		Ranked No.1 for overall evaluation in ISP survey ran by Nikkei Net Navi magazine for three terms in a row.
Sept. 2004		Ranked No.1 for overall evaluation in ISP survey ran by Nikkei Click magazine for four terms in a row. (Sponsored by Nikkei Net Navi magazine until 2003.)
Oct. 2004		Started SpamBlock service, which filters unsolicited mails.
Jan. 2005		Ranked No.1 for overall evaluation in ISP survey ran by Nikkei Click magazine for five terms in a row.
Mar. 2005		Started ASP Groupware service AsaOne.
Mar. 2005		Started self-developed blog service Asablo.
June 2005		Started Asahi Net FTTH with FLET'S service.
Dec. 2005		Ranked No.1 for overall evaluation in Nikkei PC ISP Ranking 2005 for six terms in a row. (Sponsored by Nikkei Click magazine until 2005.)
Apr. 2006		Started offering Asahi Net TV, a high-quality broadband video-streaming service for TV.
Aug. 2006	Increased capital through allocation of new shares to a third party, NTT EAST.
Dec. 2006		Ranked No.1 for overall evaluation in Nikkei PC ISP Ranking 2006 for seven terms in a row. (The survey was ended in 2006.)
Dec. 2006	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Going Beyond

In 2007, leveraging strength in network operation and software development acquired through ISP business, Asahi Net self-developed learning management system manaba, and started offering service to educational institutions.

The same year, Asahi Net was listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Since public listing, Asahi Net has continued to expand services that appeal to customers, seizing changes in the market and needs of customers. In 2011, number of Asahi Net members for the company's core ISP business reached half a million. Application of a new service, manaba has been increasing and the number of schools implementing on institution-wide basis has reached 97 by 2019.

In 2015, leveraging strength in ISP business, Asahi Net introduced cloud-based camera solution, the first and only of the kind in Japan. Asahi Net continues to expand services and is moving further beyond.

Footsteps of Asahi Net	Development of Service
Feb. 2007		Started development and marketing of learning management system manaba.
Nov. 2007		Number of Asahi Net members reached 400,000.
Dec. 2007		Ranked No.1 in ISP (fiber optics) Customer Satisfaction Survey 2007 ran by J.D. Power.
Dec. 2007	Listing transferred to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
July 2008		Ranked No.1 in Nikkei Business After-sales Service Satisfaction Ranking 2008 for ISP.
Sept. 2009		Number of Asahi Net members reached 450,000.
July 2010		Ranked No.1 for overall evaluation in ISP Customer Satisfaction Survey 2010 ran by Nikkei BP Consulting.
Nov. 2010		Ranked No.1 in ISP (fiber optics) Customer Satisfaction Survey 2010 ran by J.D. Power.
Apr. 2011	Established Asahi Net International, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary company.
Sept. 2011		Number of Asahi Net members reached 500,000.
Dec. 2011		Ranked No.1 in ISP Ranking with High Customer Satisfaction 2012 ran by Oricon.
Mar. 2012		Schools implementing learning management system manaba increased to 100.
Nov. 2012		Started providing FLET�fS Hikari Wi-Fi Access Course, a fiber-optic connection service for small-sized complex housing at the lowest price in the industry.
Jan. 2013		Won the first place in RBB TODAY Broadband Award 2012 for customer satisfaction of ISP. This was the 10th year running Asahi Net ranked no.1 for customer satisfaction.
Mar. 2013		Started offering Asahi Net LTE.
Apr. 2013	U.S. subsidiary, Asahi Net International, Inc. acquired learning management system business of rSmart.
Dec. 2013	Signed capital and business partnership with The Asahi Shimbun Company.
Feb. 2014		Started offering Asahi Net WiMAX 2+.
Sept. 2014		Started offering Asahi Net Omakase Router.
Feb. 2015		Started offering AsahiNet Hikari.
Apr. 2017		Started providing IPv6 Connection Service to Asahi Net members.
Apr. 2018		Started providing a service in which IPv4 static address can be used with IPv6 Connection Service.
Sept. 2018		Number of Asahi Net members reached 600,000.
Sept. 2018		Started providing IPv6 connection service as v6 Connect to partner telecommunication carrier.
Aug. 2019		Started Asahi Net Hikari Denwa
Dec. 2019		Won the first place in overall ratings for ISP category in RBB TODAY Broadband Award 2019. (Ninth time and for six consecutive years.)
Mar. 2020		v6 Connect started providing IPv4 over IPv6 (DS-Lite) on home gateway by NTT East/West.
Apr. 2020		Started Asahi Net Hikari Cross, an FTTH service of maximum connection speed of 10 Gbps (download/upload), in collaboration with NTT East/West.