Index Corporate Outline Corporte History Corporate Historyias of December 30, 2007j 1997 June Akiyama Internet Services Japan Established July Started pre-registration of AISNET Service Oct. Opened Toyama Network Operation Center Launched AISNET Service 1998 Apr. Opened Atsugi Office Aug. Opened Kashiwa Network Operation Center 1999 Apr. Opened Yokohama Network Operation Center Closed Kashiwa Network Operation Center July Closed Toyama Network Operation Center Sep. Opened Tokyo 2 (Kojimachi) Network Operation Center Launched AISNET Special Edition Serice Nov. Opened Tokyo 1 (Ariake) Network Operation Center Closed Yokohama Network Operation Center 2000 Mar. Closed Atsugi Office Oct. Changed organization name to AIS Japan Opened Osaka Network Operation Center 2001 Apr. Started automatic contract renewal by automated account transfer billing 2002 Feb. Launched AIS4U Service (Merged AISNET Special Edition Service) Closeed Tokyo 2 (Kojimachi) Network Operation Center Apr. Opened Tama Satellite Office Aug. Opened Tokyo-Oi Data Center Sep. Closed Tokyo 1 (Ariake) Network Operation Center Renewed service lines (Merged AIS4U and AISNET Service) 2003 Feb. Closed Osaka Network Operation Center Mar. Opened Tokyo-Akihabara Data Center Dec. Opened Osaka-Fukushima Data Center 2004 Feb. Closed Tama Sattelite Office Mar. Closed Tokyo-Akihabara Data Center Sep. Closed Osaka-Fukushima Data Center Opened Nagoya-Nishiki Data CEnter Nov. AIS Axes Established Dec. Acquired Tokyo-Oi Data Center from AIS Japan 2005 Feb. Acquired Nagoya-Nishiki Data Centerfrom AIS Japan Acquired Network Service Business from AIS Japan Started Business Operation of AIS Axes 2006 2007 June Closed Nagoya-Nishiki Data Center Dec. Opened Tokyo-Meguro Data Center Closed Tokyo-Oi Data Center