Tokai Communications
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| Company type | Operating subsidiary |
|---|---|
| (JASDAQ:2306) | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | March 18, 1977[1][2] |
| Headquarters | TOKAI Building,, |
| Revenue | ¥41,586 million (2016)[1] |
| Total equity | ¥12,148 million (as of April 1, 2017)[1] |
Number of employees | 1,197 (as of April 1, 2019)[1] |
| Parent | Tokai Holdings Corporation[3] |
| Website | www |
Tokai Communications Corporation Inc(known asVic Tokai Corporationuntil 2011) is a telecommunications company inJapanprovidingDSLservices andnetwork solutions.Its headquarters are in the Tokai Building(TOKAIビル,Tōkai Biru)inAoi-ku,Shizuoka,Shizuoka Prefecture.[1]In North America, it is best known for itsvideo gamesduring the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. In the US, they published games for theNintendo Entertainment System,theGame Boy,theSuper Nintendo Entertainment System,theNintendo 64,theSega Genesis,theSega CD,theSega Saturn,and thePlayStation.
History
[edit]Vic Tokai was founded on March 18, 1977asYaizu Cable Vision Co,aCATVservice provider. The following year, in 1978, it adopted the name ofVic Tokai.[4]The "Vic" in Vic Tokai's name stood forValuableInformation &Communication.[5]The "Tokai" part is the name of its then parent company, Tokai Corporation, a Japanesenatural gas utilityfounded in 1950.
Vic Tokai began sellingdata processingservices and computer hardware in April 1982, a sector that until then was handled by parent Tokai Corporation. In 1983, it began developing online and graphics applications for office computers.[4]
In April 1987, parent company Tokai corporation handed its remaining computer-related branches, such as electronic calculation and operational sections, to Vic Tokai, thus making the latter company able to handle data processing operations independently. Vic Tokai expanded in 1988 when it acquired another telecommunication company. The company also launched its firstsystem consultingsoftware the same year.[4]
The 1990s saw a number of new products by Vic Tokai available to the Japanese market. In 1993, Vic Tokai introduced the first version of its long running (and still existing) lineup of network solution products called "TOP-VENUS". Later, Vic Tokai released its ownElectronic Data Interchangepackage known as JFT (JavaFileTransfer) in 1996. Then in 1998 Vic Tokai developed its "Knowledge Stage" lineup, which is dedicated to helping companies develop theirIntranet.[4]
In April 2000, Vic Tokai merged with another CATV company that provides Internet connection services. As a result, Vic Tokai itself immediately became an Internet service provider, and a year later, in April 2001, it entered theADSLmarket. Vic Tokai would soon establish a partnership with Japanesepeer-to-peerInternet exchangecompanyJPIX.[4]
As the company continued to grow, Vic Tokai earned its place in the market listing of theJASDAQas of June 2002.[4]
By March 2005, Vic Tokai had completed the build-out of its own high-capacityoptical fibernetwork infrastructure betweenTokyoandNagoyato improve network support for its Internet service customers and enterprises. Vic Tokai continued its expansion in October 2005 when it merged again, this time withTokai Broadband Communications,enabling Vic Tokai to enter themobilebroadbandindustry.[4]
On April 1, 2011, Vic Tokai and (then) parent company Tokai Corporation jointly created Tokai Holdings Corporation, a new shell entity to oversee the operation of both companies (as well as other subsidiaries).[3][6]In October of that year, Vic Tokai was renamedTokai Communicationsfollowing its absorption of Tokai Corporation's information and telecommunications business.[7]
In April 2012, the CATV operations of Tokai Communications were spun off into a new company called Tokai Cable Network.[7]
Video games
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Vic Tokai was, from 1984 to 1997, avideo game developerthat manufacturedarcade,consoleandPCgames, as well as published games from developers likeKronos Digital Entertainment.The now defunctVic Tokai Incdivision inTorrance,Californiawas tasked with localizing games inNorth America.
All of Vic Tokai's internally developed video games were created with Sunseibu Entertainment, a sister company from the Tokai Group.[8]Sunseibu also had some involvement with theAicom-developed Vic tokai gameThe Mafat Conspiracy.[8]
The Vic Tokai/Sunseibu duo started in 1984 by developing arcade games forSega.[8]Vic Tokai/Sunseibu expanded in the home market by developing video games for Nintendo consoles (published by Vic Tokai) and for Sega consoles (published by Sega themselves).[8]In the early 1990s, Vic Tokai, which by then had always self-published video games only for Nintendo consoles, became a Sega licensee for the first time.[9]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefCompany profile.Archived2012-12-07 at theWayback MachineRetrieved on November 30, 2017.
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External links
[edit]- Official website(current)(in Japanese)
- Official website(former)(in Japanese)