Since being spun off from Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 2002 to better respond to the rapid changes in the ICT industry and the varied demands from the market, our company has striven to improve its enterprising character and venture spirit.

Based on our network business nurtured over 20 years while still part of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., we entered the ADSL market at an early stage, and with the rapid spread of the Internet and the evolution of the broadband access networks supporting its growth, we have acquired a top class share of the domestic market stretching from the FTTH and VDSL markets to IP telephony and IP-TV.

Broadband networks have become firmly established as a social infrastructure, and in addition to showing global expansion, various services continue to be developed for use on them. To retain our position as the leading company for broadband access communications equipment in this environment, we will work as one to prepare an even firmer business base and endeavor to secure a position in the global market. In addition, maintaining our accumulated technical development abilities and know-how as valuable assets, we plan to achieve continued business growth through swift and flexible management, and by providing information and communications equipment that supports the provision of new services, we will strive to contribute to the realization of a safe, convenient and sustainable broadband society.