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SoftBank Telecom

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Japanese telephone company

SoftBank Telecom Corporation (Japanese: ソフトバンクテレコム株式会社, Hepburn: Sofuto Banku Terekomu Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese telephone company and part of the SoftBank group. It provided services to both businesses and consumers in Japan, including long-distance telephone service, international calling, and direct connection fixed-line voice service.2 It ceased to exist in 2007.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 1, 2006Founded1

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SoftBank Telecom Corporation (Japanese: ソフトバンクテレコム株式会社, Hepburn: Sofuto Banku Terekomu Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese telephone company and part of the SoftBank group. It provided services to both businesses and consumers in Japan, including long-distance telephone service, international calling, and direct connection fixed-line voice service.2

Corporate structure

SoftBank Telecom is part of a group headed by SoftBank Group. 464 entities, 45 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Leadership

Who has led SoftBank Telecom, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Masayoshi Son2006–now
2010201520202025

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Feb 1, 2007Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Oct 1, 2006Founded Founded1

Sources

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