TWICS
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TWICS (Two Way Information Communication System) was a Japanese network company. It was started up in 1982 as a part of the non-profit International Education Center in Tokyo.
In 1993 it became the first organization in Japan to offer public access Internet services by leasing a line from a US-owned company called InterCon International KK (a subsidiary of TCP/IP software maker, InterCon Systems Corporation). This achievement made them a target of intense rivalry from older more established companies who had already spent a year unsuccessfully trying to obtain licenses to provide similar services.
In 2003, TWICS was taken over by Inter.net Global Inc.
[edit] External links
- Wiring Japan The controversial start-up of Internet services in Japan
- TWICS.com at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine
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