Brastel Telecom

Brastel Telecom

Company type	Public
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1996 (privatized)
Headquarters	Ryogoku, Sumida‐ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Junji Tanabe, CEO Kendi Kawai CEO
Revenue	8,7 billion yen JPY (2007)
Number of employees	223 (2007)
Subsidiaries	ZIP Telecom Inc., Tupiniquim Entertainment Co., Ltd., Brastel Inc. (USA), Brastel Brasil Participações Ltda. (Brazil) (see #Subsidiaries)
Website	Brastel.com

Brastel Telecom ブラステル株式会社 commonly known as Brastel, is a Japanese Corporation involved in telecommunications based in Tokyo; they distribute international calling cards in Japan and Asia via convenience stores. Brastel is best known by backpackers from Europe, Australia and Asia and are one of the most commonly used calling cards in Japan. According to research done by Video Research Ltd. in 2005 45% of foreigners in Japan use Brastel for international calls.

The company was started in 1996 selling originally pre-paid calling cards, shortly after they started to expand into rechargeable calling cards and most recently IP phone technology. They are also noted for their work in the Brazilian community in Japan and abroad.

The promotion of Brazilian culture in Japan has played a prominent part of Brastel since the creation of sub company Tupiniquim Entertainment in 2005. Tupiniquim Entertainment primarily concentrates on the promotion of Brazilian movies, music, actresses/actors and culture in Japan.

Partnerships

• NTT
• KDDI
• EMOBILE
• United Nations World Food Programme
• American Airlines
• Planet Hollywood

Other Businesses related to Brastel Japan

• BASIX

• FLIP

References

• Article on Nikkei BPnet (In Japanese)
• Article on Contact Center Info (In Japanese)
• Web Site Traffic
• Aboutus.org
• News2U article about Brastel
• Sunday Times Sri Lanka article about Brastel
• Web Buyers Guide article
• Start Option article about Brastel
• Cambodian article about Brastel

External links

• Brastel Telecom
• Brastel Telecom Design Blog
• Brastel Telecom`s Facebook Page