Nifty Corporation

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NIFTY Corporation
ニフティ株式会社
Company typePublic (TYO: 3828)
IndustryInformation and communication industry
FoundedFebruary 4, 1986
HeadquartersShinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Takashi Imamura (今村 隆), president[1]
Revenue3.7 billion 46.779 million yen
Number of employees
556 (March 31, 2007)
WebsiteNIFTY Corporation
(@ nifty)

Nifty Corporation, stylized as NIFTY Corporation (ニフティ株式会社) and @nifty (ニフティ), is one of the leading internet service providers in Japan, and a subsidiary of Fujitsu.[2] The company was the largest online service provider, Nifty Serve, in Japan. With the spread of the Internet, it started internet service in 1996. In 1999, it absorbed Fujitsu's ISP, InfoWeb. In 2006, the online service was closed due to decrease of users. The company went public in December 2006.

References

  1. ^ About Us (会社概要). NIFTY Corporation. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "GRIC unwires @nifty, Japan's largest Internet service provider - Business - GRIC Communications extends service relationship with NIFTY Corp - Brief Article". BNET. November 2002. Retrieved 2008-02-06.