November 1962 Started business as a dealer of telecommunication devices in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto City |
August 1964 Established Kinki Telephone Corp. with the capital fund of JPY 1 million |
February 1982 Increased capital fund to JPY 30 million |
October 1984 Changed the name of the corporation to Kinden Corp. and launched the Computer System Department |
April 1985 Started outsourcing business with the telephone system, “JPS” |
September 1985 Opened the JPS Fee Collecting Management Center |
July 1996 Increased capital fund to JPY 90 million |
November 1997 Increased capital fund to JPY 175 million |
May 1998 Started “Fiber Bit,” the Internet service for complex housings Opened Customer Service Center |
November 2000 Increased capital fund to JPY 300 million |
March 2001 Increased capital fund to JPY 425 million |
August 2001 Started to provide optical fiber to apartments with Internet facility |
April 2003 Changed the name of the corporation to F Bit Communications Corp |
June 2003 Started to provide IP telephone service, “Fiber Phone” |
October 2003 Started to provide IP telephone service, “ITCA – IT Phone,” for the member companies of the Information and Telecommunication Equipment Constructor’s Association |
May 2005 Started to provide the “VOD” service for hotels |
April 2008 Started to provide ESP (reselling of electricity) October 2009: Opened Kochi CC |
July 2010 Opened Muroto Sales Branch |
April 2011 Stared to provide the “Muroto Optical Fiber Service” and opened Osaka Sales Branch |
October 2012 Opened Hiroshima Sales Branch |
May 2013 Opened Kochi Sales Branch |
August 2013 Opened Sendai Sales Branch |
October 2013 Started the mega solar business |
January 2014 Started the first mega solar electricity generation in Muroto City, Kochi |
April 2015 Certified as the Specified-Scale Electricity Business Operator (PPS) |
November 2015 Registered as the Retail Electric Business Operator |
April 2016 Started the retail electricity business |
June Started to provide the retail electricity service, “FBIT Electricity” |
April 2017 Opened three new Sales Branches (Sapporo, Shizuoka, Kagoshima) |
April 2018 Opened Morioka Sales Branch |
September 2018 Registered as the Retail Gas Bushiness Operator Started the retail gas business. |
October 2018 Started to provide the retail gas service, "FBIT Gas" |
August 2019 Began certificate sales service “NFV(Non Fossil Value)” |
September 2019 Started new business “NAP(Next Agriculture Plant)” |
February 2020 Founded FBIT BIOMASS ENERGY SDN.BHD. in Malaysia |
March 2020 Founded Fbit Farm Kochi Corp. in Motoyama cho,Kochi |
July 2020 Absorbed and merged Fbit Power Corp |
August 2020 Made a subsidiary Shinnakasode hatsudensyo Co.,Ltd.It runs gas fired power plant using LNG |
September 2021 Made a subsidiary Fbit Yokosuka power Co.,Ltd.It runs gas fired power plant using LNG |
October 2021 Began PPA service for corporations |