Internet Initiative Japan

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Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (インターネットイニシアティブ) (TYO: 3774, NASDAQ: IIJI) was founded in 1992 by Koichi Suzuki, IIJ (Internet Initiative Japan) as Japan’s first ISP. The company now offers network services, value-added outsourcing services, cloud computing, WAN services and systems integration services.^[1] IIJ's flagship cloud service named IIJ GIO is among Japan’s public cloud computing leaders,^[2] previously ranked as the top provider in the Japanese cloud market for 2 consecutive years (Fuji Chimera Research Inst., July 2012 and Aug 2013).

Today, IIJ serve more than 8,500 blue chip clients, and operates in: Japan, US, UK, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand. They employ more than 3000 staff worldwide, over 70% of which are technical engineers.^{[citation needed]}

From 1999 IIJ were listed on NASDAQ, USA (listed August 1999; ticker symbol IIJI)^[3] and as of 2006 were listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (listed December 2006; stock ticker number: 3774).^[4]

IIJ also operates IIJmio, a prepaid mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service started in 2001^[5] which operates on the NTT DoCoMo network.^[6]

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