Our History
Fidelity Investments founded KVH in 1999. We began constructing our own cutting-edge fiber optic networks and data centers in Tokyo and Osaka with the aim to become the highest quality, facility-based carrier to serve the complex telecommunications needs of enterprise customers doing business in Japan. We continued to invest and grow our business when all other foreign-owned carriers withdrew from the Japanese market following the dot-com crisis of 2000. We opened our first data center in Osaka in 2001 and Tokyo in 2002, and we have grown our services and assets to encompass colocation, managed services, and cloud computing technologies.
Select significant milestones in KVH’s journey include:
| 1999: | Established by Fidelity Investments |
| 2001: | Introduced 2.4Gbps Leased Line Services – a first in Japan Opened Osaka Data Center |
| 2002: | Launched Ethernet Services - a first in Japan Opened Tokyo Data Center 1, the second largest data center in Tokyo, and began offering colocation and DC operational services Launched KVH Voice TDM Services |
| 2004: | Introduced portfolio of managed IT services |
| 2005: | Opened affiliated entities in India and China |
| 2008: | Extended low latency network presence to Hong Kong |
| 2010: | Launch Phase 1 of KVH Cloud Services offering IaaS Extended low latency network presence to Singapore Launched KVH IP Voice Services |
| 2011: | Opened Tokyo Data Center 2, one of the most advanced data centers in the world in terms of efficiency, power density and resilience |
Today, more than a decade since founding, KVH is regarded as one of the most innovative network and hosting companies in Japan valued for its network speed, agility, and high quality of service and multilingual support.
In the future, we will continue to invest in our capabilities in delivering integrated network and IT managed services to become Japan’s leading information delivery platform – the platform on which enterprises compute, store, and deliver vital corporate data to drive their business.
