Vic Tokai

Vic Tokai Corporation (株式会社ビック東海, Kabushiki-gaisha Bikku Tōkai) (JASDAQ: 2306) is a leading telecommunications force in Japan providing cable and DSL services as well as network solutions. The "Vic" in Vic Tokai's name stands for Valuable Information & Communication while the "Tokai" is simply the name of its parent company TOKAI, a Japanese natural gas utility founded in 1950. To most North Americans, the company is remembered for its video game... more

Vic Tokai Corporation (株式会社ビック東海, Kabushiki-gaisha Bikku Tōkai) (JASDAQ: 2306) is a leading telecommunications force in Japan providing cable and DSL services as well as network solutions. The "Vic" in Vic Tokai's name stands for Valuable Information & Communication while the "Tokai" is simply the name of its parent company TOKAI, a Japanese natural gas utility founded in 1950. To most North Americans, the company is remembered for its video games during the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Vic Tokai was founded on March 18, 1977 as a CATV service provider. The following year, in 1978, it adopted its current name of Vic Tokai. Vic Tokai began data processing and to start selling computer hardware on April 1982, a sector that until then was handled by parent TOKAI and in 1983 started developing online and graphic applications for offices computers. On April 1987, parent company TOKAI handed its remaining computer-related branches such as electronic calculation and operational sections to... less