Company milestones(Chronological table)
- First Steps: Telecommunications (1923-1949)
- The Dawn of Fujitsu's Computer Business (1950-1958)
- A Decade of Bold Moves (1959-1969)
- A Wave of International Standardization (1970-1979)
- A Decade of Personalization (1980-1991)
- A Shift to Solutions and Services (1992-2001)
- Aim for a prosperous society that promotes the well-being of people (2002 - )
6. A Shift to Solutions and Services (1992-2001)
1992
- Unveils PROPOSE, an integrated services framework for information and communication systems
- Releases VPP 500, the world's fastest vector parallel supercomputer
1993
- Selected as a supplier of broadband-ISDN switching systems by a U.S. carrier; receives order for FETEX-150, the world's first commercial Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM) switching system
- Introduces FMV Series of personal computers supporting Microsoft Windows
1995
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Microsoft releases Windows 95
- Opens Tatebayashi System Center as base for outsourcing services
- Releases FMV-BIBLO, B5-size software preinstalled notebook computer
- Introduces new GS8000 series, global server employing the world's fastest CMOS general-purpose processor and parallel processing technology
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Commercializes world's first 42-inch color plasma display
1997
Hong Kong reverts to China
- Amdahl Corporation becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu
- Announces SOLUTIONVISION, a new business architecture featuring network computing solutions
1998
Nagano Winter Olympics
Google established
EU introduces the euro currency
- ICL becomes a wholly owned subsidiary
- Fujitsu Laboratories Limited awarded Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon from Japanese Government for development of high electron mobility transistors (HEMT)
- Develops NAND-type flash memory
1999
i-mode (first cell phone internet service) released in Japan
Y2K
- Announces "Everything on the Internet" business strategy
- Introduces environmental accounting system, a first in Japan
- Announces Fujitsu Siemens Computers, a joint venture with Germany-based Siemens AG
- Merges internet service InfoWeb, with online information service, NIFTY-serve, to form @nifty internet service provider
- Succeeds in world's first 1 terabit/sec optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) transmission over a distance of 10,000km
- Releases first i-mode cell-phone, Digital mova F501i HYPER
2000
Sydney Olympics
Proportion of people in their 20s with cell-phones reaches 90% in Japan
IT bubble bursts
- Unveils world's highest capacity (1.76Tbps) optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) transmission system
2001
September 11 attacks in United States
- Begins delivery of IMT-2000 switching system
- Releases mova F671i cell-phone (employing universal design)
- Releases FMV-BIBLO LOOX, world's first mobile computer offering built-in 64Kbps wireless data transmission
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