History of
GMO Internet Group
1990s
Connection to the internet
1991
May
Multi-media company, Voice Media is established, later to become GMO Internet.
1995
Nov
Voice Media changes its name to interQ, shifting focus to the provision of Internet and service infrastructure.
Dec
InterQ ORIGINAL launch. The world’s first Internet access service that doesn’t require a contract.
1999
Apr
InterQ (now GMO Internet) becomes the first ICANN-accredited domain name registrar in Asia.
Aug
InterQ (now GMO Internet) becomes the first independent Internet venture and the first Internet service provider to list on the stock exchange in Japan.
Sep
Onamae.com domain name registration services launched.
2000s
Connecting from everywhere
2000
Sep
Three hundred and sixty four days after incorporation, group company Magclick (now GMO AD Partners) becomes the fastest company to list on JASDAQ in the stock market’s history.
2001
Apr
Company name is changed to Global Media Online.
2004
Feb
Global Media Online is promoted to the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2005
Apr
GMO Payment Gateway is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market becoming the third listed company in GMO Internet Group.
Jun
Global Media Online is promoted to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and officially becomes GMO Internet.
Dec
GMO Hosting & Security is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market becoming the fourth listed company in GMO Internet Group.
Dec
GMO Internet Securities launches online securities trading service.
2006
Mar
GMO Internet added to the Nikkei 500 Stock Average.
2007
Dec
GMO Internet forms partnership with Yahoo! JAPAN.
2008
Sep
GMO Payment Gateway promoted from Mothers Market to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange becoming the second First-Section listed company in GMO Internet Group.
Dec
paperboy&co. (now GMO Pepabo) is listed on JASDAQ becoming the fifth listed company in GMO Internet Group.
2009
Sep
Domain name registration service, Onamae.com celebrates tenth anniversary.
2010s
Internet anytime, anywhere
2010
Feb
GMO Internet Group launches GMO Social Apps Initiative offering financing, development, technical, and skill sourcing support to engineers and creators of social applications and games.
Nov
GMO Internet launches daily-deals website Kumapon by GMO.
2011
Apr
GMO Internet Group unveils new corporate logo series.
2012
Feb
Onamae.com is ranked the world’s number one fastest growing registrar between November 2011 andDecember 2012.
Apr
Domain registration service launched in Vietnam through GMO RunSystem Corporation.
Sep
GMO CLICK Holdings acquires FX PRIME Corporation (JASDAQ 8711) becoming the sixth listed company in GMO Internet Group.
Oct
GMO Internet and Microsoft Japan launch world first cloud development environment for Windows® applications.
Dec
Social game cloud GMO AppsCloud surpasses 1,000 game title milestone.
2013
Jan
GMO AppsCloud receives top award in GameBusiness.jp App Cloud Awards 2013.
Mar
GMO Internet and GMO RUNSYSTEM establish Internet research and development facility, GMO Vietnam Lab Center, in Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.
Jun
Smartphone soccer game, Smart Soccer by GMO launches on Android.
Jul
New VPS brand, ConoHa by GMO launches with IPv6, multiple IP address and local network support.
Sep
Remote desktop service, Onamae.com Desktop Cloud recognized in Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards 2013 with Hosting Competency prize.
Dec
GMO Internet Group recognized by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as "A Company Supportive of Raising Children" and awarded the "Kurumin" mark under the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children.
2014
Jan
GMO Internet, GMO Venture Partners and Bakumatsu co-found "GMO Venture Tsushin Startup Support Co. Ltd.".
Jan
"GMO Data Center Korea, Inc." established in Seoul, Korea to expand mobile game cloud business.
Feb
Japan's first Geographic top-level domain, ".nagoya" opens for registration.
Feb
New domain ".tokyo" opens for registration.
Apr
"GMO AppsCloud" cloud hosting rebooted on Open Stack.
Oct
"GMO ACE Company Limited." a joint venture established between ACE Data Systems Ltd. and GMO Internet Group, Inc.
Oct
GMO Research is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange MOTHERS market becoming the seventh listed company in GMO Internet Group.
Oct
GMO Cloud listing moved to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange as the company becomes third First Section listed company in GMO Internet Group.
Dec
GMO TECH listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange MOTHERS market becoming the eighth listed company in GMO Internet Group.
2015
Mar
GMO CLICK Holdings local British company launches first service under GMO Internet Group global brand Z.com.
Apr
GMO CLICK Holdings (7177) listed on JASDAQ securities market following stock swap with FX Prime by GMO.
Oct
“Z.com Domain”,“Z.com Cloud“launch.
2016
May
Z.com's logo redesigns.
Jun
NetDesign Group (now Z.com NetDesign) which operates domain and hosting businesses in Thailand acquire shares. Therefore they joins the GMO Internet Group.
Jul
Shinji Kagawa, the representative soccer player of Japan becomes a brand ambassador of Z.com, the global brand.
Sep
Myanmar's Representative soccer player Cho Kho Kho becomes a brand ambassador for Z.com's Myanmar Expansion.
Oct
Z.com, the global brand supports AFF SUZUKI CUP 2016 as official sponser.
2017
Jun
KaKing, a sales billing platform that provides business reform support services for small and medium-sized enterprises is launched.
Sep
GMO-Z.com Coin changes the company name and service name to GMO Coin.
Sep
GMO Coin, Inc. is registered as virtual currency exchanger from Financial Services Agency.
Sep
GMO Interet launches the Bitcoin mining business.
Oct
The Thailand subsidiary, GMO-Z com Securities (Thailand) Limited is established.
Oct
Started considering the implementation of a token sale for external sales of next-generation mining boards in Bitcoin mining business.
2018
Jan
Z.com Cloud Blockchain" Official Version launches to support blockchain-based business realization.
Jun
GMO Internet Inc. launches sales of the "GMO Miner B2" mining machine equipped with a state-of-the-art 7nm process mining ASIC developed in-house through its Swiss subsidiary, GMO-Z.com Switzerland AG.
2022
Sep
Trade name officially changed from “GMO Internet” to “GMO Intetnet Group”