In anticipation of post-corona, developing a business that allows you to enjoy Japan more-Mr. Kenichi Sano, Vision Representative of Global WiFi Service | Tourism Industry Latest Information Travel Vision

Currently squatting before the jump, taking advantage of the business base to make a leap forward Information services and glamping business expansion

Not limited to the tourism industry, but also for inbound and outbound Businesses that are developing businesses have been hit particularly hard by the corona crisis, but there are many companies that are working to turn this adversity into an opportunity. Vision Co., Ltd., which is developing global WiFi service as its main business, is one of them, and announced that it will enter the glamping business in 2022. We asked Kenichi Sano, President and CEO of the company, about the current situation and future prospects. (Interviewer: Naoki Okada, our president and publisher of Travel Vision)

Kenichi Sano, President and CEO of Vision. The interview was conducted online. －First of all, please introduce your company and yourself.

Mr. Kenichi Sano (honorifics omitted below)Our company will enter its 26th year in June 2021. Our founding business, which we have been doing since our founding, is an information and communication service business that includes fixed-line telephones, business phones, the Internet, and website creation, which are necessary when starting up a new corporation.

Started domestic WiFi rental business in 2010. In addition, in connection with selling mobile phones to corporate customers, we heard from customers who traveled all over the world that they were having a lot of trouble overseas. I launched a project. Around that time, the momentum for global expansion was also increasing, so in February 2012, we launched a rental service for WiFi routers that can be used safely and securely in more than 200 countries and regions around the world as "Global WiFi". Did.

In addition, in 2015, we listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers in order to increase the brand power and financial strength necessary for global expansion, and to steadily build the assets of our employees. In 2016, the market was changed to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

In the results before COVID-19, the global WiFi business was our main business, accounting for about 70% of sales, followed by the information and communication service business, which we have continued since our founding. About 1,500 companies per month have increased as startup customers, and the total number of customers is over 200,000.

－The impact of COVID-19 has been continuing for over a year, but how much has the global WiFi business been affected on a sales basis?

Sano: Global WiFi is a service that supports both inbound and outbound, so it's down about 98% when excluding domestic WiFi rentals.

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