Anritsu history

In 1903, that company succeeded in developing its first wireless transmitter, which was used for setting off a fireworks display at the Japan Industry Promotion Exposition that year.

1908: Sekisan merges with Abe Electric Wire Co, forming Kyoritsu, and begins producing of telephones.

Annaka continued building on its wireless transmission technologies, resulting in the introduction of its TYK wireless telephone in 1913.

The telephone was installed for cable and telegraph services (between Toshijima and Kamijima in Toba, Mie prefecture in 1914 where it garnished attention as the world's first practical use wireless telephone)

By 1916, Annaka was capable of deploying a full-scale TYK-based telegraph system.

By 1922, Anritsu succeeded in building its first television broadcast transmitter.

Kyoritsu concentrates on mass production of common-battery telephone (renamed the public telephone in 1925)

Annaka also began developing its wireless transmission technology for other markets and in 1928 released a 2kW wireless transmitter for ocean-going vessels.

1931: Annaka and Kyoritsu merge to form Anritsu.

Meanwhile, the company also expanded its telephone systems expertise, launching the first automatic public telephone in 1939.

The need to ensure transmission over greater distances led Anritsu to develop a coaxial-cable based repeater system in 1943.

While Anritsu continued developing telephone systems, including a new public telephone system equipped with a credit-based billing system launched in 1953, the company expanded its testing and measuring operations.

1961: The company opens a new factory in Atsugi and begins producing electronic micrometers.

The company also began producing automatic weighing systems starting in 1964.

Anritsu went public in 1968, listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The listing enabled the company to expand beyond Japan for the first time, and in 1970 it began exporting its public telephones to Australia.

In 1977, the company launched an ultra-high-speed error detector, capable of transmitting at speeds up to two gigabytes per second.

1979: The company wins a large-scale order to produce measuring instruments for AT&T in the United States.

1980: Anritsu establishes a subsidiary in England in order to enter the European market.

In 1986, for example, the company debuted a pulse pattern generator for fiber optics-based communications networks.

In 1990, Anritsu acquired Wiltron Company, which is now the Microwave Measurement Division.

In 1993, for example, Anritsu supported the emergence of digital mobile communications networks with a launch of a range of new generation measurement systems.

1997: The company opens a production facility in England to manufacture to European market specifications; enters China, India, Brazil and other countries; and begins manufacturing components and constructs a new $30 million laser diode at its production facility in Japan.