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Fiber Gate Corporation specializes in building telecommunications infrastructure for apartment complexes and commercial facilities. The company handles everything in-house—from developing equipment to installation, operation, and support—providing comprehensive telecommunications services. Using fiber-optic lines and Wi-Fi equipment, the company delivers stable connectivity to residents and visitors, while also focusing on network construction for corporate clients.

The company's primary customers include apartment building owners, student dormitories, tourism facilities, commercial establishments, and operators of care and medical facilities. By implementing these services, customers achieve higher occupancy rates and improved user satisfaction. Revenue comes from two sources: recurring usage fees from long-term contracts and one-time income from installation work and equipment sales.

Fiber Gate operates three business divisions: Home Use, Business Use, and Real Estate. The Home Use division provides free building-wide internet services to all units. The Business Use division handles free Wi-Fi services, secure multi-site network construction, and connectivity solutions for care and medical facilities. The Real Estate division manages property sales and rentals, and also operates renewable energy businesses including solar panel and battery storage installations. In 2025, the company is strengthening its structure by making a company with EPC expertise a consolidated subsidiary.

The company is transitioning to "Stage 5" of its growth trajectory, shifting from its traditional independent Wi-Fi business to become an on-premises infrastructure integrator combining communications and energy solutions. The company targets 5 billion yen in ordinary income over the medium term. For the fiscal year ending June 2026, it projects revenue of 14.05 billion yen, operating profit and ordinary income of 2.0 billion yen each, and net income of 1.27 billion yen. The company plans strategic investments of 5.0 to 6.0 billion yen over the next two years, with 3.0 to 4.0 billion yen allocated to maintenance and standard capital expenditures, and 1.0 billion yen in total shareholder returns over two years, demonstrating aggressive capital allocation.

Priority investment areas include residential use (multi-unit housing) and business use (hotels, care facilities, business continuity planning, etc.), as well as solutions combining communications with renewable energy. To differentiate, the company is reorganizing its regional sales structure to accelerate cross-selling of communications and energy services, strengthening partner relationships, and expanding product and service offerings to provide one-stop solutions. Recognizing labor shortages and untapped demand in existing properties as key challenges, the company is pursuing existing property development while investing in customization capabilities tailored to individual customers.

For new market development, the company is targeting three priority sectors: healthcare and senior care, public infrastructure and logistics, and tourism. Beyond free Wi-Fi, it is developing demand for business networks and business continuity planning solutions. The company is also implementing new business-to-consumer models and expanding renewable energy operations within the group, including consolidating an EPC-experienced company as a subsidiary in 2025 to strengthen its business foundation. By segment, the company plans to increase residential use revenue to approximately 11.6 billion yen and business use revenue to approximately 1.81 billion yen by 2026.

Technologically, the company leverages its integrated strength spanning in-house equipment development, installation, and operations. Through manufacturing communications equipment at its Taiwan subsidiary, it enhances product development capabilities and cost competitiveness. Internally, the company is improving operational efficiency and productivity through core system upgrades and external service utilization, while addressing cost pressures through measures such as optimizing communication line utilization and considering currency hedging in response to traffic growth and exchange rate fluctuations. Through these initiatives, the company aims to differentiate through one-stop communications and energy solutions and establish competitive advantage by accumulating results and expertise.