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2026/5/29
BBIX and PHOENIX Expand Collaboration to Streamline Regional ISP Backbone Networks and Promote Digital Transformation
May 29, 2026
BBIX, Inc.
BBSakura Networks, Inc.
PHOENIX Communications Inc.
BBIX and PHOENIX Expand Collaboration to Streamline Regional ISP Backbone Networks and Promote Digital Transformation
BBIX to add the third OCX connection point at PHOENIX’s PXC Kumamoto, following Hiroshima and Kochi
BBIX, Inc. (“BBIX”), a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. that operates an Internet Exchange (“IX”) business, entered into a business partnership agreement with PHOENIX Communications Inc. (“PHOENIX”) to provide Open Connectivity eXchange (“OCX”), a cloud-based network service. With this partnership agreement, BBIX will add an OCX connection point at “PXC Kumamoto” (Kumamoto City) on June 1, 2026.
OCX is a cloud-based network service provided by BBIX and BBSakura Networks, Inc. (“BBSakura”), a network solutions provider and subsidiary of BBIX. OCX offers on-demand, highly secure, low-latency, scalable connectivity services to a variety of cloud services and data centers used by customers.
Following the opening of its OCX connection points, “PXC Hiroshima” and “PXC Kochi,” in March 2026, Phoenix will expand its collaboration by opening a new point at “PXC Kumamoto.” Through this collaboration, Phoenix will expand its nationwide infrastructure network via OCX and aims to streamline the upstream networks for the regional ISP businesses operated by PHOENIX Group subsidiaries WICOM Co., Ltd. and CBBS Inc., and to promote regional digital transformation (DX).
Through their collaboration, BBIX, BBSakura, and Phoenix will provide the region with a comfortable Internet environment while further advancing the digital transformation of government and promoting regional DX.
■Partnership Model
About BBIX
Company Name: BBIX, Inc.
URL: https://www.bbix.net/en/
Headquarters: 1-7-1 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Hideyuki Sasaki, President & CEO
Date of establishment: June 13, 2003
Capital: 100 million yen
Ownership: 100% owned by SoftBank Corp.
Business: Telecommunications operator under Japan’s Telecommunications Business Act; leasing, maintenance & management of telecommunications equipment; development, sales, maintenance & management of computer hardware/software
About BBSakura
Company Name: BBSakura Networks, Inc.
URL: https://www.bbsakura.net/en/
Headquarters: 7-20-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Hiroyuki Kawabata, President & CEO
Date of establishment: August 1, 2019
Capital: 200 million yen
Ownership: BBIX, Inc. 51%, SAKURA internet Inc. 49%
Business: Telecommunications operator under Japan’s Telecommunications Business Act; leasing, maintenance & management of telecommunications equipment; development, sales, maintenance & management of computer hardware/software
About PHOENIX
Company Name: PHOENIX Communications Inc.
URL: https://www.phoenix-c.or.jp/corp/
Headquarters: 8F, Owada Building, 3-7 Nishi 7-chome, Kita 1-jo, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Representative: President and CEO, Hitoshi Hatano
Date of establishment: March 7, 1995
Capital: 20 million yen
Business: Internet Service Provider (PHOENIX Hikari, FLET’S services, Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)), Website Production, Provision and Sales of IP Phone Services (Fiber Optic Phone, 050IP), Design, Construction, Operation, and Management of Internet-enabled Apartments/Hotels, Provision, Construction, Operation, and Sales of Shared Servers/Dedicated Servers, Design and Construction of Networks (LAN/WAN/VPN), Construction, Development, and Operation of Web Databases, Sales and Installation of Computer Hardware and Software, Sales of Various Communication Equipment
■Contact Point for Media Inquiries
BBIX, Inc.E-mail: pr@bbix.net
BBSakura Networks, Inc.
Inquiry Form: https://www.bbsakura.net/en/contact/business
PHOENIX Communications Inc.
E-mail: office@jin.ad.jp
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