ACCESS
ACCESS Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-listed (TSE:4813) Japanese software firm known for the NetFront browser, now testing VLA-model remote robot control over IOWN APN.
ACCESS CO., LTD. is a Tokyo-headquartered software and networking technology company, incorporated in 1984 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker 4813. Its head office is located near Akihabara Station in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. The company built its reputation on NetFront, a mobile browser engine that at its peak shipped on more than a billion devices across 2,000-plus models, including NTT DoCoMo's i-mode phones, the Sony PSP, and early Amazon Kindle e-readers. In 2005, ACCESS acquired PalmSource, gaining rights to Palm OS and BeOS, which it used to develop the Access Linux Platform, an open-source mobile OS deployed by carriers including NTT DoCoMo and Orange until 2013. A 2006 acquisition of IP Infusion expanded ACCESS into carrier and enterprise networking software.
Today ACCESS organizes its business around mobile, cloud, browser, and IoT technologies, providing embedded software, IoT beacons and gateways, digital signage platforms, and network operating systems for telecommunications, consumer electronics, automotive, and infrastructure customers. The company operates internationally with subsidiaries and offices in the United States, Germany, Korea, China, and Taiwan.
In June 2026, ACCESS publicly demonstrated a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model for remote robot control, connecting an inference server running its proprietary VLA model to a robotic arm performing pick-and-place tasks over NTT's IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN), with technical support from NTT West. The trial, aimed at addressing Japan's shortage of experienced technicians as skilled workers retire, showed that high-quality, low-latency optical networking let the remote-controlled arm execute tasks with stability and smoothness close to local operation, and that network quality directly affects robot usability and task efficiency. The experiment points ACCESS's software and AI expertise toward emerging use cases in remote-assisted robotic operation and industrial maintenance, extending its historical focus on connectivity software into physical-AI and robotics control applications.
As of January 2023, ACCESS reported capital of roughly 17.19 billion yen and about 309 employees, with Kiyoyasu Oishi serving as representative director and president.
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https://www.access-company.com/HEADQUARTERS
Japan
Company Facts
Founded
1984
Primary Role
Software/Algorithm
Company Size
employees 100-500
Primary Region
Asia-Pacific
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
Public
Funding Total
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