| Anritsu Corporation | |
| Native Name: | アンリツ株式会社 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Type: | Public KK |
| Foundation: | as Sekisan-sha |
| Hq Location City: | Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, 243-8555 |
| Hq Location Country: | Japan[1] |
| Key People: | Hirokazu Hashimoto (Chairman and CEO) Hirokazu Hamada (President) |
| Industry: | Electronics |
| Revenue: | JPY 85.9 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 809 million) (FY 2017) |
| Net Income: | JPY 2.8 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 27 million) (FY 2017) |
| Num Employees: | 3,717 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018) |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
is a Japanese multinational corporation in the telecommunications electronics equipment market.[4] A global pioneer for producing the world's first wireless telephone network, Anritsu's revenue numbers near US$782 million.
In Japan, Anritsu's first predecessor, Sekisan-sha, was founded in 1895. Annaka Electric Company followed, producing wireless transmitters and the world's first wireless telephone service and Japan's first automatic public telephone.
Anritsu Corporation was formed with the merger of two companies, the Annaka Corporation and Kyoritsu Electric in Japan in 1931. In 1990, Anritsu acquired Wiltron Company in the United States for $180 million.[5]
Currently, the Anritsu Group is composed of Anritsu Corporation, Anritsu Engineering, Anritsu Infivis, Anritsu Devices, and Anritsu Networks. Anritsu Corporation's American subsidiary, Anritsu Company, is a supplier of the United States Department of Defense.[6]
Net sales in FY2008 were ¥84 billion (US$782 million). It has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since 1968.[7]
Products include network call trace, service assurance, customer experience management, microwave, radio frequency (RF), and optical signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers.[8]