December 2000

• December 26, 2000 AII to Start Japan's First Nationwide Content Distribution Service for Broadband Internet A High-Speed, Continuously Connected Broadband Service to be offered to Con
• December 26, 2000 Masayoshi Morimoto, Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Will Become President & COO of Aiwa Co., Ltd.
• December 25, 2000 ELEVEN COMPANIES COLLABORATE TO PROMOTE THE "Edy" PREPAID ELECTRONIC MONEY SERVICE FOR THE IT ERA Convenient and Secure Payment System for both the Real and the Cyber World

November 2000

• November 21, 2000 Sony Develops Small Biped Entertainment Robot Sony original 'Actuator' & 'Whole Body Coordinated Dynamic Control' Give Wide Venety of Movements
• November 20, 2000 Sony Begins Preparations to Issue Japanese Version of "Tracking Stock" Proposal to issue new stock linked to performance of Sony Communication Network Corporation
• November 14, 2000 Sony Develops Prototypes of Memory Stick(R) Expansion Module Camera Module,GPS Module and Fingerprint Recognition Module Expand the Horizon of Memory Stick's Applications
• November 2, 2000 Toward the creation of a new visual world The "multi-directional" video image
• November 1, 2000 Sony Develops Next Generation Optical Disk Storage System For the Data Server Market "5.25-inch Ultra Density Optical (UDO) Format"Realizes 40GB of Capacity

October 2000

• October 26, 2000 FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000
• October 24, 2000 SONY and Candescent to Extend Partnership on Development of Next-Generation Flat-Panel Displays Sony Takes Minority Position in Candescent; Companies Enter Into Manufacturing License Agreement
• October 23, 2000 Matsushita, Toshiba, Sony and Hitachi to Jointly Establish New "e-Platform" Business Development Company to Promote Interactive Broadcasting and Datacasting Services in Japan
• October 23, 2000 RealNetworks and Sony Announce Digital Music Technology Alliance Sony Selects RealPlayer and RealJukebox to be Included with Portable Digital Music Devices and Sony VAIO PCs RealNetworks Includes Sony's ATRAC3 Audio Compression Technology in RealSystem 8
• October 20, 2000 Sony ExploraScience Opens in Beijing
• October 18, 2000 Sony and Solectron Announce Cooperation in Electronics Manufacturing
• October 16, 2000 Sony to Launch "PercasTV" Personal Casting Service, Providing Live Personal Video Distribution Service on the Internet
• October 12, 2000 Sony Announces Sale of 2nd Generation Autonomous Entertainment Robot "AIBO" [ERS-210] - With Additional Advanced Features to Increase Interaction.
• October 6, 2000 Setting the Objective : Double Eco-Efficiency Sony Announces its "Environmental Vision Towards Sustainability"

September 2000

• September 28, 2000 Towards Easy Wireless Access to the Internet and Video Contents Sony's Personal IT Television Introduces a New Concept of AV/IT Convergence
• September 8, 2000 Sony to Launch "ImageStation" Digital Imaging Web Site in Japan, Offering New Ways of Having Fun with Digital Imaging contents
• September 7, 2000 Sony to Establish Lithium-ion Polymer Rechargeable Battery Plant in China - To further expand investment in Chinese high-tech industry -
• September 7, 2000 Commercialization of Personal IT Television "airboard" Creating a New Lifestyle

August 2000

• August 30, 2000 Sony to Establish a New Semiconductor Plant In Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
• August 30, 2000 Issues of The Eighth and The Ninth Series Unsecured Bonds

July 2000

• July 26, 2000 A New Engineering, Manufacturing and Customer Services System for the Broadband Network Era: Establishment of a Final Assembly Platform Company for Japan in April 2001
• July 26, 2000 Sony Establishes a New Network Company for Semiconductor Business "Semiconductor Network Company (SNC)"
• July 13, 2000 Towards the Creation of a New World of "Personal Entertainment" Sony's Palm-PoweredTM Personal Entertainment Organizers for the Japanese Market
• July 5, 2000 Sony Establishes Double Density CD-ROM/-R/-RW Formats Conventional CD technologies utilized to realize 1.3GB capacity
• July 3, 2000 Electronics Companies Announce Joint Project "Technologies for Storage of Data in DTV Datacasting in Japan"

June 2000

• June 30, 2000 Sony and Tokyu Announce Strategic Broadband Network Tie-up Tokyu Cable to Create New Internet Business.
• June 29, 2000 Sony Appoints New Members to the Board, New Corporate Executive Officers and Corporate Research Fellows
• June 22, 2000 Sony Corporation Chairman of the Board Norio Ohga to Receive Honorary IEEE Membership

May 2000

• May 25, 2000 Sony Awarded Large Order for HDCAM Equipment from NHK NHK Decides on HDCAM Camcorder for HD Newsgathering
• May 23, 2000 Sony to Establish Taiwan Memory Stick Forum
• May 8, 2000 Sony Strengthens its Management Team to Further Enhance Corporate Value

April 2000

• April 26, 2000 Sony Selects Texas Instruments' DSP-based OMAP™ and Symbian for Its Next-Generation Wireless Phones
• April 26, 2000 Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited to Receive Equity Participation from Sony Cooperation to Further Boost Plasma Display Panel (PDP) Business
• April 24, 2000 Statement on News Article - "Sony to Invest in Fuji Television"
• April 13, 2000 Sony Announces Plans For Further Developing the "Memory Stick" Network Development of "Memory Stick Duo" for miniature products at its core
• April 11, 2000 Launch of Corporate Broadband Internet Service (bit-drive) Broadband telecommunications infrastructure utilizing WLL and services supporting net business

March 2000

• March 30, 2000 Sony Begins Preparations to Establish a Net Bank Aiming for the Creation of Network Financial Services
• March 30, 2000 Accelerating Reform to Meet the Needs of the Broadband Era Sony Corporation's Business Strategy for FY 2000
• March 30, 2000 Sony Announces Changes to Executive Officers
• March 23, 2000 Sharp and Sony Jointly Develop Small Size High Density Magneto Optical (MO) Disc
• March 22, 2000 Sony establishes [Cybergene.com. Corporation] to build a new style network business with venture company in Japan
• March 9, 2000 Sony Corporation, Tokyu Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation create an [Advanced Internet Integration Planning Company (temp. name)] to plan network related services for broadband networks

February 2000

• February 29, 2000 Regarding the Public Notice on Recall of InfoLithium Battery Packs
• February 26, 2000 Sony to License "ATRAC 3™"
• February 24, 2000 Nineteen Companies Newly Support "MEMORY STICK™" IC Recording Media
• February 24, 2000 Sony and Texas Instruments Cooperate to Accelerate
  the Widespread Use of "MEMORY STICKTM" IC Recording Media
• February 18, 2000 INTEL AND SONY TEAM ON CONNECTING PCs AND CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN THE HOME
• February 17, 2000 Sony Starts "VAIO" PC Business in Asia Utilizing Efficient Business Platform over the Internet
• February 8, 2000 Sony Develops Noise Reduction Technologies to Enhance Image Quality of CMOS Image Sensors
• February 1, 2000 "Sony Style" - Creating a New Consumer Lifestyle for the Internet Age New e-commerce site provides integrated services and products for the Japanese market

January 2000

• January 25, 2000 Sony Announces Availability of "AIBO" Entertainment Robot, model [ERS-111]
• January 7, 2000 Sony and RealNetworks Announce Strategic Alliance for Secure Electronic Music Distribution Sony and RealNetworks to Provide 10's of Millions of Consumers With the Ability to Easily Download and Securely Transfer Digital Music From RealJukebox to Sony's Portable Audio Players Through "OpenMG" and "ATRAC3"
• January 6, 2000 Sony and Liquid Audio Integrate Internet Music Delivery Systems Sony's New Portable Audio Players Can Receive and Play Liquid Audio Digital Downloads; Multi-Format Liquid System Now Supports Sony ATRAC 3 and OpenMG
• January 6, 2000 General Motors and Sony Join Forces to Use Sony's "Memory Stick™" Technology in E-vehicles.