Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket
January 6, 2023
This year was a banner year for Rakuten Advertising, we celebrated our 25th birthday, returned to our in-person DealMaker Events, and took home numerous notable industry awards.
We are proud to share our achievements in the industry. Our teams, clients, and partners work diligently every day to provide the highest level of service, record-breaking outcomes, and innovative solutions. To have been recognized throughout the industry is a great accomplishment for all.
https://blog.rakutenadvertising.com/news/...ertising-2022-award-wins/
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https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000221.000035283.html
By 5GWorldPro.com January 5, 2023
German company 1&1 announced the launch of its cloud-native mobile service based on the open RAN standards. The company claims to be the world’s first by introducing an open RAN system that is based on cloud and direct access to 5G and 4G wireless technologies.
In addition to the initial three antenna sites situated in Frankfurt am Main and Karlsruhe the construction of 50 radio masts in cities like Hamburg, Essen, Duesseldorf, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Munich and Freiburg is now complete. 1&1 stated that it has equipped these radio masts with an antenna that are capable of gigabit speeds and connected via fibre-optic backhaul with local edge data centers located within a short distance to ensure optimal performance.
1&1 collaborates with Japanese company Rakuten to develop the Open RAN infrastructure. Other providers include servers made by Dell and Supermicro. They have also routers from Cisco, software from Mavenir and Altiostar ad well ass antennas made by NEC and Communications Components (CCI).
1&1 began its first fixed-wireless 5G services for customers by the end of 2022, and plans to open the network to mobile service at the end of this summer.
https://www.5gworldpro.com/blog/2023/01/05/...nches-open-ran-network/
January 4, 2023
Open interfaces enable multi-vendor deployments and contribute to a competitive and sustainable supplier ecosystem that benefits both the suppliers and the customers. The faster-to-market deployment models thrive on open RAN and give the service providers freedom to innovate and choose the components that provide the most optimal and cost-effective mix. Open RAN deployments are slowly moving towards a BAU (Business as Usual) state. The stage of conducting trials is over, and now we see proof of concept implementation by several service providers. With a breakdown of the global supply chain due to the pandemic in certain countries and the ongoing war in other parts of the world, the dependency on vendors creates bottlenecks in the speedy implementation of 5G. With open RAN, the strategy is to break the deadlock due to the vendors and move to alternate resources. This strategy immensely helps the upcoming telecom players and existing telecom giants in the country. The shift to open RAN will open new innovative solutions and will digitize the overall network. The 5G network is available on a trial basis, and few devices support 5G in the market. As network adoption multiplies and more affordable devices start entering the market, it may lead to reduced costs and improved performance over the long run.
https://www.stl.tech/blog/...ve-to-5g-be-a-game-changer-for-open-ran/
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By Shinjini Sengupta January 9, 2023
Rakuten Symphony is just over a year old and the awards have been stacking up: 12 awards in less than 12 months. In other words, it has been a big year. Let’s do a roundup of some of the highlights.
We started the year on a high note with a win at the GSMA Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards, one of the most prestigious accolades in the mobile industry. Even a shortlist nomination for the GLOMO awards indicates the companies to watch closely in the telecom sector. This year marked Rakuten Mobile’s second consecutive win at the GLOMO awards; this year, it was for the “Best Network Software Breakthrough” category based on its use of Rakuten Symphony Open RAN software in its 5G network in Japan.
Looking back over the previous year, Rakuten Symphony Symworld represented a key innovation for the company and the industry: This has manifested in the form of several awards. In June, we won the Platform award at the World Communication Awards. Then, September rolled in, and with it came two wins: one in the Automation category at the FutureNet Asia Awards (which also included an Orchestration Award for Robin.io, now called Rakuten Symphony Unified Cloud Business) and the other at the Layer 123 Network Transformation Award for the Most Significant Disruptor (CSP) category. We ended the year on a celebratory note with a win in the Network Transformation Initiative category for Rakuten Symphony Symworld at the Asia Communication Awards.
https://symphony.rakuten.com/blog/...inning-year-for-rakuten-symphony
Amid slowing global growth, promoting technological adoption and closing digital divides can help the region boost aggregate productivity and economic output
Antoinette M. Sayeh, Era Dabla-Norris, Tidiane Kinda
January 9, 2023
Japan’s Rakuten, China’s Alibaba Group, and Indonesia’s GoTo Group are major players in e-commerce, with revenues that rival that of Amazon and Walmart. India’s pioneering of digital infrastructure known as stacks has made it a leading example of how to bring together digital payments and identification to expand access to finance. Growing youth populations in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam have rapidly adopted new technologies and become a sizable potential customer base for the digital economy.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RakutenUndervalued/...ty_needs_a_boost_that/
Rakuten plots USD1.8bn bond issue to bolster mobile business
10 Jan 2023
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is planning to issue JPY250 billion (USD1.87 billion) in bonds – the single largest one-off issuance in its history – as it looks to contend with the rising costs associated with launching its new mobile business, Rakuten Mobile. The Nikkei reports that the two-year bonds (maturing 10 February 2025) carry a coupon rate in the range of 2%-4% and are expected to receive an A-rating from the Japan Credit Rating Agency on 27 January when Rakuten will also finalise the terms of the issuance. The paper notes that the application period is from 30 January to 9 February, with a payment deadline of 10 February, and that Rakuten has dubbed the issuance ‘Rakuten Mobile Bonds’, as the funds raised will be used for working capital in its mobile phone business, according to the company.
https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2023/01/10/...r-mobile-business/
The answer is people; some of the most talented and ambitious in telecom, connected by a shared goal to do things differently and bring much-needed disruption to the industry. We caught up with some of our pioneering leaders from Rakuten Symphony India to hear what inspired them to join the company, the words they live by and their optimistic vision for the future of telecommunications.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x1d1g3GyiU
https://www.rakuten-bank.co.jp/press/2023/230111.html
Wed, January 11, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group Inc. sold $450 million of junk bonds Wednesday, after increasing the size of the offering by $250 million in a sign of strong investor demand.
https://twitter.com/RobinWuzz/status/1613488652767698946
https://www.rakuten-sec.co.jp/web/bond/jbond/...bile/new_issue02.html
Despite hand wringing at some telcos around the security of Telco Clouds, it's a solvable problem. John Carse , CISO of Rakuten Symphony and Rakuten Mobile , explains how other critical industries like finance or defense that have already moved to cloud have created best practices to secure cloud platforms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYFpZ2q24I
2 days ago
On October 2022, Japan fully reopened its borders to visa-free tourism, ending more than two years of stringent pandemic-induced border controls for independent travelers. The same month recorded nearly 500,000 arrivals — a significant leap, but still a shadow of the 2.5 million who visited in October 2019. For Japan’s international tourism, much of the recovery lies ahead.
For the last three years, Rakuten Travel — one of Japan’s leading online travel agencies — has worked to keep hotels around the country supplied with a steady flow of domestic travelers. Now, with global guests reentering the fray, the industry is poised to undergo a second major transformation, with potential opportunities in store.
To explore how Japan might capitalize on this fresh start for inbound tourism, Rakuten Travel head Yoshiyuki Takano sat down with analyst and award-winning author David Atkinson at the recent Rakuten Optimism conference in Tokyo.
Let’s drop the unhealthy focus on culture
Atkinson has served in a variety of advisory roles, including for the Japan National Tourism Organization, where he has advocated for a rethinking of Japan’s “traditional” expectations of foreign tourists.
“They arrive in Japan. Monday, 9:00 – shrine; 10:00 – shrine; 11:00 – temple; 12:00 – noodles; 1:00 – shrine; 2:00 – shrine; 3:00 – temple; 4:00 – temple. No one wants to travel like this.”
Japan has long pushed culture and history as its major tourism draws, something Atkinson has a few reservations with. While samurai, kabuki and tea ceremonies might excite a select few, promoting this to the whole world doesn’t exactly paint Japan as the most fun destination.
“Among a population of 125 million, only about 3 million people in Japan do tea ceremonies,” he ventured — noting that he himself is an enthusiast. “Yet we push this so hard. Japanese people aren’t even that interested in this, so why are we making foreign tourists do it? They come and they enjoy it for 30 minutes, but what are we expecting them to do for the next two weeks they’re here? Go and watch a Kabuki show? Again, you aren’t going to be watching Kabuki from morning till night.”
Japanese cuisine, too — while popular — isn’t enough to sustain enjoyment during the entire duration of a Japan trip.
“Statistically speaking, even Japanese people only eat Japanese food once a day,” he argued. “Yet we push Japanese food constantly on foreign tourists. Say someone from Europe is visiting for two or three weeks. There is no way they’re going to want to eat only Japanese food three times a day for three weeks straight. This is a mistake.”
Japan’s untapped tourism resources
The solution, Atkinson says, is to offer a diverse range of activities and content for tourists to engage with, according to their tastes. “The biggest thing is that we need to start treating global tourists just like we do domestic tourists. We’re all human.”
Atkinson drew attention to one often overlooked aspect of Japan: its vast natural resources. An island nation, Japan is in fact one of the most forested and mountainous countries in the world.
“The world’s biggest tourism resource is nature,” he stressed. “Japan has everything from subtropical zones to snowy mountains. Hiking, river rafting — we don’t promote this side of Japan.”
Atkinson recalled an advisory position for which he had traveled to London to promote Japan’s natural resources. “I was surprised to meet one person from a prominent magazine there who didn’t even know Japan had beaches. An island nation with no beaches…” he pondered. “Japan is much more than just Mt. Fuji and shrines.”
One place to start exploring the diverse range of experiences you can enjoy in Japan is Rakuten’s own booking platform, Rakuten Travel. The site, renewed in July 2022, offers English-friendly travel plans including popular activities and regional dishes for enjoying each of Japan’s unique areas.
“Even the same person is going to feel like doing something different from day to day. We need to think a little harder about this, and create and promote more diverse contents for tourists to enjoy.”
The weak yen isn’t the big draw people think it is
Another topic dominating discussion on Japan’s tourism revival is the recent crash in value of the yen. After hitting a 32-year low against the U.S. dollar in October, many suggested that the weaker currency might be a major boon for tourists looking to travel cheaply. Atkinson respectfully disagrees.
“There’s no established link between exchange rates and tourist numbers. People say that a cheaper yen means more tourists, but this is an invention of people unfamiliar with the tourism industry.”
Atkinson argues that budget-conscious tourists aren’t even considering Japan in the first place.
“There are other countries that are much cheaper,” he pointed out. “It’s clearly not the price. Most people are looking for a balance of fun and budget. There are plenty of countries that people want to go to even though they’re expensive. The U.S. turns over more tourism dollars than any other country in the world, but it isn’t cheap. France definitely isn’t cheap.”
Where the weaker yen does make a difference, however, is for tourists who already have a budget set for their trip. “The cheaper yen means they can spend more money in Japan. Maybe have a more expensive meal.”
The falling yen comes at a time of debate around Japan’s demographically challenged countryside. Inbound tourism is a major source of income for many rural communities, but Atkinson believes that many vendors in these communities are selling themselves short.
“If we’re offering something for 10,000 yen, yet tourists are now prepared to pay 14,000 yen — unless we give them another option, they’re only going to end up spending the 10,000.”
Offering a more diverse range of activities and products for tourists to enjoy could therefore potentially help boost wages and revitalize Japan’s rural economies. “We need to create a positive cycle in which people can have more fun as they spend more money.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/RakutenUndervalued/...nt_for_rakuten_travel/
During the period from December 1, 2022 (Thursday) to January 31, 2023 (Tuesday), if you pay at the target stores using the smartphone apps "au PAY" and "Rakuten Pay", major stores Will carry out a campaign to return up to 15% of the settlement amount and up to 30% for small and medium-sized stores. Please read "Precautions for Campaign" on the ko page when using.
In Kodaira City, from December 1, 2022 (Thursday) at target stores in Kodaira City, in order to enjoy shopping by QR code settlement with little contact with people in consideration of the spread of COVID-19 infection During the period of Tuesday, January 31, 2023, the target stores will use the smartphone application "au PAY" and "Rakuten Pay". Payment will be made using the smartphone application "au PAY" and "Rakuten Pay".
https://www.reddit.com/r/RakutenUndervalued/...ment_with_rakuten_pay/
On October 23, 2022, Rakuten Mobile, Inc. successfully conducted a proof-of-concept test for a new type of motorsport that fuses real and virtual at the 2022 Inter Proto Series POWERED BY KeePer Round 2 race tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J1Sjn-aTAc
Rakuten Mobile conducted a successful demonstration of motor sports combining virtual and real cars using its 4G and 5G network. The demo fused the real and virtual by remote transmission of driving data, and the real-time synchronous AR (augmented reality) display of the virtual car and car racing information during the race.
https://global.rakuten.com/corp/innovation/rnn/2022/2210_028/
According to Bankrate, “Rakuten is an app that earns you cash back for shopping at over 3,000 stores. Some popular brands that Rakuten partners with include Etsy, Macy’s, StubHub and Best Buy. A few stores come with the opportunity to earn over 10 percent cash back on purchases. It’s also possible to collect earnings from in-store purchases by linking a card to Rakuten in the app and then using the linked card to pay in store.”
“Rakuten is one of my favorite online best earning apps because you get cash back for things you’re going to buy anyway, as long as you do it through their app. How? Stores pay Rakuten a commission for sending customers to their store. Rakuten splits that commission with you, so you both win,” Tried and True Mom Jobs writes.
The Ways To Wealth says this is a great online shopping tool: “Rakuten is one of the highest-rated cash-back apps, paying as much as 40% cash-back when you shop. Using Rakuten is easy. Just open the app and search for the retailer you want to shop at. Click the link to visit their store, then shop as you normally would. One of The Ways To Wealth’s editors is a consistent Rakuten user and has saved nearly $800 over a span of three years.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/RakutenUndervalued/..._making_money_in_2023/
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A single platform, where all operational data sits powering real-time AI driven feedback loops for continuous workflow improvements. In the platform, automation enablement scales to the size of the wanted business rather than being limited by the operational headcount.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzGemt7iGlY
- Event aims to empower the next generation of skateboarders and grow the sport’s popularity in Japan and worldwide by integrating entertainment, fashion, music, street culture and skateboarding culture.
Tokyo, January 13, 2023 - Rakuten Sports, a Rakuten Group service focused on creating partnerships built on shared values with professional sports teams, athletes, brands and rights-holders around the world, today announced the launch of Uprising Tokyo, a new international skateboarding event to be held in collaboration with pro skateboarding icon and Rakuten partner Yuto Horigome. Hosted by Rakuten, the inaugural edition will be a three-day tournament held in Tokyo from May 26-28, 2023.
Uprising Tokyo aims to grow the skateboarding industry and culture in both Japan and on the global stage by breaking down barriers to entry for the sport and making “skateboarding for all.” The event promotes the action sport’s unique cultural aspects by integrating it with entertainment, fashion, street culture and more. The competition is slated to feature Men's and Women's Professional and Amateur categories, as well as a special Junior’s category to be held at the scenic Ariake Arena on the edge of Tokyo Bay. Further competition details will be announced at a later date.
https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2023/0113_01.html
Movies and TV Shows OTT Market to See Huge Growth by 2030: Netflix, Rakuten, Apple
01-11-2023 03:12 PM CET
Major Key Players of the Market: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Netflix, Hulu, LLC, Google LLC, Apple Inc., Facebook, Telestra, Rakuten Inc., Microsoft Corporation & Tencent Holdings
https://www.openpr.com/news/2879444/...ee-huge-growth-by-2030-netflix