Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

Empowering pet lovers in Japan: Rakuten Pet Insurance

1 day ago

According to a survey on pets published by Rakuten Insight in February this year, nearly 20% of respondents reported becoming new pet owners since 2020, an increase of more than 10 percentage points from the previous year and the year before.

Rakuten Pet Insurance’s product offering is dubbed “Zutto Issho [Motto],” (Japanese for “Together Forever [More]”) and has three main features.

First, the range of coverage is wide, and the expense limit is high — one of the broadest in the pet insurance industry.

Second, there is a variety of benefits for policy holders.

Third, with a service unique to the Rakuten Group, policy holders can earn Rakuten Points equivalent to 1% of the annual premium*.

As Rakuten Ichiba is already a popular shopping destination offering special pet owner benefits, the Pet Insurance team is keen to foster a “pet ecosystem” with a broad range of convenient and appealing services for pet owners and their pets.

https://rakuten.today/blog/rakuten-empowering-pet-lovers-japan.html  

The future of physical and digital services: Conversation between Japan Post Holdings & Rakuten CEOs

6 hours ago

https://rakuten.today/blog/...nfrastructure-and-digital-services.html
 

Virtualized RAN will be the fastest-growing of cloud investmentwith expected to grow from $293 million in 2021 to $12.1 billion by 2026

In conjunction with Altiostar and Red Hat, the analysts at Analysys Mason took a look at what would accelerate Open vRAN deployments across the globe and their answer, published in a recent whitepaper, is automation.

Mobile network operators (MNOs) have been slow to virtualize the radio access network (RAN) due to performance requirements and complexity. However, according to the whitepaper, they are now turning to this area of the network searching for the types of benefits that telecoms operators are experiencing in other network domains. These benefits include lower total cost of ownership (TCO), greater agility in scaling capacity, and the prospect of increased and faster service innovation in the future.

RAN virtualization is being enabled by emerging open standards that support its functional disaggregation into central, distributed, and radio units with new technologies that facilitate its technical disaggregation separating RAN software from proprietary hardware. Virtualized RAN will be the fastest-growing domain in terms of cloud investment, expected to grow from $293 million in 2021 to $12.1 billion by 2026, according to the whitepaper.

https://www.altiostar.com/...ving-the-benefits-of-ran-virtualization/  

Japan's E-commerce Payment Market is projected to reach US$ 297.87 Billion by 2026, from US$ 198.36 Billion in 2020, growing at a CAGR of 7.01%

In recent years, the e-commerce payment industry in Japan has been undergoing tremendous growth. It is projected to accelerate as the trend is moving toward mobile purchases and online shopping. Moreover, with the reputation for embracing technology and being at the forefront of digital innovation, Japan's e-commerce payments growth has been accelerated by ease and convenience.
Despite Japan's typically rapid adoption of new technologies, mobile commerce payment uptake remains relatively low, accounting for more petite than the e-commerce payment market. An ongoing inclination can describe this for desktops and a large ageing population, which is more reluctant than younger generations to adopt smartphones

By Payment Method, Card, Cash, Bank Transfer, and Digital Wallet have become the most commonly used e-commerce payment mechanisms in Japan. As per our analysis, the card is the most popular online payment method in Japan, with bank transfer the next on the list.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/...mi--merpay-301437918.html

 

When I think of a store with a huge variety of products, it’ll have to be Singapore’s online marketplace Carousell. There, I can get an assortment of my sourcing needs met, be it finding great deals on electronics, browsing and shopping for the bicycle that I want, to looking for repairman services all within the same app.

While perhaps almost everything can be found on Carousell’s diversified marketplace, we are not surprised that Carousell is Singapore’s largest auto marketplace too. In fact, it has leadership positions in categories like cars for sale, vehicle rental, car accessories, workshops, and motorcycles.

https://vulcanpost.com/771330/...me-largest-autos-platform-singapore/  

https://www.breakinglatest.news/world/...bd-overdrive-e-times-weekly/  

Rakuten Securities General Securities Customer Accounts Reach Seven Million Mark

- Growing customer interest in asset building drives nearly 20x increase in investment trusts.

Tokyo, December 7, 2021 – Rakuten Securities, Inc. today announced that its general securities accounts have reached the seven million mark. The company also announced that 1.88 million customers are making regular monthly savings deposits to investment trusts totaling more than 70 billion yen per month as of the end of September 2021, representing a nearly 20-fold increase since the end of September 2017. To commemorate the seven million customer account milestone, Rakuten Securities is offering the chance to win original Okaimono Panda goods through a lucky draw giveaway campaign.

Since launching in 1999 as the first dedicated online brokerage service in Japan, Rakuten Securities has worked to continually expand and enhance its lineup of services with retail investors top of mind.
Rakuten Securities provides intuitive trading tools for stock trading and other related services ranging from the iSPEED® series to cutting-edge stock-trading tools like MARKETSPEED® II that make trading possible on all platforms, not only personal computers. Rakuten Securities is also the first major online securities firm in Japan to introduce logins with image-based two-factor authentication, and continues to work to enhance security features while providing a safe and intuitive trading experience for investors.

As part of the Rakuten Group, Rakuten Securities has leveraged synergies within the Rakuten Ecosystem in recent years to expand its lineup of services that are also accessible to investment newcomers, such as Point Investment, allowing customers to use Rakuten Points to invest in investment trusts (regular and installment purchases) and purchase domestic stocks. Making credit card payments with a Rakuten Card also allows users to make regular purchases of investment trusts while earning points, without the need for advance deposits. As a result of these efforts, Rakuten Securities became the industry leader in new account openings for the third year running in 2020*1. With the expansion of asset building services, the percentage of customers opening new Rakuten Securities accounts in the under-40 demographic rose from 51% in 2016 to 68% in the five-year period culminating at the end of November 2021.

As a clear indicator that many investors are using Rakuten Securities for asset building, the number of customers making regular monthly savings deposits for investment trusts rose to 1.88 million as of the end of September 2021, a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 122.5%, while the amount of purchases
Rakuten Securities will continue working to be the asset-building platform of choice for customers ranging from investment newcomers to seasoned traders, expanding its array of services to meet their diverse investment needs.

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/update/2021/...;category=fintech

 

The finalists of the Asia Communication Awards represent innovation and excellence in the region
Launched by Total Telecom in 2012 the Asia Communication Awards are the region's leading platform for recognising innovation and excellence amongst communication service providers, suppliers and other participants based in the Asia region or with product offerings specifically serving the region.

5G Deployment Award
5G MOCN - Starhub Ltd
China Unicom 5GtoB One Cloud – China Unicom & Huawei
Rakuten Mobile for 5G Open RAN on Kubernetes
Singtel 5G Standalone - powered by Ericsson

5G Technology Initiative
Ericsson's 5G leadership & innovation in Australia
Huawei 5G VPN
Netcracker RAN Intelligent Controller
Robin.io (Rakuten is one of the owners)
Singtel 5G

Cloud Technology Initiative (Vendor)
Cisco
Ericsson
Netcracker
Robin.io (Rakuten is one of the owners)
Vonage

Operator of the Year
China Mobile
Rakuten Mobile
PLDT Inc.

https://www.totaltele.com/511891/...he-Asian-telecom-superstars-ACA21

Without Rakuten you can't see any other Japenese operator.  

U.K. Wants Challengers to Nokia and Ericsson for Mobile Networks

The U.K. and its mobile networks have set a target of 2030 to carry 35% of their data over so-called Open RAN equipment, challenging dominant suppliers Nokia Oyj and Ericsson AB.

While not compulsory, the “ambition” to introduce Open RAN components announced Wednesday could limit the market share of the two Nordic vendors. They stood in line to inherit an effective duopoly after Britain banned their main competitor, China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, from its next generation 5G wireless networks last year.

Open RAN stands for Open Radio Access Network and is an initiative intended to foster new competition. The Huawei ban exposed Britain’s reliance on a small number of suppliers, causing government ministers to try and diversify the supply chain.

Although Nokia and Ericsson have expressed support for Open RAN, the shift represents a big potential opportunity for startups and the likes of Airspan Inc. and Rakuten Group Inc.’s Altiostar, which sell Open RAN gear, as carriers plan to spend the next decade building 5G networks.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...ts-challengers-nokia-000100496.html  

Produkt-Review: verbesserte Sichtbarkeit in puncto Performance von Affiliate- und Medienkampagnen
Von Rakuten Advertising | 6 December 2021 | INSIGHTS

Im Laufe des Jahres 2021 hat Rakuten Advertising einige spannende Produktneuheiten hervorgebracht, die die Sichtbarkeit und Leistung von Affiliate- und Medienkampagnen verbessern. Jede Neuerscheinung ist darauf ausgerichtet, die Branche voranzutreiben und die Effizienz zu steigern, um Advertiser und Publisher bei der Erreichung ihrer Ziele zu unterstützen. Heute widmen wir uns den Vorteilen dieser Produkte und Funktionen.

Rakuten Advertising Media:
Brand-Lift-Studie von LoopMe: Analyse der Kampagnenwirkung auf die Markenbekanntheit
Best Practices für PMP-Deals – Rakuten Exchange
Zielgruppenvalidierung – Comscore
Rakuten TV Multi-Screen

Affiliate- und Performance-Lösungen von Rakuten Advertising:
Sub-Netzwerk Transparenz
Entwickler-Portal – neue APIs
LeadsRx
Shopify
Updates zu Advertiser-Dashboards

https://blog.rakutenadvertising.com/de-de/...hts/2021-produkt-review/

 

eZ Cash partners Rakuten Viber to launch chatbot payments feature

7 December 2021 09:29 am

eZ Cash, Sri Lanka’s largest mobile money platform by Dialog Axiata PLC, recently announced its partnership with Rakuten Viber to launch for the first time in Sri Lanka, chatbot payments via the Viber app.

The eZ Cash Viber BOT will mark its debut as the first chatbot payments feature in Sri Lanka launched by a mobile money platform and will ensure secure transactions take place with greater ease.

The eZ Cash BOT enables Viber users to register and access their eZ Cash wallets via the Viber app thereby enabling them to send money, conduct reloads, settle their bills, utility and other institutional payments with greater convenience.

Using the eZ Cash BOT feature on Viber, it is now possible for users while communicating with friends and family to be able to conduct their mobile reloads and bill payments and also pay for goods and services directly on the messaging platform with just the click of a button. Money can also be received from overseas on to the eZ Cash wallet.

https://www.dailymirror.lk/financial-news/...feature%C2%A0/265-226328
 

This Global Tiger Day, we’re teaming up with Viber, one of the most popular instant messaging apps in the world, to raise awareness for wildlife conservation, and support fundraising activities for tiger conservation.

The “Legcat & Wild Friends” Viber stickers feature the popular Viber character Legcat with endangered species in their natural habitat. Users can now share their love of tigers and other wild animals by sending ‘stickers’ in their everyday conversations.

https://tigers.panda.org/news_and_stories/stories/...ife_partnership/  

 

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Rakuten Symphony marks independence with edge products launch, more executive hires

Nov 12, 2021 | Daniel Beazer

The portable hardware, dubbed Symware by the trio, is aimed at simplifying 5G cell deployments. It will tackle one of the major problems associated with disaggregated Open RAN deployments, such as how to provide consistent routing across different physical and virtual architectures.

The device will also enable key 5G features such as network slicing and dynamic steering of traffic through segment routing. It also supports automation through zero-touch provisioning and Rakuten says its routing functionality and containerized Distribution Unit will save carriers CAPEX and OPEX when building out 5G networks. The trio(Rakuten, Intel, Juniper) expects the product to ship in the first half of 2022.

Symware marks the debut of Rakuten Symphony as a separate entity from its parent, Rakuten. Rakuten, often called “the Amazon of Japan,” is not as well known as it should be outside its core markets. The company runs a mass-market e-commerce operation, and on top of that operates a mobile network business and is well known for being a 5G pioneer.

Following the split from its parent company, Rakuten Symphony is home to various products from the wide range of acquisitions Rakuten has made in this space in the last few years such as Altiostart, a vRAN provider, and most recently, Estmob, a peer to peer file transfer service. A prominent advocate of Open RAN, Rakuten is hoping to disrupt the current cozy ecosystem of incumbents such as Nokia, Ericsson and Huawei, which will make it an interesting company to follow over the next few years.

To do that, the company has been rapidly expanding its headcount. There are currently 387 employees, compared to 181 at the start of the year, according to data from LinkedIn.

Among the recent hires, Geoff Hollingworth has been hired as CMO for Rakuten Symphony. Hollingworth has had roles at Ericsson, AT&T and most recently was CMO for MobiledgeX.

https://www.edgeir.com/...oducts-launch-more-executive-hires-20211112  

Picocom introduces the industry’s first 5G NR small cell system on chip designed for Open RAN
Thursday, 09 December 2021 11:57

The PC802 is the world’s first 4G/5G device dedicated to developing small cells with integrated support for Open RAN standards. It supports disaggregated 5G small cell platforms, including indoor residential, enterprise and industrial networks, neutral host networks and outdoor networks.

“The big vendors design their own chips optimised for performance, power and cost. A disruptive Open RAN ecosystem needs innovative chips to compete with this, so it’s good to see Picocom coming to market with optimised, flexible silicon,” stated Rethink Research founder and research director Caroline Gabriel.

https://itwire.com/5g/...ll-system-on-chip-designed-for-open-ran.html  

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Boost Mobile is following up its industry-shaking Carrier Crusher launch with a low-cost, no frills unlimited plan of $25 per month.¹ Intent on capturing the tens of millions who pay over $60 on average for their wireless service, the newest Carrier Crusher lineup focuses on what users really want from their wireless provider: voice, talk, and data at the best possible value.

About Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile provides award-winning, best-in-class value and connectivity to U.S. wireless consumers through access to the carrier's Expanded Data Network and competitive consumer plans with no annual service contracts. In 2020, DISH became a nationwide U.S. wireless carrier through the acquisition of Boost Mobile. DISH continues to innovate in wireless, building the nation's first virtualized, standalone 5G broadband network. DISH Wireless L.L.C. operates Boost Mobile. DISH Wireless L.L.C. is a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH).

https://ih.advfn.com/stock-market/NASDAQ/...ier-crusher-plans-take-on  

1&1 AG schließt Verträge mit Vantage Towers und 1&1 Versatel für den Rollout ihres Mobilfunknetzes und veröffentlicht Prognose für das Geschäftsjahr 2022

09.12.2021 | 23:16
"Nachdem wir im August unsere weitreichende Technologie-Partnerschaft mit dem japanischen OpenRAN-Experten Rakuten bekannt gegeben haben, konnten wir mit Vantage Towers nun einen starken Partner für die passive Netzinfrastruktur gewinnen", so Ralph Dommermuth, CEO der 1&1 AG. "Durch Kooperationen mit etablierten Funkturmbetreibern wollen wir vornehmlich bereits bestehende Antennenstandorte nutzen. Das schont Umwelt und Ressourcen und beschleunigt zugleich unsere Ausbaugeschwindigkeit."

https://de.marketscreener.com/kurs/aktie/...bilfunknetzes-u-37276490/
 

In the not-too-distant future: Lower roaming fees to KDDI and increasing revenues through more users in the own infrastructure

With microchip shortages conspiring to slow down the mobile unit’s launch phase, Rakuten booked its third quarterly loss in succession but bullishly stated it expects the ongoing rollout of mobile base stations to improve the segment’s profitability from the Group’s fiscal second quarter in 2022. It notes that if the rollout continues on track, it will soon see the benefit of lower roaming fees to KDDI for using the latter’s network, and a corresponding increase in revenues – particularly data – from users on its own infrastructure.

https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2021/11/12/...rce-group-rakuten/  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_92RqaqcfE
 

„Europe's best opportunity to defend and grow its place in the global 5G and 6G industry lies with building a broad and deep Open RAN ecosystem.“

https://www.vodafone.com/sites/default/files/...-ecosystem-europe.pdf  

The dream behind Symware: “Never again will you have to worry about a hardware upgrade. Never again will you have to worry about a generation upgrade.”

Mobile network operators around the world are starting to deploy Open RAN and cloud-native architecture in their networks, which will provide them with greater agility, enable smarter security, and empower them with new levels of automation while broadening and securing their supply chain.
“Symware is radio-as-a-service architecture that we want to deliver to the industry,” announced Tareq Amin, CEO of Rakuten Symphony, onstage at GSMA’s MWC LA conference. “Never again will you have to worry about a hardware upgrade. Never again will you have to worry about a generation upgrade.”
This is because Rakuten Symphony — a Rakuten Group organization with operations across Japan, Singapore, India, EMEA, and the United States that develops and brings to the global marketplace cloud-native, Open RAN telco infrastructure platforms, services and solutions through the Rakuten Communications Platform — will upgrade Symware automatically for customers.

“Rakuten Symphony constantly looks to introduce leading-edge innovations to accelerate network transformations,” shared Amin. “With our partners, we have developed a cost-performance optimized appliance that simplifies the cell site deployment for 4G, 5G and future generations of mobile technology. Symware provides operators with the ultimate future-proof cell site solution that enables them to flexibly densify their network and accommodate various network topologies at the lowest cost.”

https://rakuten.today/blog/symware-launched-by-rakuten-symphony.html  

Tips to Set Up Your Magento eCommerce Shop: Everything You Should Know

Magento is one of the leading eCommerce platforms on the market today. If you're ready to set up your Magento account to sell your products, here are some tips from our eCommerce fulfillment experts.

By: Gregg Beall

December 7, 2021

Preview and Launch Your Store

Before publishing your store, make sure everything appears as you wish. If you have been designing your site locally, you will need to transfer all your Magento files to the webserver. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) can help you achieve this. That is all you need to do to set up your Magento shop.

At Rakuten Super Logistics, we can ensure you get the most out of your eCommerce business. Whether you need help with finding a fulfillment partner, order fulfillment, cost-effective shipping, or shopping cart integration, we have a Client Success Team ready to support you in the best way possible.

Our eCommerce fulfillment warehouses and shipping software work seamlessly with your shopping carts to scale business and improve the bottom line. Outsource the headache of the order fulfillment process all while lowering shipping costs and delivering fast and accurate orders. Request a quote today to see how you can take advantage of fast delivery times and lower shipping costs.

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Rakuten Super Logistics is a leading eCommerce order fulfillment company that provides the scalability, flexibility, and cost savings retailers demand.

https://www.rakutensl.com/post/...rce-shop-everything-you-should-know  

Important infomations about Rakuten Reward (formerly Ebates)

https://avada.io/resources/rakuten-review.html  

Ein europaweiter Test-und-Lern-Ansatz zur Entwicklung einer „glokalisierten“ Strategie, welche sämtliche Erwartungen auf dem traditionellen Markt übertreffen.

Teufel wurde in 1979 gegründet und ist der deutsche Hersteller von Audioprodukten mit erstklassigem Sound. Die Erfolgsgeschichte begann in Berlin, wo auch heute noch die Entwicklung und das Design jedes einzelnen Audiogeräts stattfindet. Von Anfang an hat sich die Marke zum Ziel gesetzt, Kunden den besten Sound zum besten Preis anzubieten. Seit 2006 ist Teufel Europas größter B2C Direktvertrieb von Audio-Systemen mit einem beeindruckenden Sortiment an Audioprodukten.

Die Marke arbeitet seit sechs Jahren mit Rakuten Advertising im Bereich des Display-Kanals zusammen. Im Oktober 2020 hat Teufel die Partnerschaft mit dem Transfer ihres bestehenden Affiliate-Programms auf das Affiliate-Netzwerk von Rakuten Advertising ausgeweitet.

ERGEBNISSE

In der DACH-Region wurden alle Erwartungen übertroffen: Im Vergleich zum Vorjahr verzeichnete das Unternehmen ein Wachstum der Affiliate-Umsätze von mehr als 80 % zwischen Oktober 2020 bis März 2021 (geplant waren lediglich 30 %).

Im selben Zeitraum verzeichnete Teufel ein Traffic-Anstieg von 52,9 % .

Teufel legte einen erfolgreichen Start auf internationalen Märkten hin – die Erwartungen wurden erfüllt und das Unternehmen verzeichnet ein stetiges Wachstum in allen neuen Ländern.

Der Ansatz führte zu einer gesteigerten Markenbekanntheit in europäischen Ländern, dank der starken Partnerschaft mit Exactag und Rakuten Advertising, die leistungsstarken Tools, strategische Erkenntnisse und datenbasierte Empfehlungen bereitstellten.

Obwohl die Affiliate-Partnerschaft mit Rakuten Advertising in den internationalen Märkten noch relativ neu ist, belegen Wachstumszahlen das Potenzial dieser Partnerprogramme. Als nächster Schritt steht die Ausweitung von Publisher-Partnerschaften in weiteren europäischen Märkten auf dem Programm.

https://go.rakutenadvertising.com/hubfs/de-teufel-case-study.pdf