Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

 

 

dezember 1, 2021 @ 7: 14pm

nutzerzufriedenheit von vier mobilfunkanbietern, top ist rakuten mobile - oricon umfrage
oricon veröffentlichte im dezember seine umfrage zur zufriedenheit der mobilfunkanbieter. rakuten mobile belegt den ersten platz in der gesamtzufriedenheitsrangliste.

das von oricon veröffentlichte zufriedenheitsranking der mobilfunkanbieter umfasst 8.444 nutzer im alter zwischen 15 und 84 jahren, die im vergangenen jahr neue verträge, modelländerungen oder transfers von smartphones und feature-phones abgeschlossen haben und derzeit ihre hauptnutzer nutzen. wir haben vom 9. bis 26. juli 2021 eine fragebogenerhebung im internet durchgeführt und die ergebnisse zusammengefasst.

die gesamtbewertungsrankings waren wie folgt:

        1.§rakuten mobile (68,5 punkte)
        2.§NTT DOCOMO (65,3 PUNKTE)
        3.§softbank (63,3 punkte)
        4.§au (63,2 punkte)

Nach Bewertungspunkt hat Rakuten Mobile den ersten Platz in sechs Punkten gewonnen: "Anmeldeverfahren", "Einfache Ersteinstellung", "Tarifplan", "Aufstellung von Terminals", "Kostenleistung" und "Nebenleistung".

Unter ihnen ist der "Ratenplan", der aus kleinen Punkten wie Verständlichkeit, Optimalität und Einfacher auswahl besteht, ein großer Unterschied zwischen 72,8 Punkten und 63,9 Punkten auf dem zweiten Platz.

https://iphone-mania.jp/news-423391/



 

Viber maintains its position as the number one communication application on the Bulgarian market
Bulgarian users have been particularly active in the popular Viber communication application in the past 2021. The number of messages sent in Bulgaria amounts to 13 billion or 400 per second, while the voice calls reached 530 million with a total duration of an impressive 50 million hours.

The number of sent messages and calls increased by 11% on an annual basis last year. In addition, Bulgarian consumers have exchanged 700 million stickers with each other, and the image created through filters reaches 2 million.

Thanks to all this, Viber maintains its position as the number one communication application on the Bulgarian market for another year. This became clear during an online presentation of Viber, which presented the results achieved in 2021 and the future goals of the company, which is part of the Japanese giant Rakuten.

https://www.world-today-news.com/...million-hours-on-viber-last-year/  

Greek Viber Users Made 1B Calls in 2021, Says Rakuten

January 27, 2022

ATHENS – Users of the Viber call and text messaging app in Greece made 1 billion calls in 2021, Rakuten Viber revealed on Thursday.

In Greece, over 90% of smartphones have installed the app, making it the top chat application in the country.

Advertisement impressions in Greece (the number of times a user sees an ad on Viber even indirectly) in 2021 went up by 16% (70% globally), with sectors registering a 90% rise in health and wellness, a 56% rise in energy-related ad content, and a 51% rise in transport-related content.

The application also saw a significant increase in new categories of advertising such as recruitment and local businesses, which reflects the pandemic’s influence of the labor market, Rakuten pointed out. More than 8,500 companies worldwide rely on Viber to communicate with their customers, it highlighted. Besides mobiles, the app is also available to all desktop and mobile operating systems.

https://www.thenationalherald.com/...-2021-says-rakuten/?fr=operanews  

Rakuten Viber marks Data Privacy Day with a call to protect students’ data as online learning continues
The world has become increasingly digital, yet it’s ironic how most of us still give little thought to data privacy and how exactly our private information can be put at risk. Most might not be able to sort out which types of private and sensitive information that they need to guard to prevent identity theft, financial loss, reputational damage, and mental health issues. When it comes to children, inappropriate content, prying ads, and even unwitting exposure to strangers also pose damaging threats. Clearly, there is much room for everyone to grow in and learn more when it comes to data privacy.

To create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust, Viber joins the rest of the world in marking Data Privacy Day, an international effort that takes place annually on January 28. Because privacy is a guiding principle for Viber, the leading communications app wants to put emphasis on another aspect that data privacy impacts – the young learners.

https://wheresrr.com/2022/01/29/business-tech/...-learning-continues/  

Online grocery shopping gains new ground in Japan with the launch of “Rakuten Zenkoku Super”

8 hours ago

For years, online supermarkets struggled to find their demographic in Japan, and with a supermarket virtually on every corner in cities across the country, few held high expectations for industry-disrupting growth. However, as pandemic trends fuel a shift towards online shopping in markets around the world, the tide is turning — and online grocery shopping in Japan is riding the waves to success.

Delivering convenience

Online grocery shopping is not new to Japan. Other innovative tech leaders have tried it. Prominent Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu and Rakuten blazed a new trail back in October 2018 with the launch of Rakuten Seiyu Netsuper.

At the time, Rakuten’s e-commerce expertise and expanding customer base — 100 million strong members in Japan — combined with Seiyu’s excellence in supermarket operations provided a match poised to deliver new levels of convenience to grocery shoppers. The online grocery delivery service brought a new blend of offline and online shopping. It also allowed customers to log in with their Rakuten ID, laying the groundwork for disruption in the supermarket industry in Japan. Nearly four years on, Netsuper continues to show strong growth, with its user base up more than 40 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021.
Building on this success, Rakuten is now opening up the platform to allow grocery chains nationwide to take their offerings online with the launch of Rakuten Zenkoku Super.

No more trips to the grocery store?

Rakuten Zenkoku Super represents the next step in that disruption. The new service is designed to power supermarkets around the country to reach new demographics by providing them with a comprehensive online grocery shopping platform that delivers goods directly to consumers.

By leveraging the expertise gained through operating Rakuten Seiyu Netsuper, Rakuten is uniquely positioned to support established supermarkets in their transition toward being equipped for online purchases and delivery. For retailers who sign up to adopt the platform, Rakuten acts as something of a one-stop shop, providing guidance and support on everything from online customer acquisition to marketing support, and even logistics.

The process for shoppers is simple and convenient, especially for those who already have a Rakuten ID. Logging in with Rakuten credentials streamlines the shopping process, as the user’s address and credit card details are stored for future purchases. That’s one less step between customers and fresh, delicious groceries straight from the supermarket.

Of course, a platform like Rakuten Zenkoku Super is only as powerful as the supermarkets that provide the goods available for purchase. Fortunately, in addition to Seiyu, another industry leader has also signed on. Based in Gunma Prefecture, Beisia operates more than 130 locations in Tokyo as well as 14 other prefectures, from Saga to Fukushima.

As Rakuten celebrates its 25th anniversary and looks back on its beginnings supporting local merchants and small businesses to reach consumers around the country at the dawn of the online shopping era, it’s not too hard to trace a direct path to this latest online shopping initiative.

https://rakuten.today/blog/rakuten-zenkoku-super.html  

A major growth driver for Rakuten’s financial services portfolio is the growth of cashless payments in Japan

On the financial services side, the below chart illustrates the breakdown of services. Rakuten is the largest credit card issuer in Japan, with 24 million total cards issued (Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, JCB). It’s also the largest online bank with 11 million accounts (side note – company is now preparing for an IPO of Rakuten Bank). They also have sizable presences in online brokerage (6.7 million accounts), online insurance, and a payments business including E-money (Edy) and mobile/QR code payment through Rakuten Pay. For consumers, Rakuten can take care of all of their financial needs without having to leave the ecosystem.

A major growth driver for Rakuten’s financial services portfolio is the growth of cashless payments in Japan. You may already know that Japan has one of the highest reliance on physical cash usage among developed economies (Japan’s cashless payment ratio is in the 20% range, versus developed country average in the 40-60% range). The Japanese government has designated the advancement of cashless society as a strategic priority, and established a goal of 40% cashless payments ratio by 2025. Rakuten is singlehandedly responsible for roughly 20% of Japan’s cashless transactions through its credit cards and other payments offerings, and is well-positioned to benefit as a royalty play on Japan’s financial digitization.

https://valuepunks.substack.com/p/deep-dive-rakuten-4755-tyo-rkuny  

Rakuten was one of the early owners of Currencycoud

Visa completes acquisition of Currencycloud
21 December 2021

First announcing the deal in July 2021, Visa has completed its acquisition of Currencycloud - a global platform enabling banks and fintechs to provide foreign exchange solutions for cross-border payments.
The acquisition builds on an existing strategic partnership between the two companies that was struck in 2019, and values Currencycloud at £700 million.

https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/39437/...sition-of-currencycloud  

Singapore-based cashback startup ShopBack has raised $40 million funding in an investment round led by Temasek, East Ventures, Indies Capital, EDBI, and January Capital.

The fresh funding was announced in March but has been filed with regulators this week after getting a nod from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board.

This investment takes ShopBack’s total funding to $145 million. The startup had raised $75 million last year in March.

ShopBack will be using the fresh inflow of funds to onboard new merchants and customers as well as to develop new products for physical and ecommerce stores.

The company claims that its revenue has increased by 150% in 2020.

ShopBack has 30 million users on its platform and has assisted with more than $7.3 billion in revenue for more than 5000 merchant partners.

According to CEO and Co-founder Henry Chan, ShopBack will remain focused on creating value for its merchants and users. In an interview with Yahoo in 2020, the company said that may also look at an IPO in the near term.

The startup has also been awarded as the winner of the Gold award in the best startup in the growth-stage category and at the 7th Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation Awards, it won the silver award in the Best Innovative Infocomm Products category.

https://www.asiatechdaily.com/shopback-raises-40-million-funding/  

Rakuten Rewards, a US branch of Japanese e-commerce titan Rakuten, plans to join in on the fun with an ad that builds on Rakuten’s recent rebrand, including its new creative platform and slogan ‘We bring the Cha-ching.’ The brand’s vice-president of brand and creative Victoria McRae tells The Drum that this concept offered the perfect foundation on which to build the campaign because it ties the feeling of getting cash back to winning or scoring a good deal. “What better place to share that emotion than at the Super Bowl?”

Rakuten Rewards unveiled a teaser for the ad, featuring Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham, who is seen practicing her deliciously evil laugh in a dressing room mirror before experiencing a minor hiccup.

The timing was right for Rakuten Rewards, McRae says, because e-commerce is booming. “Winning consumer loyalty in this crowded environment means we have to reach and engage people who want more from their shopping experience.”

But a key part of winning that loyalty is expanding brand awareness in the first place. “We know there is still a lot of unrealized potential in the brand,” says McRae. “[Consumers have] seen our Rakuten logo in prominent places like Golden State Warriors jerseys, but don’t understand what we do. We are hoping to change that with this campaign. We want people to have a clear understanding of the value Rakuten provides and what it feels like to shop with us.”

The ad, yet to be unveiled, was developed entirely by a team of in-house creatives that McRae helped assemble. She says that bringing the team’s vision to life for the brand’s Super Bowl debut represents “every marketer’s dream.”

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/02/01/...right-bet-big-the-big-game  

 

der beiden Postings 8001 und 8002 wegen angeblicher Werbung und die damit verbundenen Sperren.

Gepostet wurden von mir schlicht und einfach Unternehmenszahlen von Rakuten Bank und Rakuten Mobile. Nimmt man das als Maßstab müssten alle Postings zu Unternehmenszahlen, die den eigentlichen Sinn von Diskussionen auf Aktienboards ausmachen gelöscht werden.  

Rakuten Mobile 4G Network: Population Coverage Ratio Reaches 96%

Tokyo, February 4, 2022 - Rakuten Mobile, Inc. announced today that the population coverage ratio for its 4G network has reached 96%. Relative to the end of March 2026 (FY2025) target for “96% 4G population coverage” outlined in the fourth generation mobile communications system (4G) special base station deployment plan (1.7 GHz) approved in April 2018 by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), the mobile network operator has achieved this target approximately four years ahead of schedule.

The efficiency of the base station rollout has been dramatically enhanced by the network architecture of Rakuten Mobile’s world-first fully virtualized, cloud-native mobile network. This has allowed the operator to deploy simple and compact base stations and leverage technologies such as AI to find sites for base stations and drones to carry out base station site and completion inspections.
Building from the ground up, Rakuten Mobile has expanded its network from the 23 wards of Tokyo, Osaka City and Nagoya City at the time of launch to nationwide coverage and continues to improve the quality of its service. In addition to building strong partnerships with the construction companies working on the base station buildout, the entire Rakuten Group has worked as one to secure sites for base stations, contributing to the rapid expansion of the network area.

In the Rakuten network area, customers can enjoy unlimited high-speed data. Going forward, Rakuten Mobile will continue to expand network coverage and increase base station density to further improve the quality of its service.

https://corp.mobile.rakuten.co.jp/english/news/press/2022/0204_01/

 

Rakuten Cell reaches protection goal for its 4G community

By Channel969

February 5, 2022

Japanese operator Rakuten Cell introduced that the inhabitants protection ratio for its 4G community has reached 96%.

Rakuten Cell famous that the objective had been reached 4 years forward of the goal set when it initially outlined its deployment plan. This plan had been accredited in April 2018 by the Japanese Ministry of Inside Affairs and Communications (MIC).

https://channel969.com/...aches-protection-goal-for-its-4g-community/

 

Rakuten TV is the first VOD platform to combine TVOD (Transactional video-on-demand), AVOD (Advertising video-on-demand) and SVOD (Subscription video-on-demand) services
3 FEB 2022

GUSTO TV EXTENDS ITS RAKUTEN TV'S DEAL AND REACHES 49 MORE TERRITORIES

Gusto TV has expanded its partnership and can now be viewed in 49 new European territories with VOD and streaming platform Rakuten TV. Available for free on the Rakuten TV app, audiences will have access to Gusto TV’s full roster of flavorful content, including titles like Bonacini’s Italy, One World Kitchen, and Holiday Eatz.

Available in more than 90 million households across Europe, Rakuten TV is the first VOD platform to combine TVOD (Transactional video-on-demand), AVOD (Advertising video-on-demand) and SVOD (Subscription video-on-demand) services, providing users with a universe of content just one click away.

https://senalnews.com/en/content/...xt=Available%2520in%2520more,TAGS  

Ticker strikes deal with Rakuten to launch into Europe, the UK and Japan

February 3, 2022 8:52

World news network Ticker News has struck a deal with Rakuten TV to prove live news to viewers in Europe, the UK and Japan.

World news network and streamer Ticker NEWS has struck a deal with Rakuten TV to provide live news to millions of viewers across Europe, the UK and Japan.

The deal will see Ticker NEWS broadcast live in all 42 European territories for the first time.
As of the end of 2021, Rakuten TV currently reaches more than 90 million households.

https://mumbrella.com.au/...aunch-into-europe-the-uk-and-japan-722643  

Open RAN ecosystem could grow as large as €36.1 billion by 2026

In the last couple of years, Open RAN has been a growing presence on operators’ radars around the world. Posited as a potential solution to reliance on certain ‘high risk’ vendors back in early 2020, the discussions around the technology have evolved enormously, ranging from national technological sovereignty to reduced cost and heightened security.

By the start of 2021, five of Europe’s largest operators had signed a Memorandum of Understanding pledging to collaborate for the further development of the technology, reiterating this at the end of the year via a commissioned study that urged European policy makers to help develop a continental vendor ecosystem. The report by Analysys Mason suggested that the Open RAN ecosystem could grow as large as €36.1 billion by 2026.

Thus, Rakuten’s decision to further expand efforts to globalise Open RAN seem timely, particularly as it is already finding success in the EMEA region. In fact, earlier this week, Saudi Arabian operator STC said that it had become one of the first operators in the region to deploy carrier aggregation-capable O-RAN mobile infrastructure successfully, doing so in partnership with Rakuten Symphony and Cisco.

Will 2022 be the year of Open RAN? It is surely too soon to tell, but Rakuten will certainly try its best to make it happen.

https://www.totaltele.com/512086/...-better-promote-Open-RAN-globally  

MTN picks partners to expand mobile OpenRAN network in Africa

By Nqobile Dludla

June 16, 2021

JOHANNESBURG, June 16 (Reuters) - South Africa's mobile and broadband operator MTN Group (MTNJ.J) has selected five partners to launch an open radio access network (OpenRAN) in Africa to expand 4G and 5G services more quickly and cheaply, it said on Wednesday.

A radio access network (RAN) connects individual devices to other parts of a network through radio connections.

MTN said it aimed to roll out OpenRAN by the end of 2021 with its partners, namely Voyage, India's Tech Mahindra (TEML.NS) and U.S.-based firms Altiostar, Mavenir and Parallel Wireless.

In the past, network equipment from Nokia (NOKIA.HE), Ericsson (ERICb.ST), Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [RIC:RIC:HWT.UL] and other firms was largely proprietary, making it difficult to mix.

MTN, the largest telecommunications operator in Africa by subscribers, first rolled out open-source technology in 2019 to improve rural coverage. It has deployed over 1,100 commercial sites in more than 11 countries.

MTN has 277.9 million subscribers across Africa and the Middle East.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/...-africa-2021-06-16/
 

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ByAmit

Feb 5, 2022

https://clevelandsportszone.com/uncategorized/...keting-tradedoubler/  

Hannah Waddingham x Rakuten's Big Game Teaser | Evil Laugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjutJ6BntFw  

 

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https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000002736.000071640.html  

Rakuten Mobile ranks number one in overall customer satisfaction in Oricon survey of Japan's four mobile carriers

Rakuten Mobile ranks number one in overall customer satisfaction in Oricon survey of Japan's four mobile carriers: We still have lots to do, but we're working to bring down mobile service costs with new technology and commitment!

https://iphone-mania.jp/news-423391/  

WhatsApp, Rakuten Viber, and Telegram for quick user login and phone verification

The leading mobile authentication and fraud prevention solution provider, IPification launches IM (Instant Messaging) Auth to enable mobile app developers globally to use WhatsApp, Viber, and Telegram for quick user login and phone verification.

With this solution, IPification is expanding the coverage of its services beyond mobile network operators who have its GMiD box installed.

Mobile app developers will now have the option to implement IM Auth, the IM-based authentication solution from IPification to significantly increase the security and user experience of their mobile apps when compared to SMS OTP – in turn also improving their user acquisition, engagement, and retention rates.

https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/...iber-and-telegram