Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

AT&T is aiming to enhance solutions within the Rakuten Symworld platform

Working with comms platform provider Rakuten Symphony, AT&T is aiming to enhance solutions within the Rakuten Symworld platform to accelerate network planning and deployment in greenfield and brownfield environments.

Symworld is designed to offer one-touch access to a suite of next-gen network software apps that can modernise and automate any mobile network. It enables industrialised automation and data-driven solutions for planning, designing, deploying, operating, securing and maintaining new and existing networks at the speed and scale of the cloud.

The companies aim to develop and bring to market solutions through the platform by drawing on technologies, experience and expertise currently used for widescale network deployments by AT&T in the US and Rakuten Mobile in Japan.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514068/...d-to-gain-edge-in-5G  

In 2020, Rakuten Mobile launched the world’s first fully virtualized cloud-native mobile network, to become Japan’s fourth major mobile carrier.

“By being the first in the world to do everything with software, we have many diverse advantages,” Mikitani explained. “Costs are lower, it’s easy to build in new programs, it’s versatile and speedy.”

The mobile business has already had positive knock-on effects for Rakuten Ichiba’s merchants.

“Users who subscribe to Rakuten Mobile are buying 1.7 times more [on Rakuten Ichiba] over the span of a year,” Mikitani revealed. “At first, I thought this was because we gave away so many points as an incentive to sign up with Rakuten Mobile. But it seems like this is a permanent change in behavior.”

Mikitani explained that a significant number of new customers joining the Rakuten Ecosystem – as many as 20% – are doing so through Rakuten Mobile. But the majority are existing members who are already accustomed to shopping on Rakuten Ichiba.

“With other mobile carriers, most customers flow in through the mobile services before being sold new online services like online shopping and finance,” he outlined. “For us, it’s the reverse: Around 60% of Rakuten Mobile users are regular shoppers on Rakuten Ichiba. Compared to our competitors, this rate is astronomical.”

With new mobile subscribers spending an average of 70% more on Ichiba, growth of the Rakuten Mobile user base can only mean good news for Rakuten Ichiba merchants. Mikitani compared Rakuten Mobile’s beginning years with those of Rakuten Card, which after 16 years in business, has now issued some 25 million credit cards in Japan.

“It is the top credit card in Japan by a wide margin. And it’s growing the fastest, too. The growth trajectory of Rakuten Mobile, meanwhile, is around three times faster than that of Rakuten Card,” he remarked. “We have around five million Rakuten Mobile subscribers right now, and as this number grows to 10, 20, 30 and 40 million, I think you can expect your GMS to skyrocket as well.”

https://rakuten.today/mickeysvoice/...tani-ten-trillion-yen-goal.html  

https://bestinau.net/...ght-now-data-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/  

Southeast Asia Emerges as the Key Battleground in the Global Streaming Wars

08 March 2022

Liz Shackleton, Special Correspondent, Singapore

MediaCorp, for example, is teaming up with WarnerMedia and Taiwan’s Catchplay on an anthology series, Twisted Strings, which is executively produced by the famed Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao hsien. Catchplay also co produced a crime drama, Trinity Of Shadows, with WarnerMedia and Hong Kong’s Viu, and is developing new shows with Japan’s Rakuten TV and the Singapore and Indonesia based Infinite Studios. “Co productions help us to increase our range, although they’ve been difficult to execute in the past 24 months with different countries having different travel restrictions,” said MediaCorp’s Poh.

https://research.hktdc.com/en/article/MTAwNDA4MTYzNA
 

Growth-rate of Rakuten Viber Unique IDs increased again

Dez 15 = 711 million

Dez 16 = 858 million

Dez 17 = 980 million

Dez 18 = 1.075 billion

Dez 19 = 1.150 billion

Dez 20 = 1.237 billion

Dez 21 = 1.334 billion

https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/...tzer-ids-bei-viber/  

11 March 2022

Rakuten Symphony aspires to see a thriving ecosystem of open source communities and accelerate the industry transformation, working with partners as a social responsibility to lower the infrastructure costs and then ultimately, make Symworld the defacto app store.

https://www.telecomtv.com/content/spotlight-on-5g/...-symphony-43822/
 

The future of Rakuten Symphony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=tP9tQOTxJK0  

Auf die Frage nach der Zufriedenheit der in vier Kategorien genutzten Dienstleistungen: "Pricing Category", "Service Category", "Telecommunication Quality Division" und "Customer Support Division", rakuten UN-LIMIT VI in den Preis- und Serviceabteilungen, ahamo in der Telekommunikationsqualitätsabteilung, UQ mobile in der Kundendienstabteilung und Rakuten UN-LIMIT VI waren die höchste Gesamtzufriedenheit.

https://www.itmedia.co.jp/mobile/articles/2203/14/news081.html  

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 14, 2022 BY ROBERT CURRAN

https://appledoreresearch.com/2022/02/14/rakuten-symphony-tunes-up/
 

March 8, 2022 | Stefan Pongratz

2022 Outlook for Open RAN

Encouraged by the current state of the market, we have revised our Open RAN outlook upward for 2022, to reflect the higher baseline. After more than doubling in 2021, the relative growth rates are expected to slow somewhat, as more challenging comparisons with some of the larger deployments weigh on the market. Even with the upward short-term adjustments, we are not making any changes at this time to the long-term forecast. Open RAN is still projected to approach 15% of total RAN by 2026.

In summary, although operators want greater openness in the RAN, there is still much work ahead to realize the broader Open RAN vision, including not just open interfaces but also improved supplier diversity. Recent Open RAN activities—taken together with the MWC announcements—will help to ameliorate some of these concerns about the technology readiness, though clearly not all.

Nonetheless, MWC was a step in the right direction. The continued transition from PowerPoint to trials and live networks over the next year should yield a fuller picture.

https://www.delloro.com/open-ran-momentum-is-solid/  

https://symphony.rakuten.com/blog/...-takes-wraps-off-symworld-at-mwc  

Best Affiliate Marketing Programs : Top 10 Highest Paying for 2022

Aneeca YounasLast updated: 11 March 2022

Affiliate marketing is on the rise, now more than ever. And, with that said, this lucrative marketing strategy is also becoming more and more saturated. With so many companies committing to online marketing and digital advertising, there’s a wide array of affiliate programs out there to choose from. It can be overwhelming if you don’t know what programs are worth your time or money.

Rakuten Advertising – A great alternative or add-on to your eBay and Amazon affiliations

Rakuten is a Japanese affiliate marketing service provider that you may not be familiar with. When they purchased LinkShare in 2005, they got their foot in the door of the affiliate marketing landscape.
Rakuten Linkshare has gone from being a little player in the market to consistently receive honors. Why do they work so well for affiliates who are just starting out?

• Similar to most other affiliate networks, the user interface is straightforward and easy to navigate.
• They are the voice of more than a thousand different companies.
• Everything from flowers and presents to gadgets and office necessities is available from their vendors.

Because Rakuten is a major player in affiliate marketing, the approval process may be lengthy, especially if your site receives little or no traffic at all. Although the commission rates for affiliates vary from vendor to vendor, it’s clear that you can earn a good commission here.

Rakuten, on the other hand, is an affiliate network that many newbies overlook. Despite the claims of some affiliates, I’ve never had a problem getting paid by this network.

Pros
• Some of the most well-known affiliate programs can be found here
• An easy-to-use interface that does the job
• Each year, they deal with sales of over $100 million
• One of the most well-known affiliate networks in the world today

Cons
• The user interface is extremely dated
• There is a lack of data measurement metrics and tools

https://www.business2community.com/...ate-marketing-programs-02457830  

Rakuten TV sits within Rakuten Advertising’s unified portfolio, where advertisers can buy media across a variety of channels

Rakuten TV adds Beano to FAST offering

Written by DTVE Reporter 3rd March 2022

European streaming platform Rakuten TV has added British children’s brand The Beano to its children’s collection of FAST on its platform.

The Beano channel is the latest channel to join Rakuten TV’s growing portfolio of free, ad-supported streaming television services..

Other FAST channels on the service include iconic brands such as the LEGO channel, Planeta Junior TV, Kidz Bob, Caillou, Teletubbies and its branded Rakuten TV Family channel, featuring TV shows such as Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.

Rakuten TV sits within Rakuten Advertising’s unified portfolio, where advertisers can buy media across a variety of channels

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2022/03/03/...beano-to-fast-offering/  

MMD Institute “March 2022 MNO Satisfaction SurveyIs a survey of communication service usage trends in March 2022, which was announced the other day. February 14-16, 2022, targeting 1,800 men and women aged 18 to 69 who are using MNOs. It is carried out on the Internet.

Target services (sample number of each service is n = 200)
• Carrier main brands: NTT DoCoMo, au, Softbank, Rakuten UN-LIMIT VI
• Online-only plans: ahamo, povo, LINEMO
• Sub-brands: Y! Mobile, UQ mobile

Rakuten, which ranks first in overall satisfaction, is the top in the two categories of price and service.

https://www.newsdirectory3.com/...md-research-institute-iphone-mania/  

 

Rakuten Travel Xchange selects RateGain for Expanding Global Reach

MUMBAI, India, March 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RateGain Technologies,

... (automatisch gekürzt) ...

https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/...l-reach-802737828.html

 

„Wir geben Deutschland das fortschrittlichste landesweite Open-RAN-Netz“

Interview von Martin Fritz

14. März 2022

Rakuten werde den ehrgeizigen Zeitplan beim Aufbau eines neuartigen 5G-Mobilfunknetzes für die United Internet-Tochter 1&1 einhalten, verspricht Top-Verkäufer Rabih Dabboussi im Interview. Er arbeitet für die Tochter Rakuten Symphony, die die japanische Mobilfunklösung in die ganze Welt tragen will.

https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/it/...ite-open-ran-netz/28098812.html  

Rakuten Symphony hat bisher 14 Kunden gewonnen, darunter 1&1, und weitere 113 potenzielle Kunden identifiziert. Wie wollen Sie diese überzeugen?

Wir haben zwei einzigartige Vorteile. Erstens haben wir die meisten Funktionen der Basisstationen in Software umgewandelt und nutzen die Open RAN-Architektur, so dass Sie mehr Auswahl und Flexibilität bei den Antennen haben. Zweitens verfügen wir über ein extrem hohes Maß an Automatisierung und Orchestrierung. Wir betreiben unser Netz in Japan mit 200 Mitarbeitern, während andere Betreiber mit einer ähnlichen Ausdehnung und Anzahl von Funkeinheiten 6.000 bis 7.000 Ingenieure beschäftigen. Unsere Technologie verschafft uns die bereits erwähnten Kostenvorteile.

https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/it/...ite-open-ran-netz/28098812.html  

March 15, 2022 by admin

The Golden State Warriors will play two 2022 preseason games in Japan against the Washington Wizards as part of the NBA Japan Games 2022 Presented by Rakuten, the league announced today. The Warriors and Wizards will face off on Friday, Sept. 30 and Sunday, Oct. 2 at Saitama Super Arena, marking the first Japan visit for both teams and the 15th and 16th NBA games ever in the country.

“We are honored to tip off the 2022-23 NBA season in Japan,” said Warriors President & Chief Operating Officer Brandon Schneider. “Throughout our four-plus year partnership with Rakuten, we’ve forged many deep, meaningful relationships in Japan. Participating in the upcoming NBA Japan Games gives us great optimism about the continued growth of basketball around the world and the opportunity to unite through a shared love of the game.”

The NBA Japan Games 2022 Presented by Rakuten will livestream in Japan on the NBA Rakuten service and will reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories on television, digital media and social media. Leading up to the games, the league and its partners will also conduct interactive fan activities, Jr. NBA programming and NBA Cares community outreach initiatives. Tickets for the games will go on sale at a later date.

In 2017, the NBA and Rakuten announced a groundbreaking partnership that made Rakuten a global marketing partner of the NBA and the league’s exclusive live-game distribution partner in Japan. Rakuten is also an official partner of the Golden State Warriors, a relationship that began in 2017 when the Warriors welcomed Rakuten as the team’s first-ever jersey partner.

https://qc-gaming.com/...s-to-play-two-2022-preseason-games-in-japan/  

Mens And Boys Clothing Market Growing Massively by 2029 Top Key Players- Rakuten, Walmart

March 15, 2022

Some of the key players are:
Rakuten, Walmart, American Apparel, Benetton, Cotton On, Diesel

https://www.marianuniversitysabre.com/2022/03/15/...0On%2C%2520Diesel  

 

Rakuten Trade CEO sees a blue ocean amongst Malaysia’s youngish population

By Digital News Asia January 17, 2022

• Purely digital company, saw surge in account openings since March 2020
• Launch of its foreign equity service is 'just the beginning' says its CEO

https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/business/...ysias-youngish-population  

Rakuten is an important client and one of the important owners of AST

Space-based mobile phone network AST SpaceMobile signs launch deal with Elon Musk rocket company SpaceX

March 16, 2022 by ilovetechy_5skrwq

A company building what is understood to be the only space-based mobile phone network has signed a multi-launch agreement with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Texas-based AST SpaceMobile, which has its UK base at the new Space Park Leicester, has struck a deal with the Tesla co-founder’s rocket business for a planned summer launch of its BlueWalker 3 test satellite, and for future launches of its BlueBird satellites.

AST SpaceMobile wants to put 170 satellites into low orbit to create a space-based cellular broadband network for the 5 billion phone mobile users who don’t have permanent terrestrial coverage.

https://ilovetechy.com/...-deal-with-elon-musk-rocket-company-spacex/  

RateGain: Rakuten Travel Xchange setzt auf RateGain zum Ausbau seiner globalen Reichweite

Veröffentlicht 16. März 2022

RateGain Technologies, ein weltweit tätiger Anbieter von SaaS-Lösungen für das Reise- und Gastgewerbe, hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass Rakuten Travel Xchange (RTX), der global tätige Geschäftsbereich für Hotelkonnektivität und Reisetechnologie innerhalb der Rakuten Group, sich für RateGain entschieden hat, um sein umfangreiches weltweites Angebot, unter anderem auch Top-Hotel-Ketten, auszubauen.

https://www.nachrichten-heute.net/...-seiner-globalen-reichweite.html
 

Amazon, Alibaba, EBay, Rakuten, AWIN, Shopify, CJ Affiliate, Bluehost – The Bollywood Ticket

5 hours ago by publisher team

Global Affiliate Marketing Software Market is growing at a High CAGR during the forecast period 2022-2030. The increasing interest of the individuals in this industry is the big reason for the expansion of this market.

The Key Manufacturers Covered in the Affiliate Marketing Software Market:
• Amazon
• Alibaba
• eBay
• Rakuten
• AWIN
• Shopify
• CJ Affiliate
• Bluehost
• StudioPress (WPEngine)
• Tradedoubler
• Admitad
• ShareASale
• Clickbank
• Leadpages

https://marketingpgr.com/...-affiliate-bluehost-the-bollywood-ticket/