Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

Excellent for a lot of Rakuten-companies like Rakuten Ichiba or Rakuten Award

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...ongest-month-apparel-131303734.html  

mit iphones, die es zunächst noch nicht im Angebot hatte.

https://network.mobile.rakuten.co.jp/product/iphone/

Und Rakuten Mobile lief auch zunächst nicht auf iphones, was inzwischen aber schon einige Monate Vergangenheit ist. Apple setzt also inzwischen auf Rakuten Mobile.  

Rakuten Symphony has some unique IP, but the overall value lies in the external businesses it can work with

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WORLD SERIES 2021: Rakuten Mobile CTO Tareq Amin (pictured) noted partnerships and collaboration across the value chain are vital to the long-term success of a new cloud connectivity business rather than pursuing a hardware strategy.

During a Q&A session, Amin explained cloud unit Rakuten Symphony has some unique IP, but noted the overall value lies in the external businesses it can work with.

Rakuten Symphony has five business units:
- unified cloud
- network functions from an acquisition of Altiostar
- intelligent operation
- billing platform
- internet ecosystem services group

It has offices in Singapore, India, Europe and Boston in the US.

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/asia/asia-news/...ering-remains-vital
 

Telefónica announced it had selected Altiostar as its RAN partner of choice

Telefónica Takes Big Step to Fulfill Aggressive 5G Open RAN Vision

Telefónica is one of the world’s largest telecom and wireless operators with operations throughout Europe and Latin America. It is also one of the world’s most innovative companies operating by the motto “corporations face two options: Disrupt or be disrupted.”

One of the areas that the company is investing in heavily now is Open RAN. This week the company announced its next step in its aggressive roll out: an agreement with NEC to serve as the prime system integrator to implement and conduct trials of multi-vendor-based Open RAN solutions with the Telefónica group’s operating companies in four global markets. The scale of the agreement includes deployments in at least 800 sites for commercial use starting in 2022.

Already, Telefónica announced it had selected Altiostar as its RAN partner of choice. With NEC onboard, Telefónica has an experienced integration partner to look at installation and deployment services of the open RAN network across four countries, i.e. Brazil, Spain, UK and Germany.

https://www.altiostar.com/...o-fulfill-aggressive-5g-open-ran-vision/
 

The key to making our satellite network function is not only our extensive IP portfolio — more than 1,200 patent and patent-pending claims and growing — but also our partners. We’re working side-by-side with Rakuten, in addition to other innovative telecommunications companies like Vodafone and American Tower, to develop a network for cellular access to billions of people spread across vast regions, including Africa, India and Indonesia. Additionally, we have entered into agreements and understandings with mobile network operators around the world, collectively covering approximately 1.5 billion cellular subscribers.

Consider that in Sub-Saharan Africa, which comprises an area of 9.2 million square miles — more than twice as large as the United States — around 46% of people have a mobile subscription. For a population of 1.14 billion, this means more than 600 million people in the region lack access to an array of digital platforms that deliver meaningful benefits, spanning medical and healthcare services, learning and training, and participation in commerce and global trade.

Such problems are not confined to developing nations and emerging markets, though. Countries with more robust infrastructure, including the U.S. and Japan, are also deeply affected by a lack of cellular broadband. Key geographic regions of developed nations lack coverage, leading to digital disparities. In Japan, for instance, it is very difficult and costly to provide cellular service to rural and mountainous regions. This leaves many families without access to amenities that the rest of the nation finds essential.

SpaceMobile stands to accelerate our customers’ efforts to resolve serious issues exacerbated by lack of connectivity. We plan to begin initial service after launching our BlueBird production satellites, then expand SpaceMobile to the rest of the globe with a total of 168 satellites. By leveraging our flexible wholesale model, we believe our mobile network operator customers could dramatically expand mobile service and help close both coverage and usage gaps — ensuring anyone can get connected and whole societies can take advantage of viable paths for meaningful advancement.

https://rakuten.today/blog/...s-mission-to-help-connect-billions.html  

Telefónica has worked with Altiostar closely on some of its early Open RAN deployments including Telefónica Deutschland, O2 (Telefónica UK), Movistar Argentina and Telefónica Colombia. These trials have successfully covered the gamut of network scenarios and they have fulfilled all Telefónica’s requirements. These include delivering “4G/5G essential features including massive MIMO, dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS), NB-IoT or RAN sharing, while complying with an extensive list of key performance indicators (KPIs) aimed to verify that performance is on par with traditional RAN.”

Telefónica’s commitment to Open RAN is made real by its selection of NEC to integrate the next phase of its network roll out. The operator has publicly stated its intention to have Open RAN account for up to 50% of its RAN growth between 2022 and 2025. This aggressive roadmap highlights the company’s leadership in creating a next-generation network that supports the full complement of 5G services with an infrastructure that is agile and cost effective. We are looking forward to playing a role in making the Telefónica Open RAN network a reality.

https://www.altiostar.com/...o-fulfill-aggressive-5g-open-ran-vision/
 

Startups May Be The Next Ones To Launch An IPO

By Taner Halicioglu On Aug 26, 2021

Many Singapore tech startups have gone public or are intending to do so in the next few months. That’s because the pandemic has accelerated the need for tech-related services.

The cashback rewards platform ShopBack is said to be working on raising capital in its Series E round from new and existing investors. It was founded in 2014 by Henry Chan, Joel Leong, and Shanru Lai.

In December last year, it raised US$75 million in an extended funding round led by Temasek, with participation from existing investors like Rakuten and EDBI. Total publicly known funding is at US$113 million since its inception.

The company said last year the extended funding would be used to enhance its technology infrastructure, expand data capabilities, and drive growth in existing markets.

To deal with the pandemic, ShopBack has been extra-focused on optimising the business and rationalising its cost structure to operate more effectively with limited resources. The goal is to keep expenses as low as possible without significantly slowing business growth, while also innovating on new features.

https://techilive.in/...artups-may-be-the-next-ones-to-launch-an-ipo/  

Rakuten Mobile, iPhone13 Pro / 13 Pro Max 1TB model sold out

6 days ago

All models of the iPhone 13 series are out of stock at the Rakuten Mobile official Rakuten Ichiba store. Even on Rakuten Mobile’s direct sales site, it is displayed as out of stock depending on the combination of color and storage capacity.

All models are out of stock at Rakuten Ichiba, and the official website is limited.

Rakuten Mobile has started accepting reservations for the iPhone 13 series from 9 pm on September 17 (Friday) at the “Rakuten Mobile Official Website” and “Rakuten Mobile Official Rakuten Ichiba Store”.

As of 8:00 pm on September 19 (Sun), all models are displayed as out of stock at “Rakuten Mobile Official Rakuten Ichiba” and cannot be reserved.

On the “Rakuten Mobile Official Website”, the number of “out of stock” indications is increasing, centering on the 1TB models of iPhone13 Pro and iPhone13 Pro Max and the new color Sky Blue.
The iPhone 12 series, which has been reduced in price with the release of the iPhone 13 series, and the 256GB model of the iPhone SE (2nd generation), which Apple has discontinued, are still available for purchase.

Read more details in the source.

https://iphonewired.com/news/208670/
 

5G Download Speeds were over 1000% faster than 4G on six operators

5G has had an astonishing impact on users’ average download speeds. Thailand's AIS users experienced the most remarkable improvement of 1775.2% in their average download speeds with 5G compared to 4G, followed by those on Japan's Rakuten (1560.5%) and Saudi Arabia's Zain (1560.2%). Opensignal users on FarEasTone (Taiwan), TIM (Italy) and Vodafone (Spain) also saw improvements of over 1000%.

https://www.opensignal.com/reports/2021/09/global/...xperience-awards
 

Carousell turns unicorn after raising US$100 million for US$1.1 billion value

Carousell was founded in 2012 and counts venture capital firms Golden Gate Ventures, Sequoia India, 500 Startups and Singapore’s Economic Development Board’s investment arm EDBI among its investors.

Co-founder and chief executive Quek Siu Rui said: “The pandemic has shown us that our mission to inspire the world to start selling and buying second-hand is more relevant than ever.”

The company operates across eight markets in South-east Asia under the Carousell name as well as other brands.

https://www.straitstimes.com/business/...100-million-for-us11-billion  

Rakuten Mobile is starting to make a material contribution in enhancing Rakuten’s ecosystem. For instance, the company explains that 19% of new mobile subscribers are first-time users of Rakuten’s services, and 65% of Rakuten Mobile users are Rakuten Card users, 39% are Rakuten Bank users, and 17% are Rakuten Securities users. As such, in addition to the current combination of e-commerce and fintech businesses, mobile business is adding more stickiness to Rakuten’s entire ecosystem. Although operating loss for the mobile segment for this year will be larger than our previous forecast, we believe it will contribute to driving the growth of Rakuten’s ecosystem in the longer run.

https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/xtks/4755/quote
 

08. SEPTEMBER 2021

Rakuten Europe launches Rakuten Pay in the UK – at Hayward Gallery’s latest contemporary art exhibition

Rakuten Pay allows payment by scanning QR codes displayed on a tablet device in the store or scanning a printed QR code with a smartphone – the amount is then charged to a registered credit card or (in Japan) to a linked Rakuten bank account. In Japan Rakuten Pay is supported by more than 5 million locations across the country and Rakuten Europe just recently launched a first trial for the region at ATP Mallorca Championship, where users could pay for food and beverages through the new app.

As part of Rakuten’s unique Membership Platform, Club Rakuten UK, it now continues its journey across Europe.

In the UK and through the link to Club Rakuten, Rakuten Pay App seamlessly connects all available Rakuten services – and for the first time cultural live events.

Visitors of the exhibition, which lasts from September 9th to December 12th, 2021 will be able to pay at the three gallery shops using Rakuten Pay, earning Rakuten Points and getting access to unique discounts – for example a 50% discount on the sought-after exhibition tote bags.

New users will also receive a welcome points bonus that can be spent at the Hayward Gallery and Southbank Centre shops. By using the app for payment, visitors can earn additional Rakuten points, that can later be redeemed through Club Rakuten to watch the latest blockbusters on Rakuten TV, read eBooks on Kobo, or for international calls with Rakuten Viber.

Rakuten Pay will also be featured as one of the exhibition supporters with its logo appearing on leaflets, posters and wall prints across the gallery.

https://corp.rakuten.eu/pressrelease/r-pay-southbank-centre/  

ComBank first with banking services via Viber

Monday, 13 September 2021

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has become the first bank in the country to launch a facility that enables the bank’s accountholders and non-customers alike to seamlessly enjoy real-time banking services delivered through an interactive artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on Viber.

With the launch of this service, Viber users can benefit from uninterrupted banking services any day of the week, including on holidays, from wherever they are, the bank said. ‘Bank with ComBank on Viber’ eliminates the need for customers to visit a Commercial Bank branch for basic banking services.

Commenting on this pioneering move to cater to Viber users in the country, Commercial Bank Managing Director S. Renganathan said: “Sri Lanka is among the top five markets for Viber in the Asia Pacific region with over 15 million registered users. Offering banking services on this popular platform is a logical step for a technologically advanced bank that is focused on serving its customers with solutions that are relevant to the times. This is also another milestone in the bank’s Social Network Banking operations.”

https://www.ft.lk/front-page/...-banking-services-via-Viber/44-722970
 

Rakuten | Money Making Extension Review | Online Shopping Cash Back | Extra Income

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ORqGJIC-q0
 

Taiwan Rakuten Kobo Achieves Device Sales Growth through New Channel

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Taiwan Rakuten Kobo achieved unprecedented success with its pre-sale efforts for Kobo Elipsa, the latest eReader device from Rakuten Kobo, by exploring a brand-new promotion channel of crowdfunding. Find out in this video how the perfect match between the right channel and the right marketing method for a unique device led to a fivefold increase in sales compared to past models.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_S7a0oCWlw  

Rakuten Symphony is attracting considerable global attention

Dr. David Soldani

Rakuten Symphony is attracting considerable global attention, with four customers and 27 prospective clients in the Americas; three customers and 19 prospects in Europe; and four customers and 22 prospects in Asia-Pacific. Also, it has 12 prospective clients in Middle East & Africa, and five in Russia and the CIS.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:6832584452640796672  

9.16.2021
Rakuten Advertising stellt 5-Stufen-Plan für leistungsstarkes Affiliate-Marketing vor

Rakuten Advertising hat einen 5-Stufen-Plan für leistungsstarkes Affiliate-Marketing vorgestellt. Advertiser und Publisher erfahren darin, welche strategische Funktion der Affiliate-Kanal heute in Marketingstrategien spielen kann.

Der 5-Stufen-Plan basiert auf Beiträgen und Input von Affiliate-Marketing-Spezialisten weltweit führender Advertiser und Publisher, die Mitglieder des Rakuten Advertising International Collective (RAIC) sind.

Advertisern bietet der 5-Stufen-Plan Informationen und Einblicke, wie verschiedene Affiliate-Modelle kombiniert werden können, um während der gesamten Customer Journey, vom Erstkontakt bis zur Conversion, neue Kunden zu finden und zu beeinflussen. Publisher erfahren, wie sie ihr Angebot verbessern, erweitern und weiter monetarisieren können, um die Partnerschaft mit bestehenden Advertisern zu vertiefen und neue Advertising-Partner zu gewinnen.

Der 5-Stufen-Plan bietet praktische Einblicke in die integrierte Nutzung verschiedener Affiliate-Modelle über die gesamte Customer Journey hinweg. Dies wird anhand von Beispielen verschiedenster Brands gezeigt, darunter der Modehändler 24S, Microsoft, Reward, Beyond China, RetailMeNot und andere.
„Unser Ziel bei der Gründung des RAIC und der Zusammenführung einiger der führenden Köpfe der Affiliate-Branche war es, Erkenntnisse und Best Practices zu gewinnen, die für die gesamte Marketingbranche von Nutzen sind,“ sagte Rakhee Jogia, Managing Director International bei Rakuten Advertising. „Die Tatsache, dass die ersten globalen RAIC-Meetings die Grundlage für den jetzt vorgestellten 5-Stufen-Plan bildeten, hat dessen Wert bereits bewiesen. Bei den RAIC-Treffen fiel auf, wie offen und bereitwillig Advertiser und Publisher ihre Erfahrungen austauschen und wie sehr beide daran interessiert sind, eng zusammenzuarbeiten, um ihre jeweiligen kommerziellen Ziele zu erreichen. Der 5-Stufen-Plan zeigt die Schritte zum Aufbau eines modernen, leistungsstarken Affiliate-Marketing-Programms auf.“

Basierend auf den Erfahrungen von Advertisern und Publishern in Europa, den USA, im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum und in Lateinamerika definiert der 5-Stufen-Plan die wichtigsten Schritte zum Aufbau eines leistungsstarken Affiliate-Programms, das auf die kommerziellen Ziele ausgerichtet ist:
        1.§Stufe: Affiliate-KPIs an den Geschäftszielen ausrichten
        2.§Stufe: Verfügbare Daten optimal nutzen
        3.§Stufe: Affiliate-Marketing-Strategien auf die Customer Journey und die Markenpositionierung ausrichten
        4.§Stufe: Bestehende und neue Affiliate-Modelle verbinden
        5.§Stufe: Analysieren, Lernen, Testen, Optimieren und Ergebnisse belegen

„Die letzten RAIC-Meetings waren eine großartige Möglichkeit, sich mit anderen Publishern und Advertisern aus der ganzen Welt auszutauschen,“ sagte Stephen Gardner, Global Director Retail Partnerships beim Bank Customer Engagement Specialist Reward. „Die Offenheit der Mitglieder hat uns allen einen echte Lernerfahrung nahegebracht. Da der 5-Stufen-Plan einen Großteil der Diskussion zu einem praktischen Leitfaden für Publisher und Advertiser zusammenfasst, haben wir die Möglichkeit geschaffen, diese Erkenntnisse einem möglichst breiten Publikum zugänglich zu machen. Alle Schiffe steigen mit der Flut, wie es heißt, und die Förderung des strategischen Werts von Affiliate wird uns allen zugutekommen.“

Der „5-Stufen-Plan für leistungsstarkes Affiliate-Marketing“ steht hier zum Download bereit.

Über Rakuten Advertising
Rakuten Advertising verbindet führende Agenturen, Brands und Publisher mit aktiven und engagierten Consumern auf der ganzen Welt. Mit dem Zugang auf die vielfältigen Medien und Zielgruppen von Rakuten, kombiniert mit einem preisgekrönten Performance-Netzwerk und eigener Consumer-Forschung, schafft Rakuten Advertising die richtigen Voraussetzungen, um neue Kunden zu erreichen und eine langfristige Kundenbindung zu erzielen. Auf der Grundlage fortschrittlicher Technologie, Daten und strategischer Dienstleistungen ist Rakuten Advertising bestens aufgestellt, um eine differenzierte Palette von Marketing- und Werbelösungen anzubieten und gleichzeitig die Branche kontinuierlich voranzutreiben. Das Unternehmen ist ein Geschäftsbereich von Rakuten Inc. (4755:TOKYO), einem der weltweit führenden Internet-Service-Anbieter. Es hat seinen Hauptsitz in San Mateo, Kalifornien, mit Niederlassungen in EMEA, APAC, LATAM und Nordamerika.

https://rakutenadvertising.com/de-de/...sstarkes-affiliate-marketing/
 

Rakuten Bank's number of transactions FY 2011-2020

Published by L. Kettenhofen, Jul 29, 2021

In fiscal year 2020, the number of transactions made at Rakuten Bank, Ltd. reached 537 million. Compared to the previous fiscal year, the number of transactions increased by more than 30 percent. Rakuten Bank, Ltd. is a Japanese online bank that belongs to the Rakuten Group.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231065/...umber-of-transactions/
(erstes Klicken sichtbar, weitere Klicks erfordern Anmeldung)
 

by FierceWireless Staff |
Sep 24, 2021 6:00pm

https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/...view-rakuten-s-tareq-amin  

die vor mir gepostete Quelle mit dem Interview auf Yahoo blockiert.  

des Interviews durchzulesen, sondern sich auch das Interview original anzuhören.  

Fierce: Are you able to share any numbers or indicators of early interest from other operators in using Symphony? Are you in discussions with a handful, a dozen, tens of operators around the globe?

Amin: Actually, it's a lot more. I personally will tell you, I had calls with various CXOs of over 75 mobile operators and we of course had a discussion, not only with the CTO of the mobile operators but also their CEOs and various business units. Because this is what we believe Symphony is offering: Is a fundamental transformation on technology, on business model, combined with our digital internet assets. We think it's a story at least worth to be heard from our future customers.

Our entire focus as we started to materialize Rakuten and Symphony to focus on getting Rakuten to be built in another geography: that is absolutely critical for this accessible open RAN architecture. We had amazing discussions with several Tier 1s, lots of startups. Diana, I will share with you probably one of the most exciting things for us in Rakuten is the announcement about Rakuten and Symphony and RCP being awarded the largest open RAN contract in the heart of Europe, in Germany, working with 1&1 AG.

It is an amazing breakthrough for Rakuten and Symphony. There is no better place to do this other than Germany. We're very, very thrilled, honored and excited to have done this in the early inception and creation of this platform group.

https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/...view-rakuten-s-tareq-amin
 

Chicago, IL –28 September 2021– NielsenIQ, the industry leader in global measurement and data analytics, announced today two key acquisition agreements –Data Impact and Rakuten Intelligence. These acquisitions will drive significant value to NielsenIQ’s e-commerce and omnichannel measurement solutions and allow the company to revolutionize the consumer and retail measurement industries with a comprehensive view of the online marketplace, from product distribution to sales.

https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/2021/...ement-revolution/
 

NielsenIQ gibt Tempo für die Revolution der Omnichannel-Messung vor

Di, 28.09.21 14:00·
 
NielsenIQ schließt zwei wichtige Übernahmeverträge ab, um seine Omnichannel-Lösung zu verstärken

NielsenIQ, Branchenführer im Bereich globaler Messung und Datenanalyse, meldete heute den Abschluss von zwei wichtigen Übernahmeverträgen – Data Impact und Rakuten Intelligence. Diese Akquisitionen sorgen für eine signifikante Wertschöpfung für die E-Commerce- und Omnichannel-Messlösungen von NielsenIQ und bedeuten dank einem umfassenden Blick auf den Online-Marktplatz von der Produktdistribution bis zum Verkauf eine Revolution in den Verbraucher- und Einzelhandels-Messbranchen.

Der E-Commerce-Umsatz macht derzeit in den USA 12 Prozent der Konsumgüterumsätze und auf globalen Märkten bis zu 30 Prozent aus. Es wird geschätzt, dass der E-Commerce-Umsatz bis 2025 mit einer jährlichen Wachstumsrate von 15 Prozent steigen wird. Mit dem signifikanten Wachstum und Marktanteil von Einzelhändlern mit Online-Fokus wird es immer wichtiger, den Gesamtmarkt zu verstehen.

https://www.comdirect.de/inf/news/detail.html?ID_NEWS=1015865797

 

Early signs about the interest and the adoption of Symphony is absolutely phenomenal.

Fierce: Very briefly, how close are other operators beyond 1&1 to adopting Symphony?

Amin: You know, what I notice which is really, I would say amazing, good news that is happening. If I tell you in 2018, I noticed that the remarks about what we were doing is... Mostly was, okay, this is fascinating what Rakuten is doing, but too much risk. In some cases, a lot of skepticism, whether this will work or not. As years progressed, as we continue to focus on delivery and results and materialization of this architecture highlighting its advantages to the larger ecosystem. I also saw the positiveness coming about from my colleagues and the entire ecosystem to support what Rakuten is doing. It went from, it's an interesting to watch project to something that really has validity. I am feeling thrilled and excited that operators now are committing to this journey.

The Open RAN forum is becoming stronger. The desire to do what we have done and the will is absolutely there. I think we have an amazing momentum. Not just as Rakuten but the industry as a whole, to finally change the old architecture in a new world, in which elasticity, resiliency and cloud are the essence and the DNA of how you build telco workloads. I'm feeling extremely optimistic, and the early signs about the interest and the adoption of this is absolutely phenomenal.

https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/...view-rakuten-s-tareq-amin