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Operators Rakuten Unwrapped: The 5G Evolution On-Demand Vodafone November 20, 2024

Vodafone, Rakuten stress cultural shift as key for open RAN

LIVE FROM MWL UNWRAPPED: While much of the discussion about open RAN deployments have focused on technical aspects such as interfaces, executives from Vodafone Group and Rakuten Symphony stressed the importance of embracing cultural shifts.

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Asia Pacific Operators Rakuten November 19, 2024

Rakuten eyes stable growth as coverage widens

Rakuten Mobile co-CEO Sharad Sriwastawa expressed confidence its improved network performance was helping drive steady subscriber growth, with the operator apparently on track to being EBITDA positive in December.

By Joseph Waring

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Asia Pacific Operators Rakuten August 9, 2024

Rakuten Mobile subscriber growth accelerates

Rakuten Mobile highlighted accelerated subscriber uptake in Q2 as the catalyst to topline growth and continued reductions in its operating losses, which narrowed by JPY19.4 billion ($131.9 million) year-on-year.

By Joseph Waring

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AI & Cloud Rakuten August 9, 2024

The Friday File: Rakuten lines up funding, investor dampens AI hype

Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as Rakuten Mobile looked to improve its finances through a network sale and leaseback deal, activist investor Elliott Management cooled the hype on AI and the FCC cleared AST SpaceMobile to send five birds into space.

By Hana Anandira

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Asia Pacific Operators Rakuten August 8, 2024

Rakuten to sell, lease network in up to $2B deal

Rakuten Mobile lined up long-term funding of between JPY150 billion ($1 billion) and JPY300 billion through the sale and leaseback of a part of its network to a consortium of global infrastructure investors.

By Joseph Waring

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Asia Pacific Operators Rakuten June 17, 2024

Rakuten Mobile hits 7M subscriber milestone

Open RAN pioneer Rakuten Mobile claimed it signed up 500,000 new customers in the current quarter, taking its subscriber total to more than 7 million and keeping it on track to reach its 2024 targets.

By Joseph Waring

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Asia Pacific Operators Rakuten May 14, 2024

Rakuten Mobile chief hails network quality gains

Rakuten Mobile chair and CEO Mickey Mikitani argued improved network quality, following an expanded roaming deal and optimisation efforts, is driving user adoption and putting it in a position to charge a premium for higher quality service.

By Joseph Waring

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