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Rakuten and AST SpaceMobile make sat call with cell phone
Rakuten Mobile and AST SpaceMobile say they have successfully completed a two-way voice call with a standard mobile phone using the BlueWalker 3 LEOsat. Read more…
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Rakuten Mobile gets slap on the wrist over outage
Rakuten Mobile has received an ‘Administrative Guidance’ from the MIC over ‘massive disruptions’ of its voice and data services in September this year. Read more…
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Rakuten Mobile to use ‘platinum’ band in 2024 for cheap
Japan’s upstart MNO Rakuten Mobile says it hopes to introduce services over the so-called ‘platinum band’ (900 MHz) from March 2024 – at minimal cost. Read more…
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Japan’s Rakuten Mobile network service down for 2.5 hours
Japan’s Rakuten Mobile Inc said on Sunday that its service for users on Rakuten UN-LIMIT VII plans had been restored after a system failure lasting 2.5 hours. Read more…
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Rakuten Mobile is bleeding users after dropping free data plan
Rakuten Mobile is dropping its free plan for users whose monthly data usage stays below 1GB, prompting an exodus of subs to its rivals. Read more…
Features
Rakuten Mobile introduces eKYC, allowing online identity verification
With eKYC service Rakuten customers able to verify their identity with a smartphone by taking a photo of their driver’s license and their face Read more…
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Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile bets big on India with services, equipment
Japanese telco, Rakuten Mobile appears to be making a much bigger bet on India in the field of IT services and telecom hardware. Read more…
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Rakuten selects Keysight Technologies to speed intro of 5G services
Rakuten Mobile has selected the Keysight Technologies’ 5G network and channel emulation solutions to speed introduction of 5G services. Read more…
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Rakuten Mobile to use drones to carry out base station inspections
Rakuten Mobile will collaborate with Rakuten AirMap in using drones to conduct completion inspections of base stations for its mobile network. Read more…
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Rakuten Mobile selects Nokia for optical transport on 5G network
Rakuten Mobile will deploy the Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Switch to power its reconfigurable photonic mesh mobile backhaul network. Read more…
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Rakuten Mobile aims to disrupt Japan market with amazing offer
Rakuten Mobile’s launch campaign is offering 3 million subscribers the first full year of service free and the Rakuten UN-LIMIT plan for 2,980 yen (US$28) pm. Read more…
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TPG Telecom, Rakuten Mobile 5G OpenRAN trial in Singapore
Singapore’s fourth mobile operator TPG Telecom has selected Japanese counterpart Rakuten Mobile to help it run joint 5G OpenRAN trials in the city state. Read more…
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Rakuten Mobile to expand free services to 20,000 participants
Rakuten Mobile announced expansion to up to an additional 20,000 participants with the opening of the second wave of the “Free Supporter Program”. Read more…