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Rakuten Mobile aims to disrupt Japan market with amazing offer

March 4, 2020 News Centre 0

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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Rakuten, Vodafone invest in SpaceMobile LEO satellite network

March 4, 2020 News Centre 0

Rakuten and Vodafone are lead investors in SpaceMobile, extending mobile coverage using the first mobile broadband network to be broadcast from space. Read more…

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Walmart, Seiyu and Rakuten take bite out of Japan food market

February 21, 2020 News Centre 0

Walmart’s tie up with Seiyu and Rakuten has found the sweet spot in Japan’s food market with a fast-growing venture ranked third in online grocery sector. Read more…

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Japanese anti-trust officials raid Rakuten after complaints

February 10, 2020 News Centre 0

Japanese antitrust officials raided the offices of e-commerce company Rakuten after complaints from online merchants about company’s free shipping policies Read more…

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Will Rakuten continue to show operators how to win in a 5G world?

September 3, 2019 Guest Writer 0

Japanese tech conglomerate, Rakuten, announced it would roll out 5G services by June 2020, officially entering the Japanese telco market. Read more…

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Rakuten cashless experiment has unexpected results

July 4, 2019 News Centre 0

When the baseball season kicked off in Japan this spring, fans of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles were faced with an inconvenience they’d never encountered before: the food and drinks stalls did not accept cash. Read more…

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Rakuten and how to win in the digital world

May 1, 2019 Alex Leslie 2

The Rakuten story sole the show at MWC this year, mainly because of the #5G angle. Read more…

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Rakuten relaunches virtual currency exchange

April 1, 2019 News Centre 0

Japan-based e-commerce operator Rakuten registered its rebranded virtual currency exchange service with the country’s top financial regulator. Read more…

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Rakuten – doing much more than stealing the show at MWC19

March 11, 2019 Tony Poulos 0

Rakuten is not burdened by legacy, “so it allows us to really see what digital first, mobile first, omni-channel company looks like”. Read more…

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Rakuten shows MWC how to build a 5G network, you’re welcome

February 28, 2019 John C. Tanner 0

Rakuten’s MWC keynote was a masterclass in how to build a cheap cloud-native 5G network that incumbent cellcos aspire to become one day. Read more…

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Rakuten signs roaming deal with KDDI to boost LTE launch

November 2, 2018 News Centre 0

KDDI has signed an agreement to provide roaming services to Rakuten for its LTE mobile network to be launched in October 2019, which will enable the e-commerce firm to offer a nationwide LTE service from Read more…

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Japan wants mobile price war ahead of Rakuten’s launch

October 23, 2018 News Centre 0

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government wants to see greater price competition among the nation’s three dominant mobile phone network providers, before e-commerce firm Rakuten enters the market in October next year with plans for lower Read more…

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Rakuten gets regulatory clearance for mobile services

April 10, 2018 News Centre 0

TOKYO (Reuters) – Rakuten Inc said on Monday it won government approval to offer mobile services as the Japanese e-commerce company expands its business into a market dominated by three major carriers. Rakuten, which has Read more…

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Rakuten decides to become a cellco – good luck with that

December 15, 2017 News Centre 0

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten said it would apply for a 4G mobile license, aiming to become the country’s fourth major wireless carrier in a strategic shift that had analysts warning of an uphill Read more…

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Napster pumps up Rakuten music streaming service

June 2, 2017 News Centre 0

Napster has announced a new partnership with Japanese internet services company Rakuten to enhance its on-demand music streaming service, Rakuten Music. Under the partnership, Napster will deliver song playback and curated playlists from its catalog Read more…

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