
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…
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…
Rakuten and Vodafone are lead investors in SpaceMobile, extending mobile coverage using the first mobile broadband network to be broadcast from space. Read more…
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…
Japanese antitrust officials raided the offices of e-commerce company Rakuten after complaints from online merchants about company’s free shipping policies Read more…
Japanese tech conglomerate, Rakuten, announced it would roll out 5G services by June 2020, officially entering the Japanese telco market. Read more…
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…
The Rakuten story sole the show at MWC this year, mainly because of the #5G angle. Read more…
Japan-based e-commerce operator Rakuten registered its rebranded virtual currency exchange service with the country’s top financial regulator. Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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