Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

https://www.telecomtv.com/content/open-ran/...oo-hot-to-ignore-39620/
 

Umsatz von Rakuten nach Quartalen weltweit bis zum 3. Quartal 2020

Veröffentlicht von A. Poleshova, 17.11.2020

Diese Statistik zeigt die Umsätze des Internetunternehmens Rakuten vom ersten Quartal 2014 bis zum dritten Quartal 2020 weltweit. Im dritten Quartal 2020 konnte der Internethändler einen Umsatz in Höhe von rund 361 Milliarden Yen verzeichnen.


https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/...ten-nach-quartalen/  

Sercomm has partnered with Open vRAN pioneer Altiostar to add support for split option 2 on the SCE4255W

Sercomm CBRS Cat-A Indoor Enterprise Small Cell Achieves OnGo(TM) and FCC Part 96 Certification
September 15, 2020

TAIPEI, Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sercomm (TWSE: 5388), a leading global manufacturer of telecom equipment, announced today that the SCE4255W, Sercomm’s LTE CBRS Cat-A Indoor Enterprise Small Cell, has been OnGo™ and FCC Part 96 certified. The SCE4255W is a versatile LTE CBRS small cell that can be used for private LTE networks and for expanding public LTE networks to indoor environments.

The SCE4255W is Sercomm’s second certified CBRS small cell and adds to our over 10 years of experience designing and building 4G and 5G small cells for global operators. This small cell is proven in traditional network architectures as well as virtualized, disaggregated architectures. Sercomm has partnered with Open vRAN pioneer Altiostar to add support for split option 2 on the SCE4255W. This integration allows customers to take advantage of the latest vRAN technology to simplify deployment, reduce costs, and enhance the user experience.

“Altiostar is pleased to continue our collaboration with Sercomm to bring open vRAN technology to the SCE4255W CBRS small cell product,” said Anil Bhandari, Vice President of Product Management at Altiostar. “Our aim is to expand our ecosystem of partners and work with best of breed solutions, such as those provided by companies like Sercomm, who offer a compelling value proposition for our wireless customers”

https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-newswire/...ee73b92db22af87070f3e  

Rakuten is Leveraging O-RAN to Reimagine Mobile and it Could Change the Way We Use Our Phones Forever

MILAN MILANOVIĆ 16 Nov 2020OV 2020

As a brand new entrant in the Japanese mobile space, Rakuten took its cloud-centric approach and virtualized everything from radio to the core with hundreds of virtual functions implemented. These functions are delivered from multiple computing centers leveraging COTS hardware.

Rakuten has also fostered innovation on the radio access side by having infrastructure giants like Nokia agree to open up the radio, which is typically a black box. This allows Rakuten to control all the hardware that goes into the network, the supply chain, the ecosystem as well as the security aspect of this platform. Rakuten prides itself in the “zero touch provisioning” which breaks free from traditional network rollouts, drastically speeds up the deployment process and requirements, and redefines the way telecom operators can architect, provision and deploy the network.

A company like Rakuten — with decades of experience running server-centric IP-based services — already has an advantage over traditional telcos because of the hundreds of edge data centers they operate. At this time, Rakuten has an infrastructure of nearly 300 edge data centers that can bring content geographically closer to the user and drastically reduce latency. The CP workloads are handled by central data servers, and the entire operation is managed by the horizontal cloud. Everything from radio access, transport and network functions are virtualized and orchestrated by the Rakuten Mobile operating system.

The Rakuten model is a very early dive into the world of O-RAN architecture. It went from a proof-of-concept to a fully fledged commercial mobile network serving millions of customers in what felt like the blink of an eye. There are still many unknowns, in particular in terms of future scalability and security, but the operator seems to be very confident with its own Rakuten Mobile Platform (RMP). In fact, that same platform is being offered as a turn-key solution to existing mobile operators and new entrants.

This model promises a significant cost reduction in both capital and operating expense, including head count (due to the data-centric nature and the level of automation). This approach seems to pose a threat to the traditional telecom giants like Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei in terms of revenue. However, these companies’ willingness to open their radio components and allow customization for Rakuten’s specific needs implies that broader change is coming in the telecom world.

https://www.speedtest.net/insights/blog/...ng-o-ran-reimagine-mobile/  

This new architecture will have a significant impact on the telecom industry.

First, it will allow new entrants to disrupt the market. Telecom operators will be able to pick and choose different software components for these virtualized networks.

Ultimately, this will make networks more flexible and secure, since they won't have a single supplier.
Second, a virtualized open radio access architecture will support faster software innovation and more flexibility.

This will give rise to advanced features like network automation, self-optimization of radio resources, coordination of radio access nodes, exposure to third-party multi-access edge computing (MEC) applications through open application programming interfaces (APIs), and integration with virtualized core and transport networks.

Third, open RAN will also be useful for coverage in hard to reach rural locations – such as an area with a very small population – or where a sharing model is more cost-effective, such as dense urban locations where large numbers of small cells are required.

Telefónica has been an early adopter and is playing a very active role in open networks.

We also bought a stake in Altiostar, a company that provides RAN software solutions that support open interfaces.

Between this year and the beginning of next year, we will deploy open RAN pilots in our core markets of Brazil, Germany, Spain and the UK.

Our intention is then to ramp up towards the thousands of nodes in these markets. The ambition is for open RAN to reach up to 50% of the 4G and 5G RAN growth between 2022 and 2025.

We are helping to develop the technology further through our strategic collaborations with Altiostar, Gigatera Communications, Intel, Supermicro and Xilinx.

https://www.telefonica.com/en/web/press-office/-/...l-ctio-telefonica  

Order for Pickup’ First-Timers: A Look into Pandemic-Inspired Behavior Shows More Consumers are Buying Online and Picking up in Store

by Rakuten Intelligence - October 02, 2020

As merchants continue to shift their business models and add contactless experiences to meet the changing demands of the COVID-19 era, ‘click and collect,’ or online ‘Order for Pickup,’ has not only become widely available, but increasingly more popular.

This change in consumer behavior has led to a historic rise in online Order for Pickup orders, with many trying it for the first time. From March through May alone, ‘click and collect’ order volume was up 202 percent, with almost 30 percent of all orders being driven by consumers who are new to using Order for Pickup services, or “first-timers”.

However, Jaron Waldman, CEO and Co-founder of Rakuten Ready, says buying behavior has been altered dramatically since the start of the pandemic.

The trend has continued to catch on with consumers. The Order for Pickup cohort in May 2020 reached 23.1 percent of all online buyers, representing just over a 1.5x increase over February 2020 (14.4 percent), and again, beating out the December 2019 Holiday cohort of 21.3 percent. The Order for Pickup cohort dipped slightly in June 2020 to 20 percent.

https://www.rakutenintelligence.com/blog/2020/...n-ready-first-timers  

Rakuten launches 'Rakuten DX' to drive creativity and innovation in digital experiences ahead of expected app boom

With half a billion new digital applications predicted by 2023*, Rakuten gives sales and marketing the "DX factor" – transforming today's business challenges into tomorrow's digital experiences
LONDON, Nov. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Rakuten, Inc. (TSE: 4755), today announced the rebranding of Rakuten Aquafadas as Rakuten DX, expanding its area of expertise to deliver premium digital experience services that transform the way businesses engage audiences. As the industry gears up for a predicted 500 million new digital applications over the next few years, Rakuten DX is perfectly positioned to meet this demand at scale.

Rakuten DX, has a proven track of successful mobile apps delivery, including Davis Cup Finals by Rakuten (Kosmos Tennis) and Books for Kids (ViacomCBS). The newly formed company, headquartered in Montpellier, France, is the result of combining the two strong and complementary worlds of Rakuten, Inc. and former start-up Aquafadas, acquired by the group in 2012. It offers fourteen years of creating best-in-class premium apps and digital services across a whole range of sectors. Rakuten DX mixes technology, passion and creativity to deliver premium digital experiences at speed.

"Today is a very important milestone for my team. Over the next six months, we will be working hard to keep developing high-value services for enterprises of all size. Rakuten DX will give our clients a competitive edge, leveraging the Rakuten Group's knowledge and experience across e-commerce, finance, telco, sport and entertainment," continues Alluis.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...hes-rakuten-dx-drive-133900592.html
 

https://opennetworking.org/wp-content/uploads/...icells-Sercomm-1.pdf
 

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https://www.rakuten.com/stores/all/index.htm  

denn selbst die Briefkurse liegen unter dem Kurs in Tokyo von 9,38 (umgerechnet aus dem Kurs von 1159 Yen und dem Yen-Kurs von 0,0081):

Handelsplatz Geld-Stk.      GeldGeld-Brief     BriefBrief-Stk.§Spread   Zeit


Quotrix
       620§9,168 € 9,284 € 620 1,27% 10:24:38


Tradegate
       536§9,167 € 9,284 € 529 1,28% 10:24:37

L&S RT 0 9,194 € 9,357 € 0 1,77% 10:24:34


Düsseldorf
       620§9,157 € 9,216 € 620 0,64% 10:08:51


München
       270§9,249 € 9,367 € 267 1,28% 10:08:32


Frankfurt
     1.000§9,248 € 9,366 € 1.000 1,28% 10:08:31


Stuttgart
     3.000§9,211 € 9,461 € 500 2,71% 10:01:45


Berlin
     1.100§9,15 € 9,468 € 1.100 3,48% 10:05:2


https://www.ariva.de/rakuten-aktie/kurs
 

RAKUTEN-CHEF HIROSHI MIKITANI Japans E-Commerce-Pionier ist ein Vorbild für Deutschland

von Martin Fritz
23. November 2020

Mit einer umwälzenden Netzwerktechnologie mischt Rakuten-Gründer Hiroshi Mikitani die japanische Mobilfunkbranche auf. Ralph Dommermuth von United Internet will seine Strategie in Deutschland kopieren.

Als der japanische Mobilfunkanbieter Rakuten Mobile im vergangenen Frühjahr einen „schockierend niedrigen Preis“ für die Tarife in seinem neuen 5G-Netz ankündigte, ging die Nachricht in Japans erster Corona-Infektionswelle unter. Doch zum 5G-Start Anfang Oktober hielt Rakuten-Chef Hiroshi Mikitani sein Versprechen und sicherte sich damit dicke Schlagzeilen: Für den 5G-Tarif „Rakuten Un-Limit Viber“ mit einem unbegrenzten Datenvolumen zahlen die Nutzer monatlich nur 27 Euro, es ist nur halb so viel, wie die Platzhirsche NTT Docomo, KDDI und Softbank verlangen.

Das Geheimnis hinter Mikitanis Kampfpreis ist das weltweit erste kommerzielle, vollständig virtualisierte Netzwerk, gebaut von NEC und Cisco und im Kern betrieben mit Software des US-Start-ups Altiostar. Statt spezielle Technik von einem Netzausrüster wie Huawei oder Nokia zu beschaffen, kauft der Mobilfunkanbieter Basisstationen von der Stange und betreibt sie mit cloud-basierter Software. Auch die Mobilfunker Jio in Indien und Dish in den USA setzen schon teilweise auf ein solches Open Radio Access Network, kurz openRAN. Nach Angaben von Rakuten drückt die openRAN-Technologie die Kapitalausgaben für ein 5G-Netz um 40 Prozent und die Betriebskosten um 30 Prozent. Auch der Netzaufbau geht viel schneller voran. Schon bis zum nächsten Sommer sollen Rakutens Funkzellen den größten Teil der japanischen Bevölkerung versorgen, fünf Jahre schneller als ursprünglich geplant.

https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/it/...-fuer-deutschland/26649858.html
 

informativen Bericht etwas zu schlecht weg. Zwar kann man mit WhatsApp nicht mithalten, aber in #5849 konnte man u.a. lesen: "Im September 2020 lag die Anzahl der Unique IDs des Chat-Dienstes für Smartphones und Desktop-PCs, mit dem auch telefoniert werden kann, bei rund 1,21 Milliarden." Der Grafik kann man auch entnehmen, dass Viber über viele Quartale permanent Anstiege verzeichnet, wobei sich zuletzt sogar das Wachstum wieder beschleunigt.  

Posting heißen.  

models that promise to revolutionize the telco vendor ecosystem

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece public cloud evangelist Danielle Royston looks at the disruptive effect Japanese MNO Rakuten is having on the broader market.

It takes a lot to truly unsettle telecoms operators, which have functioned in the same self-contained way for decades. But it’s finally happening – Japanese disruptor Rakuten Mobile is making significant waves in the industry with its telco-in-a-box network.

Rakuten says operators can reduce CAPEX by 40% with this approach (see this telecoms.com article for the breakdown). Cloud-based networks are, basically, hugely efficient – to a level that telcos thinking traditionally could not envisage in a million years.

The benefits of the cloud to the telcos are so painfully obvious that the surprise is not that Rakuten is seizing the initiative, rather why it has taken so long for someone to be that pioneer. Having the vision and patience to go for transformation, rather than skipping nervously around the edges of innovation, takes character and focus.

Rakuten Mobile is driven by just such an individual. CTO Tareq Amin was previously at India’s Reliance Jio, which thoroughly disrupted the country’s mobile market, basically by enabling consumers to actually use their phones by making data affordable – and by doing so arguably catalyzed the digitization of that nation.

https://telecoms.com/opinion/are-you-ready-for-the-rakuten-effect/  

At Rakuten, we start a lot of new projects and set bold goals with our timelines. Yet it’s patience that often yields the most robust results. We see this clearly now in our content business. Rakuten TV is now available in 43 countries and regions across Europe, reaching 90 million households. Combined, our video streaming service Rakuten Viki, global e-reading service Rakuten Kobo and messaging and calling app Rakuten Viber were profitable for the first time in the last quarter of 2019. Since the pandemic, these three overseas digital content services have seen strong continuous growth with revenue increasing +23.1% YoY in the most recent quarter of 2020.

These brands are in direct competition with some of the most fearsome rivals around. They’re Davids facing the tech world’s biggest Goliaths. But from the start we vowed to treat them with the patience that they deserve and we are now seeing them make their moves. Rakuten Kobo has grown into a leader in the global e-book space. Rakuten Viki is seeing strong subscription growth. Rakuten Viber has expanded its user base, improved its offering and is growing its ads business.

These are businesses we might have lost patience with if we were overly consumed with short-term performance; five years is a long time in the business world. But we remained committed to their evolution and confident in our vision of creating the world’s most robust customer ecosystem. Beyond the success of these individual brands, the collective success of the content business will serve us well in our new efforts: As we continue to grow our mobile network offering in Japan through Rakuten Mobile and offer our technical expertise to telecommunications companies around the world through Rakuten Communications Platform, we will be able to tap the synergy between content and network services. Call it a patience dividend.

https://rakuten.today/blog/patience-and-speed.html  

The U.S. federal government's General Services Administration or GSA has awarded a five-year federal transportation contract, estimated to be worth up to $810 million, to Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., according to multiple reports.

Under the contract, the ride-hailing companies would provide services to various public agencies and their around 4 million employees across the nation.

https://www.rttnews.com/3148363/...sportation-contract.aspx?refresh=1
 

Affiliate Marketing Programs Software Market Growth Factors (2020-2027) | Global Analysis and Future Scope – Rakuten Marketing, TUNE, CAKE

14 hours ago

The global Affiliate Marketing Programs Software market report gives a unique tool for assessing the current market, highlighting changes, and supporting the tactical and strategic conclusion from 2020-2027. This Affiliate Marketing Programs Software report admits that inside this competitive and rapidly-evolving ecosystem, update marketing advice is imperative to track performance and make decisions such as both endurance and growth. It targets on Affiliate Marketing Programs Software market abilities and also on the structure, and supplies advice on improvements and trends.

Key Competitors Included in the Study are:
Rakuten Marketing, TUNE, CAKE, LeadDyno, Tradedoubler, Impact, Post Affiliate Pro, AvantLink, FlexOffers.com, Skimlinks

https://hcnn.ht/news/85081/...ture-scope-rakuten-marketing-tune-cake/  

Cash-back apps, sites put jingle in your pocket

If you’re not scanning receipts and earning money from purchases you’re already making, you are missing out.

There are many cash-back apps and websites available that can help you earn hundreds of dollars.
Lisa Carr and her husband are hooked on Rakuten. Through its website, formerly EBates, you can earn cash back every time you shop. Rakuten has more than 3,000 retail partners. When you buy something, for example, at Old Navy, just shop through the Rakuten portal to earn 5% of your purchase back. Every quarter, Rakuten mails a check to you or sends your earnings to your PayPal account.

Carr has earned $737.73 since she started using Rakuten in 2016. Rakuten’s extension that you can add to your browser makes sure you never miss a cash-back opportunity. It will alert you if there are offers from a specific retailer before you check out. All you have to do is click “activate rebate” to get the money. You can still use promo codes and coupons.

You can earn $30 for referring a friend.

In time for holiday shopping, Rakuten is giving 15% cash back for shopping on Thanksgiving day.

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/11/24/...-jingle-in-your-pocket/  

Programmatic Display Advertising Market Insights 2020- Global COVID-19 Impact Analysis, Overview by Size, Share, Revenue, Competitive Landscape, Key Regions and Forecast to 2025

November 25, 2020

Programmatic Display Advertising Market research Report is an important flexibly of keen data for business planners. This Programmatic Display Advertising Market study gives complete information which amplifies the getting, degree and use of this report.

Global Programmatic Display Advertising Market provides a detailed report which covers market analyses before COVID19 & opportunities after this pandemic. With COVID-19 pandemic, many industries are transforming rapidly. The Global Programmatic Display Advertising Market is one of the major industries undergoing changes. This year many industries have vanished entirely from the market and many industries have risen.

Prominent Key Players are covered in this report: Facebook, Google (Doubleclick), Alibaba, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Tencent, AppNexus, Amazon, JD.com, Yahoo, Verizon Communications, eBay, Booking, Expedia, MediaMath, Baidu, Rakuten, Rocket Fuel, The Trade Desk, Adroll, Sina

https://www.mccourier.com/...dscape-key-regions-and-forecast-to-2025/
 

Open RAN is eminently suitable for a nation such as the UK

Last March, NEC and Rakuten Mobile – Japan’s fourth and newest mobile telecom carrier – announced that production of equipment for Rakuten Mobile’s Open RAN network had begun at NEC’s Fukushima factory.

Since then, Rakuten has been building base stations and launching 5G services in parts of Hokkaido and the greater Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe metropolitan areas. It aims to expand nationwide by March 2021.

Rakuten Mobile is creating what Chief Technology Officer Tareq Amin calls “the world’s first end-to-end fully virtualized cloud-native mobile network” using equipment and software from Cisco and Nokia as well as from NEC to provide Japan’s cheapest 4G and 5G services.

Rakuten is demonstrating the viability of a flexible open-architecture multi-vendor approach that eliminates dependence on custom-built networks from single suppliers. This is eminently suitable for a nation such as the UK that is technologically sophisticated but lacks its own national telecom equipment champion.

Last May, the Open RAN Policy Coalition was launched in the US. Executive Director Diane Rinaldo was previously acting administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and acting assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information.

Members of the coalition include NEC, NTT, Rakuten Mobile and Fujitsu from Japan, Samsung, Nokia, Verizon, Telefonica and Deutsche Telecom along with AT&T, Cisco, Dell, Microsoft, Oracle, Qualcomm, Xilinx and numerous other American companies.

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/...-uk-a-5g-escape-from-huawei.692522/  

https://www.retailnews.asia/...s-cashback-reward-platform-in-vietnam/

8 Apr 2020
ShopBack expands to South Korea with Ebates Korea buy

ShopBack announced that it has acquired online cashback platform Ebates Korea, marking its expansion into South Korea.

https://www.techinasia.com/...gn=Feed%3A+PennOlson+%28Tech+in+Asia%29

Rakuten Capital Invests in ShopBack

Leading Singapore based cashback platform to accelerate growth across key Asia markets
Tokyo, April 10, 2019 – Rakuten Capital, the investment arm of Rakuten, Inc., today announced a strategic investment in ShopBack, the one-stop rewards and discovery platform headquartered in Singapore. Rakuten Capital and EV Growth are co-leading this investment round of US$45M with participation from EDBI, a Singapore government-linked strategic investor and existing investors.

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2019/0410_01.html  

https://www.geld-digital.de/finanzen/...ersicherungsprodukt-smilenow/
 

If you think Viki Rakuten App is a Chinese app, then you are wrong. The Viki App is not a Chinese app it is an American based video streaming app. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has made an order to ban 43 apps and looking at the list of apps that has been banned, Viki Rakuten App is not in the list. Check the 43 banned apps.

https://latestnews.fresherslive.com/articles/...anned-in-india-175585  

Indien, die die gebannten 43 Apps nicht mehr nutzen können, zu Viki wechseln werden.  

With increasing urbanization and steadily increasing Internet usage, the Indian market offers huge potential. It had 2019 more than 450 million active internet users.

21% using Viber.

https://www.messengerpeople.com/global-messenger-usage-statistics/