Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

https://www.rakuten-card.co.jp/support/customer/voice/202301_1/
 

Rakuten Securities' App iSPEED with Rakuten CFD Service

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BYRODERICK ABAD

JANUARY 30, 2023

RAKUTEN Group Inc. announced it launched two new features of its Viber product in a bid to develop the messaging app into a one-stop-shop platform this year.

According to Rakuten Viber Chief Revenue Officer Cristina Constandache, their ambition is to help brands build awareness, generate interest, drive conversion down to taking care of the users and the after-sales care.

“Superapp is not a concept that is foreign to the Philippine market,” Constandache said during a dinner the firm hosted for reporters last Thursday.

“However, when it comes to Viber, what it means is that we want to maximize our utility and spending space in order to become a single gateway to manifold services, wherein users can do everything that they want or as many things as they want within one app—which happens to be the Viber—anything from ordering food, texting, paying bills, shopping. In a nut shell: minimum stats with a maximum value,” she added. Constandache cited studies that showed 71 percent of consumers expect companies to deliver personalized interactions and 82 percent of organizations plan to implement a strategy to bring better value to customer through services. With users and businesses in mind, Viber’s updates provide a better customer experience and brand engagement.

Growth engine

RAKUTEN Viber Senior Director for Asia Pacific David Tse said the debut of these recent offerings “is a very important growth engine” for the company, as Rakuten Viber saw tremendous growth in the Philippines last year. Tse said the number of its users increased at 22 percent, 19 percent of who sent messages in group chats.

He added that the monthly active users in the retail sector surged by 106 percent.

The platform is beloved by users and brands here, apparently, with 603 percent increase in transactional business messages sent, 83 percent hike in conversational message, 11 percent growth in promotional business message and 34 percent surge in new chatbots.

“These growths tell us we are on the right track in always prioritizing our customers,” he stressed.

https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/01/30/...n-adds-features-to-viber/

 

Rakuten Mobile Plans to Deploy 30,000 Units Symware Next-gen DU in Japan

4 MONTHS AGO

The rollout targets installation across 23,000 new sites in just 10 months and will support continued subscriber coverage expansion efforts for the world’s largest open mobile network. Rakuten Mobile expects to reduce data center and associated operational costs by as much as half due to simplified data center installation and increased power efficiency.

https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/...t-gen-du-in-japan  

Written by Scott Bicheno

29 September 2022 11:24

Rakuten Symphony likes to name all its products with ‘Sym’ as the first syllable. Accordingly its full platform is called Symworld and that’s what it’s striving to be fully supported by the biggest public cloud provider. The only surprise in this announcement is that it took so long since, according to Rakuten Symphony, Symworld ‘offers a total blueprint of cloud-native telecom operations with pre-integration of more than 110 cloud-native functions’.

For any operators already working with both Rakuten Symphony and AWS this will presumably be good news and the former will presumably be hoping the move makes its proposition more attractive to potential new customers.

https://telecoms.com/517686/rakuten-symphony-gets-intimate-with-aws/  

Viber's new 'Business Inbox' lets you filter personal chats from those of brands

BY JUSTINE PUNZALAN PUBLISHED JAN 30, 2023 6:52 PM

https://philstarlife.com/geeky/...viber-business-inbox-feature?page=3  

Results of Rakuten Securities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022)

Consolidated Operating Results (Millions of yen, rounded down)

Operating revenue Net operating revenue Operating income Ordinary income Net income

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
95,441 90,532 17,372 16,931 9,283

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2021
89,575 84,967 15,592 16,398 9,031
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Rakuten Medical Presented at the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on the Progress of its Pipeline including its Newly Added Antibody-Dye Conjugate RM-0256, Commercial Growth in Japan, and Important Milestones for the Next Few Years

Last Updated: Monday, January 30, 2023 8:00 PM | PR Newswire via QuoteMedia

Leveraging the success in Japan to expand the Allumino platform globally and obtain new approvals as early as 2025

SAN DIEGO , Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mickey Mikitani, Co-CEO of Rakuten Medical, Inc. gave a presentation to investors from around the world at the 41 st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference (JPM2023) on January 10, 2023 , in San Francisco, California , U.S. The presentation included an overview of Rakuten Medical's third antibody-dye conjugate," RM-0256 ," to potentially reach the clinic, an update on the pipeline as a whole including its second asset " RM-1995 " which is already in the clinical stage, an overview of the commercial growth in Japan for the Alluminox treatment using its leading compound "ASP-1929", global expansion of the company leveraging the success in Japan , and key milestones for the next few years.

https://www.investorsobserver.com/news/qm-pr/8876146341790841  

What will 2023 Bring to Mobile Networks? Progress from Economic Pain

What can the telecom industry learn from the “dot-bomb” collapse of Internet companies in 2000?

Rakuten Symphony CMO Geoff Hollingworth believes that a great progress can be made in a tough economic time. As he writes in Pipeline Magazine, “Change comes faster than usual and is unavoidable when times are hard. I predict we will see hard business decisions made around sustainability, supply chain industrialization, smart use of cloud, and improved automation and network delayering.”

The dot-bomb reset the internet industry to grow and become the force it is today. A more recent example of the industry’s response to hard times is the COVID-19 pandemic. With the world staying home, telecom transformed and modernized its customer care support centers so that employees could work remotely without an impact on their customers. Now the executives that made those decisions can look back on that time and see that significant progress was made.

The way that 2023 is shaping up will force the industry to make more radical, harder business decisions, Hollingworth writes. This change doesn’t necessarily hinge on a particular technology like Open RAN—instead, change needs to happen faster. He continues, “If we are all being honest, the industry is no longer keeping up with the speed of technology happening outside of our bubble. I predict that for many operators, a lot of the projects they’ve been dancing with—these ‘impractical ideas’—could very likely turn out to be growth engines.”

2023 is looking like a tough economic year and that will force the telecom industry to change. But these changes will reset the smart MNOs for the challenges of the future. Geoff anticipates that executives will look back at 2023 and see how being forced to make hard decisions made great things come from a hard environment.

https://symphony.rakuten.com/blog/...orks-progress-from-economic-pain  

Rakuten is the biggest owner of Cabify with between 40% and 50% ownership

Cabify drives straight into Kantar BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable Spanish Brands ranking as new entrant worth $317 million

Another brand to expand its ecosystem is new entrant Cabify (No.28; $317m). The only newcomer, Cabify has been able to meet a growing consumer need and work around restrictions and regulations in the complex market of ridesharing. It is also providing storage and last-mile distribution logistics solutions for companies big and small. It is adept at partnering with other apps to improve the customer experience and supporting their offering with great communications.

https://www.kantar.com/inspiration/brands/...-valuable-spanish-brands  

Cabify and Mobilize extend partnership to boost sustainable mobility in Spain

Cabify, the international multi-mobility platform, has extended its partnership in Spain with Mobilize, Renault Group's mobility brand, to offer all-inclusive mobility solutions for fleets and drivers across the country.

The exclusive partnership will see Cabify's platform provide full access to Mobilize Driver Solutions, the mobility services of Mobilize. Mobilize Drive Solutions has an all-inclusive package, with maintenance, warranty, insurance and assistance, along with the vehicle designed for the service itself, the Mobilize Limo (pictured).

Last year, Cabify became the first global customer of Mobilize Driver Solutions. Now, through the extended partnership, Cabify offers access to an exclusive package for ride-hailing fleets and taxis. Companies and self-employed owners of ride-hailing services are able to subscribe to the all-inclusive package until 31 March 2023, from €1,200 per month.

https://www.fleeteurope.com/en/new-energies/...5D=Mobility&curl=1  

Join Rakuten at MWC 2023 Barcelona to experience “Mobile as a Software”

5 hours ago

Having worked with telecom and software partners across the globe to address a variety of next-gen telco challenges, Rakuten Symphony experts will share the insights they have accumulated in six distinct Experience Zones:

Open RAN: Learn how we run resilient and secure cloud operations and make Open RAN work at scale with exceptional network performance.

Operations: Proven by daily live operations, we’ll tell you how we digitalized all of the required processes around planning, building and operating mobile networks into a single platform, Symworld.

Infrastructure Platform: Get up close with the products which help run the live and commercially operating 300,000+ Open RAN cells in Japan.

Cloud: Having run a fully cloud-native end-to-end operation, we share our learnings around the deployment of different types of application and the best ways to approach cloud in telecom.

Critical Infrastructure: We’ll discuss Open RAN security, Zero Trust deployments and other trending topics like sustainability and energy management.

Rakuten Ecosystem: Meet representatives of an ecosystem of over 70 companies across multiple industries like banking, payment, TV and communications.

https://rakuten.today/blog/rakuten-at-mwc-2023-barcelona.html
 

Rakuten Receives IT Award in Sustainability Field from Japan Institute of Information Technology’s 40th IT Awards

Tokyo, December 8, 2022 - Rakuten Group, Inc. announced that it has been awarded the Information Technology Award (Sustainability Field) in the 40th IT Awards for FY2022 organized by the Japan Institute of Information Technology.

The IT Awards are presented by the Japan Institute of Information Technology to enterprises, groups, organizations and individuals whose outstanding efforts in driving business innovation through advanced IT applications have produced results, contributing to the creation of businesses for operations in domestic industry and government institutions, creating and promoting effective business models and improving productivity.

Going forward, Rakuten aims to further improve its services to meet customer needs and contribute to the development of industry and society through information technology.

Below is the overview of the project that received the award.

Development of an advanced carbon neutral logistics system

Project overview: Rakuten Group has built and deployed an AI dispatching system in the field of logistics. By bringing the system in-house, Rakuten has succeeded in optimizing vehicle dispatching and delivery routes and reducing distances travelled in delivering products, realizing a reduction in CO2 emissions. In addition, in order to avoid the large volume of calculations required for machine learning and automated calculations, Rakuten adopted a process using clustering in the initial step and then finding the optimal solution for each cluster. This method enabled solutions even with complex requirements to be found in a short time, making the system practical for use in the everyday coordination of deliveries.

In the Rakuten Seiyu Netsuper and Rakuten Zenkoku Super services where the system has been deployed, based on the results of the first month of operation, travel distances were reduced by 15% (approximately 860,000 km per year), reducing CO2 emissions by 170 tons per year. Further increases in efficacy are expected in the future as system deployment expands.

Reason for award: In addition to demonstrating pioneering methodology and results towards achieving carbon neutrality, Rakuten received this IT Award in recognition of its cross-organizational collaboration between the Logistics Business Department, departments promoting AI and Big Data technologies and the Rakuten Institute of Technology in the successful deployment of AI technology in the field of logistics, an emerging field of system development.

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/update/2022/...amp;category=corp  

Rakuten Advertising named mThink's Best Affiliate Network for 12 Consecutive Years

SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rakuten Advertising has been named the world's best affiliate network for the 12th year in a row by mThink—publishers of the Blue Book performance marketing network rankings. The Blue Book Best Cost Per Sale (CPS) Affiliate Networks list is chosen by the global performance marketing community's advertisers and publishers.

"For 12 years in a row, Rakuten Advertising has remained at the top of our list as the #1 affiliate network," says Chris Trayhorn, Founder and CEO of mThink. "Our Blue Ribbon Panel of experts continue to recognize Rakuten Advertising's industry-best customer service, advanced technology and analytics, undeniable results, and overall commitment to excellence."

Every year, mThink identifies the top affiliate networks in the performance marketing industry with an extensive research survey. Fielded by over 25,000 advertisers, publishers, and agencies, the survey identifies the top affiliate cost-per-sale (CPS) networks. The results of this survey are augmented with additional research and insights from a panel of industry experts. Panelists rank these industry leaders by analyzing several different categories—including reputation, influence, clientele, popularity, and scale. Over 400 networks are considered by mThink for their Blue Book Top 20 rankings.

Rakuten Advertising delivers performance-driven, brand-driven, and people-driven ad solutions that help the world's top brands connect with unique, highly engaged audiences – from first impression to final sale. Backed by industry-leading technology, global media properties, and the largest, high-quality partner network, Rakuten Advertising taps into decades of data and experience to develop the strategies and ad experiences that will drive engagement, sales, loyalty, and beyond. A leader in the industry since its beginnings, Rakuten Advertising is a division of Rakuten Group, Inc. (4755: TOKYO), one of the world's leading internet service companies. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices throughout EMEA, APAC, LATAM, and North America.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/...tive-years-301734144.html  

https://rakuten.today/blog-en/new-year-speech-2023-e.html

The world is in the midst of dynamic technological evolution and social change, and is undergoing a major transformation historically. 2023 will also be a year in which we will be required to take on the challenge of further innovation.

In 2022, the Rakuten Group’s annual global GMV will increase by 23% year-on-year to over 33 trillion yen, and its global membership will continue to grow to approximately 1.7 billion people, making it one of the world’s largest Internet companies. The Internet service business continues to perform strongly, including domestic e-commerce, which continues to grow in double digits both in terms of sales and gross merchandise value. In the Fintech service business, the number of Rakuten Cards issued, the number of Rakuten Bank accounts, and the number of Rakuten Securities accounts, in particular, are leading the industry significantly. We have created new value in a wide range of fields through our unique Rakuten Ecosystem (economic zone), which is unparalleled in the world.

This ecosystem has entered a phase of rapid expansion in terms of the number of users and gross merchandise value thanks to synergies with Rakuten Mobile, a mobile carrier service. In 2023, the evolution of the ecosystem will accelerate in this mobile business by further expanding our own line area and delivering more affordable, convenient and fulfilling services. It will also be the year when the global expansion of the telecommunications platform business, centered on the world’s first end-to-end “fully virtualized cloud-native mobile network,” will begin in earnest.

Under the vision of continuing to be a global innovation company, the Rakuten Group will continue to deliver new value to society through further evolution of the Rakuten Ecosystem, a strong organization made up of diverse human resources from more than 100 countries and regions, and technology. I would like to continue.

We have always looked to the future and have continued to take on challenges. Looking to the future, all of our employees will work together to take on the challenge of further growth by demonstrating our innovation power, operational capabilities, and creativity.

January 4, 2023
Representative Director, Chairman and President
Hiroshi Mikitani

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It is amongst the companies that joined the RE100 initiative.

The Rakuten Group, Inc. has announced its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2023.

In this light, the Group seeks to attain net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across Rakuten Group business operations.

Starting in 2023, Rakuten plans to expand the number of Rakuten Mobile mobile network base stations that utilise solar power.

Rakuten is amongst the companies that joined the RE100 initiative in December 2019. In 2021, it adopted 100% renewable energy for the Rakuten Group., Inc. electricity.

It also completed its transition to 100% renewable energy for electricity used in its business operations at each sports stadium managed by Group companies Rakuten Baseball, Inc. and Rakuten Vissel Kobe, Inc. in 2022.

https://retailasia.com/e-commerce/news/...eyes-carbon-neutrality-2023  

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Robin Cloud Native Platform v5.4.3

The Robin Cloud Native Platform (CNP) v5.4.3 release has new features, improvements, fixed issues, and known issues.

Release Date: 07 January 2023

https://docs.robin.io/platform/latest/release_note.html  

coming soon, because Rakuten Mobile will report a positive net-come on a monthly base during 2023.  

Rakuten becomes J.League Official EC Platform Partner

MIN, 8 JAN 2023 - 22:43 JST

https://www.jleague.co/id/news/...eague-official-ec-platform-partner/  

“Rakuten Pay” January return information summary that can be used from the beginning of the year-up to 100% return campaign and regional return information-Keitai Watch

https://japan.postsen.com/business/44413/...rmation-Keitai-Watch.html  

FEBRUARY 2, 2023 by RNN

Rakuten Group’s Marketing Division has developed VoC Analyzer, an automated data visualization tool, to efficiently sort “voice of customer” (VoC) feedback from users of various services. At Rakuten Link, for example, VoC Analyzer has automated the previously manual process of inspecting and categorizing user comments resulting in a reduction of workhours by 89.3%. Watch the video to learn more about this and other ways in which the tool is being used to create more effective action plans and swiftly discover urgent issues.

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/innovation/rnn/2022/2211_008/