Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

https://www.statista.com/statistics/223337/...eadcount-rakuten-group/  

Japan’s Rakuten Mobile is rolling out cloud-based 5G services in main cities, available to all users with a suitable device for no extra cost.

Rakuten has been able to build the network quickly by using virtualised techniques, said CEO Mickey Mikitani (pictured) as a press conference.

“Less than six months since full-scale commercial launch of the world’s first fully virtualised mobile network, today Rakuten Mobile takes another step forward to transform the mobile industry: we’re offering customers 4G and 5G combined in one simple plan – Rakuten Un-Limit V – at the same low price as 4G,” said Mikitani.

UK based commentator Dean Bubley commented that Rakuten is following India’s Reliance Jio in undercutting incumbent mobile operators “with a greenfield/low-cost infrastructure and lightweight organisation”.

He warned: “If I was a legacy MNO elsewhere in the world, I’d be nervously looking at my strategy team (and advisors) right now. What happens when Rakuten pitches its platform internationally? Could it directly enter our [the UK] market?”

Rakuten will charge 2,980 yen (US$28) a month for unlimited data services on 4G/5G, less than half what is charged by NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and SoftBank.

https://www.capacitymedia.com/articles/3826517/...extra-cost-to-users
 

klingt es nicht nur an einen GEMISCHTWARENLADEN sondern das ist einer der seit Jahren nur Geld verbrennt.

Aber wie sagte schon der Charlie in den Münchner Geschichten: IST JA NUR BEDRUKTES PAPIER  

YOU CAN REALLY MAKE MONEY WITH RAKUTEN (und hätte vermutlich "logisch" hinzugefügt)

There are plenty of ways to earn cash back at Walmart with little added effort — here’s how.

Last updated Sep 24, 2020 | By Brett Holzhauer

Rakuten (formerly Ebates)
Rakuten is an even larger cash back platform with the world’s largest selection of products and services. It also offers special coupons and rebates at major retailers like Target, Apple, and Amazon. Rakuten has saved its members over $1 billion dollars to date, and you can be a part of the savings as well with your Walmart purchases.

If you shop at Walmart.com, you can very easily earn as much as 5% cash back on your purchases through Rakuten. Before you shop, simply search for Walmart in the Rakuten app or site, hit the red button that says “shop now,” and it will redirect you to the Walmart.com home page.

https://financebuzz.com/how-to-earn-cashback-at-walmart

WHAT IS RAKUTEN?

I gave a very brief definition of Rakuten earlier. Here’s the in-depth version. Rakuten is a loyalty platform that allows you to earn cashback on your daily purchases. Rakuten has partnered with more than 2,500 stores nationwide. Rakuten also provides cashback rewards with special offers, promo codes, hot daily deals, and coupons to ensure customers have maximum satisfaction. For the past 20 years, Rakuten has been providing online shoppers with a selection of cashback deals. It was originated in San Francisco, California.

CAN I REALLY MAKE MONEY WITH RAKUTEN?

Yes, you can! You may be asking yourself how can you make money with Rakuten? It depends on how much you shop online If you do a lot of online shopping your chance to make money increases. You can also make money by referring people to sign up for Rakuten. All you have to do is open an account with Rakuten, then you can invite your friends and family to join.

https://mymoneychronicles.com/make-money-with-rakuten/  

Rakuten has previously said it expects to spend around $5.4 billion constructing its 4G network and another $1.8 billion upgrading to 5G. The company has so far deployed 4,738 4G basestations and eventually hopes to deploy 45,000 4G basestations and some 35,000 5G ones to cover 96% of the Japanese population.

Rakuten's pending 5G launch will essentially cap the operator's transition from an ecommerce giant into a mobile network operator. But that doesn't represent the company's end goal.

Next up for the company is the launch of its Rakuten Communications Platform (previously referred to as the Rakuten Mobile Platform). The platform stretches from the software powering its 4G and 5G antennas to the OSS and BSS systems handling its customer billing and activation systems to its edge computing and autonomous network management functions. Rakuten plans to sell the platform worldwide.

Company officials this week said Rakuten expects to have a RCP "proof of concept" launched by the third quarter of this year. The company believes customers will include enterprises, government agencies and mobile network operators – both new and old, and small and big – will be interested in purchasing its RCP.

https://www.lightreading.com/5g/...unwraps-necs-5g-core/d/d-id/761437
 

Rakuten Super Logistics can take care of all your needs

Over 50% of Denver consumers will be looking at online retailers like you to help them complete their holiday shopping lists. Can your business handle the influx of customers? Whether it’s prepping your site to manage increased traffic or hiring seasonal workers to manage the fulfillment and shipping process, recruiting the right help for the holidays is crucial. It’s unlikely your previous in-house fulfillment methods will continue to work in the coming 2020 holiday season. As we’ve seen in trends throughout the year, many retailers have skyrocketed by selling unique products and tripled their customer base. Holiday sales will likely increase the pressure eCommerce sellers already feel. In turn, limited assistance will lead to late deliveries, wrong orders, missed deadlines, and very angry customers.

All of these pain points are easily avoidable with the right help. In addition to seasonal staff, you also want to consider working with a professional shipping company to handle your logistics. Whether it’s shipping, fulfillment, warehousing, or returns, a third-party logistics company like Rakuten Super Logistics can take care of all your needs. Let an experienced professional handle the heavy burden of shipping and ensure you achieve 100% accuracy on every order.

Rakuten Super Logistics (RSL) is the leader in eCommerce order fulfillment services and freight brokerage. RSL offers national fulfillment services and a network of 15 US fulfillment centers located in Anaheim (CA), Atlanta (GA), Austin (TX), Chicago (IL), Denver (CO), Houston (TX), Las Vegas (NV), Miami (FL), Olean (NY), Reno (NV), Salt Lake City (UT), and Scranton (PA). Their state-of-the-art technology allows for integration with popular shopping cart platforms and online marketplaces including Amazon, Big Commerce, Channel Advisor, eBay, Magento, ShipStation, Shopify, Volusion, Walmart Marketplace, and WooCommerce.

RSL offers modern fulfillment solutions for leading eCommerce retailers focused on reducing shipping costs, improving order accuracy, decreasing shipping times, and increasing customer satisfaction

https://www.rakutensl.com/post/...s-your-denver-business-should-avoid  

This global advertising titan could make waves in the U.S.

Its new ad platform, Rakuten Advertising, is designed to help improve the brand awareness and marketing performance of the advertisers that choose to invest in its services. Rakuten Advertising comprises Rakuten Marketing's affiliate network, its programmatic retargeting and prospecting technology, and consumer insights from Rakuten Intelligence. It also includes access to Rakuten's global media properties such as Rakuten TV.

In a release about the new platform, Rakuten Americas CEO Amit Patel emphasized the importance of brands building new and enduring connections with consumers. Patel went on to say that, in such a competitive marketplace, Rakuten Advertising plans to use all its assets to help its advertiser clients stand out from the crowd. "By drawing on audiences, insights, and the well-established performance marketing excellence of the Rakuten ecosystem," he said in a statement," Rakuten Advertising will be an unmatchable partner for digital marketers aiming to surpass their business goals."

The platform also offers users the opportunity to tap into its global performance marketing network. Spanning over 200 countries and regions globally, and having been named "Best Affiliate Network" nine years running by the IPMAs and mThink, this global advertising titan could make waves in the U.S.

https://www.mediavillage.com/article/...n-joins-the-ad-platform-game/
 

Japan Approves Cetuximab Saratolacan in Unresectable Locally Advanced/Recurrent Head & Neck Cancer

By Peter Hofland, Ph.D

September 25, 2020

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved cetuximab saratolacan sodium (previously known as RM-1929; Akalux® IV Infusion 250mg; Rakuten Medical*) for the apan Approves Cetuximab Saratolacan in Unresectable Locally Advanced/Recurrent Head & Neck Cancer

By Peter Hofland, Ph.D September 25, 2020

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved cetuximab saratolacan sodium (previously known as RM-1929; Akalux® IV Infusion 250mg; Rakuten Medical*) for the treatment of unresectable locally advanced or recurrent head and neck cancer.

The Ministry of Health also approved Rakuten’s BioBlade® Laser System, the medical device used in the combination with cetuximab saratolacan.

This combination was developed using Rakuten Medical’s Illuminox™ cell-targeting platform, which, in pre-clinical studies has shown to lead to rapid and selective cell killing and tumor necrosis.

The Illuminox platform is based on a cancer therapy called photoimmunotherapy, which was developed by Hisataka Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D., and a team from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the United States.[1]
Kobayashi and his team developed a near-infrared (NIR) photoimmunotherapy (PIT), a molecularly targeted phototherapy for cancer that is based on injecting a conjugate of a near-infrared, water-soluble, silicon-phthalocyanine derivative, IRdye700DX (IR700), and cetuximab (Erbitux®; Eli Lilly and Merck Serono), an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody expressed antigen on the cancer cell surface approved for the treatment of RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (SCCHN).

Regulatory pathway
Cetuximab saratolacan received Sakigake Designation** in April 2019, and the application foapan Approves Cetuximab Saratolacan in Unresectable Locally Advanced/Recurrent Head & Neck Cancer
By Peter Hofland, Ph.D

September 25, 2020

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved cetuximab saratolacan sodium (previously known as RM-1929; Akalux® IV Infusion 250mg; Rakuten Medical*) for the treatment of unresectable locally advanced or recurrent head and neck cancer.

The Ministry of Health also approved Rakuten’s BioBlade® Laser System, the medical device used in the combination with cetuximab saratolacan.

This combination was developed using Rakuten Medical’s Illuminox™ cell-targeting platform, which, in pre-clinical studies has shown to lead to rapid and selective cell killing and tumor necrosis.

The Illuminox platform is based on a cancer therapy called photoimmunotherapy, which was developed by Hisataka Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D., and a team from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the United States.[1]
Kobayashi and his team developed a near-infrared (NIR) photoimmunotherapy (PIT), a molecularly targeted phototherapy for cancer that is based on injecting a conjugate of a near-infrared, water-soluble, silicon-phthalocyanine derivative, IRdye700DX (IR700), and cetuximab (Erbitux®; Eli Lilly and Merck Serono), an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody expressed antigen on the cancer cell surface approved for the treatment of RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (SCCHN).

Regulatory pathway
Cetuximab saratolacan received Sakigake Designation** in April 2019, and the application for approval under the Conditional Early Approval System was made in March 2020. Outside of Japan, Rakuten Medical does not have the approval of its investigational therapies and is currently running a global Phase III trial.

https://www.oncozine.com/...lly-advanced-recurrent-head-neck-cancer/r approval under the Conditional Early Approval System was made in March 2020. Outside of Japan, Rakuten Medical does not have the approval of its investigational therapies and is currently running a global Phase III trial.

https://www.oncozine.com/...d-recurrent-head-neck-cancer/unresectable locally advanced or recurrent head and neck cancer.

The Ministry of Health also approved Rakuten’s BioBlade® Laser System, the medical device used in the combination with cetuximab saratolacan.

This combination was developed using Rakuten Medical’s Illuminox™ cell-targeting platform, which, in pre-clinical studies has shown to lead to rapid and selective cell killing and tumor necrosis.

The Illuminox platform is based on a cancer therapy called photoimmunotherapy, which was developed by Hisataka Kobayashi, M.D., Ph.D., and a team from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the United States.[1]
Kobayashi and his team developed a near-infrared (NIR) photoimmunotherapy (PIT), a molecularly targeted phototherapy for cancer that is based on injecting a conjugate of a near-infrared, water-soluble, silicon-phthalocyanine derivative, IRdye700DX (IR700), and cetuximab (Erbitux®; Eli Lilly and Merck Serono), an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody expressed antigen on the cancer cell surface approved for the treatment of RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (SCCHN).

Regulatory pathway
Cetuximab saratolacan received Sakigake Designation** in April 2019, and the application for approval under the Conditional Early Approval System was made in March 2020. Outside of Japan, Rakuten Medical does not have the approval of its investigational therapies and is currently running a global Phase III trial.

https://www.oncozine.com/...ally-advanced-recurrent-head-neck-cancer/  

Kobo is doing a better job innovating e-readers than Amazon
June 23, 2020 By Michael Kozlowski

„I believe Kobo does a better job at innovating with their hardware and software, than Amazon. Kobo takes risks, they are not afraid to make mistakes, and have went from a scrappy little Canadian company, into a global superpower. If there is any mainstream e-reading company to use color e-paper in a new product, it will be Kobo and not Amazon.“

https://goodereader.com/blog/kobo-ereader-news/...readers-than-amazon

Kobo is doing very brisk business thanks to the global pandemic. Chapters Indigo, the largest bookselling chain in Canada closed 210 of their retail locations a couple of months ago. Barnes and Noble shuttered 500 in the US, and this has been a boon for Kobo.

“The initial surge of sales we saw in the early weeks of pandemic have continued and even accelerated,” said Michael Tamblyn, the CEO of Kobo. “In all our key markets, including Canada and the United States, our sales are up between 35% and 130% over last year.”

https://goodereader.com/blog/kobo-ereader-news/...the-past-few-months
 

With Rakuten Un-Limit, Rakuten Mobile plans to provide a service plan for all customers, whether they are in Japan or traveling abroad. For 5G, Rakuten Mobile will continue its one service plan strategy by updating its Rakuten Un-Limit 2.0 service plan, which went live in April and offers subscribers unlimited data and calls for a monthly fee of JPY 2,980, to Rakuten Un-Limit V, which offers 5G services in addition to 4G. Rakuten Mobile will from now on provide its customers with only one plan, the Rakuten Un-Limit V.

Current Rakuten Un-Limit 2.0 service plan customers who wish to use 5G services can now upgrade their service plan to Rakuten Un-Limit V on the My Rakuten Mobile app or through the Rakuten Mobile website. For other customers, service plans will be automatically upgraded to Rakuten Un-Limit V starting 12 October. New applicants for the Rakuten Un-Limit V plan are also eligible for the campaign offering 3 million subscribers the first full year of service free of monthly fees launched in March this year.

Rakuten Un-Limit V subscribers will also be able to earn 1 Rakuten Point for every JPY 100 spent on their Rakuten Mobile bill. Rakuten Mobile subscribers will also earn an additional 1 percent point-back incentive through the Super Point Up (SPU) program for purchases on Rakuten Ichiba.

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/...kuten-big-5g-smartphone--1356089  

Rakuten Advertising and Rakuten Rewards Team Up to Create Personalized Rewards

By Matt Lindner | September 30, 2020 | NEWS

An effective cash back offer that resonates can mean the difference between whether or not a shopper converts, especially during the crucial holiday shopping season.

In fact, 49% of global holiday shoppers cite a discount or a cash back offer as a major purchasing driver, according to Rakuten Advertising’s New Rules report.

That’s why Rakuten Advertising and Rakuten Rewards have joined forces to create Personalized Rewards. This exciting new collaboration will make it easier for our brand partners to create dynamic cash back offers that are more likely to drive traffic and conversions with new shoppers.

What is Personalized Rewards?
At its core, Personalized Rewards is aimed at helping affiliate marketers be even more nimble with their audience targeting, offer strategies and media placements.

This happens by marrying Rakuten Advertising’s real-time technology with the high-value audiences of Rakuten Rewards, and the option to layer in your own CRM data to further refine segmentation and targeting.

https://blog.rakutenadvertising.com/news/...ate-personalized-rewards/  

Rakuten Mobile launches new 5G smartphone for Japanese market

Peter Brown 02 October 2020

Telecom Rakuten Mobile has introduced a new 5G smartphone for the Japanese market that features what the company claims is the first mobile Felica-equipped smartphone with a front camera embedded in the display.

Mobile Felica is a contactless RFID smart card system in Japan that is used primarily as electronic money cards. Felica does not require a battery to operate and is powered by a card reader when the card comes in range of a terminal. When the data transfer is complete, the power shuts off to the card.
The Rakuten Big smartphone contains a 6.9 in organic light emitting diode (OLED) display that is completely notch-less, by embedding the front camera inside the display itself. The phone includes an in-display fingerprint sensor, an IP68 rating for water and dust resistance, and it is SIM lock free.
The Rakuten Big is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G 5G mobile platform with the Octa-core 2.4 GHz processor. The smartphone features 6 GB of internal memory, a 4,000 mAh lithium ion battery and an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera and a 32 megapixel front camera. The four lens artificial intelligence (AI) camera is made up of a wide-angle camera, an ultra-wide-angle camera, a macro camera and a depth-sensing camera that can capture moments with the right amount of background blur.

https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/...-for-japanese-market
 

in Deutschland:

http://td46.tripolis.com/public/...ZvqLAGiOSJ9I9WuOxHNUVV11mZH8ZQMIsN

Für Konsumenten ist das weiter attraktiv, aber die kleinen Händler, die bisher über den Rakuten-Marktplatz verkauft haben, bleiben auf der Strecke. Denn vermutlich tummeln sich im Club R nur größere Anbieter.  

neue Angebot sogar für unglaublich gut: zum Beispiel, wenn ich mir mit Hilfe von Idealo den günstigsten Preis für ein frei verkäufliches Medikament aussuche - und dann, wenn ich das richtig verstanden habe - noch 5% in Rakuten-Points dazubekomme. Auch wenn ich die nicht bar ausgezahlt bekomme, mit einem Gutschein z.B. bei Ebay oder Lidl bin ich auch zufrieden.  

How Altiostar is Working with Intel for High Performance Open vRAN 5G Networks

One of the great benefits of Open vRAN is the ecosystem of vendors where each player brings new innovation to the solution. As a pioneer in Open vRAN, we work with a number of partners who provide a positive contribution to the development of open and virtualized mobile networks for operators.  One way in which an Open vRAN architecture drives down capital and operational costs is through using commercial off the shelf (COTS) hardware from technology providers such as Intel.
Achieving Leaders Board status in the Intel Network Builders partner ecosystem, Altiostar works closely with Intel on network transformation and welcomes today’s announcement of the Intel vRAN Dedicated Accelerator ACC100. Open RAN deployments require low power, cost and latency, and also need the capacity to manage spikes in performance for a range of use cases.  This is where the ACC100 shines by offloading and accelerating the computing-intensive process of forward error correction (FEC).

Altiostar Open vRAN software leverages the O-RAN supported BBDev API which allows for FEC acceleration on either Intel FPGA PAC N3000, the Intel vRAN dedicated accelerator ACC100 or in software-only mode. Mobile operators benefit from an architecture that has high availability, ultra-low latency and ease of maintenance.

https://www.altiostar.com/...-high-performance-open-vran-5g-networks/
 

Equinix unterstützt Rakuten Mobile bei internationaler Expansion der Rakuten Communications Platform

5. Oktober 2020

Frankfurt am Main, 05.10.2020 (PresseBox) – Wie Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), der weltweit führende Anbieter digitaler Infrastrukturen bekannt gegeben hat, wird Rakuten Mobile Singapore Pte. Ltd. – eine Tochtergesellschaft von Rakuten Mobile, Inc. – Platform Equinix® künftig als Basis für die Bereitstellung der Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) für globale Betreiber und Unternehmenskunden nutzen. Der gestaffelt geplante Rollout erfolgt zunächst am internationalen Hauptsitz von Rakuten Mobile in Singapur sowie in Los Angeles. Im Anschluss ist die Ausweitung auf weitere Standorte in den USA, EMEA und im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum geplant.

Marktanalysen zufolge wird die Nachfrage nach Netzwerk-Services weltweit weiter zunehmen. Laut der 3. Ausgabe des Global Interconnection Index (GXI), einer von Equinix veröffentlichten Marktstudie, sind Verbindungen zu mehreren Netzwerk-Providern über mehrere Edge-Standorte hinweg der prominenteste Anwendungsfall für Interconnection.  Bis 2022 soll die dabei verwendete Interconnection-Bandbreite voraussichtlich um das Vierfache ansteigen. Staatliche Einrichtungen und Unternehmen benötigen sichere, erschwingliche und skalierbare Optionen, um diese wachsende Nachfrage zu decken. Rakutens RCP ist speziell auf dieses Anforderungsprofil ausgerichtet.

Rakuten Mobile beabsichtigt, RCP in Form mehrerer Schlüsseltechnologien und -services anzubieten, die es staatlichen Einrichtungen, Telekommunikationsunternehmen und Unternehmen ermöglichen sollen, schnell und kostengünstig vollständig Cloud-native Netzwerkdienste aufzubauen und bereitzustellen. Um RCP künftig global verfügbar machen zu können, entschied sich Rakuten Mobile nach einem umfangreichen Evaluierungsprozess für Platform Equinix, das den dynamischen Anforderungen des Unternehmens gerecht wird.

Über Equinix globale Präsenz und zuverlässige Infrastruktur  wird Rakuten es seinen Kunden in allen Regionen ermöglichen können, RCP offen, skalierbar und maximal sicher einzusetzen. Der Netzwerkdienstleister ist zuversichtlich, dass diese Plattform wesentlich zum globalen Wachstum von RCP beitragen wird.

http://www.presseengel.de/2020/10/05/...uten-communications-platform/
 

The 14th Performance Marketing Awards (PMAs) hosted by PerformanceIN, recognises the work of performance marketing leaders across the UK. This year, we’re honoured to receive two wins, the first for our work with Cult Beauty in the Best Managed Affiliate Programme – Enterprise category.
2019 saw three key objectives for Cult Beauty and the affiliate channel: maintaining consistent Year-on-Year (YoY) growth while finding new revenue streams through new customers acquisition and new partnership verticals. Through a collaborative approach with publishers implemented by Rakuten Advertising and strategic recommendations, Cult Beauty achieved +58% YOY growth. The team also formed partnerships with a new era of publishers to create a new revenue stream for the affiliate channel.

The judges cited a “thorough and intelligent approach to power the brand to the next level” as key reasons for the win.

https://blog.rakutenadvertising.com/en-uk/news/...ertising-pma-win-2/

 

Anzahl der Unique User IDs bei Viber bis Juni 2020
Veröffentlicht von A. Poleshova, 13.08.2020

Diese Statistik zeigt die Anzahl Unique IDs bei Viber in ausgewählten Monaten zwischen März 2015 und Juni 2020. Im Juni 2020 lag die Anzahl der Unique IDs des Chat-Dienstes für Smartphones und Desktop-PCs, mit dem auch telefoniert werden kann, bei rund 1,19 Milliarden.

https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/...tzer-ids-bei-viber/
 

TMC Clark is Expanding to Viber
June 30, 2020

iOrbitNews

The Medical City Clark understands that we all have big adjustments recently so we keep on thinking ways to help your healthcare journey at this time.

We would like to invite you to join our TMC Clark: One Community Viber group to give you regular updates on our products, health tips and all The New Normal projects.

We continue to serve more and more followers on Viber. With an objective to keep everyone lit and not just to help you get by in the time of the community quarantine, but to make the most out of addressing your quality healthcare needs, we are determined to make conversions helpful for everyone.

Led by What’s Up, TMC Clark Partner, our friendly moderator, TMC Clark: One Community Viber Chat conversations are very casual and light, which makes the following of news and updates at The Medical City Clark easy-peasy and worth the while!

Doesn’t it sound exciting enough?

We’re inserting polls from time to time so you can participate and for us to know your pulse as our partner in health. So, if you are on Viber, let’s get connected!

We can’t wait to see you there!

https://iorbitnews.com/tmc-clark-is-expanding-to-viber/

iOrbitNews Online, the first online news portal in Central Luzon, is now 3 years old.

Luzon oder Luzón ist die größte Insel der Philippinen und die sechzehntgrößte Insel der Welt. Die Inselgruppe Luzon umfasst weitere Inseln in der Umgebung ...
Inselgruppe: Philippinen
Einwohner: 48.520.774 (2010); 441 Einw./km²
Geographische Lage: 16° 5′ N, 121° 0′ O K...
Fläche: 109.965 km²

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzon  

Rakuten Group's quarterly fintech revenue 2010-2020
Published by C. Diep, Sep 1, 2020

In the second quarter of 2020, the fintech sector revenue of the Rakuten Group amounted to around 141.7 billion Japanese yen, up almost 20 percent compared to the second quarter of the previous year. Rakuten offers services such as Rakuten Card, Rakuten Bank, and Rakuten Securities. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, where it was founded in 1997.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/223360/...internet-finance-sales/
 

höhere Marktkapitalisierung, als sie Rakuten momentan hat.

Und die anderen Bereiche von Rakuten gäbe es dann noch gratis dazu.  

https://www.en24.news/2020/10/...japans-amazon-failed-in-germany.html

Meines Erachtens ist die Ersatzlösung, unter Club R als Rabattportal zu agieren, die bessere Lösung. Denn im Artikel wird m.E. übersehen, dass das Massengeschäft umkämpft ist und für eine bessere Stellung massive Investitionen erforderlich gewesen wären. Offensichtlich hat Rakuten Investitionsmöglichkeiten, die höhere Renditen versprechen.

Das Rabattportal ist mit sehr viel niedrigeren Kosten zu betreiben, muss aber so schnell wie möglich, zumindest den Umtausch von Rakuten Points in Einkaufsgutscheine von Anbietern mit Reichweite wie Ebay oder Lidl usw. bieten, wenn Auszahlungen in Euro nicht vorgesehen sind.

Dass es wohl eine überstürzte Entscheidung war, damit könnte der Autor des Artikel recht haben, denn sonst wären die von mir geforderten Umtauschmöglichkeiten von Rakuten-Points in Einkaufsgutscheine schon online.  

Value of Rakuten Mobile if one third of Mobile Unit Docomo Private were bought for $38 Billion?

NTT to Take Mobile Unit Docomo Private for $38 Billion

By Grace Huang and Gearoid Reidy
28. September 2020, 17:33 MESZ Updated on 29. September 2020, 10:04 MESZ

Telecom giant already controls 66% of the wireless unit

Buyout follows attacks on mobile profit margins by new PM Suga

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ate-for-38b-nikkei-reports  

Rakuten launches Rakuten Fashion Luxury, a fashion shopping website dedicated to luxury and designer brands

Tokyo, October 6, 2020 - Rakuten, Inc. today announced the launch of Rakuten Fashion Luxury, a specialist website on the Rakuten Fashion platform showcasing luxury brand and designer brand goods.

Rakuten Fashion Luxury is launching with LVMH brands Marc Jacobs, FRED, and KENZO as shops on the platform, with items from apparel and accessories to cosmetics available for purchase.

In October 2019, Rakuten launched Rakuten Fashion as a one-stop shop for those in the fashion business in search of digital solutions, providing a platform for services that add more value for users. The establishment of Rakuten Fashion Luxury today is part of this project.

Going forward, Rakuten aims to empower the fashion industry and offer users a more enjoyable shopping experience by enhancing the lineup of fashion related products available on Rakuten Fashion and Rakuten Ichiba.

Overview of Rakuten Fashion Luxury

URL: https://brandavenue.rakuten.co.jp/contents/luxury/

Participating brand shops: Marc Jacobs, FRED, KENZO (as of October 6)

More brand shops will be added to the platform later.

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/news/update/2020/...ategory=corp%20ec  

By Harry Baldock, Total Telecom
Wednesday 30 September 20

Now today, after months of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Rakuten has finally commercially launched its 5G network, offering customers access to 5G for the same price as its existing plan: around $28. This price is, according to Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani, is around 70% cheaper than those offered by its domestic rivals.

With NTT absorbing DoCoMo, analysts suggest that a major barrier to reducing prices will have been lifted and a price war could be looming on the horizon. If so, this will mean that Rakuten’s radically low-priced 5G-capable plan will be less appealing than initially hoped, with the delay to its rollout meaning that its 5G coverage is not as broad as that of the other operators who launched 5G around a year ago.

Nonetheless, it still remains a very attractive proposition to customers, in part due to its promise of offering free 4G (and now 5G) service for one year to the first three million subscribers to its Un-limit V plan. Rakuten’s 4G network launched in back in April and by July around one million consumers had taken the operator up on this offer, meaning there is presumably still a great deal of free mobile subscriptions available. The operator is rapidly expanding coverage, aiming for 96% of the Japanese population by next summer.

Rakuten is also a major player in the Open RAN space, a fact that was recently acknowledged with a partnership with Telefonica to further develop the technology. If Rakuten’s 5G network is largely successful, additional operators could begin to look more seriously at this emerging technology in future.

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