Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

If you take a closer look, the statistics of the We are Social Report show that WhatsApp, measured by active users, is the most used messaging app in Singapore. The 2nd place among the messaging apps is occupied by Facebook Messenger, followed by Carousell WeChat and Telegram on position 6 and 8 and 10.

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

Messaging Apps in the APAC Region

1. WhatsApp = 1,000 million user
2. Facebook Messerger = 800 million user
3. WeChat = 650 million user
4. Viber = 236 million user
5. Line = 212 million user

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

gibt es noch Luft nach oben:

Daily Active Users in Germany

        1.§WhatsApp = 58.0 million
        2.§Facebook Messenger = 18.1 million
        3.§Apple Messnger = 15.1 million
        4.§Skype = 9.6 million
        5.§ Telegram = 7.8 million
        6.§Snapchat = 7.2 million
        7.§Threema = 6.0 million
        8.§Signal = 3.6 million
        9.§Discord = 3.0 million
       10.§ Slack = 2.4 million
       11.§ Viber = 2.4 million
       12.§ Kik = 1.8 million
       13.§ Hangouts = 1.8 million
       14.§ Line = 1.2 million
       15.§Wechat = 1.2 million
       16.§ Kakao = 0.6 million
       17.§ Wire = 0.6 million

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

Messaging Apps in Austria

According to statista, in 2020 messenger apps are the most frequently used social media platforms in Austria.

        1.§WhatsApp = 96%
        2.§Facebook Messenger = 47%
        3.§Snapchat = 14%
        4.§Skype = 12%
        5.§ Telegram = 11%
        6.§Discord = 6%
        7.§Signal = 5%
        8.§Viber = 5%
        9.§Hangouts = 2%
       10.§Franz = 1%
       11.§Kik = 1%
       12.§Line = 1%
       13.§Threema = 1%
       14.§Other = 2%

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

Ranking der beliebtesten Social Networks und Messenger nach dem Anteil der Nutzer in Brasilien im Jahr 2019

YouTube = 96%
Facebook = 90%
WhatsApp = 88%
Instagramm = 79%
Facebook Messenger = 66%
Twitter = 48%
Pinterest = 40%
Linkedin = 37%
Skype = 30%
Snapchat = 27%
Tumbrl = 19%
Twitch = 18%
Reddit = 16%
WeChat = 15%
TikTok = 14%
Viber = 13%

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

 

Stacking-big-payouts-rakuten-dosh-amex-offer-edition

https://frequentmiler.com/...payouts-rakuten-dosh-amex-offer-edition/  

Published November 27, 2020, 8:00 AM
by Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat

Viber, the more preferred messaging app in the Philippines, is rolling out its Chatbot Payments feature in the country even as it vowed to continue prioritizing data privacy, security and efficient app.

Djamel Agaoua, the CEO at Rakuten Viber said during a virtual press conference that this new feature is in partnership with local player telco Globe.

The Chatbot Payments through a partnership with Google Pay and Apple Pay announced this year, marked Viber’s move towards fintech. The Chatbot Payments is a game-changing feature that enables Viber users to purchase products and services of merchants securely and accept payments directly through the app.

Through this partnership with Globe, Filipino users can easily check out and order from small food businesses through the FoodPH bot.

Agaoua said they are looking at 10 percent reasonable market penetration initially of its user base for this financial service and hopefully build it up to 40 to 50 percent in the short term.

Viber users have been growing nicely, he said. This year, they expect 20 percent growth. With its popularity in the Philippines, he expects to get more users for the financial services stressing the “users tend to acquire users.”

https://mb.com.ph/2020/11/27/...aunch-chatbot-payments-feature-in-ph/  

OCTOBER 2020/ANNOUNCEMENT
OneSignal Named Top Push Provider in G2 Fall 2020 Grid® Reports

We are thrilled to announce that OneSignal has been recognized as the top push notification provider in the G2 Fall 2020 Reports, based on reviews from real OneSignal users.

OneSignal has also been rated the easiest mobile marketing tool to use and the proactive notification service with the fastest implementation time. These awards are a clear testament to the user obsession that has driven the team at OneSignal since its inception in 2012.
Our customer-first approach and passion for delivering products that empower businesses of any size to connect with their audiences, has not only allowed us to gain a significant presence in the market, but also receive the highest customer satisfaction score on G2. We are humbled by the validation from our customers and will continue working to create a developer-friendly product that offers enterprise-grade features, unparalleled reliability, and industry-leading delivery speeds.

https://onesignal.com/blog/...-a-leader-in-g2-fall-2020-grid-reports/
 

Apple TV, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video.

Rakuten TV is hardly a household name, but it’s an interesting alternative to Apple TV, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video. It’s a not a subscription service (sometimes called subscription video on demand, or SVOD), like Netflix, but a TVOD service (which stands for transactional video on demand), meaning you simply pay to watch whatever movie takes your fancy.

Buying à la carte means you get access to hot new movies day and date with their DVD and Blu-ray release, and in some cases even sooner if a studio so chooses.

The service is currently available in 42 countries, and well-funded. Headquartered in Japan, it runs a number of high-level sports sponsorships, including FC Barcelona and the NBA.

Not that you have to pay to watch everything on Rakuten TV. While its top tier titles all come with premium price tags attached, it does operate an AVOD (Advertising VOD) section, Rakuten TV Free. It’s worth signing up to Rakuten TV simply to access this gratis stuff, and you’ll easily find enough to while away a weekend or two.

Rakuten TV Free features a selection of back catalogue B-movies, plus its Matchday FC Barcelona fly-on-the-wall doc, the latter available in 4K UHD.

https://www.techradar.com/reviews/rakuten-tv-review  

family and closest friends, stay on top of the latest news, contact a brand or purchase from a small business

Published November 27, 2020, 8:00 AM

“All these milestones and partnerships we’ve achieved so far are just the beginning of what’s in store for our users in the coming years. Our users’ satisfaction remains to be our driving force why we aspire for bolder and bigger goals.”

This year alone, Viber introduced the group video calls and bolstered its capacities when the pandemic started to accommodate the higher-than-usual number of calls and messages within the app, doubling the maximum number of participants to 20 people at once in Group Video and Audio Calls.

This is why in the first half of 2020, the app recorded an 18% increase in activations, 104 percent in Community messages sent, and 109 percent in Community views in the entire Asia Pacific region. When compared the numbers with the numbers posted in the same period last year, Viber registered a 208 percent surge in Community messages sent and 129 percent increase in Community Views.

This quick action also enabled Rakuten Viber to reach new performance milestones in the Philippines for the first half of the year alone.

During quarantine, Viber noted that there was a 2.5x increase in Community viewers and 2.7x growth in messages sent to Communities in the Philippines. There was also an increase in the following: 43 percent in daily activations, 17 percent in monthly active users, 18% in daily active users, 22 percent in outgoing calls, and 35 percent in incoming answered calls.

With such an engaged user base, it has also been important for Rakuten Viber to look out at certain product features and partnerships that may run counter to its core beliefs.

One of the biggest decisions Viber made in its 10-year history was to cut all business ties with Facebook for continuously mishandling their user data for profit. The messaging app, which considers security as one of its core strengths, earlier this year pulled out all its ad spending on the social media platform and removed the Facebook Connect and GIPHY features within the app.

“We have always believed in Viber’s potential as a lifetime app, as it has become a favorite tool to communicate with family and closest friends, stay on top of the latest news, contact a brand or purchase from a small business, and more,” said Agaoua.

https://mb.com.ph/2020/11/27/...aunch-chatbot-payments-feature-in-ph/
 

– angesichts der Eigenschaft als Hauptsponsor des FC Barcelona

Percentage of internet users in Spain who report using each Messenger/VOIP

WhatsApp = 87%
FB Messenger = 43%
Skype = 27%
Line = 10%
WeChat = 10%
Viber = 8%

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

 

Internet-User genutzt:

Percentage of internet users in Italy who report using each Messenger/VOIP

WhatsApp = 84%
FB Messenger = 54%
Skype = 27%
WeChat = 11%
Viber = 9%

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

des Konkurrenten Facebook hätte, wären das immer noch fast 8 Milliarden Dollar.

Market Cap 791.283B
PE Ratio (TTM) 31.65
EPS (TTM) 8.78

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FB?p=FB&.tsrc=fin-srch
 

seine Kunden, was die Einnahmen kurzfristig begrenzt, aber langfristig ergeben sich durch den Schutz der Privatsphäre Ansatzpunkte für immer mehr neue Einnahmequellen, bei denen Vertrauen, Verlässlichkeit und Seriosität gefragt sind.  

genutzt:

Percentage of internet users in France who report using each Messenger/VOIP

FB Messenger = 51%
WhatsApp = 31%
Skype = 21%
Viber = 6%

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

https://www.altiostar.com/news-events/events/  

Altiostar and NEC Demonstrated O-RAN Open Fronthaul at Global O-RAN ALLIANCE Plugfest Hosted by Bharti Airtel in India

TOKYO, Nov 13, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Altiostar and NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today said that they participated in the first plugfest event in the India region for the O-RAN ALLIANCE. Hosted by Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s largest integrated telecommunications services provider, the goal of the O-RAN Plugfest was to test and demonstrate the growing maturity of the O-RAN ecosystem.

About Altiostar
Based outside Boston, Altiostar provides 4G and 5G open virtualized RAN (Open vRAN) software that supports open interfaces and virtualizes the baseband unit to build a disaggregated multi-vendor, web-scale, cloud-native mobile network. Operators can add intelligence, quickly adapt the network for different services and automate operations to rapidly scale the network and reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Altiostar collaborates with a growing ecosystem of partners to support a diverse Open RAN supply chain. The Altiostar Open vRAN solution based on O-RAN standards has been deployed globally, including the world’s first cloud-native commercial-scale mobile network with Rakuten Mobile in Japan.

About Airtel
Headquartered in India, Airtel is a global telecommunications company with operations in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa. The company ranks amongst the top three mobile operators globally and its mobile network covers a population of over two billion people. Airtel is India’s largest integrated telecom provider and the second-largest mobile operator in Africa. At the end of September 2020, Airtel had approx. 440 mn customers across its operations.
Airtel’s portfolio includes high speed 4G/4.5G mobile broadband, Airtel Xstream Fiber that promises speeds up to 1Gbps, converged digital TV solutions through the Airtel Xstream 4K Hybrid Box, digital payments through Airtel Payments Bank as well as an integrated suite of services across connectivity, collaboration, cloud and security that serves over one million businesses.
Airtel’s OTT services include Airtel Thanks app for self-care, Airtel Xstream app for video, Wynk Music for entertainment and Airtel BlueJeans for video conferencing. In addition, Airtel has forged strategic partnerships with hundreds of companies across the world to enable the Airtel platform to deliver an array of consumer and enterprise services.

About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential.

https://www.indonesiafolk.com/jcn-newswire/...bharti-airtel-in-india/  

JAPANESE TELECOM MANUFACTURER MOVES TO CLAIM HUAWEI’S PLACE IN THE U.K.

EFE UDIN NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The U.K. has since banned Huawei from participating in its 5G construction. As a result of the ban, the British government has announced that it will invest 250 million pounds to help operators replace Huawei’s 5G equipment and maintain diversified sources of 5G equipment. Obviously, the ban on Huawei opens up a vacuum in the U.K. which many manufacturers will be battling to fill. Now, NEC, a Japanese telecommunications equipment supplier, and system integrator, has announced that it will establish an Open RAN Promotion Center in the UK. This is the first time that the Japanese telecom manufacturer will open such a center in the U.K.

After banning Huawei, the UK invited NEC to support the UK’s 5G network construction. In March last year, NEC and Rakuten Mobile, Japan’s fourth-largest mobile telecommunications operator, announced that the latter’s Open RAN network equipment had begun production at NEC’s Fukushima plant.

https://www.gizchina.com/2020/11/28/...laim-huaweis-place-in-the-u-k/
 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathankeane/2020/...s/?sh=4c89a1b95e3b  

Rakuten Advertising wins three vertical awards at the IPMAs
By Rhiannon Farrar | November 25, 2020 | EVENTS

The Rakuten Advertising team walked away with three award wins and six high commendations from the virtual ceremony held yesterday, including:

Best Incentive Partner Campaign or Strategy for American Express Australia and 24S, Coles Liquor & Harvey Nichols

Rakuten Advertising partnered with AMEX AU to run campaigns for 24S, Coles Liquor and Harvey Nichols. Through targeting consumers who have purchased from competitor stores, AMEX AU was able to help 24S exceed AOV target by 250% while increasingly gaining new customers. AMEX AU also supported Coles Liquor through the revenue downturn caused by the global pandemic by bringing existing and lapsed customers online. And being new to the Australian market, Harvey Nichols managed to increase its sales by 85% as a result of the partnership.

Of this win, the judges commented, “This campaign showed a great use of first-party data, and how to use it effectively to help generate incremental sales.”

https://blog.rakutenadvertising.com/en-uk/events/...advertising-wins/  

Für mich sind viele Argumente in dem nachstehenden Artikel nicht nachvollziehbar:

https://seekingalpha.com/article/...mpetition-and-entry-mobile-market

Das u.a. vielleicht dadurch ausgelöste Dip der letzten beiden Tage sind daher für mich Nachkaufgelegenheiten.

 

Seit ziemlich genau 6 Jahren (!) wird hier für diese Looser Aktie getrommelt und jeder noch so unwichtige Furz im Wind zu einer angeblich positiven News aufgeblasen, während kritischen Stimmen und Gegenargumenten kein Raum gewährt wird.
Und stets wurde angesichts des katastrophalen Kursverlaufs von Kauf- und Nachkaufgelegenheiten geredet, statt wie es erfahrene Anleger tun hier endlich die Reißleine zu ziehen und das Geld anderweitig sinnvoll zu investieren.
Nach 6 Jahren immer noch 20 % im Minus zu sein und nichts dazu gelernt zu haben, das ist mit Sturheit und Anfängerfehlern alleine auch nicht mehr zu erklären.
Manche Menschen sollten der Börse besser fern bleiben.  

Fintech-Bereich sind für mich absolut nicht nachvollziehbar, denn an der Stärke von Rakuten in diesem Bereich ändert sich durch den Zusammenschluss von Line m.E. nichts - eher könnte das Gegenteil der Fall sein, wenn entweder Line Pay oder Yahoo Pay durch den Zusammenschluss verschwindet.

Die Fakten sehen so aus:

„FinTech business has shown its online strengths even under COVID-19 and recorded strong profit growth of 35% Y-o-Y due to strong performance of the card and securities businesses. The number of users who use major three services, card, bank and securities, is showing high growth. Various measures to generate synergies among the services have worked very, very well.“

https://seekingalpha.com/article/...-results-earnings-call-transcript
 

herbeigezogen bzw. nicht zutreffend sind m.E. die folgenden Argumente:

„I am also negative on Rakuten's entry into Japan's mobile market, due to its limited network coverage, significant roaming fees paid to a rival, and the lack of a pricing advantage.“

First – the limited network coverage is only for a very short term and had ended and will ending soon in the coming month: „Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, expects its 4G network to cover 96% of the population in Japan by summer 2021, the company said in a statement.“
https://www.rcrwireless.com/20201112/carriers/...-population-mid-2021

Second – with more coverage the roaming fees will drop fast/near not exist.

Third – there exist no lack of price advantage, the price advantage by 4G and 5G is gigantic: „Less than six months after launching its 4G offering, Rakuten Mobile has unleashed a 5G service at no additional cost to its subscribers: The monthly price plan for Tada 5G (‘Tada’ means ‘free’) is 2,980 yen ($28.19) per month, the same as the 4G fee, with Rakuten’s mobile customers able to use the operator’s 4G and 5G services on a single plan called Rakuten UN-LIMIT V. Existing 4G customers (of which there are more than 1 million currently) can upgrade to UN-LIMIT V immediately, but even if they choose not to switch immediately, they will be automatically upgraded to that plan by the end of November.
So for Rakuten’s 4G customers, the upgrade is ‘free’: Any Japanese consumers hoping for a zero charge monthly service package are in for a huge disappointment, though 2,980 yen looks like very good value.“
https://www.telecomtv.com/content/5g/...free-5g-using-open-ran-39793/  

The 12 European tech startups most likely to IPO next
Europe's startups are staying private for longer.
ISABEL WOODFORD 28 SEPTEMBER 2020

Tech stocks around the world have been booming to all-time highs this year, driving dozens of headline-grabbing listings on the public stock markets from Lemonade to Snowflake.
The exception to this trend has been across Europe, which has been in a relative initial p
ublic offering (IPO) desert. Only 16 tech companies floated in Europe in the year to September, the lowest in more than a decade.

Still, there are now some signs that the European IPO market is waking up.

Founded: 2011
Sector: Mobility
HQ: Spain
Revenue: $104m

IPO hints: As one of Spain’s two unicorns, Cabify tops the country’s list of firms potentially eyeing an IPO.

Cabify also told the FT earlier this year it has bucked the trend among ride-hailing services and is now profitable. That could see it perform better on the public market than Uber or Lyft.

The company should now also be looking for some sort of capital push, having not raised fresh funds in two years.

Still, Spanish investor and VC partner, David Miranda says an acquisition-exit is still more likely for Cabify and fellow unicorn Glovo for the time being, especially given the Covid pressures.

“Undoubtedly, the most obvious path to an exit in Spain is the sale of the company, rather than IPO,” he tells Sifted. “Although both Glovo and Cabify made announcements last year about a potential IPO, I think it has more to do with their unicorn status (aren’t unicorns supposed to be open to an IPO?) than with a real project to go public.”

https://sifted.eu/articles/which-european-startups-will-ipo/