Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket
April 04, 2025
Rakuten GORA launched a new AI golf swing analysis tool on the Rakuten Golf Score Management App. This tool was developed in cooperation with computer vision experts from Rakuten Institute of Technology (RIT), Keio University's Aoki Media Sensing Lab, and Rakuten India. It allows users to upload a video of their golf swing, which is then analyzed in nine phases from address to finish. In just a few minutes, the multiple AI models will work together to return a thorough analysis of 43 checkpoints and a provide comprehensive score, like a golf instructor that is available anytime, anywhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmT9QnFJ9Ps
Rakuten Advertising introduced Upsellit to the SHEIKE affiliate program as a way to drive scale and overcome cart abandonment challenges. The results have exceeded SHEIKE’s expectations. Upsellit is now a top-performing publisher on the SHEIKE affiliate program and continues to demonstrate the importance of tech solution partners through strong performance.
The results speak for themselves:
+15.78% of new customers
+15.95% of total sales
+$40 ROAS
https://rakutenadvertising.com/en-au/resources/...ng-sheike-upsellit/
“We have been working on the very challenging Rakuten Mobile project for some time now, and it has become clear that its contribution to the Rakuten ecosystem is significant in many ways. As you may have seen from today’s presentation, the entire group is growing, and the mobile factor plays a major role in this. I think that increasing the number of Rakuten Mobile users to 10 million or 20 million has proven to solidify our consumer-facing services. Additionally, taking on such a challenging project has made the entire group more robust. It has fostered a culture of focusing on operational efficiency and working capital, which has strengthened the group’s overall teamwork. Regarding the second question about achieving EBITDA profitability this year, we plan to continue what we have been doing while also increasing advertising revenue through Rakuten Mobile. We know that encouraging 5G usage will increase data ARPU, so we will focus on that as well. As mentioned earlier, we are strong among people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, but our market share drops significantly among those aged 55 and older, particularly those over 60. We need to improve our approach to older demographics. Additionally, while we are strong in urban areas, we are relatively weak in regional cities and prefectures, so we will strengthen our regional strategies. We also aim to further enhance synergies within the Rakuten Group. Lastly, we will focus on generating profits by selling our software overseas through Rakuten Symphony. This could potentially become a core business for the Rakuten Group. Since our international business has also become profitable, we will continue to strengthen this area as well.”
https://global.rakuten.com/corp/investors/
"Lastly, we will focus on generating profits by selling our software overseas through Rakuten Symphony. This could potentially become a core business for the Rakuten Group. Since our international business has also become profitable, we will continue to strengthen this area as well.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSiS72AXtM&t=5s
Pune, April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mobile VoIP Market Size Analysis:
“The Mobile VoIP Market size was USD 50.18 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 184.19 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 15.59% over the forecast period of 2024-2032.”
Major Players Analysis Listed in this Report are:
Apple Inc. (FaceTime, iMessage)
Google LLC (Google Voice, Google Meet)
Microsoft (Skype, Microsoft Teams)
RingCentral, Inc. (RingCentral Office, RingCentral Video)
Nextiva (Nextiva VoIP, Nextiva Video Conferencing)
Grasshopper (Grasshopper VoIP, Virtual Receptionist)
Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco Webex, Cisco Jabber)
Aircall (Aircall VoIP, Aircall Integrations)
Mitel Networks Corp. (Mitel MiCloud Connect, Mitel VoIP Phone Systems)
Meta (WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger)
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom Phone, Zoom Meetings)
CX (3CX Phone System, 3CX WebRTC Phone)
8x8, Inc. (8x8 Voice for Microsoft Teams, 8x8 Video Meetings)
GoTo Group (GoTo Connect, GoTo Meeting)
Twilio (Twilio Voice, Twilio Video)
Citrix Systems Inc. (Citrix Workspace, Citrix ShareFile)
Ribbon Communications (Ribbon SBC, Ribbon Analytics)
Rakuten Group, Inc. (Rakuten Mobile, Rakuten Communications Platform)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...-market-size-surpass-140000936.html
https://www.lightreading.com/open-ran/...hosts-2025-mwc-victory-party
https://aktien.guide/kursziel/Rakuten-JP3967200001
And then there is what comes next. And here he has a “very strong opinion” – which is that the next phase of mobile networks will move from being human-centric to being machine-centric, with deterministic latency and throughput. That can’t happen, of course, without the open, cloud-native and software-defined network. And here, the “biggest piece of the puzzle is in the RAN”.
https://the-mobile-network.com/2025/03/23287/
October 28, 2024
Atresmedia has sold a 2.7% stake in Fever, generating €59M in proceeds and a 7X return. This sale, valuing Fever at over €2B, follows a prior partial exit in 2023 when Fever was valued at €1.6B. Despite these sales, Atresmedia still has a 5% stake in Fever.
https://dealflow.es/issue/438/...ued-at-2-1b-matteco-raised-15m-ptalo
Fever secured $35 million from Rakuten Capital, Atresmedia and Accel.
15 July 2019
Fever, a Madrid, Spain and London, UK-based company operating a business based on a mobile app for social events raised $35 million.
The investment round was led by Rakuten Capital, the investment arm of Japanese internet giant Rakuten, and included Atresmedia, Accel and Michael Zeisser, the former chairman of U.S. investments for Alibaba Group. Zeisser will also join Fever’s board together with Oskar Mielczarek, partner of Rakuten.
https://nordic9.com/news/...ital-atresmedia-and-accel-news2143843847/
April 07, 2025
"Rakuten Ecosystem in Action" is a series launched by RNN to understand how the Rakuten Ecosystem is utilized by Rakutenians in their work. In this video, we introduce a case where an ECC (E-Commerce Consultant) who joined in 2022 connected a merchant, ROOM, influencers, and the community to collaborate on product development. While paying attention to the elements of the Rakuten Ecosystem featured in the video, we invite you to watch the story that could only be realized at the Rakuten Group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q37NJE5oocw&t=41s
March 31, 2025
Nagaoka City in Niigata Prefecture and Rakuten are working together to revitalize the region through the Rakuten Furusato Nozei ("Hometown Tax") program. During the city's major event, the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival, visitor marketing data obtained from the introduction of Rakuten Ticket as well as assets from Rakuten Ichiba and Rakuten Travel were leveraged to promote the Rakuten Hometown Tax program, local products, and tourism. The aim is to bridge the deep affection visitors feel towards Nagaoka City when they watch the fireworks with the Hometown Tax program. In this report, hear from two Rakutenians who have continuously supported Nagaoka City, as well as comments from city officials, local sake breweries, and food producers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izOcIGVkexg
March 11.03.2025
This is the video broadcast during an internal surprise event on the birthday of Rakuten Group CEO Mickey Mikitani. It is a "Rakuten History" video chronicled through "Mickey's mission." Please take a moment to watch it if you’d like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfD0af5Zmk0
April 01, 2025
In this session from MWC 2025, Global Head of Sales, Udai Kanukolanu, shares his insights into the customer journey and how Rakuten Symphony is looking to work closely with mobile network operators across the world to deliver better telecom outcomes. Watch the full session here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYQuhuWAbTg&t=287s
April 08, 2025
In this fascinating partner session from the Rakuten Booth at MWC 2025, we gain insight from one of Rakuten’s most important global partnerships. For the past few years, Rakuten Cloud has been working in partnership with Google Distributed Cloud to deliver sophisticated better operations and outcomes that go beyond telecom. To explain in further details, James Dartnell, Senior Director, Corporate Communications at Rakuten Symphony, sat down with Anirban Chakravartti, SVP Sales, Rakuten Cloud, Rakuten Symphony and Eli Tabchouri, Director, Google Distributed Cloud, EMEA, Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk5Bh95sDcQ
April 08, 2025
In this session, Anshul Bhatt, Head of Sales, Americas and Product Strategy at Rakuten Symphony is joined by Salvatore D’Oro, Co-Founder, CTO at zTouch Networks, Tommaso Melodia, Director, Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, and William Lincoln Smith, Professor at Northeastern University, to discuss the work that Rakuten OSS is doing with zTouch on slice management and provide an introduction to Rakuten’s intelligent operations portfolio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BzhJZxguJw
Rakuten Card is aiming to boost its annual profits to 100 billion yen by stepping into Japan's booming B2B payments market.
Rakuten Card, Japan's largest credit card issuer, is leveraging the country’s digital boom in financial services. Despite its shrinking population, Japan holds significant potential in its payment sector. Credit card transactions are just a slice of the vast B2B payments market, valued at an impressive 1,100 trillion yen. With over 30 million cards in circulation and a solid 62.1 billion yen operating profit last year, Rakuten Card aims to grow through partnerships with small businesses on its e-commerce platform, Rakuten Ichiba. The strategy also involves tapping into Mizuho Financial Group's client base, following their recent stake acquisition and joint credit card initiative. By collaborating on new services and marketing, Rakuten and Mizuho aim to revolutionize Japan's B2B transaction landscape.
https://finimize.com/content/...ambitious-profit-goal-in-b2b-payments
April 09, 2025
The Rakuten Travel Awards 2024 ceremony celebrated Rakuten Travel-registered hotels and ryokans that achieved remarkable results and earned high praise over the past year. We bring you a digest of the inspiring awards ceremony, symbolizing the theme of "United."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGP93sQ3t4
1d ago
Rakuten Mobile has become the first mobile carrier in Japan to offer the Phone (3a), a device designed by U.K.-based Nothing. The device will go on sale at 9 a.m. on April 15 and will be priced from 54,890 yen. It will be available in white, black, and an exclusive blue color only from Rakuten Mobile, through their website, physical stores, and Rakuten Ichiba online marketplace. Additionally, the Nothing Ear (a) wireless earphones will be available from the same day on the official Rakuten Mobile store on Rakuten Ichiba for 14,800 yen.
https://www.thefastmode.com/smartphones/...-nothing-phone-3a-in-japan
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sanrio's popular character, Little Twin Stars (Kiki & Lala), Rakuten Card Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "our company"), applications will begin accepting and issuing two types: "Rakuten Card Kiki & Lala Starry Night Wish Design" and "Rakuten Card Kiki & Lala Aurora Retro Design" from Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
In addition, to commemorate the issuance of this card, running a campaign where you can win original limited edition Kiki & Lala merchandise (not for sale) by applying and using the eligible Rakuten Card .
https://companydata.tsujigawa.com/en/press-20250401-004/
TOKYO, April 9, 2025 – Rakuten Symphony, Inc. today announced the addition of object storage to the Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage Platform. Kubernetes-ready, highly scalable and cost effective, object storage brings greater durability, flexibility and simplification for managing large volumes of data in use cases including data lakes, cloud-native storage, and machine learning. Object storage will be generally available to any Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage customer in May 2025.
https://symphony.rakuten.com/newsroom/...loud-native-storage-platform
"We're operating the world's first telecom edge cloud deployment with Rakuten Mobile in Japan, deploying Open RAN and core services on the cloud while serving more than 8.5 million subscribers and growing," said Ryota Mibu, General Manager, Cloud Platform Department at Rakuten Mobile, Inc. "Rakuten Cloud and its suite of solutions including cloud-native platform, orchestrator and storage enable Rakuten Mobile to run virtual network functions and cloud network functions 30 percent faster while massively reducing deployment time and costs. With object storage, we can deploy cloud-native applications and microservices faster, at a lower cost, while reaching more subscribers."
Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage provides industry-leading features and flexibility with ease-of-use, automation and a rich suite of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) capabilities. It offers a platform and data footprint optimized solution with robust data access controls, and encryption mechanisms to protect sensitive data. It provides immense scale for the core cloud backups, but it's small footprint also makes it ideal for edge environments. Rakuten Cloud-Native Platform provides these advantages using an intuitive, declarative interface, with advanced automation, that reduces deployment complexity, timelines and human error, with high availability which ensures no single point of failure.
https://vmblog.com/archive/2025/04/09/...native-storage-platform.aspx
Im Geschäftsjahr 2025 strebt das Unternehmen an, "den konsolidierten Non-GAAP-Betriebsgewinn zu steigern" und "das EBITDA von Rakuten Mobile Inc. für das Gesamtjahr profitabel zu machen".
https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/news/press/2025/0214_01.html