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Rakuten Mobile aims to end 2024 with 8-10 million subscribers

Rakuten Mobile said it attracted 192,000 new mobile customers only in October Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile expects to reach 8-10 million mobile subscribers by the end of 2024, the telco said in its earnings statement. The telco added a total of 400,000 subscribers since August, ending...

Two examples of leveraging automation in network operations: Elisa, Rakuten

When it comes to real-world examples of how operators have leveraged automation based on network data, here are two: Nordic operator Elisa in Finland and its “lights-out” network operations center (NOC), and Rakuten Mobile (both in terms of utilizing automation itself, and helping other...

1&1 to launch O-RAN network in additional German cities

1&1 said its O-RAN network will be soon available in Hamburg, Essen, Düsseldorf, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Munich and Freiburg German operator 1&1 announced plans to expand its cloud-based Open RAN in new cities across the country in the coming weeks, the telco said in a release. Some...

1&1 makes deal to acquire up to 7,500 new 5G antenna sites

1&1 Towers, a subsidiary of German operator 1&1 AG, ​​and Eubanet have signed an agreement to acquire up to 7,500 new 5G antenna sites. "The direct cooperation with a very experienced acquisition partner is a further step with which we will achieve the expansion goals...

Rakuten Webinar: Cloud-native Service Assurance

Unlocking the path to autonomous networks Rakuten Symphony offers a new yet proven approach to automated, end-to-end service assurance. It gives operators a way to reduce today’s operational costs, and also a future-proof solution able to support the journey from today’s 2G/3G/4G mobile and fixed...

1&1 to accelerate construction of Germany’s fourth mobile network: Report

1&1 said it will initially provide FWA services through its 5G network German operator 1&1 announced plans to speed up the deployment of the fourth mobile network in Germany, including the deployment of 1,000 5G base stations this year. In an interview with German newspaper Die...

Editorial Webinar: Creative destruction: How network disaggregation changes everything

There's a big change hitting the telecom industry right now. Hardware and software are being decoupled with cost coming out of the former and strategic investments shifting to the latter. This sea change could serve to threaten the long-standing business models of large, incumbent...

Germany fourth’s mobile network will be Open RAN-based, built by Rakuten

German operator 1&1 AG and Japanese company Rakuten Group announced they are entering into a long-term partnership to build the former’s mobile network, which will become the fourth mobile network in Germany. Together with Rakuten, 1&1 will build what it claims to be Europe's first...

Rakuten acquiring Open RAN specialist Altiostar at $1 billion valuation

Altiostar virtualized and Open RAN tech is already part of the Rakuten Communications Platform Building on their existing relationship which has seen Rakuten Mobile use Altiostar virtualized RAN software in its greenfield Japanese network, as well as inclusion in the company's Rakuten Communications Platform...

Qualcomm tees-up Capgemini to push new Release-16 private 5G system in Industry 4.0

Qualcomm is teaming up with Capgemini to “unlock” private 5G for Industry 4.0, based on its new Release 16-capable 5G RAN platform and radio modem. Qualcomm and Capgemini will develop an off-the-shelf private network system, “tested and validated”, to provide clients a faster route...

Parallel Wireless trials all-G Open RAN with Etisalat

Etisalat signed an MoU with Rakuten Communications Platform for cloud-native, Open RAN support Etisalat, following a joint announcement with Rakuten Communications Platform to develop a reference design for cloud-native, Open RAN networks, is furthering its commitment to disaggregation of the radio access network through a...

Editorial Report: Is Open RAN Key to the 5G Future?

The true benefits of 5G will be realized with massive scale, something that operators will have to pay mightily to achieve. In carrier-led effort to shift network economics in their favor, the open RAN ecosystem has flourished in recent years and is poised for...

Rakuten, Tech Mahindra cooperate to boost Rakuten’s RCP platform

  Tech and business services company Tech Mahindra and Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile have reached an agreement in which the former has been appointed as a preferred partner for global go-to-market opportunities for the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). Under the agreement, Tech Mahindra will provide...

India’s Jio targets Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia for its 5G kit: Report

  Indian digital services company Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, may target West Asia, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asian regions as markets for its self-developed 5G technology kit after it tests and scales it up in India, Indian newspaper The Economic Times reported. The...

Dish embracing O-RAN; selects Altiostar and Fujitsu

The decision is being seen by some as an attempt to better align itself with Japanese firm Rakuten Dish Network will use Altiostar’s cloud-native O-RAN compliant solution for its 5G network buildout, providing the carrier with openness, modularity, agility and scalability. The Altiostar solution leverages...

Nokia first of big three vendors to join Open RAN Policy Coalition

Nokia collaborated with other vendors in Rakuten Mobile's network build Earlier this month the Open RAN Policy Coalition launched with a number of open RAN vendors, naturally, and operator members, including AT&T, DISH, NTT, Telefonica, Verizon and Vodafone. None of the big three RAN vendors--Ericsson,...

What happens to deployment TCO when mobile operators deploy OpenRAN only for 5G? (Reader Forum)

When you see the many announcements around innovation in OpenRAN for 5G, what you may not realize is that the 4G and 5G-only OpenRAN approach is only suited for greenfield deployments. So, what does that mean for brownfield or existing wireless networks? There are...

From virtualization to automation–the march to 5G service revenues

Rakuten's virtual RAN and Elisa's lights-out NOC The flexibility 5G enables requires a similar level of flexibility in the underlying network infrastructure. Proprietary, single-purpose hardware is giving way to general-purpose hardware running virtualized network functions. This allows operators to lower capital and operational expenses while...

Telefónica building partner ecosystem for 4G, 5G Open RAN solutions

Altiostar, Intel, Xilinx among Telefónica Open RAN providers Ahead of planned Open RAN trials later this year in Brazil, Germany, Spain and the U.K., telecoms giant Telefónica is collaborating with several ecosystem vendors to develop disaggregated radio access network solutions. The group is working off...

Ahead of Japan launch, Rakuten CEO teases global ambitions

CTO calls it a first-of-its-kind "Wi-Fi like" deployment; espouses benefits of open RAN BARCELONA--In the two years since being allocated mobile spectrum by Japanese regulators, Rakuten Mobile has built out a fully-virtualized, disaggregated network that's set to launch in April. But that's just the beginning,...

Mavenir CEO: ‘Operators need alternatives to the traditional vendors’

Mavenir announces availability of 4G/5G open RAN solution This week Richardson, Texas-based vendor Mavenir announced the "launch and availability" of a 4G- and 5G-compatible virtualized radio access network solution based on open interfaces developed by the O-RAN Alliance, a cross-industry group of carriers, vendors and...

5G lessons we can learn from Reliance Jio and Rakuten

A cloud-first strategy takes cost out of 5G, setting the stage for profitability SINGAPORE--To be clear, neither Reliance Jio in India or Rakuten in Japan currently offer 5G services. In fact, Rakuten recently delayed the launch of its LTE network. Nevertheless, the two operators have...

Rakuten to deploy 4,000 edge servers for virtualized mobile network: Report

  Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten expects to deploy a total of 4,000 edge servers in Japan for the launch of its virtualized mobile network, the company’s chairman and CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani said in an interview with CNBC. The executive said that Rakuten does not have to deploy brand...

Rakuten Mobile, NEC partner to build 5G open VRAN architecture

  Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile and compatriot company NEC announced that they have formed a partnership to build what it claims to be the world's first 5G open vRAN architecture in Japan. NEC has been selected to be the network equipment provider for Rakuten Mobile's new...