Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket
https://dealflow.es/issue/373/...ll-cabify-jeff-enters-administration
July 14, 2023
https://symphony.rakuten.com/blog/...-2023-mobile-network-predictions
Considering it’s available in many countries all over the world, the application boasts well over 1 billion users.
You might be wondering why someone would choose Viber over apps like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger, but there are a few clear reasons for this.
Viber offers a unique set of features that their large user base love and it’s a go-to choice for individuals looking to stay connected with just a few taps.
https://increditools.com/viber-statistics/
The app saw a 170% increase in all group-related activities in 2020
The app saw a 400% user increase in the Asia-Pacific region back in 2020
Worldwide, there are over 1.3 billion Viber registered users
Viber has 823 million monthly active users
Active Viber users generally send 30 messages or more on a daily basis
The instant messaging application is available in over 40 languages
Viber’s number of group-call participants doubled at the height of Covid-19
https://increditools.com/viber-statistics/
Rakuten India, in close association with Analytics India Magazine, recently hosted the third edition of the Rakuten Product Conference (RPC) 2023. The event centred around ‘Generative AI and the Future of Cloud’ attracted a whopping 6,300 participants from different parts of the world, echoing the global significance of the rapidly evolving technology.
The conference spanned two days, delving into the vast potential of Generative AI and Cloud Computing.
https://analyticsindiamag.com/...2Fmagazine%2FAnalytics+India+Magazin
18 Jul, 2023, 08:30 ET
Dr. Gillenwater will discuss the promising data of Alluminox treatment using ASP-1929 in combination with anti-PD-1 therapy
Rakuten Medical's management team will provide recent business updates
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/...st-10-2023-301879642.html
Carousell, Carzuno to offer car subscription service in Singapore
Deepti Sri · 23h ago
Singapore-based online marketplace Carousell has partnered with Carzuno to launch Carousell Car Subscription in the city-state.
The partnership gives Carousell access to the vehicle subscription firm’s fleet of over 50 car models.
Users can avail of a car subscription from the new service that lasts between one and 24 months. The subscription comes with insurance, servicing, and maintenance, among other features.
https://www.techinasia.com/...ffer-car-subscription-service-singapore
By Niall Roche
Updated July 13, 2023
https://www.authorityhacker.com/rakuten-affiliate-network
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6 days ago
The rise of visual and voice search has transformed the way users discover, search and buy products online. No longer are shoppers solely relying on keyword-based searches or typing endless queries into search engines. Today, we have clever ways to discover products, from using our voice to searching with images and sampling products in 3D or in augmented reality. These cutting-edge options are available on most major marketplaces such as Amazon, Flipkart, Shopee, Rakuten and Walmart. In fashion and lifestyle shopping for instance, the natural ease and convenience of using visual search, particularly in fashion and lifestyle shopping, have captivated users, especially younger shoppers in countries with mobile-first experiences. Over at web search, image search on Google drives about 19% of all search queries according to Google Trends.
While these AI advancements in vision, text and voice recognition have greatly improved the shopping experience, the AI models behind these search methods typically operate independently from each other, there is no cross modality. Enter multi-search, a groundbreaking vector-based approach that brings together the power of natural language processing and computer vision to decipher intent and seamlessly connect it with desired products. By mimicking the personalized guidance we receive from in-store associates, multi-search leads shoppers into a more sensory-driven journey that overcomes the boundaries of traditional text search, bringing their shopping experiences closer to the real world.
https://rakuten.today/blog/...ct-search-with-multi-search-and-ai.html
ViSenze’s latest statistics reveal that smart image search was used 1.4 billion times in 2022 across India — a 180 percent growth from the previous year. Fashion and apparel were the most searched items, making up 72% of all image searches while footwear, jewelry, and ethnic wear also saw a significant increase in product searches, accounting for 44% of all searches.
As e-commerce continues to grow in India, mainly fueled by tier 2 and tier 3 cities, especially given the mass adoption of online shopping in ‘Bharat’. However, consumers often face language barriers in describing most products. With over 120 major languages and thousands of dialects, text or voice search alone is not enough for retailers to reach a broader audience.
This is where the power of smart search comes in. By simply taking a screenshot or photo, customers can easily and accurately find the products they are looking for. And with the advancements in AI computer vision technology, shoppers can now even receive recommendations for complementary products.
ViSenze helps retailers increase revenue by delivering exceptional search and discovery experiences that make it easier for shoppers to discover products. Retailers like Rakuten, Zalora, Meesho, Myntra, and DFS trust ViSenze to power their product search, recommendations, and tagging.
https://www.visenze.com/resource-centre/...-online-shoppers-in-india/
Following three years of Open RAN revenues accelerating at a significantly faster pace than expected and multiple upward forecast adjustments, this is the first downward forecast revision since the firm started tracking Open RAN, reflecting some hesitancy about these next generation architectures. What is complicating the analysis is the fact that Open RAN adoption has been mixed across the greenfield and the brownfield operators. With greenfield and early adopter brownfield deployments maturing, the reality the industry is now facing is that it will take some time for the other segments to match and offset the more stable trends with the early adopters.
"We can think of this revision more as a near-term calibration than a change in the long-term growth trajectory," said Stefan Pongratz, Vice President and Analyst at the Dell'Oro Group. "This journey of "re-shaping" the RAN was never expected to be smooth and many challenges remain. Even so, our long-term position has not changed. We continue to believe that Open RAN is here to stay, and the growing support by the incumbent suppliers bolsters this thesis, "continued Pongratz.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/...ran-forecast-revised-120000031.html
Posted on June 29, 2023
On June 15, the Open RAN Policy Coalition, along with partner associations Assocham and Keidanren, hosted the Fourth Quad Open RAN Forum in Tokyo, Japan.
As participants in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S. (“Quad governments”) continue to emphasize the importance of secure and trusted infrastructure for 5G and advanced wireless networks, and support vendor diversity across the telecoms ecosystem. Open RAN continues to have a significant role in delivering on these priorities.
https://www.openranpolicy.org/fourth-quad-open-ran-forum/
Standing out from other awards in the industry, the ceremony featured globally-minded categories and titles chosen from professional perspectives instead of readers' choices. Check out the video for scenes from the event and interviews with authors and editors of the winning titles on their thoughts and expectations for eBooks and the publishing industry.
https://global.rakuten.com/corp/innovation/rnn/2023/2305_004/
Dell'Oro strikes a more downbeat Open RAN pose
By Dan Jones Jul 21, 2023 07:30am
“We revised the Open RAN projections downward by 5% to 10% for the 2023-2027 forecast period,” Stefan Pongratz, VP and analyst at the Dell’Oro told Silverlinings in an email. This contrasts to January this year, when Dell’Oro predicted that Open RAN would represent up to 20% of global RAN by 2027.
Pongratz still predicts that Open RAN revenues will account for more than 15% of global RAN by 2027. However, he said, “We are still forecasting the market to grow through 2027, it is just not projected to grow as much as we previously expected."
Some of the top operator proponents of Open RAN are Rakuten Mobile in Asia, Vodafone in Europe, and Dish in North America.
https://www.silverliningsinfo.com/5g/...s-more-downbeat-open-ran-pose
Published July 21, 2023
The Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) Market size is estimated to grow from USD 1.3 Billion in 2022 to reach USD 79.6 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 26.6% during the forecast period from 2023 to 2030.
Read more: https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/news/...analysis-2030#ixzz888032wEf
June 12, 2023
Any skier or snowboarder with an internet connection has likely salivated over clips of Japan’s record-breaking snowfalls, pillowy descents and backcountry playgrounds. Yet the country’s outdoor Mecca exists well beyond winter sports. During this year’s Golden Week, for example—a time each spring in which Japanese widely travel—it’s expected that women will increasingly explore the outdoors solo, people will take culinary-focused trips, and that outdoors outings and camping will be popular pursuits.
In fact, much like other parts of the world where the global pandemic drove a surge in outdoor retail sales and participation, Japan has been experiencing a similar boom. According to one source, this year Japan’s sports and outdoor revenue is projected to hit US$2.69b, with an annual growth rate of 10.25% from 2023-2027. That growth has placed it firmly among the leading outdoor markets in the world. Japan is the fifth-largest outdoor retail market after China, the United States, England, and Germany.
Nowhere is this boom more apparent, however, than on Rakuten Ichiba, one of the country’s top e-commerce platforms, operated by global internet services leader Rakuten. From 2019 to 2022, the annual average growth rate of the outdoor category’s sales on the site has been more than 24.3%, according to Rakuten data.
The power of Rakuten
Rakuten is a leading player not just by virtue of Japan’s shopping culture, but also by early entry to the market and constant evolution. Japanese business magnate Mickey Mikitani founded the company in 1997 as an economic response to the Kobe earthquake, which devastated much of the country. Launching it initially as an online shopping mall, over time Mikitani grew it from a simple marketplace to an entire consumer ecosystem, expanding to everything from travel to credit cards and building out a rewards system with points, which shoppers can use like cash practically anywhere on everything from booking flights to buying a half-caf, pumpkin spice latte.
Rakuten Ichiba is distinct from American e-commerce websites through its high standards for retailer vetting and its requirement that retailers must be involved with their own sales, at least at the outset. Its stringent partnership program not only improves the quality and overall trust in the brand among consumers, but also helps protect brands from counterfeit products and marketplaces. It also provides guidance and resources to help brands set up their online storefronts (Weber’s landing page is one example of the finished product) and works with retailers to optimize sales.
https://outdoorretailer.com/news/...he-must-watch-market-of-the-year/
6 July 2023
License Global reports that Fanatics has opened its first online marketplace in Japan, on Rakuten Ichiba, operated by global Internet services provider Rakuten Group, to provide fans across Japan with access to licensed sports merchandise. Japanese sports fans can access Fanatics’ range of licensed sports merchandise here.
https://www.sgieurope.com/dtc-and-e-commerce/...akuten/103673.article
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.09105.pdf
With the exception of its online brokerage unit, profitability challenges persist across Rakuten Group’s companies.
JULY 21, 2023
Financially pressed Rakuten Group has applied to list its online brokerage unit, Rakuten Securities, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in July. With the offering, expected to raise around ¥100 billion ($721 million), the Tokyo-based technology conglomerate and e-commerce giant aims to optimize its management, expand its customer base and broaden its retail services.
https://www.gfmag.com/magazine/july-august-2023/...es-goes-public-ipo