Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

1822 Denim saw immediate success through the affiliate channel by utilizing JEBCommerce’s new Accelerator program and Rakuten Advertising’s full-funnel global network and advanced technology. The revamped affiliate program drove impressive results within the first 90 days since the program launched:

+134% increase in revenue

+79% improvement in conversion rate

+151% increase in orders

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A path toward industrialized interoperability

January 23, 2025

One of Rakuten’s most ambitious achievements was establishing a scaled Open RAN network integrating over 340,000 4G and 5G products across various hardware and software providers, spanning macro cells and small cells, virtualized RAN (vRAN) software, femtocell technology, 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum, 5G sub-6 GHz spectrum and more. In doing this, we eliminated vendor lock-in and drove seamless interaction between components from the manufacturers that support our business.

This has allowed us to more efficiently scale the Rakuten Mobile network, which now serves more than 8 million subscribers with market parity or better performance and radically lower cost structures, while offering real-world proof of what is possible with the right vision, commitment and investment. This milestone validates that industrialized interoperability is not just a theoretical goal but a practical, scalable approach capable of delivering real-world results in subscriber growth and network performance.

Our ambitions extend beyond telecom.

Rakuten’s goal is to create opportunities across industries by continuing to replicate the model of driving industrialized partnerships with vendors, system integrators and other stakeholders until interoperability is the norm, not the exception.

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January 29, 2025

He claimed its AI offering is easy to implement, has no upfront or setup costs and offers clients training and support via a consulting team. It gives companies a free one-month trial, with a monthly fee of JPY1,000 ($6.45) for 100,000 characters, and JPY10 for each additional 1,000 characters.

The operator will target the new service at its existing base of 18,000 enterprise clients as well as the group’s 630,000 corporate customers.

Rakuten Group partnered with OpenAI in 2023. Rakuten Mobile launched its AI chat assistant for consumers in December 2024.

Chair Mickey Mikitani last week told Bloomberg it is not competing against OpenAI or Google but is building a more vertically integrated, specialised AI model.

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/rakuten/...h-specialised-ai-offering/