The less bumpy way to ride e-commerce = Rakuten (Seite 165)

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The synergistic efforts of the mobile and fintech services with the Rakuten Ecosystem significantly boosted total domestic e-commerce transactions on Rakuten Ichiba, Rakuten Travel and other core services, and Rakuten’s internet service business continued its strong performance.

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Rakuten Symphony Successfully Demonstrates Multi-vendor Connectivity using RIC in Open RAN Lab

December 20, 2023

Rakuten Symphony, today announced the successful demonstration of RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) multi-vendor connectivity in Rakuten Mobile's testing environment.

Rakuten Mobile has been conducting research and development on RIC applications working with Rakuten Symphony’s RIC platform since February 2023 as part of a project commissioned by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), titled "Research and Development of Open RAN Wireless Communication Technologies to Realize Advanced RAN Infrastructure Beyond 5G."

Leveraging the benefits of Rakuten Mobile’s cloud-native network and the findings of this research, Rakuten Symphony has demonstrated that RICs can be used to manage RAN efficiency and reduce overall network power consumption not only in Beyond 5G networks but also in 4G Open RAN networks.

In this demonstration for 4G Open RAN networks, Rakuten Symphony confirmed that Open RAN comprising multiple vendors could be intelligently controlled based on instructions from the RIC application. The demonstration also confirmed that optimizing the network according to traffic conditions and other factors can lead to improved Open RAN performance, as well as more efficient and energy-saving network operations. The RIC platform used (Non-RT RIC and Near-RT RIC) is a Symworld product developed independently by Rakuten Symphony in accordance with O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications.

The results of the successful demonstration were presented at PlugFest Fall 2023, an event to share the results of multi-vendor connectivity verification organized by the O-RAN ALLIANCE, a world-wide community of mobile operators, vendors, and research & academic institutions with the mission to re-shape Radio Access Networks to be more intelligent, open, virtualized and fully interoperable.

Rakuten Symphony will continue to promote Open RAN to facilitate the creation of an Open RAN ecosystem built with diverse vendors, while providing the most advanced solutions to the telecom industry.

https://symphony.rakuten.com/newsroom/rakuten-symphony-demon…

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Strong Positions of Rakuten Viber

Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Slovenia
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/slovenia/commu…

Rank 6 in Algeria
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/algeria/commun…

Very strong position of Rakuten Viber in Serbia
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/serbia/communi…

Rank 5 in Ukraine
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/ukraine/commun…

Rank 4 in Armenia
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/armenia/commun…

Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Moldova
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/moldova-republ…

Rank 4 in Hungary
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/hungary/commun…

Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Belarus
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/belarus/commun…

Rank 4 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/bosnia-and-her…

Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Macedonia
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/macedonia-the-…

Rank 4 in Croatia
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/croatia/commun…

Rank 5 in Lithuania
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/lithuania/comm…

Very strong position of Rakuten Viber in Greece
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/greece/communi…

Rank 5 in Phillipinnes
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/philippines/co…

Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Bulgaria
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/bulgaria/commu…

Rank 4 in Russia
https://www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/russian-federa…

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Rakuten Umaimono Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary in Nagoya!

January 05, 2024

The Rakuten Umaimono (gourmet) Festival in Nagoya is Rakuten Ichiba's signature event that boasts a total of over 1.3 million visitors and 2.59 billion yen in sales over its history. For the 10th edition of the event, 66 Rakuten Ichiba merchants gathered, offering over 1,000 different gourmet treats from items exclusive to the event to popular long-time favorites at the bustling venue.

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zu 10353: NBA Team Partnership of the Year: Rakuten & Golden State Warriors (youtube.com)

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NBA Team Partnership of the Year: Rakuten & Golden State Warriors

JANUARY 5, 2024

Rakuten and the Golden State Warriors have been named the NBA Team Partnership of the Year following their year-long "Empowered" campaign. Only one team is chosen from the 30 in the NBA to receive the award, which recognizes teams for setting new standards of excellence in fan engagement, creative partnerships, and innovative programming. Campaign highlights included the Rakuten Future Leaders Program, and an Empowered Clinic for local high school girls coached by WNBA players, as well as a multi-day basketball camp, at the Warriors Basketball Academy in Oakland.

https://global.rakuten.com/corp/innovation/rnn/2023/2309_014…

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Reflections on last year’s achievements and looking ahead to 2024

Generative AI, new milestones and future growth: Reflections on last year’s achievements and looking ahead to 2024

21 hours ago

Last year generative AI made a substantial impact worldwide, bringing with it undeniable signs that our society is undergoing dramatic transformation. Spurred by the challenges posed by the pandemic, Japan’s digitalization has surged forward and AI’s further advancement is augmenting the ways we live and work – changing even our daily lives. In terms of societal transformation, I believe the AI revolution is going to be bigger than the internet revolution.

2023 marked significant changes and major milestones for Rakuten. We have advocated for the democratization of the mobile phone industry since entering the market, and last year we launched the Rakuten SAIKYO Plan, offering unlimited high-speed data nationwide. Rakuten Mobile also received approval for the allocation of 700 MHz “platinum band” spectrum.

Coupled with our efforts to enhance communication quality and customer satisfaction, these milestones paved the way for Rakuten Mobile to surpass six million mobile carrier service subscriptions (B2C + B2B, including BCP). Additionally, our global expansion through Rakuten Symphony made an important stride as Germany’s 1&1 became the first mobile carrier in Europe to commercially launch a cloud-native Open RAN mobile network, built in partnership with Rakuten.

In our fintech services, achievements included Rakuten Card surpassing 30 million cards issued, Rakuten Bank going public and surpassing 14 million customer accounts, and Rakuten Securities surpassing 10 million general securities accounts. The synergistic efforts of these mobile and fintech services with the Rakuten Ecosystem significantly boosted total domestic e-commerce transactions on Rakuten Ichiba, Rakuten Travel and other core services, and our internet service business continued its strong performance.

Notably, our Japanese professional soccer club Vissel Kobe, in its 29 year, achieved its first-ever J.League championship – a significant milestone for the Rakuten Group. Our annual global gross transaction volume across the Group is forecast to reach 40 trillion yen, our global membership is expected to reach 1.8 billion, and our annual revenue is projected to exceed two trillion yen. It has been a strong year in terms of both revenue and improvements.

AI and the future

As we step into 2024, AI’s role in these businesses will undoubtedly grow. We will continue working with our strategic AI partner OpenAI to deliver state-of-the-art AI experiences to consumers and businesses in both Japan and worldwide.

The Rakuten Group aims to further the growth of our internet services, fintech services and mobile services, expanding synergies while leveraging services and data within the Rakuten Ecosystem, augmented by AI. Our new “Triple 20” project seeks to boost productivity for marketing, operations and clients by 20%.

https://rakuten.today/mickeysvoice/rakuten-reflects-on-2023-milestones-and-looks-ahead-to-2024.html

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zu 10350: Cash Back ist häufig mit Affiliate Marketing verknüpft

Cash Back ist häufig mit Affiliate Marketing verknüpft

https://rakutenadvertising.com/de-de/affiliate/?utm_agid=139…

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Rakuten ist auf dem deutschen Cash-Back-Makrt inzwischen ein wichtiger Akteur

Hast du schon Cashback oder zahlst du noch Vollpreis?

Was ist „Cashback"?
Cashback steht im Englischen für „Geld zurück". Indem du über Rakuten.de zu beliebten Online-Shops weitergeleitet wirst - und dort wie gewohnt einkaufst - kannst du einen Teil deines Bestellwertes zurückbekommen. Diese Art des Sparens wird als Cashback bezeichnet.

Wann kannst du Cashback auszahlen lassen?
Sobald dein Einkauf vom Shop bestätigt wurde, überweisen wir dein Cashback direkt auf dein Bankkonto. Vergiss nicht, deinen Bankanschluss zuvor zu verknüpfen, sonst musst du das Geld manuell über dein Rakuten-Konto überweisen.

Ist Cashback sammeln bei Rakuten.de kostenlos?
Cashback sammeln ist bei Rakuten.de komplett kostenlos. Wir verlangen keine Gebühren und du musst keine kostenpflichtigen Abos abschließen.

Wieso kann Rakuten.de Cashback auszahlen?
Für jeden deiner Einkäufe erhalten wir eine Provision vom jeweligen Shop. Einen Teil davon geben wir an dich weiter, sodass du für deine Einkäufe Geld zurück bekommst

https://rakuten.de/

Leider konnte ich da bisher über Umsätze, die über Rakuten.de aquiriert werden, bisher nichts in Erfahrungen bringen. Aber vielleicht kann mir da ja ein Leser weiterhelfen.

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Rakuten Viber debuts, launches toolkits for all businesses

November 10, 2023

Rakuten Viber, the global leader in private and secure messaging and voice-based communication launches a new suite of business tools for small and medium-sized businesses. Aimed to expand its overall strategy to empower businesses of every size to build their digital presence and boost customer engagement, and drive sales, Rakuten Viber has introduced diversified business solutions as a communications hub for businesses to supporting marketing goals and enabling local users to discover services.

The first solution to launch on the platform is a free, self-serve communications hub for small and micro businesses to conveniently engage with local customers, manage incoming queries, enhance a business’s discoverability, and drive sales. Additional value-added services for medium-to-large business accounts will also be available soon.

Currently, the new features include public business profile where businesses can create a public, searchable business page featuring all essential information that can be shared with customers inside the app or even with people who are not Rakuten Viber users yet.

Rakuten Viber’s new self-serve business accounts are currently available in Greece and the Philippines and will launch in additional countries soon. The company also plans to introduce features like broadcast messages, voice calls, and quick and automatic replies that will take communications for small business owners to the next level. Tailored pricing plans will be offered soon based on market feedback to expand the initial set of free self-serve business solutions.

https://www.rmanews.net/2023/11/10/rakuten-viber-debuts-laun…