The less bumpy way to ride e-commerce = Rakuten (Seite 214)

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Rakuten owning between 40% and 50% of Cabify

Multi-mobility platform Cabify to invest $300M in LatAm within the next 2 years

By Alejandra Cruz García

October 13, 2022

Although at this point the platforms that intermediate the mobility service seem to be a common denominator among users, it is a business that is growing at double digits, says José Ignacio Gutiérrez, Cabify’s regional manager for Latin America in an interview with Forbes.

“Latin American countries have a higher growth potential for our business and that is where we are going to invest the most. In the next two years we want to invest close to $300 million, strengthening markets such as Mexico and Ecuador,” said Gutiérrez. “The technology industry is at a time when raising capital is complicated and they (investors) are looking for profitable companies. We have been working on this, we are about 40% larger than we were before the pandemic. We have a positive Ebitda in the region, which makes us an attractive company”.

Although plans for an IPO are not yet concrete, Gutiérrez claims that much of those resources will come from revenues due to their operation being profitable in several countries where they already operate.

https://latamlist.com/cabify-to-invest-300m-in-latam/

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Affiliate Marketing in Nigeria

Getting started with affiliate marketing in Nigeria can seem daunting, but it can be a breeze with the right tools and resources. In this article, we’ll outline the basic steps you need to take to get started with Affiliate Marketing in Nigeria and some helpful tips for finding success in this competitive field.
What Are the Best Affiliate Marketing Programs in Nigeria?

So, you want to start affiliate marketing in Nigeria but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry; we’re here to help.

First, you need to find a good affiliate marketing program. There are tons of programs out there, but not all of them are worth your time. So, which ones are the best?

Here are ten programs that we recommend:
1. Amazon Associates
2. Google Adsense Affiliate Program
3. CJ Affiliate by Conversant
4. Rakuten Marketing
5. ShareASale
6. Jumia Affiliate Marketing Program
7. TravelStart Affiliate Marketing Program
8. PayPorte Affiliate Marketing Program
9. Piggy Vest Affiliate Marketing Program
10. Konga Affiliate marketing Program

https://www.withinnigeria.com/piece/2022/10/14/affiliate-mar…

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More Fan-favorite IMAX Enhanced Movies Soon Accessible in 8 Countries Through Rakuten TV

15th October 2022

DTS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi, Inc. (NYSE: XPER), IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX), and Rakuten TV, one of the leading Video On-Demand platforms, today announced a significant expansion of the IMAX Enhanced ecosystem with Rakuten TV’s commitment to carry 100 titles in the IMAX Enhanced format.

IMAX Enhanced pairs premium consumer electronics and fan-favorite Hollywood films to deliver the ultimate viewing experience when and where fans demand it. To address growing demand, IMAX Enhanced has expanded its partnership with Rakuten TV, strengthening catalogue availability in Europe to include one hundred IMAX Enhanced titles arriving on service over the next six months.

The IMAX Enhanced releases will be available across eight European regions (UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Norway, and Poland) through Rakuten TV.

Rakuten TV is one of the leading Video On-Demand platforms in Europe that combines TVOD (Transactional video-on-demand), AVOD (Advertising video-on-demand), FAST channels (Free Ad-SupportedStreaming TV) and SVOD (Subscription video-on-demand).

The TVOD service offers an authentic cinematic experience with the latest releases to buy or rent in high audio and video quality. The SVOD service allows subscription to the premium service Starzplay. The advertising-supported offering comprises AVOD and FAST services. The AVOD service features more than 10,000 titles available on-demand, including films, documentaries and series from Hollywood and local studios, as well as the Rakuten Stories catalogue with Original and exclusive content. The FAST service consists of an extensive line-up of over 250 free linear channels from global networks, top European broadcasters and media groups, and the platform’s own thematic channels with curated content. Rakuten TV is available in 43 European territories and currently reaches more than 110 million households via its branded remote-control button and pre-installed app in Smart TV devices.

https://www.fintechfutures.com/techwire/correcting-and-repla…

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NBA Star Stephen Curry's Shimmy At Center Of Rakuten's Latest Cashback Campaign

by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, Yesterday

https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/378731/nba-st…

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New Publishers of Rakuten Advertising

Meet the New Publishers of the Month: ACCESSTRADE, Beauty Insider & Glitz

By Rakuten Advertising | October 5, 2022 | NEWS

This month, our new and notable publishers featured have cemented their presence across key Southeast Asian markets, including Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. These local publishers help advertisers reach audiences in-region, increase exposure and drive revenue. Introducing the new and notable publishers of October 2022: ACCESSTRADE, Beauty Insider and Glitz.

ACCESSTRADE Thailand | SID: 3906408 | Active Market: Thailand

ACCESSTRADE Thailand is Thailand’s largest affiliate sub-network that connects leading Thai online stores with over 60,000 local publishers. With presence in multiple markets across Southeast Asia, ACCESSTRADE gives advertisers access to local, in-market experts and a diverse partner network, from content to social media, to website owners and media buying platforms. The sub-network offers performance-based campaign opportunities for brands, has its own advertising analytics system and a real-time campaign dashboard.

Beauty Insider | SID: 3976579, 3976580 | Active Markets: Malaysia***, Singapore***

Beauty Insider Malaysia and Beauty Insider Singapore are leading online content publishers with a focus on beauty and personal care. The site garners a total of 3 million page views per year in Malaysia and Singapore combined. Out of those views, over 1 million come from audiences who are classified as “affluent”. Its audience mainly consists of women who love to discover new beauty brands and products.

More than 1,200 brands ranging from hair and beauty salons to cosmetic clinics have partnered with Beauty Insider. The publisher also offers a “Tried, Tested and Loved” program which invites 4,000 content creators to try and review products, forming one of the largest user beauty trial teams locally.

Glitz | SID: 3976590, 3976588| Active Markets: Malaysia***, Singapore***

Glitz Malaysia and Glitz Singapore are subsidiaries of Beauty Insider and publishes content around lifestyle and entertainment, engaging in conversations with their audiences across all their digital platforms. Their media channels reach over 600,000 socially active and affluent individuals monthly. Similar to Beauty Insider, the site’s audience is made up of women who love to discover new brands and products. Brands also have access to the “Tried, Tested and Loved” program where content creators produce reviews around lifestyle and entertainment.

https://blog.rakutenadvertising.com/en-au/news/new-notable-p…

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K-Drama-Rama: How the Global Streaming Boom Ignited Demand for Content From Asia

Aug 17, 2022 7:48pm PT

By Cynthia Littleton

Where there’s a yearning for content, there’s a streaming service to meet it. And never has the invisible hand of the market been more evident than in the organic growth of platforms delivering content from South Korea and other Asian countries to viewers well beyond the continent’s borders.

Rakuten Viki is one such streamer that has seen incredible growth during the past few years, with viewers logging on everywhere from Latin America to the Mediterranean to Australia. Sam Wu, CEO of Viki, which is the streaming arm of Japanese retail giant Rakuten, spoke with Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast about the company’s growth and why Korean dramas, in particular, are resonating with viewers.

“The U.S. is our biggest market by audience. But we’re global,” Wu says. “We have users in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and India. So we really see this fandom growing, not just here in the U.S., which is really strong in terms of the audience reception, but we’re really seeing it grow everywhere around the world.”

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/sam-wu-rakuten-viki-k-drama…

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Most of Rakuten Mobile’s capex is not necessarily being driven by 5G deployment

Rakuten Mobile’s CEO, Tareq Amin, is still insisting that undercutting competitors is a long-term strategy because of the cost structure of the network – see below. These figures have been much debated – and doubted – across the telecoms industry, but Amin is sticking to his guns and says they will be proved right as capex nosedives next year, as the infrastructure nears completion.

When asked about 5G roll out at the press briefing today, Amin said, “We have now deployed 12,000 base stations in 5G [up from about 4,000 in February]. Rakuten Mobile only deploys 32T/32R massive MIMO but because of the architecture of our Open RAN, our cost structure is dramatically lower than you would see had you had to purchase this product through a traditional vendor.

“Most of my capex is not necessarily being driven by 5G deployment. Unlike any other mobile operators, Rakuten software is owned by Rakuten Symphony [set up to sell tech and consulting to other operators], meaning the radio software. The cloud is owned by Rakuten Symphony and [so is] the entire orchestration. So the only capex we have to spend is on the massive MIMO hardware.

https://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/rakuten-on-track-to-break-eve…

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Global mmWave 5G Market by 2027 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14.7%

Global mmWave 5G Market Report 2022: A $4.9 Billion Market by 2027 - Opportunities in the Evolution of Wireless Data Applications and Increase in Popularity of Smart Devices

Research and Markets
Wed, 12 October 2022

The global mmWave 5G market size is expected to grow from USD 2.5 billion in 2022 to USD 4.9 billion by 2027, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14.7%

The rapidly growing demand for wireless data bandwidth continues to expand and develop the experience of mobile data users. It has put a strain on network use of available spectrums. To overcome this rising demand cellular industry is looking into other frequency bands that can be utilized in the development of 5G wireless technologies driving the mmWave market growth.

Major Players
• Huawei
• Qualcomm
• Ericsson
• Verizon
• Nokia
• Nxp Semiconductors
• Airspan Networks
• AT&T
• Fastweb
• Softbank
• Corning
• Mavenir
• Ntt Docomo
• Amd
• Rakuten Mobile
• Singtel
• Samsung
• Fujitsu
• Renesas
• Keysight Technologies

Startup/SMEs
• Movandi
• Jma Wireless
• Sivers Semiconductor
• Alcan Systems
• Verana Networks
• Pivotal Commware
• Microamp Solutions
• Pharrowtech

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/global-mmwave-5g-market-re…

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Rakuten Mobile on track to break even in 2023 whatever nonsense Washington Post publishing

„Rakuten Mobile’s revenue rose to ¥84.6 billion (€613.65 million) in Q2 of its 2022 financial year, a rise of 64.5% over the same period last year. This is down to a number of factors. First, the growth in paying subscriber numbers after the free service plan campaign ended plus new subscribers, but that still means that as of end of June it had 5.46 million subscribers in total compared with 5.8 million at the end of April.

Projections now seem to be 12 million users, which is quite an adjustment from the target Rakuten group’s founder and CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani, had talked about previously. No timeline was given for the revised target.

However, Rakuten points out that 80% of those who churned were users whose data use was under 1GB monthly, while there has been an increase in users consuming over 1GB on a monthly basis. New subscribers accounted for 21.5% of Rakuten Mobile’s customer base and the operator is an increasingly important contributor to the wider Rakuten ecosystem (e-commerce, financial and travel services etc.).

Among customers who already used Rakuten services the average monthly per-user gross merchandise sales or GSM on Rakuten Ichiba increased by 52% after subscribing to Rakuten Mobile, suggesting increased customer loyalty.

Also, since announcing the new pricing plan, UN-LIMIT VII, in May 2022, the percentage of subscribers who use Rakuten Mobile as their primary ‘line’ increased by 8.3 points, and the percentage of users with monthly data usage of 20GB or more also increased by 5.7 points. The age of new customers also matters, as shown below.“

https://www.samenacouncil.org/samena_daily_news?news=91279

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 72.568.780 von FlankerStan am 13.10.22 09:44:15

Da man seine Investments

auch regelmäßig kritisch hinterfragen sollte, werde ich auch diesen Artikel aufmerksam durchlesen.

Nichtsdestotrotz das der aktuelle Kursrückgang wieder eine super Gelegenheit in Ruhe aufzustocken. Ich habe mir allerdings eine Pause bis zu den Q3 Zahlen auferlegt, da ich gerne den Nutzerzuwachs im Mobile Bereich sehen möchte. Ich war bei den Q2 Zahlen enttäuscht, dass man die Grafik zu den "Number of MNO applications" die es in Q1 noch gab, raus genommen hat.

Langfristig bin ich jedoch weiterhin enorm optimistisch, wenn man beispielsweise die von Micky angestrebte Operating Profit Margin von 30% bis 2030 erreicht und weiterhin den Umsatz im zweistelligen Prozent-Bereich steigert, wird das hier schon was werden.