The less bumpy way to ride e-commerce = Rakuten (Seite 297)

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IBM: Der Wechsel zu Open RAN ist „nur eine Frage der Zeit“

IBM: Der Wechsel zu Open RAN ist „nur eine Frage der Zeit“

März 8, 2022 Omkar Kale

Der Übergang vom traditionellen Radio Access Network (RAN)-Modell zu Open RAN (ORAN) sei „nur eine Frage der Zeit“, trotz des Widerstands von Geräteanbietern, sagte IBMs VP of Telco.

Bei der MWC 2022 zeigte sich Marisa Viveros optimistisch in Bezug auf die Aussichten einer Verschiebung hin zu einer offeneren Netzwerkarchitektur, auch wenn der Prozess einige Zeit in Anspruch nehmen werde.

Geräteanbieter wie Nokia und Ericsson würden es natürlich vorziehen, wenn sich die Betreiber ausschließlich auf ihre Geräte verlassen müssten, wodurch eine Situation geschaffen würde, in der die Kosten für einen Anbieterwechsel unerschwinglich hoch werden.

„Die traditionellen Netzwerkausrüster werden eher empfehlen, am geschlossenen System festzuhalten, weil sie sagen, dass es einfacher zu warten ist und es ein Unternehmen gibt, das im Falle eines Problems eindeutig haftet“, erklärte Viveros.

„Aber in unserer Branche geht die Tendenz zur Disaggregation. Die Nachfrage der Betreiber bedeutet, dass es nur eine Frage der Zeit ist, bis Open RAN erfolgreich ist.“

https://gamingsym.in/gr/ibm-der-wechsel-zu-open-ran-ist-nur-…

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CAGR of 20.05% from 2022-2027 excellent for Rakuten Fintech

Japan Prepaid Card Market (2022-2027) by Services, Card Type, End-User, Competitive Analysis and the Impact of Covid-19 with Ansoff Analysis

March 2022

Japan's Prepaid Card Market is estimated to be USD 99.47 Bn in 2022 and is expected to reach USD 248.03 Bn by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 20.05%.

https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5566930/japan-pre…

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Stephen Curry's UNDERRATED Tour Powered by Rakuten Holds Championship Tournament in Oakland, April 1-3

OAKLAND, Calif., April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stephen Curry's season three of the UNDERRATED Tour Powered by Rakuten makes its final stop on April 1-3 at Oakland's Soldiertown indoor basketball court. The three-day, invite-only event is the culmination of a nationwide search for overlooked and underrepresented high school student basketball talent, bringing together tour finalists to compete in tournament style games where one boy and one girl will be crowned the country's most UNDERRATED athlete representing their region. During the UNDERRATED Tour Championship Stop, student athletes also compete in tournament style games and receive specialized training, tailored experiences and best-in-class resources like drills, off-court education, personal skills development, expert panels and more.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stephen-currys-unde…

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Colombian Fintech Leal Closes $10M Series A, Rakuten Group, IDC Ventures Lead

Colombian Fintech Leal Closes $10M Series A, Rakuten Group, IDC Ventures Lead

Colombian-based consumer and fintech company Leal has raised a $10 million Series A round co-led by Rakuten Group (through its investment arm Rakuten Capital) and IDC Ventures. This will enable the company to launch its co-branded credit card and scale its operation in Mexico.

Latin American consumers lack access to financial services. The pandemic significantly worsened this situation by increasing social inequities, unemployment and poverty in the region. Cashback and rewards products help users earn money back on everyday purchases.

Throughout 2022, the company said it plans to expand the platform to a new financial services ecosystem. The company will grow its rewards program, digital wallet, payment ecosystem, user base, merchant network and Leal Coins throughout Mexico, Colombia and Central America.

“We’re processing over 40 million purchases every year from millions of Latin Americans using Leal to be smarter shoppers, save money and feel truly rewarded,” co-founder and COO Florence Frech said. “Over 80% of these purchases are done in cash. We now want to improve our users’ well-being by giving them access to digital payments and financial services.”

“We have a unique opportunity to accelerate financial inclusion and serve the latent demand for consumer-facing fintech in LATAM with a different approach to digitalizing the underbanked,” co-founder and CEO Camilo Martinez added.

“Rakuten’s success stems from our commitment to providing a rewarding experience for shoppers, which is why we are pleased to invest in a company like Leal that delivers similar benefits to Latin American consumers,” said Amit Patel, CEO of Rakuten Americas and Rakuten Rewards. “Shopper rewards are a proven strategy in the US and Canada for driving incremental sales and new customers for merchant partners while delivering joy to members who shop through our properties. Leal is well-positioned to foster similar win-win relationships for Latin American shoppers and merchants, and we look forward to what we will learn from each other.”

https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2022/03/189189-colombian-fi…

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Rakuten Advertising x Backcountry – Skai ShopAble Award Winners

Rakuten Advertising x Backcountry – Skai ShopAble Award Winners

By Rakuten Advertising | April 1, 2022 | NEWS

Rakuten Advertising’s search team has done it again! The hardworking search team continues to receive industry recognition for the innovative solutions and strategies that it creates for our clients.

Skai has just announced that Rakuten Advertising and Backcountry have won the ShopAble Media Award in Data Intelligence. This award recognizes true innovation in leveraging data to meet set business objectives through Skai’s Signal Enhancement Tool. This strategy increased profitability and drove strong sales volume to enhance an already successful campaign.

The Skai ShopAble Media Awards honor consumer goods and retail brands and agencies for their use of Skai solutions in executing high-performing campaigns and delivering exceptional business results. This year attracted more entries than ever before, making this win truly exceptional.

Rakuten Advertising and Backcountry teams are thrilled for this win as they have been diligently working to build upon the already existing campaigns. Briana Rittersporn, the Senior Account Manager who is responsible for this exciting win, had this to say about her success with Backcountry: “We’re honored and excited to have won this award. We’ve been partners with Backcountry since 2017 and this award recognizes the best of what a strong partnership like ours can do. Backcountry’s trust in using first-party data in their paid search programs is a best-in-class practice for performance marketing, and the results (and this award) speak to that.”

Major congratulations to the Rakuten Advertising search team on this big win!

https://blog.rakutenadvertising.com/news/rakuten-advertising…

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Rakuten is an important owner of Shopback

CapitaLand partners with ShopBack and launches subscription service for retailers

By Shawn Lim - March 31, 2022

Singapore-based CapitaLand has formed a partnership with cashback app ShopBack that will see CapitaLand bring retail tenants at its malls on to the e-commerce rewards platform, helping them drive up in-store spending.

Tenants will also be able to access ShopBack’s customer database and be part of both parties’ omnichannel marketing campaigns.

ShopBack users will be able to earn instant CapitaStar rewards when they shop at CapitaLand properties, on top of existing ShopBack cashback rewards.

As well as the partnership with ShopBack, CapitaLand has also launched CapitaStar For Business, a paid subscription service to address the needs of retailers seeking digital tools to reach consumers.

Retailers that sign up for the service will be able to run marketing campaigns and promotions through CapitaLand’s rewards app, CapitaStar.

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/03/31/capitaland-partners-…

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Rakuten ist einer der Eigner von ShopBack

ShopBack’s secrets to start-up success: A Q&A

Ayaan Mohamud, Marketing Director, APAC - January 19, 2023

https://impact.com/partnerships/shopbacks-secrets-to-start-u…

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1&1und Rakuten

18. März 2022

Thorsten Neuhetzki

Das neue Netz wird vollständig von Rakuten aufgebaut und geplant. Es soll bis Ende 2030 in 390 Städten direkt verfügbar sein, der Rest Deutschlands wird durch O2 im National Roaming abgedeckt. 1&1 plant mit 12.000 Antennenstandorten, an denen dann in der Regel mehrere Antennen hängen. So kommt man zu diesem Zeitpunkt voraussichtlich auf etwa 36.000 Antennenelemente und kann 50 Prozent der Haushalte versorgen. Zum Vergleich: Die Telekom als vielmaliger Testsieger verfügt über 32.000 Standorte in ganz Deutschland.

An den Standorten werde man ausschließlich Antennen verbauen, die 5G mit Gigabit-Datenraten liefern können. Außerdem wird jeder Sendemast auch LTE ausstrahlen. Alle Sendemasten werden direkt an das Glasfasernetz angebunden. Die ersten Sendemasten sollten noch 2021 entstehen.

Der 1&1-Partner Rakuten hat im April 2020 als Neueinsteiger in Japan das weltweit erste kommerzielle vollständig virtualisierte OpenRAN-Mobilfunknetz gestartet. Von dieser Erfahrung und Expertise wird 1&1 nun profitieren. Rakuten ist auch für die Gesamt-Performance des 1&1 Mobilfunknetzes verantwortlich. 1&1 wird Zugriff auf die Steuerungsplattform haben. Nach Medienberichten überweist 1&1 den Japanern in den nächsten zehn Jahren für die Arbeit als Generalunternehmer zwischen 1,9 und 2,3 Milliarden Euro.

https://www.inside-digital.de/ratgeber/netzausbau-bei-1und1-…

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Das zweite Quartal hat heute begonnen

Aufgrund strategischer Investitionen in zukünftiges Wachstum, einschließlich des vorzeitigen Ausbaus des Rakuten Mobile Servicebereichs im Segment Mobile, verzeichnete die Rakuten Gruppe einen Non-GAAP-Betriebsverlust von 225,0 Milliarden Yen (etwa 1,7 Mrd. Euro). Ohne Berücksichtigung einmaliger operativer Posten wie Investitionen in den Bereichen Mobile und Logistik sowie Gewinnschwankungen im Investmentgeschäft, die auf starke Marktschwankungen zurückzuführen sind, belief sich das Non-GAAP-Betriebsergebnis auf 184,6 Mrd. Yen, was einem Anstieg von +23,8 % gegenüber dem Vorjahr entspricht. Mit der Ausweitung des Rakuten Mobile Servicebereichs wird erwartet, dass sich die Rentabilität des Segments Mobile ab dem zweiten Quartal des GJ2022 verbessern wird.

https://www.onlinemarktplatz.de/208621/finanzergebnisse-der-…

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Successful deployment of O-RAN depends on partnerships and collaboration The event had a number of showcases around O-RAN. For example, Qualcomm showcased its X100 Accelerator for urban, high-traffic O-RAN deployments using mMIMO radios. Rakuten Symphony

SSuccessful deployment of O-RAN depends on partnerships and collaboration

The event had a number of showcases around O-RAN. For example, Qualcomm showcased its X100 Accelerator for urban, high-traffic O-RAN deployments using mMIMO radios. Rakuten Symphony’s Symworld highlighted its ecosystem partnerships, which indicate that O-RAN deployment cannot be a one-person show. The successful deployment of O-RAN depends on partnerships and collaboration with other value chain players and systems integrators, especially to overcome scalability challenges.

https://iotbusinessnews.com/2022/03/30/05656-mwc-barcelona-2…

The event had a number of showcases around O-RAN. For example, Qualcomm showcased its X100 Accelerator for urban, high-traffic O-RAN deployments using mMIMO radios. Rakuten Symphony’s Symworld highlighted its ecosystem partnerships, which indicate that O-RAN deployment cannot be a one-person show. The successful deployment of O-RAN depends on partnerships and collaboration with other value chain players and systems integrators, especially to overcome scalability challenges.

https://iotbusinessnews.com/2022/03/30/05656-mwc-barcelona-2…