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Two Saudi service providers have signed deals with Rakuten Symphony as they look towards their next generation of mobile networks.
JAMES BARTON06 MARCH 2023

Salam has signed a strategic alliance framework agreement that will see Rakuten Symphony provide Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) and network planning, implementation and operation services while Zain KSA has signed an MoU to enable strategic collaboration in building next-generation telecommunications networks based on open standards and network infrastructure.
Under the Salam agreement, Rakuten Symphony will provide platforms, expertise and services relating to 4G and 5G Open RAN technology. The alliance will allow for delivery of software, hardware, service delivery platforms and managed services in several areas, including e-commerce, fintech, mobile banking, big data and digital content.

https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/wireless-n…

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O-RAN ALLIANCE Welcomes Saudi Arabia's Salam Mobile as Newest Operator Member

Published Aug 21, 2023

BONN, Germany — The O-RAN ALLIANCE, fulfilling its mission to transform Radio Access Networks (RAN) to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable, today announced that Salam Mobile has joined as its 33rd operator member, extending the world-wide community of mobile network operators committed to deployment of O-RAN.

Salam Mobile recently announced plans to collaborate with the Open RAN ecosystem within the Open RAN network deployment and operations to power Salam’s ambition to transform its existing mobile offering by providing a richer customer experience and unlocking new possibilities for Saudi Arabia’s digitally driven generation in support of the Kingdom’s digital transformation journey.

About Salam Mobile
Salam is a leading homegrown telecommunications company based in Saudi Arabia, recently recognized as the Kingdom’s fastest growing and most innovative telecom brand. Salam has operated one of the region’s most established telecom networks since 2005. It provides market-leading next-generation enterprise and wholesale ICT solutions for business, government, and local and international carriers, as well as fixed and mobile services for Saudi Arabia’s new digital generation.

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pm…

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240,000 subscribers were added this quarter, 2.7 times amount from previous quarter

240,000 subscribers were added this quarter, 2.7 times the amount from the previous quarter

About 240,000 subscribers were added this quarter, 2.7 times the amount from the previous quarter. The churn rate -- the annual percentage rate at which customers stop subscribing to a service -- is at 2.4%, down from nearly 8% in June last year.

Rakuten had 4.91 million subscribers as of late July, according to preliminary numbers released Thursday. The sum is up by 100,000 contracts from late June.

The count is still short of the roughly 5 million subscriber peak recorded in April 2022, but the company will be able to hit that number "in the next one to two weeks," said Chairman, President and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani.

Rakuten stated a new goal of serving between 8 million to 10 million subscribers, with the average revenue per user targeted at 2,500 yen to 3,000 yen a month, up from the current 2,100 yen.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RakutenUndervalued/comments/15wxpdx…

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Rakuten Mobile who wants to ride the rising air current

Rakuten Mobile who wants to ride the rising air current, can you decide the start dash in the iPhone sales battle-Keitai Watch

3 days ago

https://japan.postsen.com/business/88553/Rakuten-Mobile-who-…

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Rakuten Mobile: Platinium Band

http://blogofmobile.com/article/162096

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Newest campaigns of Rakuten Mobile

2023/8/18

https://rokemoba.com/smartphone/rakuten-mobile-campaign/

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Rakuten Life Insurance’s exclusive agents are selling Rakuten Mobile subscriptions

A little more peculiar was the disclosure that Rakuten Life Insurance’s exclusive agents are selling Rakuten Mobile subscriptions, and apparently successfully so.

https://medium.com/tokyo-fintech/rakuten-consolidates-cards-…

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Anfang nächster Woche über 5 Millionen MNO‘s

Darüber hinaus mit 4,91 Millionen MNO nach Angaben der im Juli 2023 gemeldeten Abonnements wird Rakuten Inc. „bald“ die Fünf-Millionen-Marke erreichen.

https://www-commsupdate-com.translate.goog/articles/2023/08/10/rakuten-mobile-sees-uptick-in-q2-revenues-but-subs-uptake-remains-weak/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=de&_x_tr_hl=de

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New partnership with Google Cloud enables stateful applications to run on edge servers

By Partha Seetala President, Cloud Business Unit Rakuten Symphony

August 18, 2023

I have talked about “distributed stateful edge” to describe what I think is the next big breakthrough in edge computing use cases. And, thanks to a partnership between Rakuten Symphony and Google Cloud, customers now have a cloud-native platform that can support stateful applications, such as those that depend on databases, message queues and AI/ML pipelines.

A breakthrough in the distributed stateful edge

Working as partners, Rakuten Symphony Symcloud (formerly Robin.io) and Google Cloud have made a breakthrough in the distributed stateful edge by delivering a cloud-native platform that includes persistent storage needed to support stateful applications.

This partnership with Google Cloud enables a revolution in how cloud computing is carried out at the edge. Many large retailers and organizations with large branch office operations have spent the last decade converting their branch office applications to the cloud, however, the need for edge computing is becoming more relevant as instantaneous decisions need to be taken based on location, footprint, etc. The Symcloud and Google Cloud solution offers edge computing capabilities to meet the desired outcome. Consolidation of multiple legacy applications is happening, and Google Distributed Cloud Edge (GDC Edge) will have the (Anthos) Kubernetes platform to run these workloads and Symcloud software will be the underlying storage.

Now they can bring those cloud applications closer to their stores where they serve customers, keeping all the benefits of cloud-native applications without the cost of cloud services and the latency involved with transporting data to cloud data centers.

This solution will also help other companies that have built out their stateful edge networks using bare metal servers and are looking for a container-based solution that can deliver the zero-touch management and automation functionality that comes with cloud native servers.

In a two-year development project, Rakuten Symphony and Google Cloud have integrated the Symcloud Storage software-defined storage [SDS] platform into the Google GDC Edge to deliver the first cloud native container platform with persistent storage. We not only wanted our Symcloud SDS functionality to work in the Google GDC Edge environment, we wanted it to look and act like it is part of GDC Edge stack and scale.

Symcloud Storage for Kubernetes

Symcloud Storage is part of the Rakuten Symphony Symcloud product family and is a persistent storage offering for Kubernetes that is easy to deploy and manage at scale. Symcloud Storage creates an application-aware storage and data management stack. It is designed to provide grouping of storage volumes and applications into a single logical entity.

Symcloud Storage supports data persistency for stateful apps, always-on availability with self-healing, and advanced data placement for stateful apps. For ongoing data management, users have access to data snapshots, clones, back-ups, business continuity features, multi-cloud portability and other services.

Google Distributed Cloud Edge container orchestration

Google Distributed Cloud Edge is an end to end (HW and SW) container orchestration and management service for Kubernetes container-based deployments. GDC Edge allows organizations to run modern apps consistently at scale.

The platform is designed to modernize on-premises and edge infrastructure by managing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters and workloads running on virtual machines across environments for a consistent managed Kubernetes experience.

The platform simplifies the application stack, reduces the costs associated with licensing a hypervisor, and decreases time spent learning new skills.

Tight integration for simplicity and scalability

With this partnership, Rakuten Symphony continues to establish its role as an important, persistent storage component for GDC Edge deployments.

Symcloud Storage is tightly integrated with GDC Edge – to the extent that both products feel and operate like one piece of software. This makes it easy to deploy the platform and to scale it. Installation and upgrading processes are validated by Google Cloud.

The solution is pre-engineered, pre-validated and is sold through Google Cloud Marketplace as a single, integrated product. We have a joint team from both companies that are working closely on developing next-generation features so that they too will feel integrated and whole.

Support for Google Cloud AI

An advantage of this solution is that Google Distributed Cloud Edge supports artificial intelligence (AI) to provide applications with advanced capabilities such as predicting sales or operations, allowing for more precise inventory management to reduce waste, optimizing staffing and others. Retail stores can also use AI to display promotions customized to a customer’s demographics. Enterprises can also use this solution for building private cellular networks or providing the compute needed for autonomous inventory systems or other manufacturing digital optimizations.

Conclusion

Since our announcement, we’ve had a lot of conversations with customers who now have new ideas about how they can build a stateful edge applications. One major theme for retailers is leveraging the powerful onsite server to provide personalized customer experiences.

We’ll be demonstrating this solution at Google Cloud Next '23 conference from August 29-31 in San Francisco. I am looking forward to the new conversations that will be initiated by our presence at that show and invite you to visit us.

https://symphony.rakuten.com/blog/new-partnership-with-googl…

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Druid Software tested and validated on Rakuten Symphony Symcloud Platform

Druid Software tested and validated on Rakuten Symphony Symcloud Platform

August 15, 2023

Collaboration to deliver innovative 5G solutions for advanced connectivity in the enterprise sector

Bray, Ireland, August 15, 2023 - Druid Software, an industry-leading provider of enterprise-focused Private Cellular Network software, announced today that Druid’s Private 5G Core platform, Raemis™, has been successfully tested and validated on Rakuten Symphony’s Symcloud™ Platform, ensuring seamless compatibility and optimal performance. The successful deployment validation also opens future collaboration opportunities to deliver innovative and robust solutions to meet the growing demand for advanced connectivity in the enterprise sector.

Revolutionizing connectivity through containerization

One of the highlights of this collaboration is the 100% containerized nature of the platform deployment. Containerization offers an accelerated, flexible and scalable approach to deploying workloads on the underlying cloud-native infrastructure of Symcloud. This enables end-customers to experience unparalleled ease of deployment, reducing time to market and maximising operational efficiency.

“Our collaboration with Rakuten Symphony represents a significant step towards empowering enterprises with robust and reliable 5G solutions,” said Liam Kenny, CEO of Druid Software. “Together, we are poised to revolutionize connectivity, enhance operational efficiency, and drive digital transformation across various industries.”

Partha Seetala, President, Cloud BU of Rakuten Symphony, commented: “We’re thrilled to work with Druid and combine our expertise in 5G, edge, and hyper-converged cloud-native technologies to deliver unparalleled value to our enterprise customers.”

The engineering and customer success teams of Druid Software and Rakuten Symphony are committed to delivering ongoing support and pre-validated releases, ensuring solutions are up-to-date and aligned with the evolving needs of global telco and enterprise customers seeking reliable and future-proof enterprise 5G solutions.

Rakuten Symphony Symcloud offers a highly differentiated and comprehensive product portfolio.

About Rakuten Symphony:

Rakuten Symphony is reimagining telecom, changing supply chain norms and disrupting outmoded thinking that threatens the industry’s pursuit of rapid innovation and growth. Based on proven modern infrastructure practices, its open interface platforms make it possible to launch and operate advanced mobile services at a fraction of the time and cost of conventional approaches, with no compromise to network quality or security. Rakuten Symphony has headquarters in Japan and local presence in the United States, Singapore, India, Europe and the Middle East Africa region.

About Druid Software:

Druid Software is a core cellular network software company based in Ireland. Established in 2000 Druid has evolved into one of the world's leaders in Private 5G & 4G Cellular technology over the last 23 years. Druid’s Raemis™ platform is a mature 3GPP compliant 5G & 4G core network, with unique features designed specifically for business and mission-critical use.

CSPs and Enterprises worldwide rely on Druid's Raemi platform to support mission-critical operations in diverse environments.

Druid's technology enables solutions in different areas including Enterprise Communications, IoT, Mobile Edge Computing, Neutral Host, and Public Safety.

https://symphony.rakuten.com/newsroom/druid-software-tested-…