Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

- und daher habe ich mir nach dem Einstieg bei Alibaba, die inzwischem mehr als 20% gut gemacht haben, auch einige Rakutens gekauft.

Look Out Amazon, Here Comes...Rakuten?
Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten announced on Tuesday it is acquiring Ebates for $1 billion.

The acquisition, which Rakuten hinted at last week, is part of the Japanese company’s push to grow its base beyond its domestic market and hopefully, become a global player. Having made some $1.2 billion acquisitions to date along these lines, this is Rakuten’s most ambitious move to date.

However, investors are dubious that the company can absorb yet another foreign acquisition, much less one the size of Ebates, despite Rakuten’s strong cash position.
Then there is the ever-present Amazon, which dominates the e-commerce market in the U.S. Few believe it will falter in the face of Chinese giant Alibaba, much less a Rakuten-Ebates combo.

Rakuten Goes Forth

Not surprisingly, Rakuten says it is undaunted. For starters, it has assembled a very interesting mix of acquisitions. There is messaging app Viber, which it purchased for $900 million in February, the Canadian ebook offering Kobo, Spanish video service Wuaki.tv, Viki, a digital content platform and Buy.com.
Now it has picked up Ebates.

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Rakuten TV, eine der führenden Streaming-Plattformen in Europa, bietet dir ein Universum an Unterhaltung.

Entdecke eine große Auswahl an Inhalten, die du kostenlos ansehen kannst, darunter Filme, Original und exklusive Dokumentationen und Live-TV-Kanäle.

Kaufe oder leihe die neuesten Filme.

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Why are Rakuten Mobile's rates so low?
The pricing is simple and there is no waste
Rakuten Mobile is
Family discount assumed
Optical fiber line set required
Complicated discount terms
There are no such "restrictions."
Therefore, anyone can use it cheaply under the same conditions .


Why more and more people are switching from other carriers to Rakuten Mobile
Easy switching and no cancellation fees
One-stop MNP support
No contract period restrictions
No cancellation fee
Another reason why Rakuten Mobile is chosen is that you can "try it out."

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“We chose Rakuten Telco Cloud-Native Platform for our Data Democracy program to improve our time to market and flexibility. This was achieved by significantly reducing provisioning time and automating manual operations. The solution has exceeded our expectations, streamlining processes, reducing errors, and allowing us to focus on business outcomes.”

Armand KBLANC
Manager Data Science & Intelligence Artificielle,
Orange Ivory Coast

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“Rakuten ensures that all network components interact smoothly.”

Ralph Dommermuth
CEO, 1&1

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Rakuten renames Miyagi Stadium to Rakuten Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi

December 1, 2025

Rakuten Group's Miyagi Stadium in Sendai will be renamed "Rakuten Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi" starting in January 2026. The naming rights deal will last for three years. The change from "Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi" aims to increase recognition for Rakuten Mobile's "Saikyo Plan" and "Saikyo U-NEXT" services. It also signifies a commitment to energize the region alongside the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. This renaming reflects a strategy to connect Rakuten's services with fan experience and regional engagement. The new name will be in effect until December 2028.

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We signed several new partners in 2025, including IDEAL for distribution in the Middle East and Africa, and SimplyTech and Wevy Cloud for distribution across Latin America. We are also working with Polystack to serve customers in India.

We also expanded our partnership with Google Cloud, enabling customers to access Rakuten Cloud software through the Google Cloud Marketplace. This agreement immediately granted customers worldwide access to the software.

We met with many of our new partners and their customers to help them better understand the impact of edge cloud on their businesses. For these partner events, we traveled to Las Vegas to participate in a Google partner event, visited Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia with SimplyTech, and went to Jakarta with Alita Praya Mitra.

To round out our distribution channel marketing efforts, we brought Google's Vijay Tewari and Rakuten Cloud's Oni Chakravartti onto our ZeroTouch Live LinkedIn Newsletter, which has more than 83,000 followers. In a lively conversation, the two discussed the impact of stateful edge on the success of edge computing.

Elevating our digital presence

Our digital footprint expanded significantly in 2025, driven by the redesign of our website and impactful content collaborations with some of the industry’s leading analyst firms and publications.
The new Rakuten Cloud website showcases a fresh visual identity, comprehensive product pages, and a dedicated Resource Center to house our growing catalog of informational content.

To further our thought leadership, we joined forces with leading industry voices:
We sponsored a three-part series in Retail Dive on modernizing retail with edge cloud, accompanied by a practical playbook that guides retailers on leveraging edge cloud for operations, inventory management, data security, and margin optimization.

Leveraging IDC's expertise, we co-created the "Edge AI for Industry Innovation" InfoBrief, a 17-page, data-rich guide designed to help organizations capitalize on edge cloud opportunities.

We also teamed up with TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group research firm for “What is Edge Computing?” This educational video explains real-time cloud-native technology in a clear and easily understandable manner for all industry professionals.

Launching cloud-native object storage

Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage experienced a significant expansion this year with the introduction of its object storage offering. Joining our established block and file storage, this new capability empowers users to create highly scalable and economical storage solutions, ideal for diverse data types and formats.

A good year for industry recognition

This year proved to be exceptionally strong for industry recognition, with Rakuten Cloud receiving numerous prestigious awards and accolades from peers and experts. Among the significant honors garnered this year were:

Future Digital Awards: Telecoms Cloud Innovation – Platinum Award

TMC Cloud Computing Awards: 2025 Product of the Year (Rakuten Cloud)

STL Partners: 50 edge computing companies to watch in 2025

FutureNet World Awards: Best Automation Solution

World Communication Awards: Cloud Silver Award and Platform Silver Award for the Rakuten Cloud-Native Platform

Rakuten Cloud software was also extensively evaluated by Nokia and recognized as a recommended solution for its cloud-native core networks. This acknowledgment by an industry leader demonstrates that Rakuten Cloud is well-suited for mobile network applications.

Accelerating momentum for 2026 and beyond

As we look to the coming year, our plans are rapidly taking shape, driven by the strong momentum established this year. The team is already committed to maintaining a robust global presence, with confirmed participation at key industry events, including MWC Barcelona, where we will showcase cloud-native edge and mobile telecom advancements, and Google Cloud Next 2026, where we will strengthen our partnership with Google Cloud, particularly for Distributed Cloud Edge.

Building on this year's strong momentum, 2026 will bring accelerated growth, expanded partnerships, and new collaborations that further extend our market leadership and deliver greater customer value. Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to shape the future of cloud technology!

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"Rakuten Cloud plays a crucial role in our ongoing partnership. Our engineers are constantly collaborating with each other. That’s how we collectively develop and ultimately deliver significant value to the customer."

Vijay Tewari
Head of Product Management,
Google Cloud

Rakuten Travel to Hold New Year Fair with Discounts and Point Giveaway

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Rakuten Group will hold a “New Year Fair” on its travel booking website “Rakuten Travel” from 10:00 a.m. on December 22 through January 9, 2026.

By using coupons, domestic hotel stays can be discounted by up to 15%, overseas tour packages by up to 50,000 yen, domestic tour packages by up to 15,000 yen, activities and experiences by up to 5%, and rental cars by up to 55%. Some coupons can be used in combination.

In addition, those who register for the promotion and travel during the campaign will share a total of 3 million Rakuten Points. Rakuten Mobile subscribers can earn double points. The eligible travel period is from December 22 to February 28, 2026.

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Despite 2025 turbulence, open RAN poised for a 2026 surge

By Monica Alleven  Dec 29, 2025

Is open RAN dead? Not according to Airspan, Dell, Samsung, Fujitsu and Dell’Oro Group
Vendors acknowledge the slow start to open RAN, but they report progress in moving to the multi-vendor stage

Dell’Oro Group expects meaningful scale for both open RAN and AI RAN over time

At the beginning of 2025, Airspan CEO Glenn Laxdal told Fierce that he was jazzed about the open RAN market due to its growth prospects. Turns out, he wasn’t wrong.

For Dell Technologies, 2025 was the year open RAN transitioned from a promising concept to a scalable, commercially viable reality, according to Sandro Tavares, director of Telecom Systems Marketing at Dell.

Samsung: We’re encouraged

One of the most highly anticipated announcements of 2025 was Vodafone’s Spring 6 selection, which saw Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and Huawei all getting a piece of that business.

That marked a key milestone for Samsung, in addition to its participation in Orange France’s open RAN field pilot, according to Alok Shah, vice president of Strategy & Marketing for the networks business at Samsung Electronics America.

With wins at AT&T, SoftBank, Rakuten Mobile and Vodafone under its belt, 1Finity is certainly feeling good about its status in open RAN. But Hughes said the open RAN success story goes a step further than that.

Samsung’s Shah said they’re not focused on that. “We believe the industry commentary around the bleak future of open RAN is overstated,” he said. “On the contrary, we expect that 2026 will be a year of meaningful open RAN scaling, driven largely by operators in Europe.”

Stefan Pongratz, who closely tracks the RAN market globally for Dell’Oro Group, said his long-term view about the market remains unchanged, just as it has since he began tracking the market five years ago.

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Carousell, the Singapore-based classifieds platform, has released its financial results for the 2024 financial year.

Highlights include:

Revenues increase to $119.3 million, up 2.9% YoY

Classifieds Advertising revenue reaches $52.8 million, up 10.6% YoY

Net losses of $33.2 million were down 13% YoY

Cash and cash equivalents increased to $50.5 million, up 60.3% YoY

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The global open RAN market size was valued at USD 5.75 billion in 2025. The market is projected to grow from USD 7.24 billion in 2026 to USD 45.87 billion by 2034, exhibiting a CAGR of 25.95% during the forecast period.

Source: www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/open-ran-market-112214

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Marketing-Automatisierung setzt außerdem auf KI, um komplexe Aktionen zu orchestrieren: automatische Zusammenfassungen von Kundeninteraktionen, intelligente Werbetargeting, ultra-personalisierte Erinnerungen an verlassene Warenwagen oder sogar Personalisierung von E-Mails und kommerziellen Angeboten. Die Verkaufsautomatisierung ermöglicht es Ihnen außerdem, die Prozesse der Angebotserstellung, Kundennachverfolgung und Pflege (die Pflege und Unterstützung des Interessenten während seiner gesamten Kaufreise durch personalisierte Inhalte und Nachrichten) zu optimieren. Dieser Trend ermöglicht es Ihnen, Ihre Gesamtverkaufsleistung zu verbessern.

Wusstest du das?

Rakuten verfügt über eigene KI- und Automatisierungsteams. Sie sind verantwortlich für die Entwicklung von Funktionen, die Ihre Effizienz und das Erlebnis der Internetnutzer, die unseren Marktplatz besuchen und kaufen, verbessern.

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sie im positiven Bereich liegen:

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Part 1/5 RAN Revolution Explained: How Japan's Rakuten’s Open RAN Transformed Mobile Network Playbook

Suresh Kunchakuri
19. Nov. 2025

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Key Valuation Metrics (Early Jan 2026)

Market Cap: Approximately $7.69 Billion USD.
Stock Price (as of Jan 3, 2026): Around ¥6,912.00 JPY.
Analyst Price Target: Average 12-month target of ¥8,244 JPY (around +19% upside).
FY2026 Guidance (Mar 31, 2026): Expected profit attributable to owners of ¥64.3 billion (¥368.79 per share).

Valuation Drivers
Growth: Strong performance in FinTech and Mobile segments within the broader Rakuten Group.
Analyst Sentiment: Positive outlook with a "Buy" consensus, suggesting undervaluation.

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Japan's alternative lending market is set to grow at a robust annual rate of 14.2%, expecting to reach US$31.64 billion by 2025. This growth trend is projected to continue with a CAGR of 14.1% from 2025 to 2029, expanding the market to approximately US$53.67 billion by 2029.

Players like Rakuten and PayPay are extending lending across their platforms, enhancing embedded finance's role in online marketplaces like Amazon Japan. With Japan's e-commerce concentrating on a few dominant platforms, embedded credit proliferation enhances checkout experience and seller dashboards, informed by sales data.

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Mizuho Financial Group acquired a 15% stake in Rakuten Card for 165 billion yen ($1.1 billion) last year, valuing the business at more than 1 trillion yen, or $7 billion.

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From Crisis to Core: Rakuten Card's 20-year Journey Since Issuance

January 06, 2026

2025 marked 20 years since the first Rakuten Card was issued! From overcoming a crisis that threatened its very existence, to forging partnerships with Rakuten Ichiba, diligently building customer acquisition campaigns, driving system innovation, and giving birth to "Rakuten Cardman", numerous challenges have borne fruit, transforming Rakuten Card into an industry leader in Japan. With marketing initiatives like the "SPU" Program and "Rakuten Maji-Toku Festival" achieving a huge number of new contracts, Rakuten Card has become a cornerstone of the Rakuten Ecosystem.

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Going forward, Rakuten aims to leverage its robust e-commerce service marketing data to provide product recommendations that even more closely align with user needs. Rakuten will continuously improve product recommendation accuracy, to deliver a highly personalized shopping experience for every user.

Rakuten is promoting the use of AI in all aspects of its businesses to achieve further growth, as part of its "AI-nization" initiative. Rakuten AI is a cutting-edge agentic AI tool developed by Rakuten to enhance customer experiences and support daily life within the Rakuten Ecosystem. Guided by the principles of innovation, creativity and collaboration to empower society and individuals, Rakuten seeks to connect users to a wide range of services within the Rakuten Ecosystem through AI agents and deliver increasingly personalized experiences. The integration of Rakuten AI into the Rakuten Ichiba app represents a significant step forward in expanding ecosystem-wide services.

Rakuten will continue to promote the use of AI within Rakuten Ichiba and strengthen collaboration with Rakuten AI to empower each individual shopper with even greater levels of convenience and satisfaction.

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Rakuten Bank Surpasses 13 Trillion Yen in Total Deposit Balance

Tokyo, January 5, 2026 - Rakuten Bank, Ltd. today announced that its total balance of deposits (non-consolidated) has surpassed 13 trillion yen as of the end of December 2025.

This milestone reflects the steady growth of the bank, which exceeded 17 million accounts in May 2025, and the popularity of its fully online banking services, which never requires a visit to a physical location.

The bank has also enhanced customer benefits through collaborations within the Rakuten Group. These include Money Bridge, which links Rakuten Bank and Rakuten Securities accounts to offer preferential interest rates on account balances, and the Bonus Interest program, which increases ordinary deposit rates based on usage of salary, bonus, pension deposits, debit cards and automatic transfers. The bank also participates in the Super Point Up Program, which boosts points earned when shopping on Rakuten Ichiba.

Amid the growing shift towards a cashless society, Rakuten Bank provides services such as the Rakuten Bank Debit Card, which offers contactless payments, enabling users to make payments quickly and easily both in Japan and overseas, and the Rakuten Pay app, which allows customers to directly debit their Rakuten Bank account.

Since its deposit balances exceeded 12 trillion yen, Rakuten Bank has continued to enhance its service quality, for example, by broadening the number of organizations that accept direct debit for public utility payments. These efforts, combined with the widespread adoption of Rakuten Bank accounts for daily transactions, have led to its deposit balance now surpassing 13 trillion yen.

Rakuten Bank continues to enhance customer offerings through initiatives such as the Winter Bonus Campaign for Yen Time Deposits, available until January 31, 2026, which provides a one-year deposit at a special interest rate of 1.00% per annum (0.796% after tax), and the Strongest Ever Rewards Festival, running until February 28, 2026, offering account opening and service use rewards equivalent to up to 25,000 yen.

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Rakuten Securities is working to provide an environment where all customers can use the latest services that emphasize safety more easily and at a lower cost in order to satisfy all customers based on "customer-oriented business operations". 2025 is a year in which not only will we feel a further increase in interest and interest in asset building for our customers due to changes in the world with interest rates, but also the importance of security measures will be questioned in the securities industry. In such an environment, Rakuten Securities has been working more than ever to provide products and services that solve customers' money-related concerns and issues.

In particular, in addition to services that allow customers to make more effective use of their assets, such as Rakuten Money Fund, an MRF (money reserve fund) that allows you to manage spare funds until you purchase stocks and investment trusts, and securities-backed loans that allow you to obtain funds while continuing to manage your financial products as collateral, for the first time in the industry, We have started providing new products and services that make it easy for anyone to create assets and invest, such as "Kabupitat ", which allows you to trade domestic stocks from 100 yen at a specified amount. In addition, the stock trading app "iSPEED" for smartphones is equipped with a "full board " order function that can display overall dividend information, and the asset creation app "iGrow" We have made efforts to improve customer convenience by adding functions to manage dividends, distributions, and interests, and realizing a trading and asset management environment comparable to that of a computer regardless of location or time. In addition, in order to protect customers' important assets and information, we have introduced "passkey authentication" using FIDO2, which allows you to log in securely without a password, to all. It was the first major securities company in Japan.

As a result, in November 2025, the number of total securities accounts exceeded 13 million, the highest number among domestic securities companies alone (based on disclosed information), and a very large number of customers are using Rakuten Securities' services.

We believe that this award is the result of many customers evaluating their efforts so far. Rakuten Securities will not be satisfied with this evaluation, but will continue to provide high-quality services with the aim of realizing customer requests and supporting investment and asset building life, and as a "companion to asset creation", in order to maximize the financial well-being of customers, from beginners to active traders who are just starting to build assets, We will strive to expand our services to meet the needs of a wide range of customers and strive to be chosen as a "securities company that you want to have a long-term relationship with".

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