Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

ShopStyle now reaches more than 1.6 million loyal members, inspiring more than 60 million shoppers annually to ignite their individual style with curated products and trends from across the shopping universe. In the past year, the company experienced a 25% growth in revenue and expanded its category offerings, reaching beyond Women's / Men's Fashion and Beauty into Home and Pre-Owned. Retailer sales also increased by 20% in 2021 through ShopStyle. To maintain its growth, the company plans to invest in building out shopping segments (from luxury to fast fashion) and its team in 2022 and beyond.

ShopStyle is a destination for style inspiration and personalized shopping recommendations. Offering the largest catalog of luxury and contemporary brands and products with best-in-class curation, ShopStyle makes it easy for shoppers to search across 15,000 brands in fashion, beauty and home, inviting them to spark their own sense of style. Shoppers have access to sale alerts, the best deals, Cash Back offers and exclusive access to shopping experiences -- all in one place.

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Davon könnte ich mir sehr gut auch europäische Varianten vorstellen.

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Akiyoshi Ken’s Arcaic Singularity: Rakuten Mobile’s next move. Thinking about management strategy from the new rate plan “Rakuten UN-LIMIT VII” that abolished the 0 yen start[Column]

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Diversification of supply chain is good for innovation, competition and regional resiliency

To operate a modern, open, multi-vendor, disaggregated, cloud-native network requires industrialized automation that works at scale. The true magic of this can be found in Symworld and is our key differentiator. All operators want to change for the better. Symworld enables operators to scale and accelerate their networks without increasing headcount. The software and the platform do the hard work of scaling. At Rakuten Mobile we have now deployed over 270,000 live cells and the total operational headcount is only about 250 people. We intend to never increase this headcount since they monitor the software and platform and the software and platform manage the scale. This is no different from how high-speed trading now works in the stock market. Humans don’t study the stocks; they study the algorithms.

Because it allows choice at a smaller component level. And choice inside what was previously a very large, closed black box, allows new innovative solutions to be found and applied. This allows all the separate components to be programmable and horizontalized through the Symworld Platform. Rakuten Mobile now has six different radio vendors; most status quo networks have been forced to only have two. Diversification of supply chain is good for innovation, competition and regional resiliency, which is increasingly important in a geo-politically complicated world.

symphony.rakuten.com/blog/...-open-ran-the-answer-for-telecom

Rakuten Mobile has steadily increased the number of MNO users by acquiring new users while smoothly migrating virtual mobile network operator (MVNO) subscribers to MNO.

Still, the reason why Rakuten Mobile decided to revise the price plan this time is

-  I want to cut off users who do not use the Rakuten ecosystem and operate for 0 yen and narrow down the target group to excellent customers.
- I want to encourage users who operate 0 yen to use the Rakuten ecosystem.
- Rakuten Mobile as an engine for turning the Rakuten ecosystem has a certain prospect.

I feel that there are reasons such as.

In fact, Rakuten Group President Hiroshi Mikitani said during a question and answer session at the financial results briefing.

“(Rakuten Mobile charges) You can use Rakuten Mobile for free if you shop at Rakuten Ichiba.”

“I want to be able to efficiently use what I was wasting at other companies (with Rakuten points).”

Nearly 90% of Rakuten service users have not yet subscribed to Rakuten Mobile.

Rakuten Mobile will increase the number of paying users due to the revision of the price plan, and it is said that billing for all users will be completed in November this year when the free campaign up to 1GB and the 1GB virtually free campaign by rewarding points will end.

Rakuten Mobile will increase the number of paying users due to the revision of the price plan, and it is said that billing for all users will be completed in November this year when the free campaign up to 1GB and the 1GB virtually free campaign by rewarding points will end.

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2022 Best SIM Card Offers in Japan for Long-term Stays

Another best SIM card in Japan is Rakuten mobile.

Rakuten mobile’s plan is Rakuten UN-LIMIT VII (starting in July 2022). This plan’s monthly charge changes depending on how much data you use.

Monthly Basic Charge

3GB: 1,078JPY

20GB 2,178JPY

Unlimited 3,278JPY

Rakuten Mobile’s plan is the cheapest offer for unlimited phone call + 3GB data.

selectra.jp/en/sim/best-offer-long-term-stays

Compared to the other unlimited data plans, Rakuten Mobile’s Rakuten UN-LIMIT is obviously an excellent offer

Unlimited Data for ¥3,278

Rakuten Mobile’s offer includes not just unlimited calls but also unlimited data. Given that unlimited data plans are not common in Japan, we can say that Rakuten Mobile is a valuable solution for those who need to use a lot of mobile data.

On top of that, Rakuten Mobile’s unlimited data plan is incredibly cheap. For example, unlimited data plans provided by the three major carriers in Japan (docomo, au, Softbank) normally cost twice as much unless you satisfy various conditions for discounts. These conditions basically require you to use fibre internet they specify and not just you but your family members also need to use their mobile plan. It is fair to say that these are hard to meet.

Thus, compared to the other unlimited data plans, Rakuten Mobile’s Rakuten UN-LIMIT is obviously an excellent offer.

selectra.jp/en/sim/best-offer-long-term-stays

1.36 billion Unique User IDs by Viber at end of March 2022

Anzahl der Unique User IDs bei Viber bis März 2022

Veröffentlicht von L. Rabe, 13.05.2022

Diese Statistik zeigt die Anzahl Unique IDs bei Viber in ausgewählten Monaten zwischen März 2015 und März 2022. Im März 2022 lag die Anzahl der Unique IDs des Chat-Dienstes für Smartphones und Desktop-PCs, mit dem auch telefoniert werden kann, bei rund 1,36 Milliarden.

de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/...tzer-ids-bei-viber/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpamoEMTgY

Rakuten Viber and Mineski Global boost fun via mgames chatbot on Viber

Published 6 hours ago on 2022/06/13

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Und langfristig orientierte Anleger sollten sich m.E. über die heutigen günstigen Einstiegskurse für das Nachlagen freuen.

We’re also thinking about how we could expand into Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia

Rakuten Kobo expands ebook offerings to Southeast Asia

May 11, 2022

For more than a decade Rakuten Kobo has been dedicated to its mission to make reading lives better for all; empowering booklovers around the world read anytime, anywhere and on any device.

Part of their success as a global tech company has always been tied to the way the company creates engaging, localized experiences for booklovers across 25+ countries and regions. Beginning with North America, Europe and Japan, in 2016 Rakuten Kobo officially launched in Taiwan, where the e-reading service now enjoys a significant following and steady growth. Now, after years as a top player in Taiwan, the Taiwan Kobo team is looking to the next challenge: delivering the joy of ebooks to Chinese-reading customers in Singapore and Malaysia.

Chou is not limiting his ambitions to the Chinese-reading world.

“In Malaysia, the Chinese language market will be the first step, but then we’ll look at offering Malaysian content,” he outlines. “We’re also thinking about how we could expand into Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.”

In targeting these new markets, Chou hopes to forge new ground not only for Rakuten Kobo, but for e-reading itself. While other e-reading services are technically available in some Southeast Asian markets, little effort has been made to offer localized content.

rakuten.today/blog/...-ebook-offerings-to-southeast-asia.html

Each household can easily save two to three thousand dollars per year by switching to Rakuten Mobile

I am confident that we will get to 15-20 million subscribers in the future. Each household can easily save two to three thousand dollars per year by switching to Rakuten Mobile. Data usage is up 30% over last year, and as customers use more data, we are starting to sell more optional services. ARPU (average revenue per user) is going to keep increasing.

rakuten.today/blog/...-q1-results-ceo-mikitani-interview.html

von Rakuten Symphony:

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Networking & Edge Business Reorganization

According to Intel, the segment provides a portfolio of hardware and software platforms that allows customers access to intelligent edge platforms and enables digital transformation from edge to cloud.

Based on the chart, the largest revenue contributor is from its processors which were included under its IOTG segment. For example, this includes its recently-launched Intel Xeon D processors for network deployments to 70 customers such as Cisco, Juniper Networks and Rakuten Symphony as well as FlexRAN software and OpenVINO toolkit for AI workloads as highlighted from its earnings briefing.

seekingalpha.com/article/...ew-segments-20-billion-in-revenue

In this regard, it is worth highlighting the recent approval by the European Investment Bank (EIB) of a 40 million euros loan to Cabify for its fleet decarbonisation project. This financing is aimed at the deployment of 1,400 electric vehicles over the next few years in Spain, as well as the infrastructure necessary for their operation. In the words of the EIB, this project has "a significant and positive social and environmental impact. It also has important environmental benefits in terms of positive externalities, including the reduction of CO2, NOx and particulate matter (PM) emissions.

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Rakuten is valued with only idiotic low 0.63-fold revenues

Revenues of the last 12 month was 1,727,371 million Yen (= $12.848 billion)

Income Statement All numbers in thousands

TTM

12/30/2021

12/30/2020

12/30/2019

12/30/2018

Total Revenue

1,727,371,000

1,681,757,000

1,455,538,000

1,263,932,000

1,101,480,000

finance.yahoo.com/quote/RKUNY/financials?p=RKUNY

Market.-Cap is only idiotic low $8.058 billion

finance.yahoo.com/quote/RKUNY?p=RKUNY

www.orefolder.net/2022/06/rakuten-mobile-add3000/

Rakuten Super Sale:Today’s point 5 times day!

At Rakuten Ichiba, an event where more than 2 million items are less than half price
Rakuten Super SALE of Until Saturday, June 11, 2022 1:59In session.

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5G RAN STATE OF THE MARKET – WHERE ARE WE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C59AwKOVSKc

How you can get started taking your affiliate programme worldwide

Rakuten Advertising and PerformanceIN at DealMaker 2022

Nick Fletcher, SVP EMEA at Rakuten Advertising spoke to us at Rakuten Advertising DealMaker Europe 2022. Tune in to hear his biggest and most important advice on how you can get started taking your affiliate programme worldwide...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2sma5w-xps

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Koji Ando, Rakuten Group Managing Executive Officer and Senior Vice President of Rakuten’s Communications & Energy Company, commented, “We are extremely excited at the possibilities our new partnership with Toon Cracker opens up. The vertically scrolling digital comics marketplace is expected to grow rapidly, and we aim to generate world-class content together. We hope to harness the Rakuten Ecosystem to broaden the reach of the works we produce with a long-term view toward developing our own media franchises.”

Toon Cracker chief executive Shigeaki Kuwada commented, “I am greatly honored that Rakuten, with its incredible ecosystem and content, has selected us as its partner company on this project. The vertically scrolling digital comics market is constantly expanding and our content has the potential to reach not just Japan but the entire world. Through this partnership, I hope that we can generate fantastic content together and contribute to the development of the industry worldwide.”

Rakuten will continue working to deliver a wide variety of entertainment experiences originating from IP content, while providing services that empower and inspire users around the world.

About Toon Cracker
As a production, localization and consulting venture company, Toon Cracker harnesses its deep business experience and knowledge of digital entertainment to create new content including vertically scrolling full-color digital comics tailored for viewing on smartphone screens.

global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2022/0614_01.html

Rakuten Viber has launched new features in the channels and will counter hate speech

Taras Mishchenko 30.05.2022

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Ensure strict access control for resources as well as resource limit configurations

Securing cloud platforms with hardening best practices

Runtime observability and security based on cloud-native best practice

Symworld has been built to maximize automation and minimize the need for human intervention.

Symworld Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)

All base stations are commissioned and brought online without the need for human configuration, including the security of all node aspects, with the generation, securing and vaulting of all interfaces and involved services. Subsequent configuration changes are handled through the Symworld Automation Studio. At no stage does a human manually write and run a configuration script and at no stage does any operational staff have any direct access to any security credentials. This is just one example of how security has been embedded into the operational model of Symworld as a first-class citizen and at birth.

Rakuten Symphony's approach has been driven by our early adoption of the "new ways of building networks" and the lack of any reference implementation of a successful nationwide Open RAN, cloud-native network deployment. As a result, we had to leverage 21st-century technologies for our 21st-century networks to achieve our objectives with the utmost resilience and privacy with user and data integrity in mind.

In the area of security, standing still is a much riskier strategy than moving forward. Actors are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and you must constantly evolve, as failure to evolve will sadly end with drastic consequences. Therefore, security cannot be an afterthought and needs to be designed into the fabric of the operator's business processes and procedures.

symphony.rakuten.com/blog/security-in-symworld