Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile and compatriot company NEC announced that they have formed a partnership to build what it claims to be the world's first 5G open vRAN architecture in Japan.
NEC has been selected to be the network equipment provider for Rakuten Mobile's new...
The Japanese government announced it will allow the country’s four mobile carriers to deploy 5G base stations on traffic signals, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.
The main aim of the initiative is to reduce the cost and times necessary to deploy 5G networks nationwide by taking advantage...
Japan's government has approved plans by the country’s four mobile carriers to build 5G wireless networks with investment set to reach JPY 1.6 trillion ($14.4 billion) over the next five years, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.
Applications submitted by NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, SoftBank and e-commerce...
Rakuten says it will build a cloud-native, nationwide network for about $5 billion
As operators transition from LTE to 5G, there's significant discussion around how 5G requires a cloud-native, fully-virtualized design capable of dynamically supporting the myriad applications and device types that will connect over...
Rakuten aims to implement an end-to-end cloud-native network to provide differentiated services to its mobile subscribers
Red Hat announced that its open source technologies will be used by Japan’s Rakuten Mobile Network as it launches its new mobile network In Japan.
The U.S. company said that...
With Nokia’s IoT platform, the Japanese company will be able to offer IoT services for sectors including agriculture, industry and automotive
BARCELONA--Nokia announced that Japanese operator Rakuten has selected its Impact IoT platform for the deployment of internet of things services across Japan.
With the deployment of...
Rakuten’s network uses Intel Xeon processors and Intel FPGAs for acceleration
Intel has confirmed that it will provide technology to Japanese e-commerce and internet services provider Rakuten for a new cloud-native network.
Intel said in a statement that the new network will be fully virtualized from...
The Japanese company aims to launch mobile services in Japan in October 2019
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten announced plans to invest in U.S.-based virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) vendor Altiostar, as the former company is on track to launch a mobile network in Japan using...
KDDI’s president confirmed initial 5G-based services will be high-definition images and drone security
Japanese telco KDDI expects to start offering 5G services as part of a limited pre-commercial launch next year, company President Makoto Takahashi said during a conference call with investors and analysts.
“In limited...
The company has already reached 1,800 partners in its 5G Open partner program
Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo plans to launch pre-commercial 5G services in September 2019, the carrier’s president and CEO, Kazuhiro Yoshizawa, said during a conference call with investors and analysts.
Yoshizawa also said...
Rakuten used the Nokia AirScale base station and the Intel 5G Mobile Trial Platform for the technology trial
Japanese company Rakuten Mobile Network has conducted a 5G trial in collaboration with Nokia and Intel as it prepares to shift from a mobile virtual network operator, to...
