Rakuten Mobile
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Japan’s biggest telcos have teamed up to launch a joint framework to ensure network communications can be quickly restored in the event of a large-scale disaster. -
BlueWalker 3, the satellite due to test mobile phone services from space for remote parts of the world, is now in orbit.
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Cellular satellite company AST SpaceMobile has generated a further US$28 million to further its ambitions by selling its stake in smallsat company NanoAvionics.
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AST SpaceMobile plans to try out its space-based mobile phone network with the launch of a test satellite in August.
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Nokia and Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile have pushed the speed of fibre to 1Tbps per channel to connect data centres.
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Rakuten Symphony is expanding its operations in three markets as it looks to bring its Open RAN technologies to Europe and the UK.
Forthcoming events
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Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile is to produce its cloud-based 5G system with NEC after a joint development project.
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Internet services company Rakuten and mobile operator Vodafone have invested in a satellite company that promises to deliver 4G from space.
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International Carriers, the wholesale division of Orange, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Rakuten to provider Rakuten Mobile with LTE roaming services.
