Rakuten Mobile unveils Open vRAN verification lab in Tokyo
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile has added another string to its O-RAN bow with the opening of its Open Innovation Lab.
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile has added another string to its O-RAN bow with the opening of its Open Innovation Lab.
Japanese MNO KDDI’s network went down at the weekend, reportedly leaving around 40 million people unable to connect.
NTT and partner SKY Perfect JSAT have taken the next step in the creation of their space data centre business, setting up a JV company called Space Compass Corporation.
Japanese operator Softbank played up the societal benefits of 5G as it raised fresh funds for its network rollout.
The UK and Japan have announced their intention to work together more closely on solving telecoms supply chain issues and developing new technologies such as 6G and OpenRAN.
Offering connectivity from balloons and drones is proving a tough nut to crack, but NTT has lined up some partners that it hopes will deliver a breakthrough.
Korean telecoms group KT has built a new OpenRAN test facility with plenty of help from its Japanese friends.
Japanese mobile upstart Rakuten has teamed up with the University of Tokyo to look into whether low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites can feasibly offer a direct connection to IoT devices.
Rakuten Mobile is growing its customer base, but the cost of building a new national mobile network is still taking a significant toll on its finances.
Rakuten Mobile is acquiring a stake in towers operator JTower, a move that should help it to roll out its network more quickly and cost-effectively.
Nokia has secured itself a piece of the action in the shared 5G radio network being rolled out by Japan’s KDDI and SoftBank.
The global semiconductor supply crunch is showing no sign of abating with reports that Apple is having to cut its iPhone orders by 10 million.
KDDI has contracted Starlink to provide satellite-based backhaul for mobile base station sites to remote areas.
A five-year Japanese investigation into Apple’s app store practices has been resolved with a superficial tweak.
KDDI and Softbank are using shared RAN equipment to help them reduce the cost and increase the speed of their 5G network deployment.
The collective 6G efforts of Finland and Japan have vowed to help each other out in a bid to move the nascent standard along.
Softbank has become the latest major telco to look at providing connectivity from space, announcing a raft of initiatives to broaden access to communications networks.
OpenRAN mania is officially underway, it seems, with spending on OpenRAN compatible kit and software going through the roof in the first quarter of his year.
The cost of building out a new mobile operation from scratch was all too evident in Rakuten Mobile’s first quarter results, but the company is unconcerned.
Japanese operator NTT Docomo is determined not to let rival Rakuten get too much of a head start with OpenRAN, so has drafted in Samsung to help.
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