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Rakuten Mobile eyes 'tremendous profitability' aheadRakuten Mobile eyes 'tremendous profitability' ahead
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.