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Rakuten and NEC building their own standalone 5G core
2020-06-04 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Rakuten and NEC yesterday announced that they were collaborating to build a container-based standalone 5G core. This alone is a major undertaking, but they also want to bring this tech to market, placing them in direct competition with the world’s largest vendors, like Huawei and Ericsson. The 5G core network will be made available via the Rakuten Communications Platform…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Rakuten Mobile, NEC to develop containerized standalone 5G core network
2020-06-03 09:37:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Rakuten Mobile and NEC have agreed to jointly develop the containerized standalone (SA) 5G core network (5GC) to be used in Rakuten Mobile's fully virtualized cloud native 5G network. Rakuten Mobile and NEC will collaborate to build a 5GC, based on the 5GC software source code developed by NEC. Subsequent to the launch of its non-standalone (NSA) 5G service in 2020, Rakuten Mobile plans to provide its SA 5G service in Japan in 2021.
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Rakuten Mobile puts the brakes on 5G launch
2020-05-19 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The coronavirus pandemic is having a detrimental impact on operators’ 5G deployments around the world and last week it claimed yet another victim, forcing back Rakuten Mobile’s 5G launch by three months. Rakuten Mobile launched its highly anticipated, fully virtualised 4G service back in April…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Rakuten Mobile brings in drones for mast inspections
2020-04-07 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Rakuten Mobile is set to launch its commercial 4G network tomorrow in a move to shake up Japan’s telecoms space. Its aggressive pricing scheme will offer services at around half the cost of its competitors…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Rakuten Mobile launch includes 3 million free subscriptions
2020-03-05 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Rakuten is set to make a serious splash in April with the launch of its first mobile network. It was to be expected that the company would launch with competitive prices, but on Tuesday the company revealed the true extent of its disruptive plans. To call its pricing scheme aggressive would be an understatement. Rakuten will reportedly launch unlimited data plans for just under 3,000 yen (around $28) per month…read more on TotalTele.com »
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