With Open RAN, there’s the risk of trading vendor lock-in for system integrator lock-in With greenfield success stories and increasing interest from brownfield players, it appears
Rakuten Symphony CEO—’this close’ on brownfield wins
Rakuten Mobile extends 5G mmWave network using Movandi repeaters
Rakuten Mobile has 400 MHz of mmWave spectrum, which it plans to use for fixed wireless access Movandi is providing Japan’s Rakuten Mobile with 5G
Rakuten Symphony aims to deploy 30,000 Open RAN edge units in Japan
Rakuten Symphony noted that the Symware device is based on the Intel Xeon D processor Rakuten Symphony announced the general availability for its Symware Open RAN
German telco 1&1 sees 5G deployment delays
1&1 had contracted the deployment of its 5G network infrastructure to three companies German operator 1&1 is experiencing delays in the deployment of its 5G network,
Rakuten Mobile announces Open vRAN lab in Japan
Rakuten Mobile is carrying out joint R&D activities with the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile announced the opening
1&1 carries out first live test of its 5G network
1&1 said that the first customers will be able to start using internet services provided by its new 5G network in the summer German carrier 1&1
How are Japanese operators approaching mmWave 5G? 
KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, Rakuten Mobile and Softbank have all deployed mmWave 5G Right now mmWave 5G deployments are focused on adding capacity to congested network hot
Rakuten Mobile forms JV with Japanese power firm Tepco
Rakuten Mobile holds a 51% interest in Rakuten Mobile Infrastructure Solutions, while Tepco owns the remainder Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile has established a joint venture company
Rakuten Mobile’s FWA will run on both Sub-6 GHz and mmWave spectrum Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile expects to launch fixed wireless access (FWA) services in
Rakuten Mobile’s CTO Tareq Amin said that the telco now aims to accelerate 5G deployments across Japan Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile said it 4G network reached
Rakuten Mobile’s CTO Tareq Amin said that the telco now aims to accelerate 5G deployments across Japan Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile said it 4G network reached