Rakuten Mobile, Inc. (commonly known as Rakuten Mobile) is a Japanese

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(MNO) headquartered in

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, Tokyo. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese

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Rakuten is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around the online retail marketplace Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing Fintech, digital content and communi ...

. Currently, Rakuten Mobile offers 4G and 5G services. In December 2023, it expanded into Europe launching a network in Germany.

History

Rakuten Mobile was founded in January 2018 in Tokyo. Rakuten Mobile and German telecommunications company 1&1 launched a mobile network based on Open RAN technology in December 2023.

Services

LTE (4G)

Rakuten Mobile launched its cellular service in Japan (which was

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) in April 2020 and with this, it became the 4th telecom operator in the country.

5G

Rakuten mobile started rolling out its 5G service in October 2020 in selected regions of Japan.

References

External links

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Official Japanese website

Multilingual Guide for Rakuten Mobile by Rakuten Employees
{{Rakuten Rakuten Mobile phone companies of Japan Japanese companies established in 2018 Telecommunications companies based in Tokyo