Rakuten is building the world’s first end-to-end cloud-native mobile network: Tareq Amin

Rakuten will soon become the first new mobile network operator (MNO) to launch in Japan in over a decade. Since securing bandwidth approval from Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in April 2018, Rakuten has been forging ahead with construction of its own new mobile network, driving world-first disruptive innovation. New architecture for a new network During Rakuten Technology Conference 2018 in Tokyo last October, Rakuten Mobile Network Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Tareq Amin explained for the first time the revolutionary approach that his team is taking to build Japan’s fourth major network. “The journey that we are embarking […]