All Rakuten Symphony articles – Page 2

Network & Infrastructure

VM O2 takes open RAN to next stage

2022-08-31T15:53:00Z

Virgin Media O2 switches on first live open RAN sites.

Premium

Vodafone people moves: HR operations change hands

2022-07-11T15:05:00Z

James McGill takes human resources remit from Bernd Flossbach amid HR changes across Group and subsidiaries.

Public Affairs

Telefónica calls for reset on EU merger control review

2022-07-08T14:12:00Z

Mónica Sánchez Soliva seeks focus on long-term benefits of telecoms mergers.

Network & Infrastructure

How 1&1 adds up for Rakuten Symphony

2022-07-01T15:38:00Z

Germany’s new mobile network operator opts for disruptive tech and operations model, but can it make waves in a mature market?

Interview

Rakuten Symphony turns up the volume in Europe

2022-06-06T14:48:00Z

After setting up shop in France, Germany, and the UK, Symphony puts out welcome mat for software companies to join its Symworld marketplace.

Interview

Rakuten Symphony woos European startups

2022-05-31T09:25:00Z

TelcoTitans interviews Geoff Hollingworth, Chief Marketing Officer at Rakuten Mobile’s next-gen cloud connectivity platform spinout. After setting up shop in France, Germany, and UK, Symphony puts out welcome mat for software companies to join its Symworld marketplace.

Premium

O2 tasks Nokia RIC to spot bad behaviour

2022-04-05T16:11:00Z

Near-real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) to detect unusual behaviour of eleven RAN nodes as part of “learning phase”. Airspan flagged as supplier in open RAN small-cell deployment.

M&A

Rakuten acquires Telefónica open RAN investment

2021-08-05T14:58:00Z

Rakuten to acquire Altiostar, Telefónica minority investment and “partner of choice”. Telefónica relationship with the US-based open RAN specialist extends beyond stake holding, with collaboration in network development and deployment in Europe and Latin America.

Partnerships & Alliances

Telefónica aims to jump-start OpenRAN with Rakuten

2020-09-17T14:21:00Z

  Group taps Japanese operator’s know-how in virtualised networks through MoU. Implied suggestion that TIP collaboration not moving fast enough for commercial “end-to-end” deployment of open RAN architectures.