We make OPEN RAN work

Shift gears from proprietary hardware to completely tuneable software

Accelerate your Open RAN journey

World’s first and biggest Open RAN coverage deployed with
over 300,000 cells managed by a team of only 250 people. Read More​
We make OPEN RAN work

Build critical infrastructure with the right economics at scale

Achieve the path to being Net Zero

World’s first and biggest Open RAN solution embracing software,
sustainable supply chains and energy-efficient systems. Read More​
We make OPEN RAN work

Your environment. Your choice.

Place yourself in control​ of the ecosystem

​World’s first and biggest Open RAN provider supporting a wide
range of global spectrum bands across geographies.  Read More​
We make OPEN RAN work

Shift gears from proprietary hardware to completely tuneable software

Accelerate your Open RAN journey

World’s first and biggest Open RAN coverage deployed with
over 300,000 cells managed by a team of only 250 people. Read More​
We make OPEN RAN work

Build critical infrastructure with the right economics at scale

Achieve the path to being Net Zero

World’s first and biggest Open RAN solution embracing software,
sustainable supply chains and energy-efficient systems. Read More​
We make OPEN RAN work

Your environment. Your choice.

Place yourself in control​ of the ecosystem

​World’s first and biggest Open RAN provider supporting a wide
range of global spectrum bands across geographies.  Read More​

Rakuten Symphony’s Open RAN advantage

Accelerate your
Open RAN journey

with mature interoperability testing capabilities, softwarization and intelligent automation

Speed of deployment is the most important thing when it comes to efficiency, cost of economics and scale. Our unique system design approach is proven to reduce the deployment cycle from years/months to weeks/days resulting in 30% lower TCO and faster time to market.

From onboarding, a customer via rigorous interoperability testing process for E2E Open RAN solutioning to intelligent automation to tuneable softwarization with Symworld™ platform to Go Live stage, we have got you covered.

Harnessing the power of Openness, Symworld™ the platform is the best and fastest route to a new level of operating efficiency, service levels and innovation.
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with mature interoperability testing capabilities, softwarization and intelligent automation

Achieve the path
to being net zero

with sustainable supply chains and energy-efficient systems

Energy efficiency is at the centre of network profitability and has a direct impact on the Telco network Opex costs. With the recent macro events, varying ARPUs and commitment to cut emissions Telcos need to revaluate their energy management systems.

With Telcos around the world targeting to cut scope 1 & scope 2 emissions and deliver on the public promise to cut network energy consumption by 30%, we at Rakuten are committed to become carbon neutral by the end of 2023.

We achieve this by automating real-time measurement and reporting of energy consumption, increasing energy efficiency network elements from Radio Access to Transport/IP Networking to Servers/DC Infrastructure and developing an orchestration platform that optimizes energy consumption across the network.
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with sustainable supply chains and energy-efficient systems

Place yourself
in control of the ecosystem

with truly open software, hardware and interfaces

with truly open software, hardware and interfacesGreater choice and flexibility are the key drivers towards a step-change in operating performance, reducing vendor-lockins & cost of economics, greater technological innovation and overcoming a fragmented supply chain.

Taking care of complex system integration, interoperability, new 4G/5G feature introduction and diverse supply chains, we enable our customers with the ability to work in a multi-vendor/multi-technology environment across the entire network lifecycle.

We offer a complete, multi-vendor secure 4G/5G Open RAN future-ready solution that is proven at scale, and independently recognized for its world-class quality.
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with truly open software, hardware and interfaces

Speed of
Deployment
4 MINS
for 5G site deployment
instead of days/months
Agility of
Provisioning
3 MINS
mobile service provisioning
instead of 3 hours
Operating
Efficiency
1:20K
engineer to subscriber
ratio instead of 1:1k
New Feature
Introduction
10-15
network features and services per month
Automation &
AI/ML
5
automation feature sets
per day are released
to the network
Speed of
Deployment
4 MINS
for 5G site deployment
instead of days/months
Agility of
Provisioning
3 MINS
mobile service provisioning
instead of 3 hours
Operating
Efficiency
1:20K
engineer to subscriber
ratio instead of 1:1k
New Feature
Introduction
10-15
network features and
services per month
Automation &
AI/ML
5
automation feature sets
per day are released
to the network

Live 4G/5G Open RAN network deployments

Rakuten line 5G millimeter wave area
Rakuten line 5G Sub6 area
Rakuten line 4G LTE area
Partner line area
Rakuten line 4G area
Rakuten line 4G expansion planned area
Partner line area
Rakuten line 5G millimeter wave area
Rakuten line 5G Sub6 area
Rakuten line 4G LTE area
Partner line area
Rakuten line 4G area
Rakuten line 4G expansion planned area
Partner line area
*As on September 2022
Number of live 4G sites : 50,408*
Number of live 5G sites : 6,440*
*As on September 2022

Rakuten Symphony's unique cloud-native and software-based approach is making Open RAN technology 'generally available' globally.

Open Signal
Open signal 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2021 - Global Leader in the 5G Download Speed and Global Leader in the 5G Upload Speed
Umlaut
Umlaut (an Accenture company) 2022/04 Open RAN Audit Report - Rakuten Mobile achieved an umlaut Score of 945 dots out of 1000
Global Mobile Awards GLOMO Award
Rakuten Mobile won the GLOMO Award for “Best Network Software Breakthrough” category at MWC22 for 5G Open RAN
Futurenet world
Rakuten Mobile & Rakuten Symphony named ‘Operator of the Year’ by FutureNet World Awards 2022
SCF
Rakuten Mobile wins at Small Cell Forum Awards 2022 for ‘Excellence in commercial deployment by an MNO’.
Layer123
Rakuten Symphony awarded for ‘Best Open RAN solution’ at Network Automation Recognition Awards 2021
World Communication Awards
Rakuten Symphony wins ‘The Platform Award’ at World Communication Awards 2022
Leading Lights
Rakuten Symphony company awarded ‘Company of the Year’ at Light Reading’s Leading Lights Awards 2021
ACA Awards
Rakuten Symphony recognized in ‘Cloud native initiative’ and ‘Network transformation initiative’ category at ACA awards 2022
Open Signal
Open signal 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2021 - Global Leader in the 5G Download Speed and Global Leader in the 5G Upload Speed
Umlaut
Umlaut (an Accenture company) 2022/04 Open RAN Audit Report - Rakuten Mobile achieved an umlaut Score of 945 dots out of 1000
Global Mobile Awards GLOMO Award
Rakuten Mobile won the GLOMO Award for “Best Network Software Breakthrough” category at MWC22 for 5G Open RAN
Futurenet world
Rakuten Mobile & Rakuten Symphony named ‘Operator of the Year’ by FutureNet World Awards 2022
SCF
Rakuten Mobile wins at Small Cell Forum Awards 2022 for ‘Excellence in commercial deployment by an MNO’.
Layer123
Rakuten Symphony awarded for ‘Best Open RAN solution’ at Network Automation Recognition Awards 2021
World Communication Awards
Rakuten Symphony wins ‘The Platform Award’ at World Communication Awards 2022
Leading Lights
Rakuten Symphony company awarded ‘Company of the Year’ at Light Reading’s Leading Lights Awards 2021
ACA Awards
Rakuten Symphony recognized in ‘Cloud native initiative’ and ‘Network transformation initiative’ category at ACA awards 2022
Open Signal
Open signal 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2021 - Global Leader in the 5G Download Speed and Global Leader in the 5G Upload Speed
Umlaut
Umlaut (an Accenture company) 2022/04 Open RAN Audit Report - Rakuten Mobile achieved an umlaut Score of 945 dots out of 1000
Global Mobile Awards GLOMO Award
Rakuten Mobile won the GLOMO Award for “Best Network Software Breakthrough” category at MWC22 for 5G Open RAN

Relentless Automation

Open signal 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2021 - Global Leader in the 5G Download Speed and Global Leader in the 5G Upload Speed
Umlaut (an Accenture company) 2022/04 Open RAN Audit Report - Rakuten Mobile achieved an umlaut Score of 945 dots out of 1000
Rakuten Mobile won the GLOMO Award for “Best Network Software Breakthrough” category at MWC22 for 5G Open RAN
Rakuten Mobile & Rakuten Symphony named ‘Operator of the Year’ by FutureNet World Awards 2022
Rakuten Mobile wins at Small Cell Forum Awards 2022 for ‘Excellence in commercial deployment by an MNO’.
Rakuten Symphony awarded for ‘Best Open RAN solution’ at Network Automation Recognition Awards 2021
Rakuten Symphony wins ‘The Platform Award’ at World Communication Awards 2022
Rakuten Symphony company awarded ‘Company of the Year’ at Light Reading’s Leading Lights Awards 2021
Rakuten Symphony recognized in ‘Cloud native initiative’ and ‘Network transformation initiative’ category at ACA awards 2022
Open signal 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2021 - Global Leader in the 5G Download Speed and Global Leader in the 5G Upload Speed
Umlaut (an Accenture company) 2022/04 Open RAN Audit Report - Rakuten Mobile achieved an umlaut Score of 945 dots out of 1000
Rakuten Mobile won the GLOMO Award for “Best Network Software Breakthrough” category at MWC22 for 5G Open RAN

All-field ready
Open RAN solutions

Symworld™ 4G Open RAN 
OPEN & CONTAINERIZED 4G RAN
Carrier-grade, field proven, fully containerized, disaggregated, feature rich Open 4G RAN for green field & brown field next generation mobile operator networks for macro, indoor/ outdoor small cell & femto cell deployments. 
Symworld™ 5G Open RAN 
OPEN & CONTAINERIZED 5G RAN
Carrier-grade, field proven, microservices architecture based, feature rich Open 5G RAN for next generation mobile operator networks supporting FR1 and FR2, 4T4R and massive MIMO RU, macro and indoor/ outdoor small cell deployments. 
Symworld™ Symware™ 
CELL-SITE NEXTGEN DU SERVER
Carrier-grade, field proven, fully containerized, disaggregated, feature rich Open 4G RAN for green field & brown field next generation mobile operator networks for macro, indoor/ outdoor small cell & femto cell deployments. 

All-field ready Open RAN solutions

Symworld™ 4G Open RAN 
OPEN & CONTAINERIZED 4G RAN

Carrier-grade, field proven, fully containerized, disaggregated, feature rich Open 4G RAN for green field & brown field next generation mobile operator networks for macro, indoor/ outdoor small cell & femto cell deployments. 

Rich set of features, matching traditional RAN vendor’s capabilities, performance and capacity 
Traditional RAN
feature parity
Containerized
solution
Containerized Centralized unit (CU) as well as Distributed unit (DU), unlocking the benefits of automation and operational efficiency for RAN 
Commercial 
deployment
Commercially deployed across 200k+ macro, small cell, femto cell sites while matching world’s best operators KPIs 
3rd Party 
ORAN RU 
ORAN WG4 spec-based integration with the majority of ORAN vendors providing 7-2x split-based Radio unit (RU) 
Disaggregated 
architecture 
Disaggregated eNB architecture, flexible for edge data centre as well as cell site-based deployment
Symworld™ 5G Open RAN 
OPEN & CONTAINERIZED 5G RAN

Carrier-grade, field proven, microservices architecture based, feature rich Open 5G RAN for next generation mobile operator networks supporting FR1 and FR2, 4T4R and massive MIMO RU, macro and indoor/ outdoor small cell deployments. 

Beamforming, 
MU-MIMO 
Basic and advance NR features, including beamforming, MU-MIMO, NSA+SA in the same SW
Micro-service
architecture
Microservice-based horizontally scalable centralized units (CU) as well as distributed units (DU), unlocking benefits of cloud-native architecture 
Commercial 
deployment
Large scale commercial deployment in FR1 & FR2, macro & indoor/ outdoor small cell 
3rd Party 
ORAN RU 
ORAN WG4  spec-based integration with the majority of ORAN vendors providing radio unit (RU), including massive MIMO panels 
Disaggregated 
architecture 
3GPP compliant, fully disaggregated gNB architecture, flexible for edge data centre as well as cell site-based deployment 
Symworld™ Symware™ 
CELL-SITE NEXTGEN DU SERVER

Intel processor based, IP65 rated cell site server specifically designed for running 4G and 5G DU workload, supporting ORAN LLS-C1 timing & synchronization architecture, eASIC based hardware accelerator & cell site router functionality. ​

Daisy chaining
of site DUs 
Supports daisy-chaining of up to 4 servers, providing huge capacity for massive MIMO deployment & redundancy 
Integrated
solution for
site DU 
Turn-key, single stop solution for running distributed unit (DU) workloads at cell-site, integrating platform, HW accelerator, T-GM, CSR 
Automated
LCM and ZTP 
O-RAN aligned integration with northbound management platforms for automation of the provisioning, life-cycle mgmt. & monitoring of SW components and the HW platform. 
Integrated
cell-site router 
In-built SW-based cell-site router/switch, eliminating the need for separate CSR at the site 
IP65-rated 
cell-site DU 
IP65-rated cell-site distributed unit (DU) server, for 4G & 5G distributed unit (DU) workload, eliminating the need for temp control infrastructure at the site 

Diversity in Radio Supply Chain

Urban
URBAN
Sub Urban
SUBURBAN
Rural
RURAL

We enable true Open RAN ecosystem diversity with specialization across the entire radio spectrum from indoor to outdoor cells.
Built on the premise of choice, speed and efficiency we are one common platform to deliver all your network needs.

Open RAN product portfolio spanning to address diverse deployment use-cases

Macro Cell
Nokia
Finland
Macro
Cell
102,563
Macro Cell
KMW
United States
Macro
Cell
33,205
Mini Macro
Airspan
United States
Mini
Macro
1,890
Small Cell
Airspan
United States
Small
Cell
3,510
vRAN SW
SymRAN
United States
Open RAN
SW
Enterprise Small cell
Sercomm
Taiwan
Enterprise
Small cell
62,957
Femto Cell
Sercomm
Taiwan
Femto
Cell
69,944
5G mmW Macro+Indoor
Airspan
United States
5G mmW
Macro+Indoor
16,083
5G mmW Small cell
Airspan
United States
5G mmW
Small cell
7
5G Sub6 Macro+Indoor
NEC
Japan
5G Sub6
Macro+Indoor
9,845
5G Sub6 Small Cell
Qucell
South Korea
5G Sub6
Small Cell
7
Macro Cell
Nokia
Finland
Macro
Cell
102,563
Macro Cell
KMW
United States
Macro
Cell
33,205
Mini Macro
Airspan
United States
Mini
Macro
1,890
Small Cell
Airspan
United States
Small
Cell
3,510
vRAN SW
Altiostar
United States
vRAN
SW
Enterprise Small cell
Sercomm
Taiwan
Enterprise
Small cell
62,957
Femto Cell
Sercomm
Taiwan
Femto
Cell
69,944
5G mmW Macro+Indoor
Airspan
United States
5G mmW
Macro+Indoor
16,083
5G mmW Small cell
Airspan
United States
5G mmW
Small cell
7
5G Sub6 Macro+Indoor
NEC
Japan
5G Sub6
Macro+Indoor
9,845
5G Sub6 Small Cell
Qucell
South Korea
5G Sub6
Small Cell
7
Largest Open RAN network with over 300,000 products deployed supporting global spectrum
Industry-leader in RU Interoperability 
  • In-depth interoperability testing with industry leading O-RAN radio partners covering massive MIMO, mmWave; 2T2R, 4T4R, 8T8R, 32T32R, 64T64R; single band, dual band, tri-band radios 
  • ORAN 7-2x fronthaul and higher layer split option 2 and CPRI split option 8 radio integrations
  • FAPI integration for mmWave RDU
  • Demonstrated maturity of ORAN interoperability testing to the industry by participating in O-RAN plugfests with Airtel India in 2019, with LGU+ in 2021 
Diverse CU/DU Ecosystem
  • Onboarded CU and DU on industry leading COTS server suppliers
  • Private & public cloud support
  • Intel-based servers, NICs and ACC100 PCIe FEC accelerators
  • IEEE 1588 and SyncE timing solution

Our latest thinking on Open RAN