Driving Intelligent Growth: Rakuten Symphony at FutureNet Asia 2025

Mobile networks across Asia are at an inflection point. Artificial intelligence, network automation, and 5G are reshaping the industry, yet technology by itself is not enough to deliver sustainable growth. To thrive, operators must align technological innovation with business fundamentals and customer value.

At FutureNet Asia 2025, Rakuten Symphony will present its vision of Intelligent Growth—a strategy that unites telecom expertise with digital business fundamentals to help operators unlock profitability, efficiency, and long-term competitiveness.

On September 16–17 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Rakuten Symphony experts will engage industry leaders through keynotes, panels, fireside chats, and live demonstrations at booth #11, showcasing how operators can operationalize intelligent growth in today’s fast-evolving market.

Key Highlights

September 16-17 – Expert Panels at Rakuten Booth

As part of the Intelligent Growth series, Rakuten Symphony executives and key industry operators and vendors will participate in discussions focused on AI, Open RAN, and automation hosted by Network Media Group (NMG) publisher Abe Nejad.

September 16 – Panel Discussions

• Panel Discussion: The next decade of data driven AI: What must Telcos do today to win tomorrow? (11:10 a.m.)

Sachin Verma, Chief Data & AI Officer, Rakuten Mobile will join Jake Saunders (ABI Research), Romesh Ranawana (Dialog Axiata), Andrew Bennett (BT) and Paweł Łopata (ComArch) to discuss leveraging data at scale to build intelligent skill-specific agents and explore how new operations teams look like with agentic AI in place.

September 17 – Fireside Chats & Panel Discussions

• Fireside Chat: Monetizing Data in the Era of Cloud-Native AI & Intelligent 5G Networks (9:00 a.m.)

Sharad Sriwastawa, co-CEO & CTO of Rakuten Mobile will share insights on unlocking new revenue streams through intelligent data use with Roy Chua from AvidThinkshara

• Keynote Panel: The Future Telco in the AI Era (9:15 a.m.)

Vivek Murthy, President OSS Business Unit, Rakuten Symphony, will join Jorge Fernandes (Singtel), Romesh Ranawana (Dialog Axiata), Tony Kalcina (TM Forum), and Prathet Tankuranun (True Corp) to explore how operators can evolve their networks to capture the AI opportunity.

Get a sneak peek at Murthy’s point of view here on this topic.  

Why Visit Rakuten Symphony at FutureNet Asia?

At Rakuten Symphony stand #11, attendees can:

• Explore live demonstrations of cutting-edge AI, automation, and network solutions.

• Gain actionable insights from industry-leading discussions.

• Learn how Intelligent Growth can transform business performance and customer value.

Join us at FutureNet Asia 2025 to discover how Rakuten Symphony is helping mobile operators across Asia transform vision into measurable business outcomes.