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Booth #2C70 | March 2-5, Barcelona
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Improve ARPU while automating your operations

Experience INTELLIGENT GROWTH

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Enter a new era of growth

Telecom’s traditional view of “growth” as incremental market share and “intelligence” as optional tooling no longer matches the scale of transformation the industry requires. Rakuten invites you to explore how we redefine these from first principle using our cloud native platform, automation, AI, RAN and ecosystem capabilities.
Intelligent Redefined

Intelligence Redefined

Turn networks into self-driving systems—zero-touch, resilient, and adaptive.
Growth Redefined

Growth Redefined

Plan, build, assure at massive scale and speed with AI-driven automation.
What makes Rakuten AI different?

Anticipatory intelligence for your needs

Rooted in Omotenashi (Japanese hospitality), it delivers proactive, personalized experiences.

Data-driven outcomes at scale

Powered by trillions of data points across 70+ businesses, it builds faster, smarter models that drive real customer outcomes.

Design that you can trust

Built on the Rakuten AI Code of Ethics, we ensure security and privacy—so you can adopt AI with confidence.

Watch highlights from MWC’25

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Watch highlights from MWC’25

At MWC 2025, we launched the Real Open RAN Licensing Program, expanded global partnerships, and celebrated a GLOMO Award win for our AI-powered IoT platform, Rakuten NEO.
This year, we’re excited to take this to the next level—stay tuned for what we have in store!

Catch us on the Keynote stage at MWC 2026!

Ecosystem Architects

Forging the Future of Connectivity & Commerce

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Monday, 2 March 2026

Two different perspectives, infinite opportunity. Rakuten and VEON join to share how telecom operators and their partners can create new digital ecosystems using existing strengths and assets. Mickey and Kaan will present replicable blueprints for unlocking new revenue growth and customer value in mature and emerging markets alike. As telecom grapples with stagnant ARPU, massive infrastructure investments and the emergence of digital-native competitors, this session reveals actionable insights for operators and industry stakeholders seeking value creation strategies beyond connectivity.

Mickey Mikitani
Mickey Mikitani
Group CEO,
Rakuten Group
Kaan Terzioğlu
Kaan Terzioğlu
Group CEO, 

VEON

What we have in store for you

Visit and see how capabilities from Cloud, RAN, OSS, and Rakuten Ecosystem, create a new business reality - for both top line and bottom line

Cloud

Cloud

Scale without limits. With Rakuten Cloud, you gain real-time access and control of edge-level data across thousands of sites—giving your business the agility to grow faster and smarter.

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Open RAN

Open RAN

Deliver exceptional experiences. Our Open RAN solutions help you build flexible, future-ready networks with proven performance—so you can serve customers better, everywhere.

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OSS

OSS

Prevent problems before they happen. Rakuten Symphony OSS gives you predictive, autonomous intelligence—unifying data for instant clarity and proactive action.

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Ecosystem

Ecosystem

With a diverse ecosystem of 70+ services we empower you to go fully digital—cutting costs, speeding operations, and accelerating transformation.

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