News & Events

Rakuten Symphony and Zain Kuwait have announced the signing of a MOU TO collaborate on a pilot project to establish functional cloud-native Open RAN in Kuwait.

Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage Platform, now with object storage, is Kubernetes-ready, highly scalable and cost effective for any cloud environment..

Rakuten Symphony and Nirmata announce successful testing and certification for Kyverno on Rakuten Cloud-Native Platform and Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage.

Odine signed a strategic partnership with Rakuten Symphony to accelerate the adoption of cutting-edge solutions in Turkey, Middle East and Africa.

Rakuten Symphony announces global expansion of software-defined storage solution through availability on Google Cloud Marketplace

Rakuten Symphony announces Isbel as its value-added reseller in Latin America, delivering our Open RAN, Cloud and OSS solutions to operators.

Rakuten Symphony announces signing of three MOUs with Cisco, Airspan Networks and Tech Mahindra as part of the revolutionary Real Open RAN Licensing Program.

Rakuten Symphony and Kyivstar today announced that the two companies are set to start the in-country laboratory testing phase of their Open RAN collaboration.

Telkom Kenya, Rakuten Symphony and Airspan sign MoU to undertake knowledge transfer and testing on Open RAN technology in Africa.

Rakuten Symphony has officially announced its entry into the maritime cybersecurity industry with the launch of Rakuten Maritime.

Rakuten Symphony launches “Rakuten NEO,” an advanced AI-based IoT solution automating space management, for customers in Japan

Rakuten Mobile, Rakuten Symphony, and South Korean mobile network operator STAGE X Co., Ltd. have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.

Asia Open RAN Academy Delivers Curriculum to Philippines and Indo-Pacific region with university-level courses available through Rakuten Symphony Learning Hub.

zTouch will launch its AI-powered rApps and xApps portfolio integrated with Rakuten Symphony’s Service Management and Orchestration and RIC platforms

Telecom Egypt completes North Africa’s First Successful Open RAN-based 4G Call in collaboration with Rakuten Symphony, Cisco, and the Telecom Infra Project.

The United Kingdom’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has procured Rakuten Symphony's Open RAN Solutions for UK Telecoms Lab Deployment.

Rakuten Mobile and Rakuten Symphony announce successful demonstration of AI and ML model enabling up to 25% energy savings on RAN Intelligence Controller (RIC).

Rakuten Symphony announces the successful implementation and testing of its innovative eBPF technology within the fully virtualized RAN of Rakuten Mobile.

Rakuten Symphony and Kyivstar announce signing of Letter of Intent that confirms Kyivstar's interest in procuring and deploying Rakuten Symphony's Open RAN tech

Rakuten Symphony announces the launch of its "Real Open RAN Licensing Program," a ground-breaking initiative designed to democratize RAN technology worldwide.

NOW Telecom and Rakuten Symphony today signed a MOU to establish collaborative framework for the deployment of a 5G Open RAN Pilot Deployment in the Philippines

Rakuten Symphony awarded world first O-RAN compliant certification badge for 4G/5G NSA by Japan OTIC, an O-RAN ALLIANCE testing and certification partner.

Tokyo, February 6, 2024 – Rakuten Symphony, Inc. today announced the full-scale commercial launch of Rakuten Drive, a file storage cloud service, in Japan.

Rakuten Symphony announced successful demonstration of RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) multi-vendor connectivity in Rakuten Mobile's testing environment.

Rakuten Symphony and 1&1 launches first Open RAN in Europe, providing customers in Germany with secure, reliable and low-cost mobile services

Rakuten Symphony announced the integration of Rakuten Symphony Symcloud™ Storage as a foundational software-defined storage in Google’s Distributed Cloud Edge.

Druid Private 5G Core platform, Raemis, successfully tested and validated Rakuten Symphony Symcloud Platform, containerized deployment

Rakuten Symphony Announces Leadership Transition, Appoints Mickey Mikitani as CEO and Sharad Sriwastawa as Acting President

Rakuten Symphony, today announced that it has signed a MoU with VEON Ltd. a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services.

Rakuten Mobile Selects Oracle Policy and Charging on Rakuten Symphony Symcloud to support its fast-growing 4G and 5G services.

Rakuten Symphony, Inc., today announced it has partnered with Google Cloud to provide a persistent storage solution for Google Distributed Cloud offerings.

Rakuten launches the Rakuten Open RAN Customer Experience Center in UK, heralding major step forward in Japan-UK tech partnership.

Salam and Rakuten Symphony Announce Strategic Alliance to Deliver Open RAN Services including network planning and implementation in Saudi Arabia and the GCC

Axiata Enterprise Selects Rakuten Symphony to Deliver Enterprise and Private Network Services Across Six (6) Asian Countries

Rakuten Symphony and Zain KSA announced today the signing of an MoU to develop a next-gen telco network based on open standards and network infrastructure.

Symware 2.0 platform is based on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost enabling three times the capacity of Symware 1.0 platform.

Rakuten Symphony Symworld™ Automated Service Desk automatically manages the entire lifecycle of 90% of mobile network incidents.

Announcing the general availability of Symworld™ Site Management for automated mobile network site lifecycle management.

Rakuten Symphony, Inc., today announced general availability of its Symworld™ RAN Commander solution for automated 5G mobile network planning and optimization.

Rakuten plans to build an Open RAN Customer Experience Center at the Rakuten Symphony offices in the United Kingdom by March 2023.

Rakuten Mobile obtained preliminary licenses to conduct mobile communication tests in Japan using AST SpaceMobile’s low earth orbit satellite, BlueWalker 3.

Rakuten Symphony and Juniper Networks are bringing a much-needed change to the current adoption model of the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC).

Rakuten Symphony and CIQ announced the availability and support of the Rocky Linux OS for handling demanding radio signal processing software workloads.

Rakuten Symphony publishes industry-first “A Definitive Guide to Open RAN Security" based on standards development experience and real-world learnings.

Join us at FYUZ2022 (Oct 25-27), where Rakuten Symphony and Rakuten Mobile will share our experience with Open RAN that can serve as an example for the industry

Rakuten Symphony today announced the general availability of Symops Service Assurance suite of products, designed for next generation telco operations

Rakuten Symphony, a Rakuten Group company, announced it will work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to make available on AWS the Rakuten Symphony Symworld platform

Rakuten Mobile will rapidly expand coverage with plans to deploy Symware™ multipurpose edge appliances across 23,000 new sites in just 10 months. 

Join Rakuten Symphony at MWC Las Vegas (Sept 28-30), where demonstrate the powerful business outcomes in modern telecom.

Virgin Media O2, NEC Corporation and Rakuten Symphony have announced their joint multi-vendor Open RAN deployment is entering the field phase.

The CHIPS and Science Act is an important step for realizing a secure and reliable supply chain that supports the future of telecoms, says Rakuten Group CEO.

Rakuten Symphony to expand in India with the establishment of Global Innovation Lab and new engineering development facilities in Bengaluru

Rakuten Symphony today announced the appointment of Zia Syed as President of its Symworld™ Platform Business Group to accelerate telco industry change.

Rakuten Symphony and F5 today to bring F5’s new BIG-IP Next Cloud Native Network Functions (CNFs) to a global customer base through SymworldTM marketplace.

MTN Group and Rakuten Symphony signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct live 4G and 5G OpenRAN trials in South Africa, Nigeria and Liberia

Rakuten Symphony announced the appointment of former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to newly-formed board of directors effective April 1, 2022.

Rakuten Mobile and Rakuten Symphony™ announce Nokia cloud-native Core software on Rakuten Symphony’s Symworld™ marketplace

AT&T and Rakuten Symphony Collaborate to Enhance Network Design and Build Solutions for Mobile Network Operators Globally

Rakuten Symphony agrees to acquire leading US-based cloud technology company Robin.io to deliver highly integrated telco-cloud for mobile

Cisco and Rakuten sign strategic agreement to accelerate Open RAN and Telco Cloud market, combining tech portfolios, expertise, and services.