rakuten Archives - Telecoms Tech News https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/tag/rakuten/ M2M, Small Cells, OTT VoiP, Wimax, 5G, LTE, IPTV Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:30:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.telecomstechnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/telecom-icon-60x60.png rakuten Archives - Telecoms Tech News https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/tag/rakuten/ 32 32 AT&T conducts ‘space-based’ call using a regular smartphone https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/att-conducts-space-based-call-using-a-regular-smartphone/ https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/att-conducts-space-based-call-using-a-regular-smartphone/#respond Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:30:37 +0000 https://www.telecomstechnews.com//?p=98254 AT&T has achieved a significant milestone by successfully conducting the first-ever two-way audio call using satellites with a standard smartphone. The call was made from AT&T in Midland, Texas, to mobile carrier Rakuten in Japan on a Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone using AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 satellite.  Abel Avellan, Chairman and CEO of AST SpaceMobile,... Read more »

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]]> https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/att-conducts-space-based-call-using-a-regular-smartphone/feed/ 0 Virgin Media O2, NEC and Rakuten activate Open RAN sites https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/virgin-media-o2-nec-rakuten-activate-open-ran-sites/ https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/virgin-media-o2-nec-rakuten-activate-open-ran-sites/#respond Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:45:16 +0000 https://www.telecomstechnews.com//?p=97484 Virgin Media O2, NEC, and Rakuten have activated their first commercial sites as part of an Open RAN partnership. Open RAN helps to break up the relative monopoly held by a handful of telecom equipment vendors and provides greater diversity in national infrastructure. “The successful activation of Virgin Media O2’s first UK macro-sites demonstrates the... Read more »

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