Rakuten Symphony acquires Robin.io and makes new alliance moves with Qualcomm, AT&T, Cisco, and Nokia to raise its profile at MWC 2022. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores how the moves bolster Rakuten Symphony’s influence across the mobile ecosystem and positions the company to advance the buildout of mobile networks underpinned by the principles of open interfaces, virtualization, and interworking.
Rakuten’s Acquisition of Altiostar is a 5G Game Changer
Rakuten acquires Altiostar for $1 billion in a bid to accelerate global deployment and adoption of cloud native open and interoperable mobile infrastructure, especially open, virtual RAN technology. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the Rakuten’s acquisition of Altiostar provides a massive boost to the Open RAN cause, alters the competitive mix across the entire 5G landscape, and provides a template for CSPs serious about fulfilling their Open 5G mission.
Rakuten, NEC, and Intel Score 5G SA Core Breakthrough
Rakuten Mobile, NEC, and Intel have attained a performance of 640 Gbps per server for the containerized User Plane Function (UPF) on the containerized 5G Standalone core network. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the demo strengthens the open model 5G credentials of the Rakuten, NEC, and Intel and how the 5G power trio can further advance the Open 5G cause.