Rakuten Cell surpasses 7 million cell subscribers

Rakuten Cell beforehand highlighted that it plans to proceed to develop 4G and 5G infrastructure throughout Japan

Rakuten Cell introduced that the variety of subscribers for its cell service service has surpassed 7 million as of June 16, 2024.

In a launch, the telco famous {that a} complete of 500,000 subscribers have been added in simply over two months.

“Because the full-scale launch of its cell service service in April 2020, Rakuten Cell has continued on its mission to democratize the cell business, providing an reasonably priced and easy service plan whereas increasing the Rakuten community space by means of the build-out of base stations and roaming agreements,” the telco mentioned.

“Along with service enlargement, Rakuten Cell is working to repeatedly enhance community high quality. In recognition of those efforts, in April 2024, the corporate was named by Opensignal, world supplier of community expertise and market efficiency insights, as Japan’s main cell community service supplier throughout 5 community efficiency areas,” the Asian service added.

Rakuten Cell beforehand highlighted that it plans to proceed to develop 4G and 5G infrastructure, develop densification of its community and enhance connectivity in subways and indoor areas utilizing personal infrastructure.

The telco had mentioned it’s on observe to start out providing industrial companies utilizing spectrum within the 700 MHz band in June. The service additionally mentioned it goals to steadily deploy platinum band companies utilizing its present community of base stations, beginning with city areas with a excessive quantity of customers and site visitors.

In April, Rakuten Cell mentioned it began radio frequency testing for its 700 MHz spectrum, often known as the “platinum band”.

The telco famous that the spectrum within the 700 MHz platinum band provides higher indoor constructing penetration and allows higher connectivity indoors and in underground areas.

The service famous that this spectrum band was allotted by Japan’s Ministry of Inside Affairs and Communications in October 2023.

Through the use of a next-generation Distributed Unit (DU) developed by Rakuten Cell subsidiary Rakuten Symphony, the Japanese telco beforehand mentioned will probably be in a position to simply deploy the radio in its virtualized, Open RAN community. In consequence, the newly deployed antenna suitable with 1.7 GHz band and 700 MHz band can be deployed alongside the prevailing 1.7 GHz radios, permitting the bottom stations to function promptly by way of a software program replace.

Rakuten Cell additionally not too long ago adopted compatriot telecom infrastructure firm JTower’s indoor infrastructure-sharing options for its community in additional than 100 services and buildings throughout Japan.

Rakuten Cell famous that JTower’s infrastructure-sharing options allow cell carriers to construct out their networks in a shorter time frame and with decrease prices than in the event that they have been to arrange their very own services. Rakuten Cell mentioned it’s using these options inside purchasing services, workplace buildings and different indoor areas throughout Japan.