Rakuten: Mobile Pricing Disruptive with a Catch
It was worth the wait. Rakuten Mobile announced new pricing plans that are by far the simplest and cheapest (for data users) in Japan: unlimited...
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Japan Mobile: What We Expect when Rakuten Unveils Pricing Next Week
Rakuten will unveil pricing plans for its facilities-based mobile service on 3 March, with reservations to start on 4 March and the actual service...
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Japan Payment Wars: NTT Docomo and Merpay/Origami to Attempt Catch up with PayPay and Rakuten
When Origami, the only independent mobile payments provider, last month agreed to be bought by Mercari and merge its systems with Mercari’s own...
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Rakuten: Q4 Results Takeaways Include Firming up of Mobile Launch Timeline
Rakuten posted Q4/FY19 results including the first annual net loss since FY08 on the back of accelerated investment in mobile and logistics. That...
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Japan - Shorts Cover Consumer Staples, Increase Positions on Consumer Discretionary
The short notional in the market for the week ending 7 February is US$25.00bn (up by US$100mm) with the largest short positions in Itochu Corp...
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