Rakuten Group President Hiroshi Mikitani has revealed that he’ll postpone his personal development plan for the event of base stations promoted by cell phone firms underneath its umbrella.
Under these circumstances, the corporate introduced on the eleventh that it had signed a brand new roaming contract with KDDI to lease traces in main cities in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya.
President Mikitani held a press convention on the twelfth and commented on the event of base stations being promoted by the cell phone firm underneath its umbrella, saying, “We no longer need to build our own network as soon as possible. It doesn’t have to be so urgent.” He revealed his intention to postpone the development plan on his personal.
With this contract with KDDI, the corporate goals to scale back the burden of capital funding in base stations and enhance its monetary base.
Meanwhile, the corporate has introduced a brand new price plan beginning subsequent month that can take away the 5 gigabyte month-to-month restrict on roaming knowledge visitors on KDDI traces.
Regarding competitors with main firms, President Mikitani mentioned, “In addition to competition, cooperation will become more important. The way of thinking of the industry as a whole and the government is shifting.”
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