On Monday, the Japanese operator Rakuten Cellular introduced that the variety of subscribers for its cell provider service, together with each Rakuten SAIKYO Plan and Rakuten Cellular Enterprise Plan subscribers, has surpassed 5 million as of August 28, 2023. The telco launched its cell provider service on a full scale in April 2020.
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Community Growth and Accessibility
Rakuten Cellular mentioned it has been increasing its community protection via the deployment of base stations and roaming agreements whereas providing reasonably priced and easy service plans to democratize the cell business.
To offer simplicity to the company cell business, Rakuten Cellular mentioned it has been providing user-friendly service plans for enterprise clients via the Rakuten Cellular Enterprise Plan since January 2023.
Rakuten Cellular Knowledge Solely Plan
Rakuten Cellular has additionally highlighted a number of of the providers it presents to reinforce the shopper expertise. These embrace the Rakuten SAIKYO Plan (Knowledge Sort), out there since June 2023, which allows clients to start utilizing the service in as little as three minutes. Notably, the Rakuten SAIKYO Plan (Knowledge Sort) is solely for information utilization and doesn’t embrace calls.
MNP Service
Moreover, the corporate launched the Cellular Quantity Portability (MNP) One-Cease system, eliminating the requirement for patrons to generate their very own MNP reservation quantity when transitioning between cell phone carriers.
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Rakuten SAIKYO Plan
Rakuten Cellular has said that the Rakuten SAIKYO Plan eliminates the earlier limitations on high-speed information capability within the home roaming associate community space, providing limitless high-speed information utilization throughout community areas nationwide, with a 99.9 % 4G inhabitants protection ratio. This protection consists of each the Rakuten community space and the home roaming associate community space.
Pricing as per Knowledge Utilization
Rakuten additionally highlighted that much like the earlier Rakuten UN-LIMIT VII plan, it contains a simple price construction that adjusts to information utilization. The month-to-month plan prices vary from 980 yen (1,078 yen together with tax) for month-to-month information utilization of as much as 3GB, 1,980 yen (2,178 yen together with tax) for utilization exceeding 3GB and as much as 20GB, to 2,980 yen (3,278 yen together with tax) for limitless utilization past 20GB.
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Rakuten Hyperlink app
Plan subscribers could have unique entry to the Rakuten Hyperlink app which permits customers to make home calls and ship and obtain SMS messages with none extra prices. Furthermore, from August 2023, Rakuten customers can take pleasure in choose Rakuten Hyperlink options on their private laptop with the beta model of Rakuten Hyperlink Desktop.
Rakuten Cellular has said its dedication to additional enhancing the standard of communication and increasing its vary of providers for its valued clients.