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Rakuten Group: Partnership
Rakuten Group and AST SpaceMobile formed a 51/49 joint venture (Rakuten AST) to build a direct-to-device LEO satellite network in Japan, backed by JPY148 billion (~$937M) in government funding under a public-tender national project, with domestic service targeted for March 2029.
Source: Mobile World Live
- Who
- Rakuten Group · Japan
- What happened
- Rakuten Group and AST SpaceMobile formed a 51/49 joint venture (Rakuten AST) to build a direct-to-device LEO satellite network in Japan, backed by JPY148 billion (~$937M) in government funding under a public-tender national project, with domestic service targeted for March 2029.
- When
- 2026-11-09
- Source
- Mobile World Live
- So what
- Alliances broaden the commercial surface, and the leadership need follows.
The leadership read
Alliances broaden the commercial surface, and the leadership need follows. Rakuten Group's partnership in the sector widens demand for commercial and alliance leaders who turn an agreement into realised value. Across Asia, watch whether dedicated senior ownership is put on it; unowned alliances quietly lapse.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 97.6 (Neutral) (down 3.4 month-on-month), Asia is at rising (+4.2pts) on signal share.
Rakuten Group: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 2 tracked across 32 days.
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