Ben Gardiner Joins Altiostar to Head up Customer Operations and Network Deployments
New VP of Global Customer Operations brings extensive worldwide telecom experience from Norconsult, Ericsson, Motorola and others
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TEWKSBURY, Mass., May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Altiostar today announced that industry veteran Ben Gardiner has joined the company as its new Vice President of Customer Operations. In the role, Gardiner will build on Altiostar s customer-centric capabilities, collaborating and strategizing with the company s partners and customers on delivering products and services for mobile network deployments. He will expand Altiostar s delivery system for customer service and support to meet the growing demand for its Open virtualized Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) software.
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Rakuten Mobile losses widen in Q1 as revenues grow 39% Thursday 13 May 2021 | 14:01 CET | News Japan s new operator Rakuten Mobile said it reached 4.1 million subscribers for its unlimited plan as of 11 May, up from 3.9 million a month earlier. It also passed its target for 80 percent population coverage for 4G service by the end of March. The mobile business generated JPY 68.6 billion in revenues in the first quarter, up 38.6 percent from a year earlier, while the operating loss more than doubled year-on-year to JPY 97.2 billion, due to increased costs for network expansion and roaming.
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It’s a big numbers day in the telecoms industry, with investments and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic hacking away at operator numbers.
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Rakuten Mobile’s bottom-line was hit by higher network deployment costs and domestic roaming fees during Q1, though subscriber uptake accelerated after it introduced a new data plan.
Chairman and CEO Mickey Mikitani (
pictured) used an earnings call to explain a rise in capex associated with deploying Rakuten Mobile’s cloud-based network would pave the way to future profitability. He reiterated goals to achieve break-even and a customer base of 7 million in 2023.
Rakuten Mobile said a flexible data plan launched in January boosted customer applications, which topped 4 million in early May. During Q1 it stepped-up efforts to expand network coverage and improve quality, with capex and net loss expected to decrease in 2022.