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Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, speaks to reporters after meeting with Japan's new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2025.

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Japan's new farm minister Koizumi and Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Japan's new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, at the farm ministry in Tokyo ahead of their talks on May 23, 2025.

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Japan's new farm minister Koizumi and Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Japan's new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) meets with Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2025.

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Japan's new farm minister Koizumi and Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Japan's new Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) meets with Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 23, 2025.

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Digital Products Subsidies

A staff member (2nd R) introduces the functions of a new mobile phone to customers at a communications mall in Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong province, Jan 20, 2025.

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Digital Products Subsidies

Customers shop for mobile phones at a communications mall in Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong province, Jan 20, 2025.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Consumers shop for a Huawei mobile phone at Hongri Communications Gate in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Jan 3, 2025.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2025 shows trade-in digital mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2025 shows an advertisement for an Apple mobile phone at a communications store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Consumers shop for a Huawei mobile phone at Hongri Communications Gate in Handan, North China's Hebei province, Jan 3, 2025.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2025 shows an advertisement for an Apple mobile phone at a communications store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Digital Product Subsidy in China

Photo taken on Jan 3, 2025 shows Huawei mobile phones at the Hongri Communications Store in Handan, North China's Hebei province.

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Exclu - Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Mayotte

Exclusive - Mobile control tower installed by the army. Food, water and donations arrive by French Air Force Airbus plane, in Mayotte, on December 14, 2024. The most devastating cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years caused colossal damage on December 14 in France's poorest department, where relief workers have struggled since then to restore essential services such as water, electricity and communications network. Photo by David Lemor/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2024 China International Information and Communication Exhibition in Beijing

BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 - Visitors visit the "5G+ Connected drone" at the booth of China Mobile at the 2024 China International Information and Communications Exhibition in Beijing, China, September 25, 2024.

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Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, delivers a speech in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2024.

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Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, delivers a speech in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2024.

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Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, delivers a speech in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2024.

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Huawei supports Indonesia's telecom company in expanding big data services

STORY: Huawei supports Indonesia's telecom company in expanding big data services SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signing of an agreement and speeches 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BHARAT ALVA, Director of Information Technology, Telkomsel 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GUO HAILONG, Huawei Indonesia CEO STORYLINE: China's information and communications technology infrastructure provider Huawei supports Indonesia's telecommunications company Telkomsel in expanding its big data and fixed-mobile convergence services. At the signing ceremony of an agreement on Wednesday in Jakarta, Telkomsel's Director of Information Technology Bharat Alva said the support is in a multi-cloud strategy, as well as lakehouse technology and "storage and compute decoupling" architecture which allows it to cut operating costs. "We were impressed to see the solutions that Huawei Cloud brought to us and are very excited to see what can b

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Chinese tech company ZTE commits to accelerating digitization of Africa

STORY: Chinese tech company ZTE commits to accelerating digitization of Africa DATELINE: Oct. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:54 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of technology industries in Rwanda 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FANG MIN, Managing director of ZTE Southeast Africa Office 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAX CUVELLIER GIACOMELLI, Head of mobile for development at Global System for Mobile Communications STORYLINE: The Chinese technology company ZTE Corporation has expressed its commitment to spearheading the digitalization of Africa, aiming to accelerate the continent's transformation in the digital economic landscape. Fang Min, the managing director of ZTE Southeast Africa Office, said the company would support the digitalization of Africa by building digital infrastructure and collaborating with local operators, companies, and industries to offer various 5G applications that promote economic digital transformation on the continent. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FANG MIN, Managing director of

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China Mobile holds conference on digital economy in Indonesia

STORY: China Mobile holds conference on digital economy in Indonesia DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:55 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference STORYLINE: China Mobile, China's leading telecommunications company, held a conference in Jakarta on Friday to explore development trends for the digital economy in Southeast Asia. The 2023 Southeast Asia Regional Cooperation Conference brought together government officials and businesses from China and Southeast Asian countries to foster collaboration to accelerate digital transformation, and promote sustainable and inclusive development in the region. Gao Tongqing, executive vice president of China Mobile Communications Group, told the conference that his company saw the event as an opportune time to move forward with its partners to accelerate collaboration between the digital economies of China and Southeast Asia. Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Kao Kim Hourn, who delive

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Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, delivers a speech in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 2, 2023.

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Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, delivers a speech in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 2, 2023.

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Rakuten CEO Mikitani

Hiroshi Mikitani, chairman and CEO of Rakuten Group Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and mobile communications company, delivers a speech in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Aug. 2, 2023.

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Entrepreneurs praise China's AI development at WIC Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization

STORY: Entrepreneurs praise China's AI development at WIC Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: JINAN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN HOFFMAN, CEO of Global System for Mobile Communications Alliance (GSMA) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG YONG, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group STORYLINE: Entrepreneurs attending a dialogue event held by the World Internet Conference (WIC) have spoken highly of China's development in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Concluded on Tuesday in eastern Chinese city of Qufu, the three-day World Internet Conference (WIC) Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization aimed at pooling wisdom for building a digital civilization in the age of AI. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOHN HOFFMAN, CEO of Global System for Mobile Communications Alliance (GSMA) "In this new era of digital transformation, connectivity is key, and 5G is the greatest enabler across our econom

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Brunei launches nationwide 5G mobile services

STORY: Brunei launches nationwide 5G mobile services DATELINE: June 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Bandar Seri Begawan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch ceremony STORYLINE: The Brunei government announced on Thursday at the Digital Future Conference and Exhibition that 5th Generation (5G) mobile services are officially activated and available nationwide. The Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI), the country's telecommunication regulator, said in a press release that together with Unified National Networks Sdn Bhd, the Sultanate's wholesale telecommunication service provider to both national and international clients, the three retail telecommunication providers, namely DST, Imagine and Progresif, are providing 5G services starting from Thursday. The Chinese Embassy in Brunei told Xinhua that Chinese companies, including Huawei Brunei and China Communication Services Brunei, have been actively involved in the construction and servi

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Japan, China agree to strengthen tie-up in telecom sector

BEIJING, China - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Taro Aso (L) and Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan are in talks in Beijing on Jan. 5. Japan and China agreed to reinforce their cooperation in the field of telecommunications including third-generation mobile phone services, Japanese officials said.

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Vodafone to promote shift to 3G mobile phone handsets

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. President Shiro Tsuda speaks at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 22. Tsuda said that the Japanese unit of British mobile phone service company Vodafone Group PLC will encourage its customers to shift to third-generation handsets for faster data communications. ''Vodafone will offer its last 2G handset next year and no more 2G later,'' Tsuda said in an interview with Kyodo News.

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Sony's mobile business to reduce costs by 30% by March 2017

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroki Totoki, president of Sony Mobile Communications Inc., speaks at a meeting with investors and analysts in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 25, 2014. Totoki, who assumed the post on Nov. 16, said Sony Corp.'s mobile communication business aims to cut costs by 30 percent by March 2017 to meet its goal of turning the money-losing segment to profitability.

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Sprint needs to improve business on its own: Son

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. CEO and Sprint Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 8, 2014. Son said the U.S. company needs to improve its business on its own following news reports that the Japanese communications giant is suspending negotiations to acquire No. 4 U.S. mobile carrier T-Mobile US Inc.

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Sprint needs to improve business on its own: Son

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. CEO and Sprint Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 8, 2014. Son said the U.S. company needs to improve its business on its own following news reports that the Japanese communications giant is suspending negotiations to acquire No. 4 U.S. mobile carrier T-Mobile US Inc.

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Softbank CEO

WASHINGTON, United States - Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of major Japanese telecom firm Softbank Corp., delivers a lecture on the U.S. mobile communications market, in Washington on March 11, 2014. While speaking with reporters after the lecture, Son expressed his eagerness to buy out T-Mobile US Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. telecom firm.

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Sony Mobile executive discusses smartphone strategy

BARCELONA, Spain - Dennis van Schie, senior vice president of Sony Mobile Communications AB, discusses the company's smartphone business strategy in an interview with Kyodo News on Feb. 25, 2014, in Barcelona, Spain, where the Mobile World Congress is under way.

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Sony's SmartBand

BARCELONA, Spain - Photo shows Sony Corp.'s SmartBand SWR10 (bottom) and the display of a special application on a smartphone to be used in conjunction with the wearable device at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 25, 2014. The wristband-type device logs data such as a user's movements and communications, which can be viewed on a smartphone via the special app.

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Wearable terminal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Intelligent Glasses, a wearable terminal developed by NTT Docomo Inc. The mobile communications service provider said on Sept. 17, 2013, it will unveil the device at the CEATEC Japan high technology exhibition starting on Oct. 1, 2013, in Chiba east of Tokyo.

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Docomo execs to face pay cuts

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada heads to a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. He and five other executives at Japan's largest mobile phone carrier will face pay cuts over a series of communications service disruptions since 2011.

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Docomo execs to face pay cuts

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada stands up after a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. Yamada and five other executives at Japan's largest mobile phone carrier face pay cuts over a series of communications service disruptions since 2011.

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Docomo execs to face pay cuts

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. President Ryuji Yamada speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. Yamada and five other executives at Japan's largest mobile phone carrier face pay cuts over a series of communications service disruptions since 2011.

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Cellphone carrier practices setting up onboard base station

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Corp. employees practice setting up an onboard mobile communications base station on a riverbank in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2011. The cellphone carrier showed to reporters the drill to enhance preparedness for a disaster. The onboard mobile communications base station comprises a generator, wireless equipment and satellite communications apparatus on a truck that can emit radio waves as far as 2 kilometers via satellite in times of disaster.

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KDDI to expand WiMAX-equipped smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold KDDI Corp.'s new models of smartphones during a press event in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2011. The operator of the ''au'' mobile phone service said it will increase the number of smartphones featuring WiMAX high-speed wireless communications when it releases six new models from early October.

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KDDI to expand WiMAX-equipped smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tanaka, president of KDDI Corp., holds one of the company's new models of smartphones during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2011. The operator of the ''au'' mobile phone service will increase the number of smartphones featuring WiMAX high-speed wireless communications when it releases six new models from early October.

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Emobile, Softbank Mobile to set up joint firm

TOKYO, Japan - Emobile Ltd. Chairman Sachio Senmoto (L), President Eric Gan (C) and Softbank Mobile Corp. Director Junichi Miyakawa (R) speak at a press conference on June 21 on their agreement to set up a joint company to obtain a license to use the 2.5-gigahert bandwidth for next-generation, high-speed data communications services.