REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital
infrastructure company, today announced that Rakuten Mobile
Singapore Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Rakuten Mobile, Inc., has
selected Platform Equinix® as a foundation to deliver
its Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) to global operators and
enterprise customers. The deployment will be completed in phases,
with initial deployment in Singapore, the location of Rakuten Mobile's
international headquarters, and Los
Angeles with future expansions planned across the U.S., EMEA
and Asia-Pacific.
Demand for network services is predicted to grow globally.
According to the Global Interconnection Index (GXI) Volume 3, a
market study published by Equinix, interconnecting to multiple
network providers across multiple edge locations is the most
prominent use case for interconnection bandwidth and is expected to
grow 4x by 2022. Governments and enterprises are seeking
secure, affordable and scalable ways to meet this growing demand,
which Rakuten envisions to be achieved via RCP.
Rakuten Mobile intends to offer RCP as a set of key technologies
and services that allows governments, telecom companies and
enterprises a way to easily build and deploy fully cloud-native
network services at speed and low cost. With plans underway to roll
out RCP on a global scale, Rakuten Mobile selected Platform Equinix
after a thorough evaluation process to address its dynamic
needs.
In order to enable customers around the world to deploy
RCP in an open, scalable and highly secure manner, Equinix's
global footprint and reliable infrastructure is expected to be
integral to the global growth of RCP.
Highlights / Key Facts:
- Rakuten Mobile, the world's first end-to-end cloud-native
network operator, launched full 4G service deployment in
Japan earlier this year and is
scheduled to launch commercial 5G services later this year.
- The deployment with Equinix enables Rakuten Mobile to amplify
and accelerate the global expansion of RCP through Equinix's global
footprint and diverse ecosystems. Leveraging Platform Equinix's
globally distributed and reliable network infrastructure, Rakuten
Mobile will be able to deliver secure, high-speed and low-latency
network services to its customers outside of Japan.
- Rakuten Mobile will join Platform Equinix's interconnected
global ecosystem, with over 2,900 cloud service providers (CSPs)
and 1,800 network service providers (NSPs). In addition, Rakuten
Mobile will also be able to deploy and connect virtual network
services at the edge in minutes, on demand, addressing the dynamic
interconnection bandwidth requirements and network spikes.
Quotes:
- Tareq Amin, Chief Technology
Officer, Rakuten Mobile
"We are thrilled to collaborate
with Equinix to support the global expansion of our
telecommunications business through Rakuten Communications
Platform. Equinix's global footprint, enterprise-grade facilities
and strong network capabilities make it the ideal partner for us to
bring the deployment of cloud-native mobile networks to telecom and
enterprise companies around the world."
- Justin Dustzadeh, Chief Technology Officer,
Equinix
"Today marks the beginning of a strong and solid
collaboration with Rakuten Mobile. The first phase of deployment in
Singapore and Los Angeles lays ground for future
international expansion of its mobile business. With Platform
Equinix, Rakuten Mobile can take advantage of our global footprint
and solid network ecosystems to deliver high-speed, low-latency and
secure services to its customers around the globe. We look forward
to furthering this collaboration and are excited to see what the
future holds."
Additional Resources
- Platform Equinix [website]
- Global Interconnection Index Volume 3 [website]
About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the
world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to
harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the
foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix
enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners
and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix,
they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services,
deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.
Forward-Looking Statements
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contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors
that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to,
the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX data
centres and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix and
Rakuten products and solutions; unanticipated costs or difficulties
relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will
acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues
from customers in recently built out or acquired data centres; a
failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from
time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the
ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds
to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in
business from our key customers; risks related to our taxation as a
REIT; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular,
see recent Equinix quarterly and annual reports filed with the
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upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any
obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in
this press release.
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