{"id":77078,"date":"2025-08-19T05:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/77078\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:46:09","slug":"rakuten-amazon-prepare-separate-bids-to-launch-mobile-satellite-internet-services-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/77078\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakuten, Amazon prepare separate bids to launch mobile satellite internet services in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/whatsapp_image_2024-07-25_at_172540.jpg\" alt=\"Nazrin Abdul\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rakuten and Amazon are planning to submit individual proposals<br \/>\nto offer mobile satellite internet services in Japan,<br \/>\nAzernews reports, citing foreign media.<\/p>\n<p>Both companies are aiming to enter the Japanese market as part<br \/>\nof their broader strategies to compete against SpaceX\u2019s dominant<br \/>\nposition in the satellite internet sector.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is set<br \/>\nto open applications for the service next year but has expressed a<br \/>\npreference for domestic providers due to national security<br \/>\nconcerns.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite internet service is expected to enhance<br \/>\nconnectivity in remote regions of Japan and play a vital role in<br \/>\ndisaster response efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon, considered SpaceX\u2019s primary rival in satellite internet<br \/>\ndevelopment, has declined to comment on the report.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AzerNewsAz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #fff;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@AzerNewsAz<\/a> or Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100064196822443\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #fff;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@AzerNewsNewspaper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rakuten and Amazon are planning to submit individual proposals to offer mobile satellite internet services in Japan, Azernews&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[5513,5509,5515,5511,390,273,4232,1294,5514,1638,5512,229,5510,86,1644,56,54,55,231],"class_list":["post-77078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-internet","tag-analytics","tag-azerbaijan","tag-azernews","tag-baku","tag-breaking-news","tag-business-news","tag-company-news","tag-economy","tag-financial-news","tag-internet","tag-oil-and-gas-news","tag-politics","tag-socar","tag-technology","tag-turkey","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}