Rakuten Symphony • 8th April 2025

How Google and Rakuten are Transforming Operations at the Edge | MWC 2025

In this session at MWC Barcelona 2025, we learn about one of Rakuten’s most important global partnerships. For the past few years, Rakuten Cloud has been working in partnership with Google Distributed Cloud to deliver better operations and outcomes that go beyond telecom. James Dartnell sat down with Anirban Chakravartti, SVP Sales, Rakuten Cloud and Eli Tabchouri, Director, Google Distributed Cloud, EMEA, Google.

LinkedIn • 11th June 2025

Appledore OSS Research Discussion @ MWC Barcelona 2025

Joined by Appledore Research analyst Francis Haysom and Rakuten Symphony OSS President Vivek Murthy at MWC Barcelona 2025 for a deep dive into Appledore's 'Reducing Complexity' report and a look into the strategies shaping a new era of telco simplicity.

Rakuten Symphony • 1st April 2025

Japan MIC-UK DSIT discussion @ MWC Barcelona 2025

James Dartnell hosts a session with Shinya Shimada, Deputy Director-General for International Digital Infrastructure Promotion at MIC, and Catherine Page, Deputy Director, Future Telecoms Technology Policy, Department for Science, innovation & Technology, UK, to discuss the ways that the British and Japanese governments are working together to future-proof and innovate around telecom networks. In this session, we learn how the two countries are working together and the role that Rakuten is playing in supporting telecoms diversification in both countries.

Rakuten Symphony • 12th November 2024

Rakuten Symphony President outlines 2025 vision

Rakuten Symphony President Sharad Sriwastawa shares his strategic plan for 2025 as well as highlighting how the organization has progressed in its efforts to “mature” following a high velocity start to life on the global telecom stage.

Rakuten Symphony • 15th October 2024

Inside Track Episode 3: Partha Seetala, President, Cloud Business Unit

In Episode 3 of Inside Track, Partha Seetala, President of Rakuten Symphony’s Cloud Business Unit explains why AI education is essential in order to ensure long-term job security. Seetala also discussed ways that the Cloud BU will incorporate AI into its products in the near future.

Rakuten Symphony • 14th June 2024

Rakuten Symphony UK Managing Director Nastasi Karaiskos on our UK Open RAN Experience Center

Nastasi Karaiskos, Managing Director, Rakuten Symphony UK sits down for an interview at our UK Open RAN Experience Center in Weybridge, Surrey with James Dartnell, Director, Corporate Communications EMEA at Rakuten Symphony.

Rakuten Symphony • 14th March 2024

Rakuten-1&1 Showcase @ MWC Barcelona 2024

In conversation: 1&1 Mobilfunk CEO Michael Martin & Rakuten Symphony Chief Business Officer Rabih Dabboussi at MWC Barcelona 2024 Find out how 1&1's unique mobile network architecture - designed, deployed and operated by Rakuten Symphony - is enabling better performance and openness, creating new possibilities for 1&1's 12 million mobile customers.

14th January 2020

Moderating a panel on blockchain's impact on healthcare (Dubai Health Forum, 2019)

15th September 2018

Huawei Global Energy Summit (Abu Dhabi, 2016)

GITEX Global • 31st August 2020

GITEX Global webinar - The New World of Work (2020)

Hosting GITEX Global's 2020 webinar on the future of work, in association with partners Avaya.

20th October 2023

Giving the keynote address at the ICT Achievement Awards (Dubai, 2016)

20th October 2023

Introducing Etisalat's 'On the Move' conference on transport digitalisation (Dubai, 2017)

19th September 2018

CPI Media Group's Power of 4 Fourth Industrial Revolution Forum (2018)

C-level conference discussing the potential for AI, blockchain and cloud to disrupt and advance the Middle East's most important industries.

17th March 2019

Veritas Vision Solution Day (Riyadh, 2019)

The Veritas Vision Solution Days (VSD) are a series of personalised forums where attendees can engage with #TeamVtas and learn more about the Veritas Enterprise Data Services Platform, offering data management solutions in the three areas that matter the most: Availability, Protection, and Insights.

CABSAT MENA • 19th November 2020

Behind the scenes: CABSAT.virtual 2021

15th September 2018

Huawei Network Congress (Dubai, 2015)

15th September 2018

Etisalat: Connecting the Digital Dots (Dubai, 2016)

15th September 2018

Launching the Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co cloud-ready data centre (Abu Dhabi, 2016)

Huawei and ADMA-OPCO, a major producer of oil and gas from the Emirate's offshore areas, announced that ADMA-OPCO’s Cloud Ready Data Center is now fully operational. https://www.huawei.com/en/news/2016/11/cloud-ready-data-center-adma-opco

14th January 2020

CNME's ICT Achievement Awards 2017 in association with Dell EMC & Intel

17th March 2019

Veritas Vision Day: Panel discussion with Saudi Aramco and Saudi Electricity Company executives (Riyadh, 2019)