Rakuten Mobile posts first EBITDA profit
Rakuten Mobile has turned in its first full-year EBITDA profit, reporting JPY 12.9 billion and a year-on-year improvement of JPY 66.7 billion. The mobile unit of Rakuten Group also said its subscriber base has passed 10 million total subscriptions.
On a call with investors, Rakuten Group chairman Mickey Mikitani said the company plans to invest more than JPY 200 million in fiscal 2026, signaling that Rakuten Mobile will keep spending to grow the business even as it moves out of the red on an EBITDA basis.
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