Rakuten starts offering unlimited 5G service for 2,980 yen per month

Rakuten Inc. said Wednesday it has started offering unlimited data services using ultrafast 5G networks for 2,980 yen ($28) per month, less than half the fees charged by other major wireless carriers in Japan.The move follows Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's repeated requests for mobile phone carriers to substantially cut fees, which are said to be high compared with other countries. Rakuten's charges could intensify the price battle among its bigger rivals."We offer epoch-making charges which are 70 percent lower than those of other wireless carriers," Rakuten Chairman and CEO Hiroshi Mikit…READ FULL ARTICLE