Will 5G Change the World? Tareq Amin, Rakuten Mobile (Ep. 22)
Sunday, June 14, 2026
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Will 5G Change the World? Tareq Amin, Rakuten Mobile (Ep. 22)

by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
written by Sean Kinney, Principal Analyst
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This week we talk to Tareq Amin, Rakuten Mobile CTO and Group EVP and CAO of Rakuten, about his vision for (and reality of) a fully-virtualized, cloud-native network. Amin reflects on his time at Reliance Jio, discusses the future of Open RAN, and shares his motto–which doesn’t easily translate to Japanese.
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Sean Kinney

Sean focuses on multiple subject areas including 5G, 6G, Open RAN, hybrid cloud, edge computing, and Industry 4.0. Prior to his work at RCR, Sean studied journalism and literature at the University of Mississippi then spent six years based in Key West, Florida, working as a reporter for the Miami Herald Media Company. He currently lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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