In August 2021, Rakuten set up a new business unit, Symphony, to house its Rakuten Communication Platform (RCP) and build up a full commercial proposition around RCP and associated integration services. Now it is separating Symphony further from its actual mobile operator, Rakuten Mobile, giving it greater agility and autonomy to pursue projects round the world. Rakuten will spin off its Symphony unit entirely under the leadership of Tareq Amin, who as CTO, guided the Rakuten Mobile deployment (architecturally very advanced, though to date, commercially lackluster). The parent company said in a statement: “The business aims to provide a future-proof, cost-effective, communication cloud platform for carriers, businesses and government agencies around the world by consolidating the products and services which…