Reliance Jio of India and Japan’s Rakuten are often bracketed together, because they are both highly disruptive mobile new entrants; they are both looking to develop their own 5G platforms, or at least assemble them from many partners’ components; they even have the common link of Tareq Amin, who headed technology strategy at Jio before moving to Rakuten. But while both are having a heavy influence on vendors and fellow operators – especially other new mobile players like Dish in the USA and Germany’s Drillisch – their similarities are otherwise superficial. Rakuten is an Internet services giant looking to have better control of the platforms and connectivity that will enhance the reach of its core business and drive uptake of…