This Week: Rakuten Launches a Software Defined Network on 5G; What it is and Why it Matters

0:30: Differences between software-defined networking and traditional wireless networking.

2:40: Rakuten Mobile in Japan launched a software-defined 5G network, what this means for Rakuten.  

3:50: How the different components are being assembled for Rakuten and how they are being orchestrated. 

7:40 Implications of software-defined networks for U.S. companies.