Mike Dano
FierceWireless
Denver, CO, United States
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2019 Preview: 5G to ripen, at least a little bit
If 2018 was the appetizer for 5G, 2019 will certainly deliver a main course (though it may be one of several). → Read More
AT&T to begin upgrading existing LTE phones to ‘5G E’
AT&T confirmed to FierceWireless that it will soon begin changing the “LTE” indicator on some of its current Android phones to “5G E” in markets where the company now offers 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM and other advanced LTE network technologies. → Read More
Farewell, Fierce
At the end of this month I’ll be leaving Fierce. I do so with decidedly mixed emotions. I’m excited about my next gig, but I’m very sad to be leaving the extraordinary team of journalists and media professionals that I’ve had the privilege of working with here at Fierce. Monica, Ben, Kevin, Scott, Mike, Molly and the rest are some of the best—dare I say it, the fiercest—folks in telecom. — Mike… → Read More
Huawei’s CFO arrested
Huawei’s CFO was arrested in Canada, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. → Read More
Sprint’s Michel Combes voted the most powerful person in U.S. wireless for 2018
After several hundred thousand votes, we have a winner: Sprint CEO Michel Combes is the most powerful person in the U.S. wireless industry, at least according to the readers of FierceWireless. → Read More
The Final Four: Sprint vs. Ericsson and CTIA vs. Cisco
The quarterfinals are over, and boy were there some surprises. Now, though, the final four creates some interesting matchups: Ericsson’s Niklas Heuveldop will go up against one of his customers, Sprint’s Michel Combes, while CTIA’s Meredith Attwell Baker faces off against Cisco’s CEO, Chuck Robbins. → Read More
The quarterfinals: Vote for the most powerful person in wireless for 2018
The results are in from round two, and they’re pretty interesting. Now, in the quarterfinals, things are looking even more interesting: A number of matchups are pitting partners against each other. For example, Cisco’s CEO is running against one of his customers, AT&T’s wireless chief. Meantime, Ericsson’s Heuveldop will face off against Intel’s Rivera; those companies have made a number of… → Read More
Round 2 voting: The most powerful person in the U.S. wireless industry, 2018
In round two, the action may heat up as T-Mobile’s John Legere goes head to head with Verizon’s Hans Vestberg. Legere, who won the “powerful people” vote in 2016, commands a substantial social media presence and is working to challenge Vestberg directly in the wireless market through his pending purchase of Sprint. Vestberg, meanwhile, is also working to stamp out his new position as CEO of the… → Read More
Ericsson, Cisco offer their 5G forecasts
Ericsson and Cisco have released their traffic forecasts for the coming years, and both companies are predicting growth in the number of 5G users and the amount of traffic traveling over 5G networks. → Read More
Vote now to decide who is the most powerful person in the U.S. wireless industry: 2018
We’re letting you decide who is the most powerful person in the U.S. wireless industry for 2018. Every workday for the next five days, we’re going to run a new round of voting in a tournament-style bracket. Voting starts first thing each morning as soon as each new matchup is published and ends roughly 24 hours later (except this weekend, when voting will remain open until Monday morning). By… → Read More
Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint face throttling questions from senators
A trio of Democratic senators are raising questions about nationwide carriers’ data-throttling practices. → Read More
Checking in on the top 10 owners of 600 MHz spectrum licenses
As the FCC digs in to its latest spectrum auction, and as T-Mobile prepares to light up 5G services on its 600 MHz spectrum, the time is right to take stock of the nation’s 600 MHz landscape. → Read More
Huawei’s greatest critic lays out his case against the company
China’s Huawei remains a lightning rod for controversy. For almost a decade, U.S. security officials have been warning that sales of Huawei products to U.S. telecom companies would open a pipeline into the United States for Chinese spies. In recent months, it appears that opposition to Huawei—both in the United States and globally—has gained momentum. → Read More
Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile tweak service plans ahead of fall shopping season
Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile all adjusted various elements in their rate plans and service offerings this week, likely in an attempt to straighten up their competitive positioning ahead of the holiday shopping season. → Read More
AT&T boasts 1M unlimited data customers using connected car hotspots
AT&T said that in the third quarter, it added more than 2 million connected cars to its network, for a total of nearly 24 million. Moreover, the company said that it recently passed the milestone of 1 million customers in the U.S. and Canada “for our retail Wi-Fi data plans for vehicles across our portfolio of global brands,” AT&T’s Chris Penrose wrote in a post to the company’s site. → Read More
T-Mobile inks $533M reciprocal long-term spectrum lease deal with Sprint
T-Mobile disclosed a major new spectrum deal with Sprint that the company said stands apart from the two carriers’ plans to merge. However, details of the new transaction are vague at best. → Read More
T-Mobile: Mobile TV service from Layer3 won’t launch until next year
Ever since acquiring Layer3 late last year, T-Mobile’s executives have been promising that their company will launch some type of TV service from Layer3 TV this year. However, during the company’s earnings call, T-Mobile’s Mike Sievert disclosed that the TV service that T-Mobile launches this year won’t be portable—instead, it will only be available in a fixed location, likely a user’s home. → Read More
AT&T still vague on 5G service pricing
Despite the company’s pending launch of mobile 5G services, AT&T’s top wireless executive declined to discuss how the operator might charge for the faster wireless technology. → Read More
Charter’s MVNO counts 21,000 lines as executives hint at eSIM plans and break-even point
Charter said its Spectrum Mobile service, an MVNO offering that runs over Verizon’s network, has so far gained a total of 21,000 lines. The company initially launched the offering in July and expanded it to its full cable footprint at the beginning of September. → Read More
5G momentum could benefit fiber industry too
As Verizon, AT&T and others throw fuel on the hype around 5G, many of the country’s fiber proponents are looking to use the noise around 5G to promote their own network build-out efforts. Their argument: 5G services can’t work without a stout fiber network to handle the traffic generated through superfast 5G connections. → Read More