Mike Dano

@mikeddano

Lead Industry Analyst at @Ookla. Previously a telecom journalist.

Denver Joined February 2013

953 Following 15K Followers 18K Posts

Latest posts 5

It's Monday and we're live! @anshelsag and I are podding:

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Topics:
-Qualcomm & SpaceX Partnership
-AST SpaceMobile & Rakuten Partnership
-Ericsson moves mmWave production
-D2D in US
-US broadband market update
-Midterm election cycle thoughts
And more!

www.youtube.com The 6G Podcast - SpaceX & Qualcomm, AST SpaceMobile & Rakuten, D2D & More! Anshel and Mike analyze the latest 6G and 5G topics for the last week

Mike Dano @mikeddano 13h

A Q3 2026 summary for the U.S. broadband industry...
The financial analysts at TD Cowen put together the numbers behind this chart. I think it's a great summary of where things stand today in the U.S. broadband industry.
Details: linkedin.com/posts/mikedano…

Mike Dano @mikeddano 14h

"Optimum Communications, Inc. (OPTU), a leading provider of fiber internet, mobile, and TV services, today announces it has reached over 800,000 mobile lines"
seekingalpha.com/pr/20718543-op…

seekingalpha.com Optimum Builds Mobile Momentum, Reaching 800,000 Lines (2026-11-09) Optimum Communications, Inc., a leading provider of fiber internet, mobile, and TV services, today announces it has reached over 800,000 mobile lines, building on the momentum of its 700,000- line...

Mike Dano @mikeddano 15h

"Where cable splits have reached most customers, median upload speed climbed almost elevenfold in two years, to 223.60 Mbps, in Spectrum’s high-split cities and 1.5- to threefold in mid-split cities."
More: ookla.com/articles/cable…

Mike Dano @mikeddano 16h

"Fleet Space’s ExoSphere platform ...accelerate mineral exploration and subsurface characterization. ExoSphere ...passively acquire seismic background noise through a grid of ground-based sensors called Geodes."
Neat!
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