The clearest thread is Verizon's continuing mmWave buildout.
This episode treats telecom like a set of practical choices: launch talk, spectrum strategy, and World Cup readiness all sit around a focused discussion of millimeter wave.

Anshel Sag and Mike Dano
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The 6G Podcast follows telecom news through a practical analyst lens, moving quickly across carrier strategy, spectrum, network upgrades, devices, and AI infrastructure. Its strongest moments turn a single announcement into a broader read on where 5G is stalling and where 6G may actually matter.
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The 6G Podcast is a brisk analyst roundtable for the wireless industry’s awkward middle period between mature 5G and still-forming 6G. Its format is simple and effective. Each episode moves through a handful of current telecom stories, often in about half an hour, and gives each one enough room to connect product news to infrastructure reality. The show is strongest when the topic could easily be reduced to a press release. Verizon’s continuing millimeter-wave investment becomes a discussion about propagation, C-band pivots, market coverage, and why a small percentage of test samples can still be meaningful. AI-RAN does not get treated as a magic phrase. It becomes a running argument about GPUs in base stations, operator economics, vendor roadmaps, and the gap between technical possibility and broad deployment. Device talk has a similar practical streak. Foldables, HP Go, OPPO hardware, and Samsung visibility through Spider-Man are discussed as signals about adoption, productivity, and market education rather than as gadget chatter alone. The show also has a wide perimeter. NASA laser links, Artemis updates, Starlink spectrum hunts, World Cup network readiness, T-Mobile’s 5G baseball work, cable pressure, fiber consolidation, and 3GPP’s 6G vision all fit because they touch the future shape of connectivity. The pacing is quick. The analysis is not. A story usually starts with the news, then turns toward who benefits, what remains unclear, and which earlier telecom cycle it resembles. That habit gives the show a useful skepticism without making it cynical. It can be enthusiastic about space launches, public-safety potential, or clever carrier branding, then pivot back to deployment friction and revenue questions. The conversation feels live and analyst-led, with small asides and course corrections left in. It is not polished broadcast theater. It is closer to listening in on two industry watchers sorting through the week’s signals in real time. For telecom professionals, investors, analysts, product teams, and serious wireless followers, that informality is part of the value. The show gives the market texture around 5G, 6G, spectrum, network AI, and carrier strategy without pretending every announcement is equally important.
Made for: Built for telecom professionals, wireless analysts, network vendors, carrier-watchers, investors, and technically curious listeners who already know the basic 5G and 6G vocabulary. It suits people who want market implications alongside deployment detail.
What sets it apart: The show connects weekly telecom headlines to longer industry cycles, especially around spectrum, AI-RAN, carrier strategy, and the 5G-to-6G transition. It is conversational, but it keeps asking what is known, what is speculative, and what would have to happen for the story to matter.
A 6G podcast about the latest inside info on what's going on in the 6G industry by two of the industry's leading analysts, Anshel Sag and Mike Dano
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Anshul Saag and Mike Dano connect telecom engineering decisions to capital spending, competitive positioning and the uncertain economics of next-generation networks.
The 6G Podcast turns telecom's technical shifts into questions about investment, competition and commercial payoff. Anshul Saag and Mike Dano move through roughly six subjects per episode, pairing network detail with judgments about what carriers and equipment makers are likely…
Six telecom stories enter; Anshel Sag and Mike Dano leave your vague 6G opinions considerably less vague.
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The clearest thread is Verizon's continuing mmWave buildout.
This episode treats telecom like a set of practical choices: launch talk, spectrum strategy, and World Cup readiness all sit around a focused discussion of millimeter wave.
A brisk telecom briefing that separates real network shifts from the bigger bets still taking shape.
This episode moves at a familiar 6G Podcast pace: a quick check-in, then a sharp run through Artemis 2, wireless network strategy, and the argument over AI inferencing at the edge.
A brisk telecom and adjacent-tech roundup that connects product updates, sponsored sports tech, and space news without losing the thread.
Treating the week's telecom and adjacent tech news as a working industry briefing, it uses HP Go's update as the anchor and then widens to a T-Mobile-sponsored baseball tech discussion and the Artemis launch.
A fast telecom briefing that stays clear about what is real and what is still a bet.
Episode 244 moves quickly, but it stays grounded. It tracks NVIDIA's GTC 2026 announcements, then shifts to foldables and fiber consolidation without losing sight of what has actually been said and what still needs to earn belief.
A 6G conference debrief that keeps the focus on detail, caution, and practical implications.
This episode offers a steady, pointed take on MWC 2026, with the hosts treating the Nokia-NVIDIA work as something more grounded than a headline grab.
Telecom strategy in deployment detail.

Network architecture, measured against the business case
Serious about networks, unserious about everything else.

Rural broadband's money, rules and workforce, explained plainly.

Private 5G followed into campuses, classrooms and spectrum policy

Celona talks private cellular, with an analyst checking its reasoning.
Episode 247 starts loose, with launch and splashdown small talk.
Anshul Saad and Mike Gano start with a casual weekend check-in, then shift into Artemis 2 and NASA’s new O2O laser link for the images coming back.
Anshul Tha and Mike Dano open with HP Go.
Episode 244 opens with Anshul Sog and Mike Dano walking through the week’s biggest telecom and adjacent tech stories.
Episode 243 is a special MWC 2026 edition of The 6G Podcast.
Two industry analysts discuss the transition from 5G to 6G, upcoming events, and the current state of the telecom industry.
Analysts discuss Verizon's aggressive price cuts and potential price war in the wireless industry.
Analysts discuss T-Mobile's new Edge Control solution that combines 5G advanced network with local breakout for a private-like cellular experience without on-premise infrastructure.
Analysts discuss AT&T's nationwide 5G standalone deployment and its implications for innovative services like network slicing.
Analysts discuss AST SpaceMobile's first space-based 4G multi-call with Bell Canada and its implications for rural connectivity.
Analysts discuss 5G industry news, including Mavenir's pivot to generative AI and baseball banter.
Analysts discuss T-Mobile's plans for 5G Advanced, including standalone core, carrier aggregation, REDCap, and L4S technology.
Analysts discuss 5G industry news, including AST Space Mobile's joint venture with Vodafone and MWC Barcelona highlights.
Analysts discuss T-Mobile's new T-Priority 5G slice enhancements for first responders, including partnerships and capacity comparisons.
Analysts discuss Nokia's new CEO and its implications for 6G and telecom industry.
This episode discusses the Nokia-AT&T partnership for 5G network automation and voice core enhancements, along with other 5G industry developments.
Analysts discuss AT&T's earnings, fiber growth, and convergence strategy in the telecom industry.
Analysts discuss whether the second Trump administration could boost Open RAN deployment in the telecom industry.
This episode discusses how major US mobile network operators are responding to the Southern California wildfires with waivers, assets, and donations.
Two industry analysts discuss their recent travels and upcoming events in the 5G/6G space.
This episode provides analyst insights on recent 5G developments including Snapdragon Summit highlights, the ARM vs.
Analysts discuss AT&T network president Chris Sambar's departure and its implications for the telecom industry.
Industry analysts discuss the latest 6G developments with AT&T's network president and AST SpaceMobile's CEO, focusing on satellite launch milestones.
Analysts discuss 6G industry news, including AT&T's use of generative AI and network lifecycle management.
This episode discusses Nokia's integration of 4G connectivity into spacesuits for the Artemis 3 lunar mission, along with other 5G-related topics like Air Five's hybrid 5G and Ericsson's private network push.
This episode discusses recent FTC rulings on fake reviews and testimonials, exploring their implications for mobile networks and technology ethics in the 5G era.
Analysts discuss T-Mobile's new partner program offering subsidies for 5G connected PCs and fixed wireless access solutions.
This episode covers recent developments in the 5G industry, including an AWS vs.
Analysts discuss T-Mobile's $5 billion investment in Fiverr via a joint venture with KKR to acquire Metronaut.
Analysts discuss 5G technology and disaster communication efforts by mobile operators after Hurricane Girl.