Interview, Fireside Chat
Mike Sievert, President and CEO of T-Mobile
- T-Mobile intends to lead the industry by combining superior technology with customer-centric rule changes, aiming to become the first company to simultaneously offer the best network and best value.
- The company anticipates 5G will be more transformative than 4G, serving as a platform for powerful telepresence, low-latency augmented reality, and video-like normalization of communication.
- Project 10 Million is expected to connect approximately 10 million under-connected children to eliminate the homework gap, with plans to serve rural and suburban fringe areas to generate broad societal impact.
- Mike Sievert predicts that 5G will specifically benefit marginalized populations in rural and suburban fringe regions as connectivity becomes more ubiquitous.
- T-Mobile plans to achieve its climate pledge of 100% sustainability by the end of this year through investments in wind and solar energy, anticipating consumer preference for values-aligned providers.
- Leadership recognizes that current technology is insufficient for pandemic-revealed needs, expecting future innovations to be "good enough" to address these specific gaps.
- Mike Sievert notes a personal transition to renormalizing office attendance following vaccination, while acknowledging that the necessary technology infrastructure is not yet fully in place for all required applications.