Chief Executive Officer & Director, Inseego
Search every verified Juho Sarvikas interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. At MWC 2025 in Barcelona, Juho Sarvikas, who became CEO of Inseego two months prior, announced the company's "Dragon Wing" initiative and stated that Inseego was the first OEM to complete a 5G Advanced data call on its new platform. He also introduced two new devices, the MYi 5000 and the FWA FX 5000. Sarvikas described Inseego as an industry leader in wireless broadband, noting that the company has been involved in wireless technology for the past two decades. He said that wireless is increasingly replacing wired connectivity, citing a deployment of over 2,000 outdoor FWA units for Tractor Supply stores that initially served as backup but later became the primary connection due to superior performance. Sarvikas identified broadband as the "killer use case for 5G," arguing that wireless performance is now sufficient to serve as a sole broadband solution for offices and homes. He noted that major carriers like T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T have millions of FWA subscribers, but added that network capacity remains a constraint that is "changing really quickly." He highlighted Qualcomm's first 3GPP release 18 modem as enabling 5G Advanced features such as more carrier aggregation and higher network efficiency. Sarvikas also mentioned that Inseego's MiFi product is used by J.P. Morgan for secure mobile work connectivity, managed through the Inseego Connect cloud platform. He stated that his near-term focus is on expanding Inseego's go-to-market presence by training carrier sellers and value-added resellers over the next 18 months.
“Two months in we're already now able to roll out a major announcement.”
“Right on the heels of that we announced that we're the first OEM to complete a 5G Advanced Data call on our new platform.”
“We announced these two new beautiful devices, our brand new MYi 5000 and our FWA FX 5000.”
“Inseego is an industry leader when it comes to wireless broadband. We do both mobile and fixed, or FWA as it's known. We've been leading in the latest and greatest in wireless for the past two decades.”
“I'm actually seeing wireless replacing wired. The ease of use benefit... We have a lot of customers that deployed wireless initially as a backup, but then after they saw the performance, the convenience of deployment, it became the mainstay, the primary form of connectivity.”
“My very simple answer, the killer use case for 5G is broadband for sure, because now the performance of wireless connectivity is at a level where that can be a reliable single only broadband solution for your office or for your home.”
“Companies like T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, millions of subscribers on FWA. But if you look at the economics of it, you can only deploy so much because your network capacity is your most valuable asset. You want to protect mobile, you want to protect other segments as well. But that's changing really quickly.”
“Qualcomm announced the first 3GPP release 18 modem. The reason why that gets us excited is that it's the first instance of 5G advanced. So now you can have more carrier aggregation, higher performance, more network efficiency, so you can deploy better wireless broadband and you can deploy more.”
“Our claim to fame is that we were the first OEM to make a 5G advanced data call on FWA. In less than three weeks from receiving the early engineering sample, we were able to put it in a prototype fixed wireless access device and make a data call.”
“J.P. Morgan in the US, financial institute, they have a lot of mobile workers or people working from home. They choose our MiFi product, the mobile hotspot for that, because it's secure. The enterprise can manage with our Inseego Connect cloud management platform, and their IT does not need to worry about anything.”
“We ended up deploying over 2,000 outdoor FWA units for Tractor Supply stores. The initial use case was just to have a backup wired connectivity, but they couldn't afford any downtime. Our outdoor FWA unit performed better than the wired connection, so they basically cut the cord and now it's all wireless.”
“I was previously the president for Qualcomm North America. I left Qualcomm on a Friday and started at Inseego on a Monday, and it's the building right next door to it. So my commute didn't change, nothing changed.”
“From a go-to-market standpoint, I look forward to continuing our presence in the marketplace, having more of our amazing sales folks train the carrier sellers as well as the value-added resellers. That's really what I'm looking forward to accomplishing over the next 18 months.”
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