About Us
 

Fierce Network serves a communications industry that no longer fits into neat categories. The old boundaries between wireless, wireline, cloud, computing, AI and industrial infrastructure are collapsing into a single operational system — a deeply interconnected global fabric where cloud architectures, AI systems, energy grids, optical transport, wireless networks, data sovereignty rules and geopolitical interests continuously interact — and often collide.

What makes this transition especially significant is not merely the pace of change, but the complexity of innovations emerging faster than the industry can define them, such as: sovereign infrastructure and sovereign AI; AI corridors and sovereignty tunnels that allow data and workloads to move securely across jurisdictions; tokenized AI economies where network performance can be measured not simply in packets per second, but in tokens per second; and autonomous, AI-native infrastructure capable of real-time orchestration.

Networks are no longer just moving packets. They are the nervous system of the global digital economy by orchestrating AI workloads, connecting autonomous systems, securing critical infrastructure and supporting the next phase of industrial transformation.

Run by Elizabeth Coyne, the award-winning Fierce Network covers this convergence with aggressive reporting, original analysis and executive-level insight designed for the people building, funding and operating the next generation of infrastructure.

From AI-native networks and cloud architecture to broadband, optical transport, security, data centers, edge computing and automation, Fierce Network focuses not simply on what is happening — but on why it matters, who benefits, who loses and how the balance of power across the technology industry is shifting.

Beyond daily coverage, Fierce Network produces Fierce Network Research, The Five Nine podcast, FNTV video programming, executive interviews and strategic analysis that explore the forces reshaping communications, computing and the wider digital economy.

Fierce Network Awards

  • 2026 Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Commentary: Op-Eds by Stephen M. Saunders MBE, the first time Questex has won in this prestigious B2B category.
  • 2026 American Society of Business Publication Editors Azbee Awards of Excellence, Regional Bronze Award for Breaking News, Expert Analysis, and Industry Intelligence by Masha Abarinova, Staff Reporter; Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor; Dan Jones, Senior Reporter, Wireless
  • 2025 FOLIO Eddie and Ozzie Award for Series of Articles: B2B: Technology category for a four-article series called "Going nuclear: The cloud’s big hunt for power," by Diana Goovaerts.
    • Fierce Network was also a finalist for Best Range of Work by a Single Author: Monica Alleven, Fierce Network; Best Series of Articles in the B2B Technology category: The Humans Behind Broadband by Tommy Clift, Broadband Nation; and Essays and Criticism: BEAD is just a broadband Band-Aid by Masha Abarinova, Fierce Network.
  • 2024 FOLIO Eddie and Ozzie Awards, demonstrating excellence across a range of categories:
    • Range of Work by a Single Author, B2B – Executive Editor Diana Goovaerts
    • Planned or On-location coverage for Fierce Network's 2024 reporting from Mobile World Congress by Elizabeth Coyne, Editor in Chief; Linda Hardesty, Executive Editor; Monica Alleven, Executive Editor; Dan Jones, Senior Reporter; Stephen Saunders, and Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor
    • News Coverage, digital, print or video – for Fierce Network's coverage of Broadcom's VMware acquisition by Dan Jones, Senior Reporter; Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor; and Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor
    • Series of articles, B2B, Technology – for Fierce Network's coverage of broadband affordability issues by Masha Abarinova, Staff Writer; Julia King, Staff Writer; Sue Marek, freelance writer; and Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor
  • 2024 American Society of Business Publication Editors Azbee Awards of Excellence
    • National Gold and Regional Gold for All Content: Editorial category for the "Op-Ed: I hate to say I told you so," by Stephen M. Saunders, MBE
    • Regional Silver for Online Industry News Coverage: Semiconductor company Broadcom and its plans to acquire networking software giant VMware, with content written by Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor; Dan Jones, Senior Reporter; Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor
    • Regional Silver for Online Single Topic Coverage by a Team: Coverage of the foundational elements of liquid and immersion cooling, including in-depth news and forecast stories and a podcast discussion with content written by Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor; Harrison Saunders, Editorial Intern
    • Regional Bronze for Individual Profile: Exclusive: Google Cloud CTO talks tech, failures and what the future holds by Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor