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Light Reading Podcasts
Light Reading
901 episodes
13 hours ago

This feed is Light Reading's main podcast feed for "The Light Reading Podcast," "The Divide," "The Light Reading Extra," and "What's the Story?"


Light Reading provides daily news, analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. The publication was founded in 2000 and, since July 2016, has been a part of Informa Tech, a division of Informa PLC. We're part of a big team providing specialist research, media, events and training for businesses and professionals working in technology.


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This feed is Light Reading's main podcast feed for "The Light Reading Podcast," "The Divide," "The Light Reading Extra," and "What's the Story?"


Light Reading provides daily news, analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. The publication was founded in 2000 and, since July 2016, has been a part of Informa Tech, a division of Informa PLC. We're part of a big team providing specialist research, media, events and training for businesses and professionals working in technology.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Light Reading Podcasts
The Divide: How NYC is breaking broadband barriers with 'Neighborhood Tech Help'
This week: Dave Seliger (NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development) and Dr. Brandy McNeil (New York Public Library) discuss New York's Neighborhood Tech Help program and the role it plays in solving the digital divide.

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13 hours ago
35 minutes 38 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
Signal Strength: What's next for DOCSIS and Verizon's fiber strategy?
Dell'Oro Group's Jeff Heynen joins the first 'Signal Strength' podcast to discuss the big takeaways from TechExpo 2025, Verizon's new fiber partnership, CommScope's 'RemainCo' and a check into cable earnings season.

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1 day ago
38 minutes 39 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
The Divide: Paolo Balboa on NYC's road to achieving digital equity
This week: Paolo Balboa, NYC's chief digital equity officer, joins the podcast to discuss the main barriers to broadband throughout New York, what's been accomplished so far with the city's Digital Equity Roadmap and more.

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1 week ago
28 minutes 6 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
The Divide: Gigi Sohn on the bad state of BEAD and promise of public broadband
This week: Gigi Sohn, executive director, American Association for Public Broadband, on why the revised BEAD program is unlikely to live up to its initial promise and how public broadband networks can deliver for communities.

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3 weeks ago
34 minutes 9 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
Why operators and enterprises are turning to LoRaWAN

LoRa Alliance CEO Alper Yegin joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey to discuss LoRaWAN’s ten-year journey and its role in powering massive IoT. They also examine why leading operators are investing in LoRaWAN alongside 5G, and where the technology shines.




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1 month ago
24 minutes 14 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
Tech and policy set to collide at SCTE TechExpo 2025

SCTE's Maria Popo and Janelle Morse join the podcast to talk themes and topics that will dominate TechExpo 2025 in Washington, DC. Atlanta will host TechExpo 2026, then the show will be in Denver for the foreseeable future.




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1 month ago
25 minutes 54 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
New book chronicles the dawn of streaming and cable's dive into digital
Craig Leddy, a long-time industry journalist and Light Reading contributor, joins the podcast to discuss his new book: 'Fast Forward: The Birth of Video Streaming, Media's Wild Child'.

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1 month ago
46 minutes 23 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
COO Rocco Laurenzano on the 'GFiber way'

Amid GFiber's ongoing network expansions, the company's COO, Rocco Laurenzano, digs into the company's approach to prioritizing projects and allocating resources. 'The real killer of productivity are half-done projects,' he says.




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1 month ago
37 minutes 9 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
The Divide: Blair Levin on what's next for bargain BEAD

New Street Research policy analyst Blair Levin joins the podcast to discuss the outcome of BEAD's 'benefit of the bargain' bidding and how federal policy changes may exacerbate the digital divide despite increasing access.



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1 month ago
34 minutes 30 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
CSPs bank on wavelength services to monetize AI traffic

In this podcast, Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin explains why many communications service providers (CSPs) believe AI will increase connectivity demand at a greater rate in their long-haul networks and why they expect wavelength services to be the dominant transport service for AI connectivity.




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2 months ago
30 minutes 35 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
What's the Story? AT&T's $23B EchoStar spectrum splurge

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss AT&T's decision to scoop up a swath of EchoStar's low- and mid-band spectrum for $23 billion, what this means for the broader telecom industry and what to expect next.




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2 months ago
19 minutes 31 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
AI alone can't fix a messy OSS
In this episode:

  • Why Ciena acquired Blue Planet (01:37)
  • How Blue Planet's strategy has evolved from addressing service provider requirements for network management (04:17)
  • How Blue Planet is applying agentic AI technologies to OSS (14:53)

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2 months ago
27 minutes 16 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
Celebrity MVNOs are interesting, but do they help telco sales?
In this episode:

  • Some background on Zappi and how it provides brands like PepsiCo, McDonald's and Heineken with consumer data and insights to help fuel their advertising (01:00)
  • A review of the celebrity MVNO sector and some other product areas endorsed or owned by celebrities (3:30)
  • Celebrity-focused ads are distinctive, but they don't necessarily provide a near-term sales bump (7:45)
  • How and why the effectiveness of celebrity advertising varies by age group (21:40)
  • Brand recall also differs among age groups (27:30)
  • How Trump Mobile and its golden T1 phone might resonate in the market (30:00)
  • Other ways celebrity MVNOs may try to stand out in the market (35:40)

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2 months ago
39 minutes 22 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
Prysmian in the US: Moving fast and not bending things
Prysmian's Matt Brice joins the podcast to discuss how the race to build out AI infrastructure is challenging fiber manufacturers.

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2 months ago
26 minutes 11 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
5G standalone deployments are scaling – now comes the hard part

In this podcast, Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown shares highlights from Heavy Reading research that examines why 5G SA deployments are ramping up and what the biggest drivers are for expansion of the technology.




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2 months ago
24 minutes 31 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
The Divide: Digging into the biggest broadband barriers in the Bronx
This week: Eli Dvorkin and Rachel Neches, from the Center for an Urban Future, join the podcast to discuss their report exploring the extent and causes of the ongoing digital divide in the Bronx, New York, and how to solve it.

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2 months ago
35 minutes 15 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
New book chronicles cable broadband's 'unexpected' journey

Rouzbeh 'Father of the Cable Modem' Yassini and industry analyst Stewart Schley join the podcast to discuss the story of cable broadband – from its early struggles to the rise of DOCSIS – as recounted in their new book, 'The Accidental Network: How a Small Company Sparked a Global Broadband Transformation.'




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3 months ago
58 minutes 49 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
What's the Story? Intel to spin off network biz
Light Reading's Iain Morris joins the podcast to unpack Intel's decision to spin off its network and edge assets business (dubbed NEX), what the implications are for equipment makers like Ericsson and what to expect next.

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3 months ago
18 minutes 59 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
Where does the bundle go from here?

Bango's Giles Tongue joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of the bundle as subscription combinations extend well beyond streaming services to include fitness services, food boxes, music, gaming, social media and AI offerings.




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3 months ago
38 minutes 29 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts
Giving data centers their due (diligence) on space, power and cooling

Misty Duckworth and Randy Kinsey join the podcast to explain how BSP's technical due diligence business is rapidly shifting to the data center market and how the rise of AI is driving demand for space, power and cooling in existing and new data center facilities.




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3 months ago
28 minutes 5 seconds

Light Reading Podcasts

This feed is Light Reading's main podcast feed for "The Light Reading Podcast," "The Divide," "The Light Reading Extra," and "What's the Story?"


Light Reading provides daily news, analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. The publication was founded in 2000 and, since July 2016, has been a part of Informa Tech, a division of Informa PLC. We're part of a big team providing specialist research, media, events and training for businesses and professionals working in technology.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.