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.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 892
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The Divide: Maine's five key strategies for achieving digital equity
This week: We hear from the Maine Connectivity Authority's Maggie Drummond-Bahl on the state's NTIA-approved digital equity plan and its 'five key strategies' for closing the digital divide.
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00:22:16 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Midco's Pao Lo on DOCSIS 3.1 'stretch,' D4.0 and mobile's potential
Midco is using low-splits and high-splits to help extend the life of its HFC network, but sees targeted opportunities for DOCSIS 4.0. Midco is also evaluating adding mobile to the bundle, says VP of …
00:09:29 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
The Divide: Utopia Fiber CEO on the fight for municipal, open access broadband
This week: Roger Timmerman, CEO of Utopia Fiber, on Utopia's progress bringing broadband competition to Utah and beyond, plus his response to an ad campaign attacking Utopia and other municipal netwo…
00:35:08 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Cable flirts with 'fiber-first,' pursues more spectrum sharing
Jeff Baumgartner, Sue Marek and Mike Dano discuss highlights from the Cable Next-Gen event in Denver, spanning the road ahead for DOCSIS, fiber, wireless, low-latency broadband, and the evolution of …
00:15:52 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
What's the Story? Aramco Digital wants to democratize access to AI chips
In this podcast, Light Reading's Iain Morris explains why Aramco Digital CEO Tareq Amin wants to provide 'AI-infrastructure-as-a-service' to customers and democratize access to AI chips, in part by t…
00:17:05 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Colt COO Buddy Bayer on why AI, security are top concerns for IT
Colt COO Buddy Bayer joins the podcast to discuss why AI, security, automation, sustainability and quantum computing are front of mind for IT teams and how Colt works with its enterprise customers to…
00:23:37 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
The Divide: How Vermont is tackling three main barriers to broadband adoption
This week: Britaney Watson, digital equity officer at the Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB), on the biggest broadband barriers for Vermonters, takeaways from the state's proposed Digital Equit…
00:18:28 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Light Reading Extra: MWC reeks of AI and API desperation
With tapas and cervezas in the rear view, Light Reading's Mike Dano, Phil Harvey, Tereza Krásová and Iain Morris recap the conversations around AI, open radio access network (RAN) technology, sustain…
00:34:13 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
Ericsson on industrializing Open RAN (sponsored)
From Mobile World Congress 2024 – Open RAN plays an important role in achieving the vision of future networks, and Ericsson is leading the industrialization of the three pillars of Open RAN: cloudifi…
00:06:52 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
Gridmetrics taps into the power of the broadband network
Gridmetrics' Scott Caruso explains how the CableLabs subsidiary is using hundreds of thousands of node-based sensors to create a unique, hyperlocal view of the status of the power grid and how that d…
00:37:32 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
The Divide: North Dakota's broadband director on building the state's BEAD program
This week: North Dakota's broadband program director, Brian Newby, joins the show to discuss closing the state's remaining digital divide, and how his office is working to build a 'pro-carrier' BEAD …
00:24:44 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
What's the Story? The ripple effect of the Orange and Másmóvil merger
Light Reading's Tereza Krasova explains what the $20 billion Orange/Másmóvil merger could mean for other service provider mergers in the EU.
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00:09:08 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Comcast's MachineQ expands playbook for enterprise IoT
Here are some topics we cover during the podcast:
- Witkowski offers an updated overview of MachineQ and its approach to the enterprise IoT sector (1:33)
- Examples of how MachineQ is tailoring its platfor…
00:28:52 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
What's the Story? Gone is the multi-vendor dream of open RAN… for now
Light Reading's Phil Harvey, Iain Morris and Mike Dano join the podcast to discuss the original goal of open RAN compared to recent moves by service providers to go all-in on one vendor.
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00:31:51 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Omdia on why telcos are increasingly fixated on reducing opex
Omdia's Adam Mackenzie joins the podcast to dig into the causes of rising opex and explain how service providers can manage it.
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00:22:15 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
What's the Story? NTIA's Alan Davidson calls for 'army of auditors' to regulate AI
Light Reading's Phil Harvey joins the podcast from on-site at the 20th annual State of the Net conference in Washington, DC, where NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said the US government needs to uti…
00:20:48 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
What's the Story? Much ado about YouTube TV's meteoric rise
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss YouTube TV becoming a primary player in the pay TV market, hitting the 8 million subscriber mark. Meanwhile, traditional pay TV players a…
00:16:00 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
The Divide: How United Fiber and Calix are connecting communities in rural Missouri
In this episode, we hear from United Fiber's Darren Farnan and Calix's Matt Collins about United Fiber's work to close Northwest Missouri's digital divide and how the companies have partnered to deli…
00:28:25 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
Gigi Sohn on the fight for public broadband
Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB), spoke to Light Reading about municipal broadband networks in the US, including why and where they're popping up …
00:33:35 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Ritter's CTO on the future of fiber, HFC, video and (maybe) mobile
Victor Esposito, Ritter Communications' new CTO, says the company's fiber expansion is a top priority, even as the operator spruces up its HFC network and mulls the future role of video.
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00:28:51 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
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