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

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The Divide: Federated CEO Iyad Tarazi on connecting students with private wireless

This week: Iyad Tarazi, CEO of Federated Wireless, on the company's efforts to close the digital divide with private wireless, including its recent deployment in Tukwila, Washington, connecting 1,200…

00:20:52 | Thu 07 Dec 2023

Helium Mobile takes DeWi nationwide with $20 mobile plan

Helium Mobile's Boris Renski joins the podcast to explain how the decentralized wireless company plans to scale nationwide with a new unlimited data plan for $20 per month.

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00:27:14 | Wed 06 Dec 2023

Funding, telco buy-in still needed to propel open RAN

Mari Silbey, Senior Director at US Ignite, joins the podcast to explain how government funding, such as NTIA grants, will support service provider engagement in open RAN deployments.

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00:22:49 | Tue 05 Dec 2023

vRAN is a 'mandatory step' for operators deploying open RAN

Gilles Garcia, senior director and business lead for the Data Center and Communications Group at AMD, joins the podcast to explain why virtual radio access networks (vRAN) could be an important step …

00:22:08 | Fri 01 Dec 2023

Open RAN success is a 'choose your own adventure' for telcos

Patrick Lopez, founder and CEO of Core Analysis, joins the podcast to discuss the state of the open radio access network (RAN) market in North America.

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00:28:13 | Thu 30 Nov 2023

The Divide: Tarana's Carl Guardino on FWA's role in BEAD and beyond

Carl Guardino, VP at Tarana, joins the podcast to discuss where Tarana's G1 platform is helping close the digital divide, where the BEAD program still leaves room for fixed wireless over fiber and mu…

00:24:57 | Tue 28 Nov 2023

What's the Story? The pricey privacy problem with Humane and T-Mobile's Ai Pin

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins us to discuss a new wearable alternative to smartphones. Humane unveiled its Ai Pin, a nearly two-inch wide smart pin powered by T-Mobile's network and OpenAI's ChatGP…

00:16:46 | Tue 21 Nov 2023

The Divide: FBA's Deborah Kish on filling out the fiber workforce

The Fiber Broadband Association's Deborah Kish joins the podcast to discuss the state of the fiber workforce. Kish shares progress made on the FBA's OpTIC Path program and why veterans make up a larg…

00:17:06 | Tue 14 Nov 2023

Infinera CEO on CHIPs, AI and 'spinning the wheel of innovation'

Infinera CEO David Heard joins the podcast to discuss how the government's $53 billion investment in semiconductor research and manufacturing could significantly impact the optical networking industr…

00:32:10 | Thu 09 Nov 2023

The Divide: Ting CEO Elliot Noss on mid-market fiber and the 'last war' of broadband pricing

Elliot Noss, CEO of Ting, joins the podcast to discuss how the company is reaching underserved urban markets in partnership with communities like Memphis and Colorado Springs, why Ting is using the A…

00:26:43 | Wed 08 Nov 2023

DOCSIS 4.0 interops gear up for next phase

CableLabs CEO Phil McKinney joins the podcast from his private bus, parked on the show floor of last week's Cable-Tec Expo in Denver. McKinney says CableLabs and its Kyrio subsidiary are preparing fo…

00:18:18 | Fri 27 Oct 2023

The Divide: Free Press' Josh Stager on the FCC's move to restore Title II oversight

Josh Stager, policy director at Free Press, joins the podcast to discuss the FCC's move to restore Title II rules for broadband providers, and to debunk some of the industry's arguments opposing the …

00:26:45 | Thu 26 Oct 2023

OpenVault spots rise of broadband's 'extreme power users'

OpenVault CEO Mark Trudeau discusses the emergence of 'extreme power users' who consume more than 5TB of data per month and how operators can manage this small but growing group of customers.

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00:09:27 | Wed 25 Oct 2023

What's the Story? FCC grants E-Rate funds for Wi-Fi on school buses

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss the FCC's recent ruling to provide E-Rate money for Wi-Fi on school buses.

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00:11:05 | Tue 24 Oct 2023

Cable-Tec Expo: DOCSIS 4.0, PON, open RAN and the urge to converge

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner and Mike Dano join Omdia's Jaimie Lenderman to wrap up their big takeaways from this week's high-energy SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in the Mile High City.

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00:11:39 | Mon 23 Oct 2023

Verizon Frontline's 5G vehicles weather winter storms

Chris Click, Senior Manager of Wireless Network Assurance for Verizon, and Matt Brungardt, Crisis Response Manager for Verizon Frontline, join the podcast to share how Verizon Frontline prepares for …

00:10:11 | Tue 17 Oct 2023

Cable Tec-Expo 2023: Onward, DOCSIS 4.0!

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner, Omdia's Jaimie Lenderman and Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick preview the hot topics and key themes as SCTE Cable-Tec Expo gets underway in Denver.

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00:15:03 | Mon 16 Oct 2023

Light Reading Extra: Smartphones v. dumb phones

Light Reading editors Phil Harvey, Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, and Nicole Ferraro discuss a new market of digital detox enthusiasts (and at least one company) striving to give up smartphones for som…

00:26:52 | Fri 13 Oct 2023

What's the Story? Vantiva wants to revive CommScope's Home Networks unit

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner explains how Vantiva's acquisition of CommScope's troubled Home Networks unit could impact the companies' bottom lines.

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00:13:09 | Tue 10 Oct 2023

The Divide: Why the Affordable Connectivity Program is key to closing the digital divide

This week: We hear from five digital equity leaders on their work to enroll people in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the importance of the ACP to their communities, and why it's urgent fo…

00:22:36 | Tue 03 Oct 2023

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