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
Dr. Richard Green, CableLabs' first CEO, reflects on the dawn of DOCSIS
September 12, 1995, was a historic day for cable technology. It was then, during a CableLabs board meeting in New York, that a group of leaders heard from industry pioneer John Malone about the comin…
What's the Story? Africa's mobile money market grows nearly 20%
Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to discuss growth in the mobile money market in Africa. Mobile money apps have provided millions of unbanked and underserved individuals with acces…
Xumo exec on smart TV deals – there's more to come
Xumo, the national streaming joint venture of Comcast and Charter Communications, is gearing up to launch its first standalone device, the Xumo Stream Box, later this year.
The Stream Box rollout is "…
The Notebook Dump: BaneCat and broadband budget busters
ETSI on AI, standards and business opportunities for autonomous networks
ETSI's Luigi Licciardi joins the podcast to discuss the group's efforts to develop standards for autonomous networks. Licciardi, who spent many years at Telecom Italia, explains key features of auton…
What's the Story? Three/Vodafone merger could rattle UK market
Iain Morris joins the podcast to discuss a potential merger between Three UK and Vodafone. We discuss what the merger could mean for the broader market, what regulators and analysts think of the deal…
The Divide: TIA CEO David Stehlin on how to succeed with BEAD
This episode features David Stehlin, CEO of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). TIA will host a BEAD Success Summit in Arlington, Virginia, this week – gathering industry and governmen…
What's the Story? T-Mobile's uphill battle with FWA
Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss T-Mobile's fixed wireless access (FWA) strategy and why the company is focusing mainly on rural markets.
The unedited audio transcript is available in the…
UChicago's Nick Feamster: Internet equity begins with quality data
University of Chicago Professor Nick Feamster returns to the podcast to discuss data collection and analysis challenges to addressing the digital divide. Feamster provides an update on his team's wor…
The Divide: How the rural US could solve its middle mile problem
On this episode we hear from Sachin Gupta, director of government business and economic development at Centranet, a fiber broadband provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Central Rural Electric Coop…
Cable training evolves to cover 'connectivity' amid rise of fiber and wireless tech
In addition to enhancing and upgrading existing hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks, cable operators are now tied to a much broader "connectivity" business that also includes fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP…
The Notebook Dump: T-Mobile attempts to make baseball less boring
New innovation report extends beyond cable's echo chamber
The Cable Center and its new operational brand, the Syndeo Institute, recently released its second annual Intrapreneurship & Innovation Report.
This edition features contributions and insights from al…
Aira CEO on a smarter, more energy efficient RAN
Anand Chandrasekher, CEO of Aira Technologies, joined the podcast to discuss how his company is working to add machine learning and improve energy efficiency in the radio access network (RAN). Chandr…
What's the Story? M&A eyes on DigitalBridge, SES and Intelsat
Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss DigitalBridge's acquisitions in the digital infrastructure space and why a larger private equity firm might scoop up DigitalBridge. In addition, we discuss merg…
AtlasEdge CEO on application and data demands at the edge
AtlasEdge CEO Giuliano Di Vitantonio joins the podcast to discuss the edge data center company's approach to edge computing in Europe. Di Vitantonio explains that augmented reality, IoT and 5G are am…
The Divide: How Loveland, Colorado, is solving its broadband gaps with Pulse
This episode features Brieana Reed-Harmel, director of broadband for the City of Loveland, Colorado, which runs a municipal broadband network called Pulse.
The unedited audio transcript is available i…
The Notebook Dump: Fiber manufacturing in America
Omdia's Jaimie Lenderman on how cable is speeding ahead on network upgrades
Speaking before a packed house at last week's Cable Next-Gen Technologies and Strategies event in Denver, Omdia analyst Jaimie Lenderman presented fresh data on how cable operators are pushing ahead …
Comcast's Elad Nafshi on network scale, DAA, 10G, PON and what's next for FDX
Following his keynote address at last week's Cable Next-Gen Technologies and Strategies event in Denver, Elad Nafshi, Comcast's EVP and chief network officer, stayed for a fireside chat to dig a bit …