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
- 893
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
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 …
What's the Story? Frontier bundles in YouTube TV
Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Frontier Communications' YouTube TV bundle and billing integration and what the competitive implications are of that decision.
The unedited audio transcri…
The Divide: How ACA Connects sees BEAD funds rolling out nationwide
Ciena's Steve Alexander: A terabit in the hand
Ciena CTO Steve Alexander recently joined the podcast to discuss the company's announcement of WaveLogic 6, a 1.6 Tbit/s coherent optical technology that will power long-haul, metro and data center c…
Corning's new twist on hyperscaler cabling
At OFC earlier this month, Mike Bell, Corning's SVP and GM for optical communications, joined the podcast to discuss the company's newest data center solution that shortens installation times for cab…
The Notebook Dump: T-Mobile to scrap 5G reliability ads
SES' JP Hemingway on satellites' role in the digital divide, D2D and disasters
Viasat's John Janka on the future of satellite and need for LEO-GEO harmony
The Divide: How Cisco and El Paso, Texas, are bringing digital services to at-risk communities
EchoStar's Paul Gaske on how HughesNet is adding capacity and lowering latency
The Notebook Dump: Amazon's $10B satellite project, Casa Systems' CEO exit
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro and Kelsey Ziser discuss Amazon's plan to spend $10 billion on a satellite constellation, an update on Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen event and why Casa Sy…
Cable Next-Gen 2023 recap: Operators choose their own adventure
DENVER – CABLE NEXT-GEN 2023 – As cable operators begin to zero in on the evolution of the access network, it's become clear that the future is not one size fits all. Some operators are enhancing the…
Dell'Oro's Sameh Boujelbene: AI is changing data center hardware
Just like every other part of the communications landscape, data center networking is changing fast. Sameh Boujelbene, vice president at Dell’Oro Group, projects that we'll see most data center switc…
The Cable Center CEO on the launch of the 'Syndeo Institute'
DENVER – CABLE NEXT GEN 2023 – Light Reading caught up with Diane Christman, the president and CEO of The Cable Center, here this week to discuss the launch of the Syndeo Institute, a new "operationa…
GCI starts doing the high splits while preparing for convergence
DENVER – CABLE NEXT GEN 2023 – GCI's Erik Kuhlmann said the company has begun upgrading its DOCSIS 3.1 cable network to a high-split architecture with equipment from vendors including ATX and CommSco…
What's the Story? African tech startups score $3.3B in funding
African tech startups brought in $3.3 billion in funding for the first time in 2022.
Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to explain why the fintech sector is bringing in the most fundi…
Omdia's Julie Kunstler: PON growth isn't slowing down anytime soon
We caught up with Julie Kunstler, chief analyst for Omdia's broadband access intelligence service, one of this week's #CableNextGen speakers at OFC earlier this month. During our podcast, Kunstler ga…
The Divide: Doug Maglothin on Diamond State Networks' plans for Arkansas and beyond
This episode features Doug Maglothin, who was recently appointed CEO of Diamond State Networks (DSN), a group of 13 electric co-ops in Arkansas working to unite fiber networks and provide wholesale b…
The Notebook Dump: Gigi Sohn exits FCC race, Verizon's leadership shakedown
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss data center and optical network updates from OFC, Gigi Sohn's withdrawal of her nomination for FCC commissioner and N…
DZS CEO Charlie Vogt: Backlogs and 'Buy American'
OFC23 – San Diego – DZS CEO Charlie Vogt said his company is one of the few that can help service providers of all sizes upgrade their fiber access networks while saving them operating costs in their…