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
The Notebook Dump: FCC on ending digital discrimination, MWC kicks off
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro and Kelsey Ziser discuss the FCC's efforts to end digital discrimination, data center sustainability, Altice USA's efforts to get back on track and how to …
What's the Story? Roku, TiVo trade punches over smart TVs
Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Roku and Xperi/TiVo's recent earnings results and where they stand in the smart TV market. We also discuss some rivalries emerging among the smart TV pla…
Exploring the AT&T-BlackRock deal, open access and cable upgrades
AT&T's new "Gigapower" fiber joint venture with BlackRock Alternatives initially will focus on 1 million to 1.5 million locations outside AT&T's wireline footprint. Meanwhile, Charter Communications …
Ting's take on BEAD and fiber investments for economic development
Amol S. Naik, SVP of public policy and community engagement for Ting Internet at Tucows, joins the podcast to discuss how fiber infrastructure is shaping economic development in Ting's service areas.…
The Divide: How broadband barriers are impacting civil society orgs
The Notebook Dump: Gigi Sohn stuck in FCC purgatory, NC banks $23M on broadband
Phil Harvey, Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro and Kelsey Ziser discuss Gigi Sohn's third round at a FCC chairman hearing, North Carolina's broadband initiatives, Comcast's new Xfinity 10G …
What's the Story? Qualcomm's speedy 5G chips
EPB earmarks $70M for 25-Gig services and fiber upgrades
Over the past year, electric power distributor EPB has deployed 25-Gig services in Chattanooga, Tennessee as part of a $70 million fiber upgrade plan.
EPB VP Katie Espeseth joins the podcast to explai…
Extreme CEO: Leading with software to win retail, stadium deals
The Divide: Calix CEO Michael Weening on enabling the broadband disruptors
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Verizon invests to keep first responders connected at the Super Bowl
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5G COWS: AT&T's sprawling Super Bowl network prep
The Divide: How BDT is increasing enrollments in the FCC's ACP
IBM's Andrew Coward on managing MEC and multi-cloud madness
POWDER: Open for 5G and whatever's next
The Notebook Dump: Juniper's software shift, Sohn saga, Oregon Trail treachery
What's the Story? Telcos trudging slowly ahead with automation
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The Divide: Study examines service providers' plans and priorities for bridging broadband gaps
This episode features Alan Breznick, senior analyst with Heavy Reading. He joins the show to discuss the results of a recent survey about the global broadband industry's plans for closing the digital…
The Notebook Dump: BEAD battles, 5G wins and woes, robot dog uprising
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro and Kelsey Ziser discuss Q4 earnings results for cable operators such as Comcast, which lost broadband subscribers but gained mobile subs.
Nicole provides …
