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
Omdia's Roz Roseboro: The complexities of public clouds for telcos
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The Notebook Dump: DOCSIS ain't cheap, edge computing is 'meh' and Starry bet and lost on RDOF
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Mike Dano, Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro and Phil Harvey discuss DOCSIS 4.0 network upgrade costs, edge computing sites, and RDOF and SD-WAN updates in this rec…
FiberLight CEO's vision extends beyond core connectivity
Connectivity is core to FiberLight's business, but the company, under CEO Chris Rabii, is pursuing a path to be much more.
FiberLight is in the midst of a plan to evolve from "a "largely construction…
What's the story? South Africa to sunset 2G and 3G
Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert provides an update on Safaricom's new network in Ethiopia, which will be the country's first private telecoms operator and end the country's decades-long telecoms mo…
The Divide: Where and why local voices are missing from FCC broadband policymaking
Verizon Frontline's response to Hurricane Ian
The destruction of Category 4 Hurricane Ian in Florida is far reaching, with over 491,000 homes and businesses still left without power. Verizon Frontline's team headed down to Florida with networkin…
The Divide: LiveOak's Steve Smith on getting fiber-ready in Florida and Georgia
The Notebook Dump: Chips and salsa for the win
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Mike Dano and Phil Harvey sign off from MWC with a 10-minute informal recap of the work week ended September 30.
The rest of the show notes and story links can be f…
The Divide: How FirstLight is connecting communities with middle-mile fiber
What's the story? Helium Mobile's high hopes for MVNO
The Notebook Dump: Ericsson acquires Vonage, national spectrum strategy, eSIM startup and Elvis impersonators
Light Reading editors Mike "can't be bothered" Dano, Phil "the higher the hair the closer to heaven" Harvey and Kelsey "finger guns" Ziser get together for an informal recap of what's happened during…
The Divide: Ziply VP chats rural fiber builds, permit reforms and micro-trenching
Executive Spotlight Q&A: Flexible, Cloud Native Networking is Here
Reminiscing with Bob Gold about cable milestones, Dan Aykroyd and media screwups
If you've been in the cable tech industry for more than five minutes, there's a good chance you know Bob Gold, the super-energetic PR/marketing guy and Cable TV Pioneer who's been representing cable …
Omdia on the rocky road to private 5G for manufacturing
Service providers have been banging on about the benefits of private 5G networks for the manufacturing industry, but that vertical has been reluctant to move forward with 5G technologies.
In this podc…
The Notebook Dump: Broadband proliferation, chicanery and hotel soap
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Nicole Ferraro and Jedi Padawan Mike Dano join sentient vanilla latte Phil Harvey for an informal recap of what's happened during the work week ended September 16,…
Light Reading's super-official SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2022 Preview
SCTE Cable-Tec Expo is in Philadelphia September 19-22, a triumphant return to an in-person cable-fest since the 2019 show in New Orleans – just mere months before the whole world went to hell.
But t…
Brightcove CEO braces for the next big shift in streaming
Marc DeBevoise has had a front seat during the video market's streaming revolution.
He was a top exec at CBS when the broadcaster surprised the media world in 2014 with the launch of CBS All Access, …
What's the story? '2022 is the year of T-Mobile'
Light Reading's Mike Dano explains why T-Mobile now claims to be the biggest wireless network operator in the world. He also discusses T-Mobile's strategies around spectrum acquisition, it's fixed wi…
QOS Networks CEO brings AIOps to Zayo Group
Former CEO of QOS Networks Frank Cittadino, now SVP of edge services for Zayo Group, joins the podcast to discuss why Zayo acquired managed service provider QOS Networks. In addition, Cittadino expla…