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
What’s the story? Open RAN, semiconductor markets marred by supply chain, geopolitical dustups
Many industries are feeling the squeeze of supply chain challenges, and the open RAN and semiconductor businesses are no exception.
Despite the flexibility that open RAN promises from an equipment and…
Lumen CTO on automating and standardizing network infrastructure
DENVER – MEF Annual Members Event – Lumen's sights are set on developing a customer experience where connectivity service orders are placed through a portal or API for a more digital, automated exper…
The Divide: WISPs are the digital divide's 'first responders,' says new WISPA CEO
In this episode, we're joined by David Zumwalt, president and CEO of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), a trade organization that represents the fixed wireless industry. Zum…
Interpret's Brett Sappington on the streaming evolution and its impact on pay-TV
There's no shortage of change and disruption being meted out by the streaming market.
Netflix, which benefits from a sizable chunk of TV viewing time, is pursuing an ad-supported option to help resto…
MEF's Stan Hubbard on accelerating automation with APIs
DENVER – MEF Annual Members Event – Service providers have long been working toward automated networks. One way service providers are reducing manual processes is by adopting MEF's Lifecycle Service …
Dell's CTO on building broadband and private 5G networks
John Roese, the global CTO at Dell Technologies, said the influx of federal funding to help alleviate the digital divide should be used to solve broadband coverage gaps as efficiently as possible. He…
Comcast's Broderick Johnson on Internet access and the pursuit of 'digital equity'
The concept of "digital equity" has been a hot topic as the FCC and private entities attempt to resolve the issue of accurate broadband mapping and uncover where resources need to be applied to get p…
What's the story? Cox undeterred by false starts into mobile biz
Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss Cox Communications' new mobile service. He explains why it was a long time coming, why T-Mobile tried to slow Cox's deployment with a lawsuit, w…
What's the story? How to enter the Leading Lights Awards
Phil Harvey joins the podcast to discuss Light Reading's Leading Lights Awards and how to enter a submission. In addition, we share advice for how to craft a solid entry, tell you when the deadline t…
The Divide: Measuring Internet equity, with Nick Feamster (bonus episode)
What's the story? Ericsson's market momentum haunted by mismanagement
Light Reading's Iain Morris joins the podcast with insight into why Ericsson's stock price took a hit despite a solid second quarter.
"I was a bit surprised to see the share price, they opened at abou…
Plume CTO on why Amazon has the inside track on IoT brand loyalty
With the pace of broadband subscriber growth showing signs of slowing after big surges during the early days of the pandemic, some service providers are expanding their influence into the management …
Virtual and traditional pay-TV players take a hit on subs
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to provide an update on some of the major players in the streaming video market. He also delivers insight into a recent report on the pay-TV market …
The Divide: Ji Soo Song on the Department of Education's role in achieving digital equity
What's the story? Mike Dano on WCO, wireless wins and woes
In this episode, Light Reading's Mike Dano discusses growth predictions for the wireless industry in 2022 and why Verizon's forecast might be a little bleaker than those of AT&T and T-Mobile. He also…
The Divide: Vistabeam's Matt Larsen on the reliability of wireless and pitfalls of federal funding
Juniper CTO on a more efficient 5G future
Juniper CTO Raj Yavatkar joins the podcast to discuss how the telecom industry can improve energy efficiency and service expectations for 5G deployments while also reducing the cost of running 5G net…
'NextGenTV' goes for a ride
ATSC 3.0, the new IP-based broadcast signaling standard branded as "NextGen TV," targets the TV with a blend of enhanced capabilities such as 4K, high dynamic range (HDR), on-demand video, immersive …
The Divide: Connected Nation's Heather Gate on maps, grants and the 'future-proof' fallacy
On this episode, we're joined by Heather Gate, vice president of digital inclusion at Connected Nation, a nonprofit organization founded in 2001 that works with communities across the US to increase …
Indiana's Hoosier Net takes a crack at beefing up the middle-mile
Amid all the hoopla about the deployment of fiber-fueled access networks, it's sometimes easy to forget the critical importance of middle-mile networks that feed and interconnect them. Middle-mile ne…