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Light Reading Podcasts

 Phil Harvey

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
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Big 5G Recap: Going hybrid in the mile-high city

Big 5G Recap: Going hybrid in the mile-high city

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner and Mike Dano join Phil Harvey to recap the Big 5G Event and discuss what has happened lately with in-person events, what seems to be working well as folks start trav…
00:25:27  |   Tue 14 Sep 2021
How 'as a service' might supercharge private 5G

How 'as a service' might supercharge private 5G

The private wireless networking trend has been a hot-button issue in the global wireless industry for months now. The notion, after all, is tantalizing: What if software and equipment vendors could s…
00:06:11  |   Tue 14 Sep 2021
Verizon's Peselli on enterprises' evolving network consumption model

Verizon's Peselli on enterprises' evolving network consumption model

Massimo Peselli, SVP of Global Enterprise for Verizon Business, provides insight into how the pandemic has changed the way "enterprises consume the network." "Over the last 18 months we developed thi…
00:12:20  |   Tue 14 Sep 2021
Private 5G represents 'turning point' for John Deere

Private 5G represents 'turning point' for John Deere

 John Deere's Kiel Ronning provides some fresh insight into how 5G-powered private networks are weaving their way into smart manufacturing, enabling the company to take advantage of low latencies, sp…
00:07:25  |   Mon 13 Sep 2021
Light Reading Recap: Week ending Sept. 10

Light Reading Recap: Week ending Sept. 10

Last week's telecom news highlights included more trouble for Norwegian operator Telenor as it moves away from Myanmar. We also muse about the changing shape of Verizon's deal with the NFL and why 5G…
00:02:30  |   Mon 13 Sep 2021
AT&T's Katibeh on bridging the digital divide

AT&T's Katibeh on bridging the digital divide

Mo Katibeh, SVP of network infrastructure and build for AT&T, examines several new use cases for how the service provider is addressing the 5G customer experience for both consumers and enterprises. …
00:08:51  |   Fri 10 Sep 2021
The Divide: New map shows 60M Americans lack Internet

The Divide: New map shows 60M Americans lack Internet

On this episode, we hear from Eric Frank, CEO of LightBox – a real estate information and technology platform – on his company's just-released nationwide Internet connectivity map, revealing that rou…
00:14:16  |   Thu 09 Sep 2021
Verizon builds a private 5G network at the Port of Southampton

Verizon builds a private 5G network at the Port of Southampton

Jennifer Artley, SVP of Strategic Initiatives for Verizon Business, catches up with Light Reading after her keynote on Verizon's private 5G network deployment at the Port of Southampton, the UK's lar…

00:04:25  |   Thu 09 Sep 2021
Mike O'Rielly, formerly of the FCC, cautions on infrastructure timing

Mike O'Rielly, formerly of the FCC, cautions on infrastructure timing

One of the FCC's former commissioners believes that Congress is poised to quickly approve around $65 billion in infrastructure spending on broadband in the US.

However, he cautioned that telecom indus…

00:10:47  |   Thu 09 Sep 2021
AT&T's Gordon Mansfield expands on plans for standalone 5G and open RAN

AT&T's Gordon Mansfield expands on plans for standalone 5G and open RAN

Gordon Mansfield, AT&T's vice president of converged access and device technology, joined us here to offer an update on the company's deployment of a 5G standalone core and the anticipated benefits t…
00:13:15  |   Wed 08 Sep 2021
Boingo aims to bring connectivity and 'touchless travel' to airports

Boingo aims to bring connectivity and 'touchless travel' to airports

Boingo CTO Derek Peterson provides an update on the company's partnerships with service providers on 5G deployments and how Boingo is supporting contactless experiences at airports. In addition, Pete…
00:05:36  |   Wed 08 Sep 2021
Exploring Dish's 5G vision

Exploring Dish's 5G vision

Sidd Chenumolu, Dish Network's vice president of technology development, offers an update on the company's national 5G network buildout and what Dish hopes to learn as it moves ahead with its first 5…
00:09:47  |   Wed 08 Sep 2021
Lumen's Mike Benjamin: An old RAT with new tricks

Lumen's Mike Benjamin: An old RAT with new tricks

Lumen's Mike Benjamin joins the podcast to discuss the recent ReverseRAT update, a malware scheme that was used to target government and energy-sector organizations in India and Afghanistan. Benjamin…
00:17:44  |   Tue 07 Sep 2021
Why Dish Network digs MVNOs

Why Dish Network digs MVNOs

Stephen Stokols, the Dish Network executive in charge of the company's growing camp of mobile brands, said Dish might not be done buying mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). This interview was r…
00:07:45  |   Thu 02 Sep 2021
The Divide: MTA's Wanda Tankersley on Alaska's middle-mile problem

The Divide: MTA's Wanda Tankersley on Alaska's middle-mile problem

In this episode, we hear from Wanda Tankersley, chief operating officer (COO) at MTA (or Matanuska Telecom Association), a telecommunications co-op in Alaska. 


We discuss the unique middle-mile challe…

00:19:06  |   Thu 02 Sep 2021
From our sponsor: Driving trends and emerging technologies in optical networks

From our sponsor: Driving trends and emerging technologies in optical networks

This podcast will explore some of the key trends driving telecommunications networks, the challenges and opportunities for network operators, and how new innovations in optical transmission technolog…

00:15:26  |   Sun 29 Aug 2021
The Divide: Tackling the global broadband gap with aerial mapping

The Divide: Tackling the global broadband gap with aerial mapping

On this episode, we hear from Jennifer Alvarez, Co-founder and CEO, Aurora Insight, a company that measures the availability of spectrum and wireless networks in the rural US and abroad; as well as D…

00:18:51  |   Thu 26 Aug 2021
Verizon on managing the mobile threat landscape

Verizon on managing the mobile threat landscape

Verizon's Terrance Robinson joins the podcast to share key findings from the service provider's Mobile Security Index. In addition, Robinson shares insights about which mobile security threats are on…

00:25:16  |   Tue 24 Aug 2021
Light Reading Recap: Week ending August 20

Light Reading Recap: Week ending August 20

Last week's telecom news highlights included all the damage, and damage control, surrounding T-Mobile's recent hack and data breach. We also ponder why cable operators are suddenly very popular mobil…
00:03:12  |   Mon 23 Aug 2021
The Divide: Virginia's Dr. Tamarah Holmes on running the country's 'OG' broadband office

The Divide: Virginia's Dr. Tamarah Holmes on running the country's 'OG' broadband office

On this episode, we hear from Dr. Tamarah Holmes, director of the Office of Broadband for the state of Virginia.


Since the office was established in 2019, Dr. Holmes says Virginia has successfully clo…

00:16:56  |   Thu 19 Aug 2021
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