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
- 892
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
LR Editors: These pitches be crazy!
It goes without saying that the editors at Light Reading are living the dream, but this job – nay, calling – is not all puppy tails and rainbows. The sad truth is that many of the email pitches we re…
00:31:29 |
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Nick Feamster on how the pandemic highlighted our biggest network needs
Nick Feamster, Neubauer Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, returns to the podcast to provide an update on his research into how COVID-19 has impacted Internet traffic demands…
00:22:45 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
The Divide: Stealth's Shrihari Pandit on bringing fiber to underserved business communities
On this episode, we hear from Shrihari Pandit, president and CEO of Stealth Communications, which provides fiber Internet to businesses in New York City.Since 1995 Stealth has been active in New York…
00:11:50 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
MyBundle.TV coaches viewers on cutting the pay-TV cord
Jason Cohen, CEO and co-founder of MyBundle.TV, joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss how his company connects viewers to streaming services, and assists broadband and cable providers in identif…
00:23:18 |
Fri 23 Apr 2021
Verizon's Anand Shah on why private networks are a big opportunity
Anand Shah, Verizon's director of technology strategy and architecture, joins the podcast to talk all about private networks. We cover the wide variety of use cases for private networks, the enterpri…
00:23:18 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
The Divide: ConnectMaine's Peggy Schaffer on the 'street-by-street battle' for broadband
On this episode, we hear from Peggy Schaffer, executive director for the ConnectMaine Authority.ConnectMaine was established in 2006. Since then, Shaffer says it has spent approximately $12 million i…
00:18:48 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
The Divide: David Gilford on local priorities for federal broadband funds
On this episode, we hear from David Gilford, principal at HR&A Advisors and co-founder of the Broadband Equity Partnership: a consultancy focused on ending the digital divide in the US.In partnership…
00:20:04 |
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Sponsored podcast: How Plume's WorkPass can bring smart connectivity to SMBs
On this sponsored edition of the Light Reading podcast, we chat with Tyson Marian, Plume's chief commercial officer, about the company's new product, WorkPass. We'll cover what WorkPass is and why Pl…
00:21:35 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
Microsoft Azure's Yousef Khalidi curates carrier clouds
Yousef Khalidi, corporate VP of Azure for Operators at Microsoft and a member of the founding team of Azure, joins the podcast to discuss how his role has evolved to working on Azure for Operators. K…
00:18:50 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
The Divide: Scott Willis, Bruce Garrison on the 'collective ecosystem' needed to close the gap
On this episode, we hear from Scott Willis, CEO of DartPoints, a colocation data center provider; as well as Bruce Garrison, chief revenue officer at Bluebird Network, a regional provider of fiber in…
00:16:56 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
The Divide: Fiber Broadband Association's Gary Bolton on the 'good news, good news' for fiber
On this episode, we hear from Gary Bolton, President and CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association: an organization of over 350 companies focused on delivering an all-fiber broadband network across the …
00:21:14 |
Thu 01 Apr 2021
Light Reading's Mike Dano: Six questions about 6G
Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss which service providers and vendors are pulling ahead in the planning stages for 6G.In addition, Dano examines whether 6G will reach the terabyt…
00:21:02 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
MetTel's Ed Fox on extending enterprise IT to home networks
Ed Fox, CTO of MetTel, joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss challenges in extending SD-WAN services to home networks, whether SASE makes sense to enterprise customers and how MetTel is helping …
00:23:36 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
LR's Alan Breznick: The NFL's TV deals gave streaming platforms legitimacy, longevity
Light Reading's Alan Breznick is back on the podcast to discuss whether the NFL's $110 billion deal with a number of streaming video services will be the nail in the coffin for traditional pay-TV bun…
00:24:44 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
Sponsored podcast: Simplifying fiber networks with end-to-end cloud management
Adtran's CTO, Ryan McCowan, discusses the benefits of Mosaic One, a network and services optimization platform purpose-built to reduce subscriber churn.
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00:19:11 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
The Divide: Blair Levin and Clint Odom on digital equity and inclusion
On this episode, we hear from Blair Levin, who oversaw the creation of the National Broadband Plan under President Barack Obama and served as FCC Chairman Reed Hundt's chief of staff under President …
00:29:41 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
The Divide: Ribbon's Bruce McClelland on economics and politics of rural broadband
On this episode, we hear from Bruce McClelland, CEO of Ribbon Communications, about his company's work with broadband service providers in the rural US.McClelland says he took advantage of this last …
00:17:21 |
Thu 18 Mar 2021
Light Reading's Alan Breznick: Which DOCSIS are we on anyway?
The King of Cable, aka Alan Breznick, returns to host the 14th year of Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies event on April 28-29. While this year's event will be virtual, Breznick…
00:21:06 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
The Divide: Upstream's Kostas Kastanis on offering 'free' Internet in Africa
On this episode, we hear from Kostas Kastanis, deputy CEO of Upstream – a mobile technology company that works with providers to offer affordable and secure access to Internet services, primarily in …
00:25:06 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown on 5G's next wave
The Light Reading podcast welcomes Gabriel Brown, Heavy Reading's principal analyst, mobile networks and 5G, to preview some of the discussions and topics that will be part of the 5G Next Wave Digita…
00:12:59 |
Sat 06 Mar 2021
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