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
MNJ's Ben Niernberg: SD-WAN is still seeing midmarket growth
MNJ Technologies COO Ben Niernberg returns to the Light Reading podcast to discuss predictions for growth in the MPLS and SD-WAN markets.According to a recent Avant Communications report, over 60% of…
00:22:24 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
The Divide: WISPA's Claude Aiken on tech-neutral solutions
On this episode, we hear from Claude Aiken, president and CEO of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), which represents the wireless Internet service provider industry, coverin…
00:17:12 |
Thu 04 Mar 2021
Executive Spotlight Q&A: Plume Co-founder and CEO Fahri Diner
This episode of the Executive Spotlight Q&A features Plume Co-founder and CEO Fahri Diner, a veteran telecom entrepreneur and investor that Light Reading has covered for several years. In this interv…
00:28:55 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
The Divide: How US counties are confronting connectivity needs
On this episode of The Divide, we hear from Judge JD Clark of Wise County, Texas and Councilmember Craig Rice of Montgomery County, Maryland – co-chairs of the National Association of Counties (NACo)…
00:24:40 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner on Paramount+, pay TV and live sports
Light Reading Senior Editor Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss the state of streaming video services and why they're eating away at pay-TV subscriber numbers. He also discusses new streami…
00:14:17 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
Beats x Broadband: a fiber-fueled music masterclass
The Light Reading podcast welcomes Dan Kurin, the tech coordinator at Factory Two and Brandon Corder the CEO of Beats x Beers to discuss an upcoming experiment with low-latency broadband in Flint, Mi…
00:27:15 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
What's the story: Mike Dano follows the money in the $81B C-band spectrum auction
Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss the significance of the FCC's $81 billion C-band spectrum auction.Mike recently wrote that 5G in the US will become a lot clearer by the end of March, with the …
00:13:14 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
The Divide: Dr. Nicol Turner Lee on the 'digitally invisible'
On this episode of The Divide, we hear from Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, a senior fellow in governance studies and the director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institute. As a resea…
00:22:09 |
Fri 19 Feb 2021
Vodafone Business taps IoT to reduce carbon emissions
Erik Brenneis, head of IoT for Vodafone Business, joins the podcast to discuss growth in the IoT market and explains how Vodafone Business' customers are using IoT in their sustainability strategies.
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00:26:42 |
Fri 19 Feb 2021
Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin on what's coming up in optical networking
Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin gives a quick rundown of what's coming up in the optical networking space for 2021 as he previews Light Reading's Optical Networking Symposium on February 16 and 18.
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00:08:39 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Omdia's Pablo Tomasi forecasts growth for private LTE and 5G networks
Pablo Tomasi, principal analyst for Private Networks at Omdia, joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss his predictions for the growth of private LTE and 5G networks."By 2025 … the size of the glob…
00:21:31 |
Wed 10 Feb 2021
The Divide: How Starry connects cord cutters and the underserved
On this episode of The Divide, we hear from Virginia Lam Abrams, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Strategic Advancement at the alternative broadband provider Starry.Starry's service is…
00:17:47 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
The Divide: NDIA's Angela Siefer on digital redlining
This episode features Angela Siefer, executive director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA). We talk about what digital inclusion work looks like, how the digital divide is being made w…
00:09:34 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
BT's Detlef Nauck: Using AI and data science in a telco
The Light Reading podcast welcomes Detlef Nauck, Head of AI & Data Science Research for BT's Applied Research Division. Nauck gives us an overview of his work and the processes involved in using AI a…
00:23:35 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
The Divide: Pew's Anna Read on state efforts to close the gap
Welcome to "The Divide" – a new podcast from Light Reading exploring the ongoing digital divide: why it still exists, where it still exists and what needs to be done to fix it.Today's guest is Anna R…
00:12:17 |
Thu 21 Jan 2021
The Divide: EFF's Ernesto Falcon on 'building back better' broadband
Welcome to "The Divide" – a new podcast from Light Reading exploring the ongoing digital divide: why it still exists, where it still exists and what needs to be done to fix it.Our guest is Ernesto Fa…
00:18:25 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
Nick Weaver, CEO of eero, says smart Wi-Fi is essential for connected homes
This week the podcast welcomes eero CEO Nick Weaver to discuss in-home connectivity and how his company has changed since it was bought by Amazon in 2019. The podcast covers the proliferation of Wi-F…
00:31:31 |
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Omdia's Dario Talmesio: What's ahead for telcos in 2021
Dario Talmesio, research director for Omdia's service provider strategy and regulation practice, talks about the big topics that will shape the year ahead for communications service providers (CSPs).…
00:24:30 |
Tue 12 Jan 2021
US Ignite's Mari Silbey: Tech tests for better rural broadband access
Mari Silbey, senior director of Partnerships and Outreach for US Ignite, joins the Light Reading podcast in this episode, recorded in late December. Silbey provides an update on "Project Overcome," a…
00:37:17 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
What's the story: Light Reading's Phil Harvey recaps the year in Huawei
Are the Huawei bans working? What will the US do next year to keep China's champion from 5G world domination? Phil Harvey returns to the podcast to give us the latest on Huawei's turbulent year.
Host…
00:22:30 |
Thu 24 Dec 2020
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