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
Off Topic: Gary Smith on blending photography, philanthropy
The Light Reading podcast is going off-topic. As folks are winding down for the holiday weekend, we've recorded an episode featuring a noted telecom luminary talking about a bunch of stuff that has n…
00:38:59 |
Thu 24 Dec 2020
What's the story: HBO Max, Peacock and the streaming wars
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner was on the podcast this summer talking about the launches of HBO Max and NBCU's Peacock. Now he's back and on this episode, Jeff gives an update on those streaming se…
00:16:56 |
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Orange Business Services gets SASE and secure
Rob Mello, the head of strategy and transformation in the Americas for Orange Business Services, joins the podcast to discuss the carrier's use of the cloud when deploying security services to enterp…
00:29:26 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
From our sponsor: CSG's Scott Lawrence on digital transformations
In this special sponsored podcast episode, we speak with Scott Lawrence from CSG's Experiences Practice division. His job focuses on coaching companies to make decisions that can help them evolve and…
00:26:01 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
Plume CEO Fahri Diner on scaling a network services for smart homes
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner connected with Plume CEO Fahri Diner to get caught up on all things related to the management and security of the smart home. As part of that discussion, they chat ab…
00:28:49 |
Mon 14 Dec 2020
AT&T's Rita Marty: How to make 5G secure
Rita Marty, VP of Emerging Services Security Architecture for AT&T, joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss 5G security."We're taking all the learnings from LTE and 3G and applying it to 5G so we …
00:26:35 |
Fri 11 Dec 2020
What's the story: Light Reading's Iain Morris does an open RAN recap
Iain joined the podcast back in August to talk about open RAN's potential in the telco space, particularly as the UK government imposes a ban on using Huawei equipment. On this episode, we talk about…
00:16:41 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown: Surveying the open RAN ecosystem
Light Reading's Open RAN Ecosystem Symposium starts up again on Thursday, Dec. 10 and will feature open RAN discussions, case studies, cautionary tales and service provider perspectives. The symposiu…
00:18:22 |
Wed 09 Dec 2020
Dell'Oro's Mauricio Sanchez: SASE and the future of SD-WAN
Mauricio Sanchez, research director for Dell'Oro, joins the Light Reading podcast to clarify the definition of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and explain what this new trend means for the future o…
00:29:12 |
Wed 09 Dec 2020
Cogent Communications CEO Dave Schaeffer on building a better Internet backbone
Cogent Communications CEO Dave Schaeffer founded his company in 1999 to sell symmetrical, low-cost, Internet connectivity to businesses. That whole time he's said some variation of the same thing abo…
00:26:20 |
Fri 27 Nov 2020
Everstream CEO on fueling a Midwest fiber expansion
Brett Lindsey, CEO of Everstream, joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser on the podcast to discuss the company's strategy around building fiber networks in the Midwest. Lindsey also addre…
00:25:16 |
Wed 25 Nov 2020
What's the story: Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner on satellite broadband
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner has been keeping us up to date on the much-talked-about Starlink satellite service from SpaceX, as well as other satellite competitors in the field like HughesNet and…
00:14:36 |
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Frost & Sullivan's Roopa Honnachari on the 2021 outlook for SD-WAN
Roopa Honnachari, industry director for Frost & Sullivan, joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser on the podcast to explain how COVID-19 impacted growth in the SD-WAN and cloud services ma…
00:25:19 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
From our sponsor: Nokia's Steve Vogelsang on the service provider network evolution
The Light Reading podcast welcomes Steve Vogelsang, the CTO of IP and optical networks at Nokia. Nokia is also our podcast sponsor for the month.In this episode, we discuss how the pandemic is affect…
00:19:27 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Vertical Systems Group's Erin Dunne: What's next in SD-WAN
Erin Dunne, Director of Research Services for Vertical Systems Group, joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss the state of fiber deployments and the SD-WAN market during the pandemic. Dunne sheds …
00:30:51 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
What's the story: Light Reading's Iain Morris on Orange's deal with TRC
Light Reading's Iain Morris joins us to talk about convergence and consolidation amongst European telcos. France's Orange recently took a controlling stake in Telekom Romania Communications (TRC), an…
00:12:41 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
MNJ's Ben Niernberg on simplifying UCaaS and demystifying SD-WAN
MNJ Executive VP Ben Niernberg returns to the podcast to talk about how simplifying unified communications in the enterprise is even critical during the pandemic. Niernberg also offers advice on how …
00:23:07 |
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin on network slicing, edge needs for 5G applications
Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Light Reading's Phil Harvey recapped the recent 5G Transport & Networking Strategies symposium and they discussed network slicing in transport networks, how Verizo…
00:17:47 |
Thu 12 Nov 2020
128 Technology's Sue Graham Johnston: Creating a session-aware network
Sue Graham Johnston, president of 128 Technology, joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser on the podcast to discuss the company's technology approach to networking and how that led to its …
00:29:28 |
Wed 11 Nov 2020
Vonage's Jay Patel: UCaaS and APIs for the win
Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser talks with Vonage's Jay Patel about unified communications customer use cases. They cover Domino's Pizza and Siemens and talk about how both companies are using Vonage's …
00:17:24 |
Wed 11 Nov 2020
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