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
Colt CEO on AI, acquisitions and industry firsts for subsea fiber
Keri Gilder, CEO of Colt, joins the Light Reading podcast to explain the significance of Colt and Ciena completing the first 1.2 Tbit/s wavelength transmission across the Atlantic Ocean.
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6G may be forked, Vocus focuses on fiber expansion
What's the Story? Calix, Amazon and the big bad wolf of broadband
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How Cleeng is keeping streaming subscription churn in check
Wi-Fi 6E migration doesn't have to be a pain in the AP
No one buys AI
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What's the Story? Germany isn't worried about Huawei
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SKT's AI plans, Huawei's smartphone success and the rise of digital nationalism
Space WAN: MetTel taps Starlink for space-based network
MetTel CTO Ed Fox joins the podcast to discuss why the service provider decided to partner with Starlink as a reseller and how MetTel can provide satellite connectivity as a managed service to custom…
What's the Story? The trouble with telco APIs
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Telecom East: How AI is changing bandwidth needs in Asia
Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, welcome Bill Barney, a former Asian telco CEO and current chairman of Asian Century Equity, to dis…
Will AI on smartphones fade the way of the Metaverse?
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The Divide: How Cabot, Arkansas, got a broadband boost from municipal fiber
LR Extra: Halloween hijinks and gadget ghosts
Telecom East: Rebooting mobile's fortunes
In this episode, Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, discuss what KKR's entry into cable construction might mean for the subsea busine…
The Divide: NTCA's Shirley Bloomfield on the future of the Universal Service Fund
This week: Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, joins to discuss legal uncertainty around the Universal Service Fund (USF), and why preserving USF programs is crucial for …
Why is my cell phone so bad when I'm on vacation?
Opensignal's Sylwia Kechiche joined the podcast to dive into Opensignal's findings on the causes of network performance disparity between local and roaming wireless customers.
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What's the Story? DT is #bullish on telco APIs
Light Reading's Tereza Krasova joined the podcast to discuss Omdia's positive forecast for growth in the telecom market, and why DT and BT had opposing views on telco APIs at the Network X event.
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The Divide: How NextLight helped ignite municipal broadband in Colorado
This week: Officials from Longmont, Colorado, and NextLight – the state's first municipal broadband network – on NextLight's ten-year anniversary, its impact on the region and lessons learned along t…
LR Extra: Next stop, Jupiter's moon
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