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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
892
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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What's the Story? eSIMs ease wireless woes for travelers

What's the Story? eSIMs ease wireless woes for travelers

Travel embedded SIMs (eSIMs) are one avenue for travelers to maintain wireless network performance. Now, organizations outside the telecom industry are joining service providers in providing traveler…
00:13:42  |   Thu 29 Aug 2024
Ookla on the competitive advantage of 5G standalone

Ookla on the competitive advantage of 5G standalone

Ookla's Karim Yaici breaks down which regions and service providers are leading the charge in 5G standalone and what this means for enterprises and consumers.

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00:30:00  |   Thu 29 Aug 2024
The Divide: How two rural co-ops are connecting their communities with Conexon

The Divide: How two rural co-ops are connecting their communities with Conexon

Conexon's Jonathan Chambers joins Washington EMC's Wendy Sellers and Tri-County Electric's Julius Hackett to discuss the rural co-ops' partnerships with Conexon Connect to deploy and deliver fiber br…
00:54:46  |   Tue 27 Aug 2024
ACA Connects CEO tackles bulk billing, BEAD, net neutrality and sports streaming

ACA Connects CEO tackles bulk billing, BEAD, net neutrality and sports streaming

Grant Spellmeyer, president and CEO of ACA Connects, joins the podcast from The Independent Show in Nashville to dig into the top regulatory issues facing an org that represents a large group of inde…

00:28:31  |   Sat 24 Aug 2024
LR Extra: Waymo honks, facts are good and we can't remember your phone number

LR Extra: Waymo honks, facts are good and we can't remember your phone number

Light Reading's editors explore the Waymo honkfest, ponder the fear of contrary opinions, dish on affordable broadband orders and try to remember any phone number that isn't from a flooring commercia…
00:34:24  |   Fri 23 Aug 2024
The Divide: How Tarana and Choice Broadband are connecting Navajo Nation

The Divide: How Tarana and Choice Broadband are connecting Navajo Nation

This week: Tarana CEO Basil Alwan, and Choice Broadband General Manager Velena Tsosie, discuss their partnership to deliver next-generation fixed wireless access for the Navajo Nation in Tohatchi, Ne…

00:26:29  |   Tue 20 Aug 2024
LR Extra: Pixel peeping, American idioms and satellite service fantasies

LR Extra: Pixel peeping, American idioms and satellite service fantasies

Light Reading's editors ponder the Google Pixel 9's new features and once again dine out on their food industry frustrations.

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00:26:32  |   Fri 16 Aug 2024
What's the Story? Starry's rough road to profitability

What's the Story? Starry's rough road to profitability

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner discusses how fixed wireless company Starry plans to move from bankruptcy to profitability.

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00:11:57  |   Thu 15 Aug 2024
LR Extra: Olympic dreams and vacation screams

LR Extra: Olympic dreams and vacation screams

The Light Reading editors share their favorite Olympic events, some facts about Humane's AI pin and Google's autocorrect, and they recall some bad vacations with long car rides and sweaty theme parks…
00:28:48  |   Fri 09 Aug 2024
The Divide: Benton's John Horrigan on the costs of ACP's end

The Divide: Benton's John Horrigan on the costs of ACP's end

This week: John Horrigan, senior fellow at Benton, joins to discuss new data showing billions in lost savings for consumers and the economy due to the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)…
00:24:59  |   Tue 30 Jul 2024
EchoStar VP: open RAN's 'flexibility is priceless'

EchoStar VP: open RAN's 'flexibility is priceless'

EchoStar's Ravinder Jarral explains why the open RAN testing and development initiative, ORCID, was launched and how things are progressing both in the lab and out in the field. ORCID is funded by a …
00:25:13  |   Wed 24 Jul 2024
The Divide: Blair Levin on what the end of Chevron deference means for broadband

The Divide: Blair Levin on what the end of Chevron deference means for broadband

New Street Research analyst Blair Levin joins the podcast to discuss the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down Chevron deference and what it means for broadband policy and the digital divide…
00:31:12  |   Tue 16 Jul 2024
Verizon's Novak: Be on the lookout for internal AI security threats

Verizon's Novak: Be on the lookout for internal AI security threats

AI largely isn't the looming security threat that the tech and telecom industries imagined, but internal misuse of GenAI tools could pose a problem.

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00:33:59  |   Wed 10 Jul 2024
Digi.City's Collier: Better data use can make our cities smarter

Digi.City's Collier: Better data use can make our cities smarter

Digi.City's Chelsea Collier points out how cities can become more livable and address spatial and digital inequality by better improving data collection processes.

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00:36:26  |   Wed 03 Jul 2024
The Divide: Gigi Sohn on how the FCC could (still) save the ACP

The Divide: Gigi Sohn on how the FCC could (still) save the ACP

This week: Gigi Sohn on the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program and a new petition asking the FCC to reconsider its Title II forbearance decision and reopen the door to assessing broadband rev…
00:31:09  |   Tue 02 Jul 2024
What's the Story? Telecom code red

What's the Story? Telecom code red

At the DTW24 event in Copenhagen last week, TM Forum CEO Nik Willetts said the telecom industry is experiencing a code red transformational failure.


Light Reading's Tereza Krásová was there, and she …

00:15:10  |   Thu 27 Jun 2024
The Divide: How Colorado is preparing to award $826M for BEAD

The Divide: How Colorado is preparing to award $826M for BEAD

This week: Brandy Reitter, executive director for Colorado's broadband office, on Internet access and adoption challenges, and next steps for the state's BEAD program now that Colorado's initial prop…
00:27:28  |   Tue 25 Jun 2024
For digital inclusion, broadband access is just the beginning

For digital inclusion, broadband access is just the beginning

South Bend, Indiana's Madi Rogers explains how broadband access is just one aspect of reaching the goal of digital inclusion.



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00:33:28  |   Fri 21 Jun 2024
Omdia on the infiltration of AI into telecom services and infrastructure

Omdia on the infiltration of AI into telecom services and infrastructure

Omdia Principal Analyst Roz Roseboro explains how AI has historically been used for telecom operations, such as OSS/BSS, but the advent of GenAI and ChatGPT means AI is starting to infiltrate telecom…

00:32:47  |   Thu 20 Jun 2024
Making sense of the messy private 5G market

Making sense of the messy private 5G market

Omdia's Pablo Tomasi joins the podcast to explain why the private 5G market hasn't expanded at the pace service providers expected.



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00:26:30  |   Thu 13 Jun 2024
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