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
The Divide: LiveOak Fiber's Steve Smith on deployment milestones and preparing for BEAD
This week: Steve Smith, chief revenue officer for LiveOak Fiber, on the company's deployment milestones in Florida and Georgia, lessons learned along the way and how LiveOak is getting ready for BEAD…
What's the Story? Tales of woe from the island of misfit AI toys
Fixed wireless or fiber? Why not both?
Former Voxel COO on moving from the 'Wild West days' to sustainable data centers
The Divide: Why California may pass a new law on digital discrimination
MVNO platform looks to add connectivity, not complexity
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The Divide: Grading state BEAD plans with ITIF's Jessica Dine
The Divide: Navajo County on building middle mile fiber in an 'Internet desert'
Verizon's Andrea Caldini: 'Culture of curiosity' is a pillar for private networks and APIs
Verizon VP Andrea Caldini returns to the podcast to discuss the service provider's private networks with the NFL and NHL, and how AI can be used to assess network performance.
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5G network timing and synchronization
Network timing and synchronization has become critical to deliver service performance and resiliency in 5G networks and beyond. In this podcast, Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Ciena's Bashar Abd…
Gigs CEO on the business of building a multitude of MVNOs
The CEO of Gigs, Hermann Frank, says the company provides the components for organizations to launch their own mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Gigs is an OS for companies, such as banks, to s…
The Divide: NDIA's Amy Huffman on implementing state digital equity plans
Viavi on the pressure of pacing optical testing with AI demands
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What's the Story? Samsung's network business struggles
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Ookla's 'North Star' is a better Internet for all
Ookla's Brennen Smith explains that the organization's 'North Star' or main objective is to support quality of experience of network performance for Internet users. We also discuss standards for netw…
ThinkAnalytics gets a fix on FAST
ThinkAnalytics CEO Marc Aldrich discusses how the company is using metadata and generative AI to help its content partners rapidly schedule and optimize their free, ad-supported streaming television …
AI boom breathes new life into optics for the data center
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The Divide: How Surf Internet is growing its fiber footprint in the Great Lakes region
This week: Gene Crusie, CEO of Surf Internet, an ISP in Indiana, Michigan and Illinois, on using a blend of private and public funds to reach unserved and underserved areas, how Surf plans to partici…
Princeton's Jennifer Rexford: Programmability in 5G access networks is a high stakes game
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What's the Story? Iliad eyes acquisition of Ukraine's Datagroup-Volia
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