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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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every 3 days
Average duration
21 minutes
Episodes
892
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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The Divide: Joey Wender on US Treasury's $10B down payment on closing the digital divide

The Divide: Joey Wender on US Treasury's $10B down payment on closing the digital divide

This week: Joey Wender, director of the capital projects fund at the US Treasury Department, on the status of $10 billion in federal broadband deployment funds.

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00:23:08  |   Tue 30 Apr 2024
DC Blox sheds light on dark fiber, landing station buildouts

DC Blox sheds light on dark fiber, landing station buildouts

DC Blox is just the latest example of a data center provider expanding to do much more as hyperscaler growth provides a catalyst for new dark fiber routes and connectivity services.





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00:14:45  |   Mon 29 Apr 2024
For Verizon, 5G coverage at Jazz Fest is the CATS MEOW

For Verizon, 5G coverage at Jazz Fest is the CATS MEOW

Verizon joins the podcast to explain how the service provider is deploying both permanent and temporary network assets to provide New Orleans Jazz Fest concertgoers with 4G and 5G connectivity.





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00:11:04  |   Thu 25 Apr 2024
Cable modem's 'father' sees his invention reach adulthood

Cable modem's 'father' sees his invention reach adulthood

Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard, considered by many as the 'father of the cable modem,' was recently inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. He joins the podcast to discuss the past, present and future of broadba…
00:27:22  |   Thu 25 Apr 2024
Quantum Loophole's data center dominion

Quantum Loophole's data center dominion

A fiber-connected development of almost 3.5 square miles in Maryland's largest county aims to introduce a new way to plan for and accommodate hyperscaler growth and whatever the computing needs of AI…
00:20:34  |   Wed 24 Apr 2024
Great Plains CIO: Acquisitions ease operations transformation

Great Plains CIO: Acquisitions ease operations transformation

Great Plains Communications CIO Katie Curtis explains how recent acquisitions have contributed to upgrading the telco's OSS/BSS.

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00:26:59  |   Wed 24 Apr 2024
The Divide: Why BEAD funds should go to local service providers

The Divide: Why BEAD funds should go to local service providers

This week: Kerry Haughan, SVP, commercial strategy at Calix, on why Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) funds should go to local providers, and overcoming the hurdles making it hard for sma…
00:30:05  |   Tue 23 Apr 2024
Verizon taps into 5G, the edge and the cloud to cut live TV sports

Verizon taps into 5G, the edge and the cloud to cut live TV sports

At NAB, Verizon Business showed off the future of live TV production by using its public 5G network, in tandem with its edge compute capabilities and AWS's cloud, to cut and edit a live NHL game.

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00:12:13  |   Mon 22 Apr 2024
Data center CTO weighs in on AI demands, liquid cooling and telecom transparency

Data center CTO weighs in on AI demands, liquid cooling and telecom transparency

John Sasser, CTO, Sabey Data Centers, discusses the power, cooling and capacity requirements of AI and cloud computing clients. Sabey is expanding to new locations and reworking its existing building…

00:12:56  |   Fri 19 Apr 2024
Precision OT EVP on saving customers from optical 'landmines'

Precision OT EVP on saving customers from optical 'landmines'

Keith Habberfield, EVP for Precision Optical Technologies (OT), joins the podcast with a behind-the-scenes look at the effort required to participate alongside 46 other companies in the OIF demo at t…
00:28:29  |   Thu 18 Apr 2024
The Divide: Hughes SVP on low-density broadband and keeping satellite competitive

The Divide: Hughes SVP on low-density broadband and keeping satellite competitive

This week: Mark Wymer, SVP at Hughes, on how the company's Jupiter-3 satellite has enabled faster service options, and how Hughes views satellite broadband's future as more federally funded fiber rol…
00:18:06  |   Tue 16 Apr 2024
What's the Story? Vecima makes a $20M play for Casa's cable business

What's the Story? Vecima makes a $20M play for Casa's cable business

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Casa System's Chapter 11 filing and the company's plans to sell off its 5G and cable assets. 

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00:09:48  |   Thu 11 Apr 2024
Ciena VP on the trouble with traditional OSS

Ciena VP on the trouble with traditional OSS

Ciena's Kailem Anderson explains the challenges telcos face in managing legacy OSS/BSS, and why Ciena used AI and a Kubernetes architecture in its new Blue Planet OSS platform.




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00:27:09  |   Wed 10 Apr 2024
5G Transport priorities – insights from Heavy Reading's Operators Survey

5G Transport priorities – insights from Heavy Reading's Operators Survey

Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Ciena's Francisco Sant'Anna discuss the current priorities of network operators on 5G transport and the state of the market, based on the results from the recent 5…
00:16:17  |   Tue 09 Apr 2024
The Divide: Conexon's Jonathan Chambers on rural fiber, BEAD and the future of ACP

The Divide: Conexon's Jonathan Chambers on rural fiber, BEAD and the future of ACP

This week: Jonathan Chambers, partner at Conexon, joins to discuss Conexon's progress in deploying rural fiber, plus his concerns about the $42 billion BEAD program, how to save the ACP and more.

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00:44:19  |   Tue 09 Apr 2024
How AI is changing fiber design

How AI is changing fiber design

OFC 2024: According to Corning's Sharon Bois, fiber providers have an opportunity to bring a lot of innovation to service provider networks and data centers as bandwidth demands skyrocket.




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00:19:50  |   Mon 08 Apr 2024
Artificial intelligence driving network capacity and what this means for data center connectivity

Artificial intelligence driving network capacity and what this means for data center connectivity

This episode of the Executive Spotlight Q&A, recorded onsite at OFC 2024, features Rob Shore, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Infinera. He discusses key industry trends driving bandwidth…
00:11:13  |   Mon 08 Apr 2024
What's the Story? T-Mobile and SpaceX play the long game on direct-to-cell service

What's the Story? T-Mobile and SpaceX play the long game on direct-to-cell service

Light Reading editors discuss why it could take a while before service providers start seeing meaningful revenue from direct-to-cell satellite services, if ever.

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00:16:48  |   Thu 04 Apr 2024
The Divide: Why NaLA says the fight for ACP funds isn't over

The Divide: Why NaLA says the fight for ACP funds isn't over

Committee chairs with the National Lifeline Association (NaLA), Danielle Perry and Kristi Brown, on the need for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and why they're not giving up on getting fun…
00:28:46  |   Tue 02 Apr 2024
AI tide could raise boats in optical industry

AI tide could raise boats in optical industry

From OFC: Omdia's Ian Redpath joins the podcast to discuss how the optical industry is stepping up to the challenge of providing the necessary connectivity inside and outside the data center to power…
00:09:16  |   Wed 27 Mar 2024
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