This week on the "What's the Story?" podcast we're talking with Light Reading's Editor, Phil Harvey about the US vs. China trade war and how TikTok has been caught in the middle. Phil recaps a recent policy move by the Chinese government that looks to be aimed at delaying the sale of TikTok's US operations. The pressure is building and time is running out as the Trump administration has said the company needs to sell its US business soon or face a ban on its service. Phil catches us up on TikTok...
Sep 01, 2020•16 min
Bart Spriester, General Manager, Content & Streaming Providers, Comcast Technology Solutions joins the podcast to discuss the consumer and industry trends shaping streaming technology today. We also talk about how media and entertainment companies are evolving their technology stack to stay competitive. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 31, 2020•20 min
This Executive Spotlight Q&A features John Maddison, the CMO & EVP of products at Fortinet. Maddison discusses SASE, the secure access service edge, and what problems SASE solves for enterprises and service providers. He details what a full SASE deployment should look like and how it relates to Secure SD-WAN. The Executive Spotlight Q&A is a sponsored Light Reading audio production. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Aug 27, 2020•17 min
This week on the "What's the Story?" podcast we're talking with Paula Gilbert, editor of Connecting Africa, Light Reading's sister site. Paula has been reporting on the mobile money industry in Africa, including new partnerships between telcos and banks, the pandemic's impact on the sector and more. She's here to tell us more about the mobile money industry in Africa, how it's evolving, why it matters, and what's likely to happen next. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Ac...
Aug 26, 2020•8 min
Omdia analyst Jaimie Lenderman discusses cable operator efforts to reimagine their networks as less centralized, with more intelligence at the edge. Are those efforts being sidelined by the pandemic? Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 24, 2020•15 min
BT Security's Kevin Brown joins the podcast to discuss remote working in a pandemic, including all the risks, the changes and advantages the "new normal" has for service providers. We'll also cover BT's concept of a "human firewall" and how companies can prioritize their security approach based on people, not technology. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 21, 2020•22 min
This week we're talking with Light Reading's Mike Dano about 5G spectrum. Mike's been keeping us up to date on the FCC's CBRS auction, and the forthcoming C-band spectrum auction scheduled for December. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 19, 2020•10 min
On this episode, Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner talks with pod host Nicole Ferraro about NBC Universal's new streaming service Peacock: the latest news, why it matters and what's likely to happen next. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 12, 2020•11 min
On this episode of 'What's the Story?' – a new series from the Light Reading Podcast – Iain Morris talks with pod host Nicole Ferraro about open RAN: the latest news, why it matters and what's likely to happen next. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 10, 2020•11 min
Cliff Grossner, Executive Director of the Cloud & Data Center practice for Omdia, joins the podcast to discuss HPE's acquisition of SD-WAN supplier Silver Peak. Grossner explains how this acquisition may impact the industry at large, shares his predictions for the SD-WAN industry in the coming months, and addresses how COVID-19 could impact SD-WAN growth. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 04, 2020•15 min
Dave Ward, CEO of PacketFabric, discusses the company's mission to deliver instant, scalable, and secure connectivity for companies of all sizes on its network. He talks about why he thinks the network-as-a-service opportunity will grow and how PacketFabric sets itself apart from other NaaS offerings. Ward also gives us some details about his conservation work and how he uses technology to help endangered species. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Jul 30, 2020•27 min
Sorabh Saxena, EVP of Customer Service & Operations for AT&T Business, joins the podcast to discuss how AT&T is incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning into their approach to improving the customer experience. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 30, 2020•25 min
This week on the show, Light Reading contributing editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Light Reading's Alan Breznick about cable companies. Alan recently wrote about cable company Cogeco Communications running tests of one-box small cells, in preparation for its entrance into the wireless market. Alan discusses Cogeco's and other cable companies' evolving business models, what it all means, why it matters and what's likely to happen next. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Aca...
Jul 29, 2020•6 min
Arrcus CEO Devesh Garg discusses how the company is disrupting the market as a hyperscale networking software company enabling secure distributed connectivity with the world’s best performance by providing simple, scalable, and seamless solutions for the data centers, edge and multi-cloud. This podcast is sponsored by Arrcus. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 27, 2020•32 min
Omdia Principal Analyst Rik Turner joins the podcast to discuss whether the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is the next evolution of SD-WAN and security, why Zero Trust Access (ZTA) is front of mind during the COVID-19 pandemic, and new security challenges stemming from more employees working from home globally. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 23, 2020•22 min
This week on the show, we're talking with Light Reading's Editor-in-Chief Phil Harvey about Huawei. Light Reading has been extensively covering the ongoing drama surrounding Huawei and how US- and UK-imposed bans and sanctions are casting a shadow over Huawei's future and causing upheaval for the industry at large. Phil joins the show to tell us what it all means, why it matters and what's likely to happen next. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Jul 22, 2020•14 min
On this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Light Reading Senior Editor Kelsey Ziser about SD-WAN. Kelsey recently reported on developments around SD-WAN, including new partnerships between AT&T and Cisco, as well as projections for the SD-WAN market going forward. Plus, just this week, HPE announced it will purchase SD-WAN vendor Silver Peak for nearly $1 billion. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Jul 15, 2020•9 min
BT Global's Chief Technology and Information Officer Hriday Ravindranath joins the podcast to discuss how telcos can provide the networks and services that businesses need to re-invent themselves and adapt to life in a pandemic. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 14, 2020•21 min
NTT Americas CEO Simon Walsh is leading a team of 5,000 people in six countries across North and South America with combined revenues of over $3 billion. Walsh tells Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey about his attraction to the NTT opportunity, where he sees the company's strengths and how those assets will pay off for enterprise customers who are trying to adapt to a distributed workforce. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Jul 09, 2020•20 min
On this episode, we talk with Light Reading Editorial Director Mike Dano about Dish Network. Mike recently wrote about Dish's official entrance into the wireless market and additional vendors for its planned 5G network, including Fujitsu and Altiostar. Mike sets us straight on Dish's plans, its evolution as a business and what's likely to happen next in this US 5G market. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 08, 2020•11 min
In this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Paula Gilbert, Editor of Light Reading's sister site Connecting Africa. Paula recently reported that Sub-Saharan Africa is on track for mobile data traffic to skyrocket in the next five years. Meanwhile, fixed-broadband subscribers in South Africa have been declining. Paula joins the show to tell us what this means, why it matters and what's likely to happen next. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted o...
Jul 01, 2020•10 min
In this sponsored podcast, we speak with Tensor Networks CEO Alexis Flores-Betancourt and the company's CTO, Bill Walker, about the startup's desire to combine high-performance computing and networking, while simultaneously reducing capital and operational costs for service providers, enterprises and their customers. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 01, 2020•23 min
US Ignite's Mari Silbey joins Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey for a discussion about what changes are ahead in how cities and companies can broadband to residents in underserved areas. The pandemic has been a wake-up call to broadband's overall importance in the US economy. While some big telcos are waving data caps and other penalties to make it easier for consumers to stay connected, those companies are not necessarily speeding up their efforts to connect underserved and rural com...
Jun 30, 2020•22 min
On this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro speaks with Light Reading Senior Editor Jeff Baumgartner about HBO’s role in the streaming wars and its new service, HBO Max. Jeff recently wrote about WarnerMedia announcing it is phasing out HBO Go to clear up confusion around HBO's streaming services and pave the way for the successful adoption of HBO Max. Jeff joins the show to tell us what this means, why it matters, and what's likely to happen next. Sign up today for the Lig...
Jun 24, 2020•10 min
Welcome to What’s the Story: a new, short podcast from Light Reading where we take a step back from the most significant topics in telecom to tell you the latest news, how we got here, what it means and what to expect next. For our first episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Light Reading International Editor Iain Morris about Rakuten and 5G. Iain recently wrote about Rakuten announcing that fellow Japanese company NEC will supply its 5G core, and that Rakuten will...
Jun 17, 2020•8 min
Special guest Chris Bauschka, General Manager & AVP, Global Telecommunications, Media and Technology Industries at ServiceNow, discusses how service management platforms can help network operators retain customers, evolve their service offerings and be more competitive. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 09, 2020•19 min
Will stopping Huawei in the US and Europe will do much of anything to slow down China from becoming the world's dominant technology superpower in the next decade? Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Iain Morris discuss that question and provide an update on the most recent court ruling against Huawei's CFO, and what it means as she fights extradition to the US. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 01, 2020•27 min
After 18 months as its chief commercial officer, Keri Gilder was recently named the CEO of Colt Technology Services. In this podcast, Gilder speaks with Light Reading's Phil Harvey about how Colt's network is different, how she'll manage the company during a pandemic, what opportunities SD-WAN unlocks for the carrier and her memories of being a high school mascot. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 26, 2020•24 min
In this podcast, Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser are joined by Chris Pearson, president of 5G Americas, to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting the progress of 5G in the Americas, expectations for standalone 5G and progress on standards, and the potential impact of 5G on the IoT market. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 20, 2020•23 min
The US government has moved to block Huawei's access, not only to US technology but to any technology made with US expertise. Light Reading's Iain Morris and Phil Harvey discuss this latest move and wonder at what point does the Chinese government retaliate against other, unrelated companies and industries as a way of challenging the Trump administration. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 19, 2020•24 min
