Shopify has been using its e-commerce platform to provide an easy path for partners to sell products online for more than 15 years. Reach Mobile believes its platform offers something similar for the worlds of mobile, home broadband, the Internet of Things (IoT) and, more recently, connectivity for enterprises . "Reach is doing to the telecom networking industry what Shopify did to e-commerce," Reach Mobile founder and CEO Harjot Saluja asserted on the Light Reading Podcast. "We built a digital ...
Oct 20, 2022•30 min
This episode features Cyndi Barrera, the sales vice president of SLED West at digital services and solutions provider Presidio . She and her team work with and advise public sector clients on technology solutions to meet their specific needs. We discuss a project called CFW Neighborhood that Presidio worked on with Cisco and the city of Fort Worth, Texas, to help build out the city's digital infrastructure and bring Wi-Fi to all residents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
Oct 20, 2022•16 min
Ciena and Altibox discuss their recent 800G deployment over 1,100 KM between Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 19, 2022•15 min
Subsea cable operators face the unique challenge of balancing future capacity demands while deploying and maintaining cable systems meant to last 25 to 30 years. Jim Fagan, chief strategy and revenue officer for Global Cloud Xchange, joins the podcast to discuss new technologies for future-proofing subsea cables, and examines which regions are exhibiting the most growth in bandwidth demands. You can download a lightly edited transcript of the podcast here . Here are a few topics we covered: Back...
Oct 18, 2022•23 min
Roz Roseboro, principal analyst for Omdia, joins the podcast to discuss her research on service provider use of the public cloud and whether SPs should try to be more like the hyperscalers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 17, 2022•18 min
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Mike Dano, Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro and Phil Harvey discuss DOCSIS 4.0 network upgrade costs, edge computing sites, and RDOF and SD-WAN updates in this recap of the work week ended October 14. The stories covered include: Analysts peg DOCSIS 4.0 network upgrade costs at $180 per home passed Airlines start asking for permanent changes to C-band 5G After two-year delay, Verizon begins move to standalone 5G Dish Network in talks to sell Boost to Ergen's S...
Oct 14, 2022•25 min
Connectivity is core to FiberLight's business, but the company, under CEO Chris Rabii, is pursuing a path to be much more. FiberLight is in the midst of a plan to evolve from "a "largely construction-focused company, to one that's trying to be more compelling in the services arena," says Rabii, a former exec with Cablevision Lightpath and Altice Business who joined FiberLight roughly two years ago. While there are other examples of companies that have successfully made that transition, "there's ...
Oct 14, 2022•24 min
Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert provides an update on Safaricom's new network in Ethiopia, which will be the country's first private telecoms operator and end the country's decades-long telecoms monopoly. We also discuss why South Africa's government wants to turn off 2G and 3G by 2024 and 2025, respectively, but operators say it's too soon as about 60% of mobile traffic in South Africa still runs on 3G. You can download a lightly edited transcript of the podcast here . Here are a few topics w...
Oct 13, 2022•14 min
On this episode, we hear from Ryan Johnston, senior policy counsel for federal programs at Next Century Cities . Ryan recently authored a report entitled Resounding Silence: The Need For Local Insights In Federal Policymaking . The report takes a look at two FCC dockets – the 2018 small cell proceeding and the 2022 docket on ISPs in multi-tenant environments (MTEs) – to explore the FCC's general rulemaking process and its impact on local communities. We discuss the difficulty municipalities had ...
Oct 13, 2022•22 min
The destruction of Category 4 Hurricane Ian in Florida is far reaching, with over 491,000 homes and businesses still left without power . Verizon Frontline's team headed down to Florida with networking equipment and services in tow to ensure first responders have connectivity. Cory Davis, AVP for Verizon Frontline, returns to the podcast with an update on how the service provider is coordinating with emergency services and local municipalities to provide network access and other emergency resour...
Oct 06, 2022•11 min
This episode features Steve Smith, chief revenue officer at LiveOak Fiber , a service provider formed in July 2022 with plans to bring fiber broadband to Glynn County, Georgia and Okaloosa County, Florida. We talk about LiveOak's background story and buildout plans, which are funded with $150 million from InfraRed Capital Partners , and we discuss what a new fiber network will mean for the communities on Florida's Emerald Coast and Georgia's Golden Isles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
Oct 06, 2022•14 min
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Mike Dano and Phil Harvey sign off from MWC with a 10-minute informal recap of the work week ended September 30. The rest of the show notes and story links can be found at https://www.lightreading.com/lr-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 30, 2022•11 min
This episode features Maura Mahoney, chief marketing officer, and Patrick Coughlin, chief development officer, with FirstLight Fiber , a digital infrastructure provider servicing enterprise and carrier customers on a 25,000 route mile fiber network. We discuss how the company's middle-mile fiber network is helping bridge the digital divide "from Bangor to Buffalo," how the company factors network stability into its buildout, the process of applying for NTIA infrastructure grants and more. Hosted...
Sep 29, 2022•14 min
Mike Dano returns to the podcast to discuss Helium Mobile, which recently signed an MVNO agreement with T-Mobile. Helium Mobile customers will be able to access T-Mobile's existing 5G network and the do-it-yourself, Helium-branded 4G network in exchange for cryptocurrency rewards. Mike explains how the MVNO will work and which new and noteworthy elements Helium Mobile will bring into the US wireless industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 27, 2022•20 min
Light Reading editors Mike "can't be bothered" Dano, Phil "the higher the hair the closer to heaven" Harvey and Kelsey "finger guns" Ziser get together for an informal recap of what's happened during the work week ended September 23, 2022. The stories covered include: 10G, PON and pandemic PR: Light Reading's super-official SCTE Cable-Tec Expo wrap™ Ericsson gets US clearance for Vonage take-off Ericsson's $6.2B Vonage deal has befuddled investors – no wonder The iPhone satellite service looks d...
Sep 23, 2022•25 min
Jessica Epley, vice president of regulatory and external affairs at Ziply Fiber joins the podcast to discuss the company's fiber buildout strategy in the northwest US, how it's preparing for the opportunities and competition presented by Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) funding, and why permitting reform would help accelerate broadband delivery where it's needed most. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 22, 2022•24 min
Enterprises have fully moved their IT stack into the cloud, and network infrastructure is next. Dave Ward, PacketFabric’s CEO, joins Light Reading to discuss the need for serious positive disruption in telecom, the flexibility of a cloud-native network, and how PacketFabric delivers real-time connectivity anywhere you want to go. #sponsored Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 21, 2022•14 min
If you've been in the cable tech industry for more than five minutes, there's a good chance you know Bob Gold, the super-energetic PR/marketing guy and Cable TV Pioneer who's been representing cable tech companies and startups since the late 1990s. Gold got his agency start representing a video remultiplexing company (sexy, right?) called Imedia. Since then, off the top of this hack's head, he's flacked for is currently flacking for companies such as Canal Plus, Pioneer (back when it was making ...
Sep 19, 2022•29 min
Service providers have been banging on about the benefits of private 5G networks for the manufacturing industry, but that vertical has been reluctant to move forward with 5G technologies. In this podcast interview, Omdia analysts Pablo Tomasi and Anna Ahrens explain why the manufacturing industry, oft-cited as fertile ground for 5G, hasn't been that excited about private 5G network adoption. "[5G] has a large promise of ultra-reliable, low-latency communications, which is actually a basic requir...
Sep 19, 2022•23 min
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Nicole Ferraro and Jedi Padawan Mike Dano join sentient vanilla latte Phil Harvey for an informal recap of what's happened during the work week ended September 16, 2022. The show notes and video for this episode are available right here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 16, 2022•22 min
SCTE Cable-Tec Expo is in Philadelphia September 19-22, a triumphant return to an in-person cable-fest since the 2019 show in New Orleans – just mere months before the whole world went to hell. But the show is back. Booths will be erected. Real, live people will be milling around schmoozing. Technology and products will be on display that can be seen and (gasp!) touched. Prediction: Someone might get drunk! And Light Reading will be there to cover it all! Or at least as much as we can get to bef...
Sep 16, 2022•21 min
Marc DeBevoise has had a front seat during the video market's streaming revolution. He was a top exec at CBS when the broadcaster surprised the media world in 2014 with the launch of CBS All Access, a service that has since evolved to become Paramount+ following the merger with Viacom and the eventual formation of what's known as Paramount Global today. "In 2013, we started to pitch internally that we needed to go over-the-top and disrupt ourselves," he recalls. He's also been front and center t...
Sep 15, 2022•35 min
Light Reading's Mike Dano explains why T-Mobile now claims to be the biggest wireless network operator in the world. He also discusses T-Mobile's strategies around spectrum acquisition, it's fixed wireless access service and more. In addition, Mike weighs in on the new iPhone 14 and it's satellite connectivity feature. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 15, 2022•16 min
Former CEO of QOS Networks Frank Cittadino, now SVP of edge services for Zayo Group, joins the podcast to discuss why Zayo acquired managed service provider QOS Networks. In addition, Cittadino explains Zayo's edge and multi-cloud strategies and the difference between network monitoring and network observability. Cittadino also describes the five key components of artificial intelligence (AI) and shares why Zayo has its sights set on more software acquisitions in the future. You can download an ...
Sep 14, 2022•24 min
In this episode, Light Reading's Iain Morris explains why German service providers could be in hot water. Germany's reliance on Russian energy sources, plus the use of networking technology from Huawei, could present some serious problems now and in the long term for German service providers. You can download an unedited transcript of the podcast here . If you want to skip around and listen, here are some highlights in this interview: Why Germany's relationships with Russia and China could prese...
Sep 12, 2022•14 min
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Jeff Baumgartner and Phil Harvey gather around for an informal (let's be honest, downright silly) discussion of what's happened during the work week ended September 9, 2022. For the full show notes, please visit www.lightreading.com . Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 09, 2022•24 min
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner discusses the rise of independent suppliers of operating systems for Smart TVs, and what their entry into the market could mean for incumbent suppliers. In addition, we take a look at Comcast and Charter's mobile strategies. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 08, 2022•21 min
Danielle Perry, chief compliance officer at TruConnect – a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) – joins the podcast to talk about how the company is keeping customers connected through the federal government's Lifeline program and now the Affordable Connectivity Programs (ACP). We also discuss her recent appointment to the board of directors at the National Lifeline Association , and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 08, 2022•16 min
By 2027, analysts at Omdia expect the telco IT market to exceed $40 billion, up from $31 billion in 2021. James Crawshaw, practice leader for Omdia, joins the podcast to explain how the OSS/BSS market thrived during the pandemic, and why service providers are investing in improving automation and customer experience for their OSS/BSS platforms. "It's not historically been a particularly high growth market, this OSS and BSS space is fairly mature," said Crawshaw. However, he explained that despit...
Sep 06, 2022•24 min
This episode features Basil Alwan, CEO of Tarana . We discuss what sets Tarana apart as a provider of what it calls "next-generation" fixed wireless access, or ngFWA, and how it's deploying its technology to help WISPs close the digital divide. We also get into broadband policy and why he wants legislators to reconsider unlicensed spectrum as a tool and see FWA as more than just a "stopgap" to fiber. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 02, 2022•21 min
