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Light Reading's Tereza Krásová joins the podcast to discuss plans UK operators have to turn off their 2G and 3G networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ishwar Parulkar, chief technologist for telecom and edge cloud at AWS, discusses generative AI applications for the telecom industry and how to approach this in a responsible, secure manner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joined the podcast to chat about a Boston-area TV station trialing 5G broadcast technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bango's VP of marketing, Giles Tongue, discusses how the company is helping telcos like Verizon and Optus build centralized hubs that customers can tap into to manage a wide range of Internet-delivered subscription services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
James Ovel, VP of operations for Europe at Zayo Group, joined the podcast to discuss some unique challenges the service provider faced while planning for its Zeus submarine cable project . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss how AT&T, Verizon, Dish Network, the GSMA and others are approaching the development of network APIs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Light Reading's Tereza Krasova joined the podcast to discuss how Ukranian services provider Kyivstar is addressing infrastructure and energy challenges to providing network connectivity to the region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Andrea Caldini, VP of product engineering and development at Verizon, joined the podcast to discuss where the service provider is focusing its attention on private 5G. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Light Reading's Iain Morris joins the podcast to discuss mounting pressure on European mobile network operators to avoid Huawei and ZTE when looking for equipment and tech suppliers for their 5G networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode features Veneeth Iyengar, executive director for Louisiana's broadband office (ConnectLA), on solving Louisiana's digital divide and what to know about the state's initial proposal for BEAD, or the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jason Livingood joins the podcast to discuss Comcast's low-latency DOCSIS trials, how LLD works, why the time is right for LLD and how LLD plays nice with network neutrality principles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Comcast's launch of symmetrical 10-Gig speeds for its "Gigabit Pro" service. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gerard Kunkel and Chris Pizzurro, two cable industry vets, discuss their new initiatives plus the trials and tribulations of VR, AR, the metaverse and the fragmented video industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
OTTAWA – Ciena Vectors Event – Beth Hunter, director of ESG communications and social impact, and Helen Xenos, senior director of optical portfolio marketing for Ciena, joined the podcast to discuss Ciena's carbon neutral and emission reduction goals for 2024 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
OTTAWA – Ciena Vectors Event – Ciena CTO Steve Alexander and CMO Rebecca Smith joined the podcast to discuss why the company leapfrogged the industry to develop the WaveLogic 6 modem, a 1.6 Tbit/s coherent optical technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode features Ernesto Falcon, senior legislative counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), who recently announced his candidacy for California's Senate District 7. We discuss the role of the digital divide in his campaign and candidacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to discuss the GSMA's Mobile Gender Gap Report. She shares the status of the mobile gender gap in low- and middle-income countries, where the gap is widest, and what the barriers to access and ownership are for women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Light Reading editors Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss the week New York turned orange, the future of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), takeaways from Ciena's Vectors event and Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, and the implications of CableLabs kicking off its DOCSIS 4.0 modem certification program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode features IEEE Senior Member David Witkowski, who serves as co-chair of the Deployment Working Group at IEEE Future Networks . We discuss the evolution of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity and what the current state of the industry says about the role LEOs can play in closing connectivity gaps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Peter Vetter, president of Bell Labs Core Research at Nokia, joins the podcast to discuss challenges to deploying and reaping the benefits of 6G. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Light Reading's Tereza Krásová joins the podcast to discuss TXO System's role in the "circular economy." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Patrice McAree, VP of innovation for American Tower, joins the podcast to discuss partnering with IBM to address artificial intelligence and sustainability goals. Briana Frank, VP of product & design for IBM Cloud, also joins to share IBM's new AI and cloud technologies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fernando Montenegro, senior principal analyst with Omdia, joins the podcast to discuss recent security trends such as the increased use of AI for cybersecurity. Plus, he explains how the popularity of generative AI such as ChatGPT has led to the "democratization of the information that's locked inside those large language models into a broader population." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode features Jonathan Spalter, president and CEO of USTelecom . We discuss the Biden administration's goal of universal broadband connectivity and how the telecommunications industry is working to meet it witha mix of public and private funding, including the forthcoming $42.5 billion Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Light Reading's Leading Lights Awards program is entering its 19th year, and the awards are now open for entries. In this podcast, Editors Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss new categories and their advice for submitting a solid entry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Light Reading editors Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss big topics from last week's Big 5G Event in Austin, including generative AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Richard Rommes, Harmonic's VP of Access Networks Solutions and Strategy, discusses the future of EPON and XGS-PON and how Harmonic's "Open ONU" solution can help cable operators mix and match DOCSIS and PON technologies in their HFC networks. #sponsored Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gigi Sohn, President Biden's former nominee for FCC Commissioner, joins the podcast to discuss her nomination process, and what it says about dark money in politics and the industry at large. We also discuss what her most urgent goals would have been as FCC Commissioner, the state of the FCC's broadband map as it relates to the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, her concerns about the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) running dry, how she hopes to reframe t...
Bill Hogg, the CEO of Gigapower, joins the Light Reading Podcast to expand on the company's open access model. He discusses plans to build to 1.5 million locations by 2025, exploration beyond that initial target and how Gigapower is sizing up opportunities to participate in the $42.45 Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
AUSTIN – Big 5G Event – Light Reading editors Phil Harvey, Kelsey Ziser, Iain Morris and Mike Dano gathered on the show floor to discuss their top takeaways from the Big 5G Event, including the state of 5G monetization, open RAN, MVNOs and more. Hear all about it in The Notebook Dump for the week ending May 19. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
