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Light Reading Podcasts

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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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Episodes

What's the Story? NTIA's Alan Davidson calls for 'army of auditors' to regulate AI

Light Reading's Phil Harvey joins the podcast from on-site at the 20th annual State of the Net conference in Washington, DC, where NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said the US government needs to utilize an 'army of auditors' to better regulate and manage AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 14, 202421 min

What's the Story? Much ado about YouTube TV's meteoric rise

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss YouTube TV becoming a primary player in the pay TV market, hitting the 8 million subscriber mark. Meanwhile, traditional pay TV players are treading water as more subscribers cut the cord. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 13, 202416 min

Gigi Sohn on the fight for public broadband

Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB), spoke to Light Reading about municipal broadband networks in the US, including why and where they're popping up the most, where the biggest success stories are, and how her organization is working to defend against efforts by incumbent providers and "dark money" groups to derail community networks. Interview conducted by Light Reading contributor Diana Blass. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Feb 01, 202434 min

Ritter's CTO on the future of fiber, HFC, video and (maybe) mobile

Victor Esposito, Ritter Communications' new CTO, says the company's fiber expansion is a top priority, even as the operator spruces up its HFC network and mulls the future role of video. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 29, 202429 min

The Divide: How local governments are leading on digital inclusion

We're joined by Paolo Balboa, senior program manager, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), Jessica Hatch, broadband coordinator of Door County, Wisconsin and Ashley Pollard, digital inclusion manager for the city of Philadelphia, to discuss the crucial work local governments are doing to close connectivity gaps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 24, 202448 min

Ibrahim Gedeon is not the retiring type

Ibrahim Gedeon, former CTO of Telus, talks about technology strategy, compelling AI use cases, the evolution of telecom companies and much more in his exit interview with Light Reading. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 19, 202432 min

Why the ONF shut down

Roy Chua, founder and principal of AvidThink joins the podcast to discuss the end of the ONF as we know it, but how three of its projects will continue under the purview of the Linux Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 18, 202428 min

Philo revs up its FAST strategy as subs exceed 1M

Philo CEO Andrew McCollum discusses the streaming service's FAST strategy, how Philo has kept its pricing stable and how media consolidation might help to add news and sports channels without breaking the bank. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 18, 202419 min

Peter Adderton on MobileX's path to disruption

From CES 2024: Peter Adderton, CEO of MobileX, says his new prepaid offering will disrupt the market thanks in part to money-saving AI tools. He also thinks Dish-owned Boost unit should 'get out of retail' and cable should provide wholesale access. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 15, 202427 min

Keep Calm and Adopt Cloud

This episode features Guy Hilton, Vice President, Strategy and Go-To-Market, AmdocsCloud. We discuss the concept of "industry cloud" and its potential to fast-track cloud adoption and modernization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 11, 202425 min

The Divide: How Toptana is bringing broadband to the Quinault Indian Nation

Tyson Johnston, chair of Toptana, joins the show to discuss the digital divide in and around the Quinault Indian Nation, in Washington, and how a new subsea cable landing station will help enable last-mile connectivity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 09, 202431 min

AI, flying cars on tap for CES 2024

Brian Comiskey, director of thematic programs for the Consumer Technology Association, offers a preview of CES 2024, which is expected to draw about 130,000 attendees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 05, 202417 min

WWT Immersive XR Experiences

Light Reading has recognized World Wide Technology (WWT) for innovating edge computing solutions at WWT Raceway called RaceAR leveraging Edge in a Box solution. #Sponsored Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 05, 202411 min

Behind the scenes with Verizon 5G at Super Bowl LVIII stadium

Light Reading met up with Verizon's Vivencio Luna, Associate Director of Network Performance, on site at Allegiant Stadium for a behind-the-scenes tour of the network infrastructure Verizon has deployed ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 04, 202411 min

The Divide: How Highline and Ciena are tackling difficult deployments

This episode features Matt Hayes, CTO at Highline – a regional ISP owned by ITC Capital, serving Michigan, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, Colorado and Georgia – and Kevin Sheehan, CTO of the Americas at Ciena, a partner of Highline's. We discuss where and how Highline is helping to close the digital divide for unserved and underserved regions with public and private funds, what role Ciena is playing in spurring those deployments and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Dec 19, 202325 min

Ericsson casts shadow over Open RAN North America

Light Reading's Phil Harvey explained that while talk of AT&T and Ericsson's partnership dominated conversation at the Open RAN North America event, the news was surprising in light of Ericsson's lack of open RAN certifications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 12, 202319 min

Helium Mobile takes DeWi nationwide with $20 mobile plan

Helium Mobile's Boris Renski joins the podcast to explain how the decentralized wireless company plans to scale nationwide with a new unlimited data plan for $20 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 06, 202327 min

Funding, telco buy-in still needed to propel open RAN

Mari Silbey, Senior Director at US Ignite, joins the podcast to explain how government funding, such as NTIA grants, will support service provider engagement in open RAN deployments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 05, 202323 min

vRAN is a 'mandatory step' for operators deploying open RAN

Gilles Garcia, senior director and business lead for the Data Center and Communications Group at AMD, joins the podcast to explain why virtual radio access networks (vRAN) could be an important step for service providers to take on the way to deploying open RAN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 01, 202322 min
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