The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers Pods Tech Bytes: How Lightyear Makes ISP Management Painless (Sponsored)
Aug 11, 2025
Dennis Thunkachin, CEO and co-founder of Lightyear, discusses the complexities of telecom and ISP lifecycle management. He reveals how Lightyear's innovative SaaS platform automates these processes, making them more efficient and cost-effective. The conversation highlights pain points in traditional procurement methods and showcases a success story from a retail giant optimizing operations across 200 locations. Thunkachin also hints at future innovations and the platform's seamless integrations with existing tools, promising a brighter future for telecom management.
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Telecom Is A Data And Automation Problem
- ISPs lack digitized workflows and network visibility, which forces manual, offline enterprise processes.
- Dennis Thunkachin says ISP service management is fundamentally a data and workflow automation problem.
Lightyear Is A Telecom Operating System
- Lightyear digitizes and automates the telecom lifecycle from RFP to billing across vendors.
- Dennis Thunkachin calls the product a telecom operating system that standardizes ISP workflows.
Measured Savings On Cost And Time
- Full Lightyear users reportedly save over 20% on telecom costs and over 70% of lifecycle management time.
- Dennis Thunkachin attributes savings to pricing intelligence, digitized workflows, and bill consolidation.