Light Reading Podcasts
Light Reading
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Aug 19, 2025 • 35min
The Divide: Digging into the biggest broadband barriers in the Bronx
This week: Eli Dvorkin and Rachel Neches, from the Center for an Urban Future, join the podcast to discuss their report exploring the extent and causes of the ongoing digital divide in the Bronx, New York, and how to solve it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 6, 2025 • 59min
New book chronicles cable broadband's 'unexpected' journey
Rouzbeh 'Father of the Cable Modem' Yassini and industry analyst Stewart Schley join the podcast to discuss the story of cable broadband – from its early struggles to the rise of DOCSIS – as recounted in their new book, 'The Accidental Network: How a Small Company Sparked a Global Broadband Transformation.' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 5, 2025 • 19min
What's the Story? Intel to spin off network biz
Light Reading's Iain Morris joins the podcast to unpack Intel's decision to spin off its network and edge assets business (dubbed NEX), what the implications are for equipment makers like Ericsson and what to expect next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 30, 2025 • 38min
Where does the bundle go from here?
Bango's Giles Tongue joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of the bundle as subscription combinations extend well beyond streaming services to include fitness services, food boxes, music, gaming, social media and AI offerings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 25, 2025 • 28min
Giving data centers their due (diligence) on space, power and cooling
Misty Duckworth and Randy Kinsey join the podcast to explain how BSP's technical due diligence business is rapidly shifting to the data center market and how the rise of AI is driving demand for space, power and cooling in existing and new data center facilities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 18, 2025 • 34min
ACA Connects CEO on Trump's big Bill, new BEAD rules and the 'NextGenTV' debate
ACA Connects President and CEO Grant Spellmeyer joins the podcast to discuss the regulatory hot-buttons for independent cable operators, including Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, BEAD revisions, the ATSC 3.0 debate and the deletion of net neutrality proceedings at the FCC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 16, 2025 • 31min
'Ask AT&T' gives network management a GenAI facelift
In this podcast, AT&T executives explain how the service provider built an internal generative AI (GenAI) tool to more efficiently manage its network and customer experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 15, 2025 • 23min
The Divide: How a rural Kentucky farm got a broadband boost with Spectrum
This week: Spectrum's Jeff Gehrig joins the podcast with Jennifer Tucker of Tucker Farms in Kentucky, to discuss the connectivity challenges facing the rural region and how the farm is now benefiting from Spectrum's fiber build. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 11, 2025 • 23min
How AT&T's FirstNet triages network assets during natural disasters
In this podcast AT&T's Chris Stratmann explains how the FirstNet Response Operations Group (ROG) triages network infrastructure needs for local public safety agencies when natural disasters strike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 8, 2025 • 16min
What's the Story? Quantum computing meets telecom
Light Reading's Tereza Krásová joins the podcast to discuss developments in quantum computing, what they mean for telecom and how major players in the telecom industry are beginning to prepare for this computing evolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
