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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Nov 7, 2024 • 34min
What's the Story? The trouble with telco APIs
In this podcast, the Light Reading editors discuss why some telcos are convinced that network APIs will unlock new revenue streams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 7, 2024 • 44min
Telecom East: How AI is changing bandwidth needs in Asia
Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, welcome Bill Barney, a former Asian telco CEO and current chairman of Asian Century Equity, to discuss the outlook for telecom in Asia during a time of geopolitical uncertainty and AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 6, 2024 • 32min
Will AI on smartphones fade the way of the Metaverse?
Runar Bjorhovde, analyst for Canalys, joined the podcast to explain why smartphone vendors are banking on AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 5, 2024 • 31min
The Divide: How Cabot, Arkansas, got a broadband boost from municipal fiber
This week: Cabot Mayor Ken Kincade, Connect2First's Candace Looper, DZS' Geoff Burke and Irby Utilities' Josh Collver on their partnership to launch the first city-owned fiber network in the state of Arkansas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 31, 2024 • 38min
LR Extra: Halloween hijinks and gadget ghosts
It's the Halloween edition of the Light Reading extra podcast, where our editors and an esteemed guest walk through the digital cemetery looking for gadget zombies and technologies that still haunt us. Palm Pilots, Secret Senders, weird Wi-Fi phones and Slacker music are some things that creep up in this freewheeling conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 40min
Telecom East: Rebooting mobile's fortunes
In this episode, Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, discuss what KKR's entry into cable construction might mean for the subsea business. This episode also features an interview with author William Webb, who says the mobile industry needs to focus on cost-effective coverage rather than expensive new capabilities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 31min
The Divide: NTCA's Shirley Bloomfield on the future of the Universal Service Fund
This week: Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, joins to discuss legal uncertainty around the Universal Service Fund (USF), and why preserving USF programs is crucial for rural providers and families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 25, 2024 • 31min
Why is my cell phone so bad when I'm on vacation?
Opensignal's Sylwia Kechiche joined the podcast to dive into Opensignal's findings on the causes of network performance disparity between local and roaming wireless customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 24, 2024 • 20min
What's the Story? DT is #bullish on telco APIs
Light Reading's Tereza Krasova joined the podcast to discuss Omdia's positive forecast for growth in the telecom market, and why DT and BT had opposing views on telco APIs at the Network X event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 22, 2024 • 31min
The Divide: How NextLight helped ignite municipal broadband in Colorado
This week: Officials from Longmont, Colorado, and NextLight – the state's first municipal broadband network – on NextLight's ten-year anniversary, its impact on the region and lessons learned along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
