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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Oct 4, 2024 • 34min
LR Extra: It's mold, it has the juice
Light Reading editors recap the Dish and DirecTV merger, ongoing outages from Hurricane Helene and why French climbing ropes are best. We also explain what 'mold juice' is and why we wouldn't be caught dead wearing Meta's AR glasses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 26, 2024 • 31min
GenAI sparks a data center shakeup
In this episode, Corning's Brian Rhoney and Bob Whitman explained how fiber infrastructure and computing requirements in and across data centers need to change to support GenAI versus traditional cloud computing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 24, 2024 • 22min
The Divide: How Veea is delivering wireless connectivity in remote Indonesia
This week: Ewam de Freitas, chief product officer at Veea, on the company's partnership with PT Bum Desa to deliver a wireless network in the city of Argamukti, Indonesia, and how the project is impacting life in the remote region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 20, 2024 • 26min
The ugly underbelly of falling telco opex
While telco opex dropped in 2023, the biggest contributor were divestments, which isn't ideal because service providers are selling business segments, explains Omdia's Adam Mackenzie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 18, 2024 • 27min
Prof. Feamster puts network performance under the microscope
University of Chicago Professor Nick Feamster and his teams at the Internet Equity Initiative and NetMicroscope are using data analytics to provide insight into regional network performance, application quality and how to improve network automation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 13, 2024 • 36min
LR Extra: Tri-fold phones, high-end audio, bear safety and spy earrings
On the Light Reading Extra this week, we cover Huawei's new phone, Apple's iPhone hardware features, what to do if you're confronted by a bear, and the comforting thought of having a producer talking in your ears at all times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 13, 2024 • 32min
Telecom East: More 3G sunsets and how AI will change our devices
On the debut episode of Telecom East, Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, discuss 3G shutdowns, explore the latest numbers from Xiaomi and ZTE and probe the sudden fondness for GPU-as-a-service. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 12, 2024 • 23min
What's the Story? No lemonade made from a Samsung/Nokia team up
Light Reading's Iain Morris explains why there's speculation about a potential $10 billion takeover by Samsung of Nokia's RAN business and whether such an acquisition is likely to happen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 11, 2024 • 27min
Unraveling the 'spaghetti' mess of cybersecurity
Security vendors and enterprise executives might want a more consolidated approach, but the reality is that integrating multiple products is the most well-rounded approach to cybersecurity, says Omdia's Maxine Holt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 10, 2024 • 22min
The Divide: How Calix is using education (and a chicken) to help expand broadband
This week: Calix's Claudia Tarbell and Mary St. John on the platform provider's Broadband Academy and Broadband Success Playbook for Tribes, and how these resources are helping people fund, design, build, operate and market broadband networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
