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.
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May 29, 2024 • 30min
The Divide: Grading state BEAD plans with ITIF's Jessica Dine
This week: Jessica Dine, ITIF policy analyst, on her report evaluating and grading state proposals for the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, and how she determined if each state is set to succeed with BEAD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 21, 2024 • 30min
The Divide: Navajo County on building middle mile fiber in an 'Internet desert'
This week: Officials from Navajo County, Arizona, and eX² Technology, on solving the region's digital divide with an open access, middle mile fiber network, and how middle mile capacity will help the county succeed with BEAD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 16, 2024 • 22min
Verizon's Andrea Caldini: 'Culture of curiosity' is a pillar for private networks and APIs
Verizon VP Andrea Caldini returns to the podcast to discuss the service provider's private networks with the NFL and NHL, and how AI can be used to assess network performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 15, 2024 • 15min
5G network timing and synchronization
Network timing and synchronization has become critical to deliver service performance and resiliency in 5G networks and beyond. In this podcast, Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Ciena's Bashar Abdullah discuss the relevance of the topic for network operators, its challenges and implications, and tools to efficiently deploy it. Sponsored by Ciena. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 15, 2024 • 31min
Gigs CEO on the business of building a multitude of MVNOs
The CEO of Gigs, Hermann Frank, says the company provides the components for organizations to launch their own mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Gigs is an OS for companies, such as banks, to start their own MVNO in a few minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 14, 2024 • 29min
The Divide: NDIA's Amy Huffman on implementing state digital equity plans
This week: Amy Huffman, policy director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), joins to discuss the government's $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act and NDIA's new best practices manual for implementing digital equity plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 13, 2024 • 24min
Viavi on the pressure of pacing optical testing with AI demands
Matt Adams, PLM, Fiber Optics Production and Lab Test for Viavi, joins the podcast to discuss the challenges testing equipment vendors face in the data center. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2024 • 21min
What's the Story? Samsung's network business struggles
Light Reading's Iain Morris explains why the financial dip in Samsung's network segment is reflective of economic woes facing the broader industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 9, 2024 • 33min
Ookla's 'North Star' is a better Internet for all
Ookla's Brennen Smith explains that the organization's 'North Star' or main objective is to support quality of experience of network performance for Internet users. We also discuss standards for network performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 8, 2024 • 10min
ThinkAnalytics gets a fix on FAST
ThinkAnalytics CEO Marc Aldrich discusses how the company is using metadata and generative AI to help its content partners rapidly schedule and optimize their free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
