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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Jan 9, 2024 • 31min
The Divide: How Toptana is bringing broadband to the Quinault Indian Nation
Tyson Johnston, chair of Toptana, joins the show to discuss the digital divide in and around the Quinault Indian Nation, in Washington, and how a new subsea cable landing station will help enable last-mile connectivity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 5, 2024 • 17min
AI, flying cars on tap for CES 2024
Brian Comiskey, director of thematic programs for the Consumer Technology Association, offers a preview of CES 2024, which is expected to draw about 130,000 attendees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 5, 2024 • 11min
WWT Immersive XR Experiences
Light Reading has recognized World Wide Technology (WWT) for innovating edge computing solutions at WWT Raceway called RaceAR leveraging Edge in a Box solution. #Sponsored Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 4, 2024 • 11min
Behind the scenes with Verizon 5G at Super Bowl LVIII stadium
Light Reading met up with Verizon's Vivencio Luna, Associate Director of Network Performance, on site at Allegiant Stadium for a behind-the-scenes tour of the network infrastructure Verizon has deployed ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 3, 2024 • 27min
Hold the champagne: SES CSO says MEO satellite launch is no cake walk
John-Paul (JP) Hemingway, chief strategy officer for SES, joins the podcast to explain how the satellite company prepares for and executes a satellite launch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 21, 2023 • 26min
What's the Story? The reverberating revenue ramifications of the AT&T and Ericsson open RAN deal
Light Reading's Phil Harvey, Iain Morris and Mike Dano discuss the economic impact the AT&T and Ericsson open RAN deal could have on both large and small vendors in the telecom industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 19, 2023 • 25min
The Divide: How Highline and Ciena are tackling difficult deployments
This episode features Matt Hayes, CTO at Highline – a regional ISP owned by ITC Capital, serving Michigan, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, Colorado and Georgia – and Kevin Sheehan, CTO of the Americas at Ciena, a partner of Highline's. We discuss where and how Highline is helping to close the digital divide for unserved and underserved regions with public and private funds, what role Ciena is playing in spurring those deployments and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2023 • 24min
Sweepr CTO: 'Engagement' and 'containment' critical metrics for digital customer care
Sweepr CTO Jim Hannon discusses the evolutionary path of digital customer care and how contextual AI is helping to improve and harden the experience to entice customers to use (and reuse) those digital platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 12, 2023 • 19min
Ericsson casts shadow over Open RAN North America
Light Reading's Phil Harvey explained that while talk of AT&T and Ericsson's partnership dominated conversation at the Open RAN North America event, the news was surprising in light of Ericsson's lack of open RAN certifications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 12, 2023 • 10min
What's the Story? Broadcom, MaxLinear give DOCSIS 3.1 a facelift
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner discusses new developments by chipmakers Broadcom and MaxLinear and how their new DOCSIS 3.1 chips might impact the cable industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
