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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Jun 14, 2023 • 16min
Ciena's Steve Alexander and Rebecca Smith on the surge to 1.6 terabits
OTTAWA – Ciena Vectors Event – Ciena CTO Steve Alexander and CMO Rebecca Smith joined the podcast to discuss why the company leapfrogged the industry to develop the WaveLogic 6 modem, a 1.6 Tbit/s coherent optical technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 13, 2023 • 21min
The Divide: Ernesto Falcon on expanding affordable broadband in California
This episode features Ernesto Falcon, senior legislative counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), who recently announced his candidacy for California's Senate District 7. We discuss the role of the digital divide in his campaign and candidacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 13, 2023 • 12min
What's the Story? Mobile gender gap hovers around 20%
Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to discuss the GSMA's Mobile Gender Gap Report. She shares the status of the mobile gender gap in low- and middle-income countries, where the gap is widest, and what the barriers to access and ownership are for women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 9, 2023 • 38min
The Notebook Dump: Orange you glad the week is over?
Light Reading editors Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss the week New York turned orange, the future of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), takeaways from Ciena's Vectors event and Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, and the implications of CableLabs kicking off its DOCSIS 4.0 modem certification program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 7, 2023 • 23min
The Divide: IEEE's David Witkowski on LEO's scalability challenges
This episode features IEEE Senior Member David Witkowski, who serves as co-chair of the Deployment Working Group at IEEE Future Networks. We discuss the evolution of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity and what the current state of the industry says about the role LEOs can play in closing connectivity gaps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 3, 2023 • 26min
Nokia Bell Labs' Peter Vetter: 6G, the network with the sixth sense
Peter Vetter, president of Bell Labs Core Research at Nokia, joins the podcast to discuss challenges to deploying and reaping the benefits of 6G. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 2, 2023 • 11min
What's the Story? TXO takes on tenuous supply chain and equipment incumbents
Light Reading's Tereza Krásová joins the podcast to discuss TXO System's role in the "circular economy." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 2, 2023 • 15min
American Tower and IBM take sustainability from the cloud to the edge
Patrice McAree, VP of innovation for American Tower, joins the podcast to discuss partnering with IBM to address artificial intelligence and sustainability goals. Briana Frank, VP of product & design for IBM Cloud, also joins to share IBM's new AI and cloud technologies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 1, 2023 • 25min
Omdia's Fernando Montenegro on the democratization of generative AI in cybersecurity
Fernando Montenegro, senior principal analyst with Omdia, joins the podcast to discuss recent security trends such as the increased use of AI for cybersecurity. Plus, he explains how the popularity of generative AI such as ChatGPT has led to the "democratization of the information that's locked inside those large language models into a broader population." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 31, 2023 • 26min
The Divide: USTelecom's Jonathan Spalter on striving for universal connectivity
This episode features Jonathan Spalter, president and CEO of USTelecom. We discuss the Biden administration's goal of universal broadband connectivity and how the telecommunications industry is working to meet it witha mix of public and private funding, including the forthcoming $42.5 billion Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
