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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Apr 5, 2023 • 25min
AtlasEdge CEO on application and data demands at the edge
AtlasEdge CEO Giuliano Di Vitantonio joins the podcast to discuss the edge data center company's approach to edge computing in Europe. Di Vitantonio explains that augmented reality, IoT and 5G are among the technologies pushing more compute processing to the edge of the network.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 5, 2023 • 21min
The Divide: How Loveland, Colorado, is solving its broadband gaps with Pulse
This episode features Brieana Reed-Harmel, director of broadband for the City of Loveland, Colorado, which runs a municipal broadband network called Pulse.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 31, 2023 • 31min
The Notebook Dump: Fiber manufacturing in America
In this podcast, Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss court proceedings around the Universal Service Fund (USF) and Graphiant's new $62 million in funding. The editors also examine Roku's layoffs, new fiber manufacturing projects in the US and why wireless providers are pushing more device inventory online in The Notebook Dump for the week ending March 31. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 31, 2023 • 11min
Omdia's Jaimie Lenderman on how cable is speeding ahead on network upgrades
Speaking before a packed house at last week's Cable Next-Gen Technologies and Strategies event in Denver, Omdia analyst Jaimie Lenderman presented fresh data on how cable operators are pushing ahead with access network upgrades.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 30, 2023 • 11min
Comcast's Elad Nafshi on network scale, DAA, 10G, PON and what's next for FDX
Following his keynote address at last week's Cable Next-Gen Technologies and Strategies event in Denver, Elad Nafshi, Comcast's EVP and chief network officer, stayed for a fireside chat to dig a bit deeper into the company's plan to evolve and upgrade its widely deployed hybrid-fiber coax (HFC) network.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 29, 2023 • 13min
What's the Story? Frontier bundles in YouTube TV
Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Frontier Communications' YouTube TV bundle and billing integration and what the competitive implications are of that decision.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 29, 2023 • 30min
The Divide: How ACA Connects sees BEAD funds rolling out nationwide
Brian Hurley, chief regulatory counsel for ACA Connects, joins the podcast to discuss the trade group's BEAD funding framework: a report offering a national analysis of how far funding from the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program will go, and a state-by-state breakdown of how that money can be used to deploy fiber broadband. We discuss takeaways from that report, and what it reveals for certain states. We also talk about policy priorities for ACA Connects in the lead up to BEAD funds being allocated this summer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 29, 2023 • 3min
Ciena's Steve Alexander: A terabit in the hand
Ciena CTO Steve Alexander recently joined the podcast to discuss the company's announcement of WaveLogic 6, a 1.6 Tbit/s coherent optical technology that will power long-haul, metro and data center connections starting around the middle of next year.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 28, 2023 • 16min
Corning's new twist on hyperscaler cabling
At OFC earlier this month, Mike Bell, Corning's SVP and GM for optical communications, joined the podcast to discuss the company's newest data center solution that shortens installation times for cables and connectors. The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 24, 2023 • 24min
The Notebook Dump: T-Mobile to scrap 5G reliability ads
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro and Phil Harvey discuss cable versus fiber, consumer broadband labels and potential roadblocks to BEAD program rollouts. The editors also discuss why T-Mobile will need to re-think its 5G advertising strategy and whether TikTok is now cooler than ever in The Notebook Dump for the week ending March 24. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
