Light Reading Podcasts

SES' chief strategy officer spoke with Light Reading at Satellite 2023 about D2D, how SES is helping bridge the digital divide using MEO and GEO, how modern satellite capabilities compare to fiber and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Janka, chief officer of global government affairs and regulatory at Viasat, spoke with Light Reading at Satellite 2023 last week about the changing communications landscape and how satellite players and policies must evolve. We also discussed the operator's upcoming launch of its Viasat-3 satellite, which Janka said "should be four-times better performing than the best satellite in orbit today." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Nicole Ferrini, climate and sustainability officer for the city of El Paso, Texas, and Gary DePreta, vice president for state, local government and education at Cisco. We discuss a partnership between Cisco and the city of El Paso to launch a portal called El Paso Helps, which connects unhoused individuals and other at-risk community members to essential services, including shelter and housing, addiction and mental health support, and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At last week's Satellite 2023 show, Light Reading caught up with Paul Gaske, chief operating officer at EchoStar, parent company to Hughes, to get an update on the company's forthcoming launch of its new satellite Jupiter-3 and how it will improve broadband connectivity. Gaske also discussed direct-to-device communications and the implications for the future of the industry, key regulatory issues for satellite players and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro and Kelsey Ziser discuss Amazon's plan to spend $10 billion on a satellite constellation, an update on Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen event and why Casa Systems' CEO is stepping down today.We also discuss Ciena's plan to launch 1.6 Tbit/s optical services, the possible sale of Infinera and Airspan's offloading of its fixed-wireless access (FWA) business for $60 million in The Notebook Dump for the week ending March 17. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DENVER – CABLE NEXT-GEN 2023 – As cable operators begin to zero in on the evolution of the access network, it's become clear that the future is not one size fits all. Some operators are enhancing their DOCSIS 3.1 networks, planting the seeds for DOCSIS 4.0, using fixed wireless access (FWA) to extend the reach of wireline networks or even overlaying their existing hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) plant with fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just like every other part of the communications landscape, data center networking is changing fast. Sameh Boujelbene, vice president at Dell’Oro Group, projects that we'll see most data center switch sales coming at 400 Gbit/s and higher speeds in the next few years and AI is a huge catalyst for that capacity push.In this episode, we discuss how AI workloads will influence hardware design and data center topologies in the future.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DENVER – CABLE NEXT GEN 2023 – Light Reading caught up with Diane Christman, the president and CEO of The Cable Center, here this week to discuss the launch of the Syndeo Institute, a new "operational brand" that's being billed as a "modern hub for discovery, education and collaboration" spanning the connectivity, media, entertainment and technology industries.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DENVER – CABLE NEXT GEN 2023 – GCI's Erik Kuhlmann said the company has begun upgrading its DOCSIS 3.1 cable network to a high-split architecture with equipment from vendors including ATX and CommScope. Kuhlmann, the senior director of engineering and architecture for the Alaskan telecom operator, said the move is designed to help the company provide faster speeds to stay abreast of its rivals and slake customer demand.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

African tech startups brought in $3.3 billion in funding for the first time in 2022.Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to explain why the fintech sector is bringing in the most funding, which countries are leading the way for most funding and what these trends mean for the continent as a whole.The unedited audio transcript is available in the media player of this episode page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.