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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Dec 20, 2022 • 23min
Synacor might split out its Cloud ID and Zimbra businesses, CEO says
Synacor, once a public company, went private last year after getting acquired by private equity firm Centre Lane Partners – a deal that came together roughly eight months after Synacor and Qumu scrubbed their proposed merger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 19, 2022 • 26min
Edgewater Wireless CEO on how 'spectrum slicing' can beef up Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi continues to make progress with respect to speed, capacity and lower latencies with Wi-Fi 6E today and, soon, Wi-Fi 7.One company that's looking beyond the baseline standards to get even more out of Wi-Fi is Edgewater Wireless, a startup that has developed a patented technique called "spectrum slicing" to further improve the efficiency and performance of Wi-Fi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2022 • 29min
The Notebook Dump: We're freezing up in here
Light Reading editors Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro, Mike Dano, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser all connected for one last episode of The Notebook Dump for 2022. Just about everyone's video froze at some point, but the audio and the jokes are as crystal clear (and cringy) as ever while we recap a weird week in telecom news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 14, 2022 • 29min
The Divide: Internet Society's Dan York on the state of LEO satellite broadband
This episode features Dan York, director of online content at the Internet Society. He joins the show to discuss the details of a new report called Perspectives on LEO Satellites. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 13, 2022 • 9min
AT&T banks on public policy to propel open RAN deployments
At last week's Open RAN North America event in New York, AT&T's Chris Boyer sat down with Light Reading to explain how the service provider is working with the government, academia and other organizations to support progress in open RAN deployments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 9, 2022 • 13min
The Notebook Dump: 5G transport, open RAN and NYC subways
Mike Dano, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser attended Light Reading's 5G Transport & Networking Strategies event, held in conjunction with the Open RAN North America trade show in New York City this week. They discussed the hot topics in 5G transport, including backhaul and fronthaul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 9, 2022 • 8min
Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown: 5G's long road ahead
At Light Reading's 5G Transport & Networking Strategies event, analyst Gabriel Brown discusses the reality of the 5G market – standalone 5G is still on the horizon and making all those systems work together is the industry's next big challenge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 9, 2022 • 10min
Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin: Lowering latency in 5G networks
At Light Reading's one-day optical networking event, analyst Sterling Perrin recaps the highlights and discusses how transport networks are evolving to accommodate 5G latency demands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 7, 2022 • 32min
The Divide: NDIA's Amy Huffman on how to build a state digital equity plan
On this episode we hear from Amy Huffman, policy director at the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA): a nonprofit organization working to close the digital divide in the US.She joins the show to discuss the federal government's $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act (DEA) – passed as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) – and NDIA's new toolkit to help states develop their digital equity plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 2, 2022 • 29min
The Notebook Dump: 6G and broadband and bears – oh my!
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss SES and Boeing's medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite launch planned for later this month, Dish Wireless plans to rule 6G and the FCC releases its national broadband map. In addition, the editors chat about an unplanned potential decommissioning of 20 million cable set-top boxes, and why bears should avoid illicit substances in the Notebook Dump for the week ending December 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
