Light Reading Podcasts

The story of what the so-called "metaverse" will be or should be is just getting started, and views differ widely between high expectations driven by hype and the realities of today's technologies and those on the viewable horizon. Masum Mir, VP and GM of engineering at Cisco, recently joined the Light Reading podcast during the Cisco Live event in Las Vegas to offer some of his insights about the metaverse and its potential. Here's a snapshot of topics discussed during this podcast: What's a realistic view of what the metaverse will be in the next three to five years? (1:10)How do the expected capabilities of the metaverse cross into the domain of 10G, the cable industry's program focusing on symmetrical 10-Gig speeds, low latency and strong security? (5:45)Why the Internet must evolve – rather than be "reconstructed" – to support the demands of the metaverse. (7:15)The expanding role of cybersecurity, from reactive one-offs to fully integrated ecosystems that are built-in during the early days of metaverse development rather than bolted on sometime down the road. (10:30) How Cisco's role in the cable industry has evolved as the company's attention continues to shift away from traditional access network hardware components such as amplifiers and nodes. (14:00)Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Pearson, president of 5G Americas, joins the podcast to provide an update on global expansion of 5G, new revenue opportunities for private 5G networks and breakthroughs in addressing the digital divide. Pearson also provides a brief recap of his keynote at the Big 5G Event in May.Here are just a few things covered in this podcast:Big 5G Event recap and global growth of 5G (02:24)Why "spectrum is the lifeblood of the industry" (04:40)New revenue opportunities for private 5G networks (07:30)Breakthroughs and mile markers for FWA and satellite in addressing the digital divide (12:50)Setting realistic expectations for 5G (18:50)Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Light Reading's Alan Breznick provides a preview of what to expect at the Cable Next-Gen Europe Digital Symposium, which will focus on how European cable operators and their American counterparts are taking different roads to reaching 10G.During the event, executives from Liberty Global and Vodafone and experts from SCTE, CableLabs and Omdia will discuss the latest in Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) technology, DOCSIS and more. The online event takes place Tuesday, June 21 and is free to attend. To register, click here.Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Orange Business Services' John Isch, practice director of the network and voice center of excellence, and Franck Morales, VP for secure digital infrastructure, join the podcast with an update on the service provider's deployment of nearly 1,200 SD-WAN sites for customer Siemens."It's probably one of the most complex deployments as we've also been deploying during the evolution of [Siemen's] IT, their SD-WAN, and changing nearly 100% of the underlay because the decision was clear from Siemens to move away from MPLS and to go maximum to Internet," said Morales.In addition, Isch and Morales explain Orange's new Service Manage-Watch feature that monitors network and application performance via data analytics and an AIOps tool.Here are just a few things covered in this podcast:Orange Business Services' deployment of SD-WAN to nearly 1,200 Siemens sites (01:20)Bringing customers' network, IT and security teams together (15:34)Orange's Service Manage-Watch tool (20:16)Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter.Related stories and links:Orange brings SD-WAN to nearly 1,200 Siemens sitesOrange Business Services Unveils Service Manage-Watch to Supervise Performance of Enterprise IT ServicesPodcast: Orange injects AI and automation into supply chain management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jason Leifer, Dryden Town Supervisor; Ryan Garrison, director of technology at HUNT Engineers, Architects & Surveyors; and Gina Nienaber, director of portfolio marketing at Ciena, join the podcast to discuss Dryden Fiber: a new municipal fiber network being deployed in Tompkins County, New York. We discuss the digital divide in Dryden, how the decision to create a municipal broadband network came about, the timeline for this project and much more.Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The five components of Internet equity include accessibility, infrastructure, affordability, adoption and performance/reliability, says the University of Chicago's Nick Feamster.In his latest return to the podcast, Nick Feamster, director of research for the Data Science Institute at the University of Chicago, shares findings from his team's research that supports the Internet Equity Initiative data portal, which uses Ookla Speedtest data and other data sets to map out Internet inequities."This important work shows the disparity of Internet access and performance, as well as a variety of different demographic measures, including race, wealth and education by Census tract," said Ookla in a recent newsletter.The Internet Equity Initiative deployed Internet measurement devices in over 100 households in Chicago to measure disparities in Internet performance and reliability between low-income and high-income neighborhoods, according to Ookla.Here are just a few things covered in this podcast:Background on the Internet Equity Initiative (01:40)The five components of Internet Equity (05:40)Comparing digital conferencing tools (11:26)Data and research behind the Internet Equity Initiative (15:53)Conclusions reached based on available data (21:57)Challenges with speed testing (34:21)Preview of upcoming research paper: "Benchmarks or Equity?" (35:21)Related stories and links:Internet Equity Initiative mapA Tale of Two GigsUnderstanding Chicago's Digital Divide: What Does Census Data Tell Us?What Can We Learn from Selected, Unmatched Data: Measuring Internet Inequity in Chicago Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

<p>  Nextlink Internet has been able to push gigabit-level speeds over fixed wireless access (FWA) in a limited fashion, but is now looking to scale up and expand that capability by tapping into fresh spectrum in the 6GHz band. </p><p>  That band, already supported in the home in the Wi-Fi6E standard, is poised to become an important data conduit for FWA as the FCC works out some final details on how that band will accommodate both new and legacy users.  </p><p>  As the FCC irons out some of those details, Nextlink Internet has already <a href="https://www.lightreading.com/opticalip-networks/nextlink-sizes-up-gigabit-speeds-over-fixed-wireless/d/d-id/777759">conducted FWA tests in the 6GHz band</a> using an experimental license. Nextlink's test showed that throughputs in excess of 1Gbit/s downstream and 500Mbit/s upstream were achievable via a 160MHz channel at a distance of two miles using access points from Cambium Networks powered by Qualcomm silicon. </p><p>  Claude Aiken, the <a href="https://www.lightreading.com/opticalip-networks/claude-aiken-joins-nextlink-internet/d/d-id/776877">recently appointed chief strategy officer and chief legal officer of Nextlink Internet</a>, recently joined the Light Reading podcast to discuss the trial in more detail, what's likely to come next, and to provide an update on the regulatory landscape for the 6GHz band for fixed wireless access. </p><p>  Nextlink, which also provides fiber-based broadband services and participated in the CBRS auction, is "really taking an all-of-the-above approach to spectrum access," said Aiken, an industry vet who most recently served as the president and CEO of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA). "We want to be able to utilize this [6GHz spectrum], and put this in our toolkit as soon as possible … We're pretty bullish about what this spectrum means for high-speed, rural fixed wireless service." </p><p>  FWA in the 6GHz band will use automated frequency coordination (AFC) to mitigate interference in the band with incumbent users. But Aiken contends that the implementation for the 6GHz band is "much simpler" than the complications that the industry had to overcome in the CBRS band. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter.</p><p>  &mdash; Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, <ahref="http://www.lightreading.com">Light Reading</a></p> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AUSTIN – Big 5G Event – In this fireside chat during the Women in Telecoms workshop, experts from T-Mobile and Verizon explain the difference between a mentor, sponsor and coach; how to develop relationships with career allies; and how to develop a personal board of directors.Yasmin Karimli, senior director of device technology & development for T-Mobile; and Krys Grondorf, director of communications for Verizon also share how relationships with mentors, sponsors and coaches evolve over the course of a career. "Over this 25-plus year career, you have built relationships that aren't one way, you don't just go to them when you need something, but they come to you when they need something," said Grondorf. "Now it's fulfilling on both sides and you're having those conversations both ways."Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter.Here are just a few things covered in this fireside chat:The difference between a mentor, sponsor and coach (04:20)Evolution of relationships with mentors, sponsors and coaches over the course of a career (09:25)Karimli and Grondorf share examples of their experiences as mentors (14:50)How to identify a mentor, sponsor or coach and how to foster that relationship (19:00)Assembling a personal board of directors (22:22)Check out more news from the Big 5G Event here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Behind the wheel, NTT and IndyCar are using tools such as predictive data analytics and digital twins to improve the race experience for both IndyCar teams and fans of the sport."NTT is taking a lot of the unseen and we're working to make it more visible to the fans to help them understand what's going on in the race, what they should look for and where they should look for it to happen," said SJ Luedtke, VP of marketing for IndyCar.Luedtke and Bennett Indart, VP of SMART world solutions for NTT, join the podcast to explain what it takes from a network standpoint to collect and analyze the data produced during the race."We're using predictive analytics in a lot of different places," said Indart. That includes analyzing pit strategies and anticipating which drivers will make a move during the race."We're trying to take and distill stories buried in billions and billions of messages coming off the cars during the day, and we're allowing artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to do that," he explained.Editor's note: This podcast was recorded ahead of last weekend's IndyCar race in Detroit, Michigan.Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter.Here are a few highlights in the podcast:Impact of predictive data analytics on the race and fan experience (01:00)Data monitoring technologies and private networks (05:20)Popularity of IndyCar and the draw for fans (09:06)Applying learnings from IndyCar to smart cities applications and other entertainment venues (12:53)Digital twins, data twins and visual twins (16:14)Utilizing trends in historical data for future races (19:07)Related stories and links:Podcast: Digital twinning the Tour de FranceNTT revs up Indy 500 with AI and IoT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AUSTIN – Big 5G Event – In this fireside chat during the Women in Telecoms workshop, experts from AT&T, Boingo and MetTel discuss the "credibility conundrum,”"and how women in the industry can better demonstrate their value and best utilize their skill sets to advance their careers.Layli Amiri, lead member of technical staff: network infrastructure and services for AT&T; Lori Thomas, SVP of strategic engagement & transformation for MetTel; and Rachel Rea, SVP of operations for Boingo; discuss how to access leadership and continuing education programs, the importance of speaking up and taking credit for personal success, and how to identify allies and support in the workforce.Attracting female talent to the telecom industry continues to be a challenge – "It does have to start young and you have to breed that interest. You also need women in roles and responsibility of influence," said MetTel’s Lori Thomas. "If you look across Fortune500 countries today, there’s 15% [female] CEOs which is 74 women. It is not enough."Here are just a few things covered in this fireside chat:How the telecom industry can attract more female talent (03:31)Opportunities to reskill to establish credibility (06:55)Accessing leadership programs (08:54)Identifying allies and advocates (10:13)Making your voice heard inside and outside your organization (16:49)Becoming more comfortable with self-promotion (19:17)Changing course after constructive criticism (22:00)What to do when you don’t have all the answers (24:10)Check out more news from the Big 5G Event here.Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.