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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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Aug 6, 2021 • 22min
Verizon uses computer vision to help customers help themselves
Verizon's Erik Sheehan joins the Light Reading podcast to provide insight into the operator's use of computer vision for a variety of reasons, such as assisting in network operations and improving technicians' ability to help customers troubleshoot connection issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 1, 2021 • 22min
Lumen's Mike Benjamin: How telcos can catch a RAT
Lumen's Mike Benjamin joins the podcast to provide insight into a new remote access trojan, and explain who and what the bad actors were targeting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 31, 2021 • 19min
The FBA's Gary Bolton on training the next wave of fiber techs
Gary Bolton, president and CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association, discusses the newly launched Optical Telecom Installation Certification (OpTIC) program, a new training and certification curriculum for fiber techs in North America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 31, 2021 • 19min
NTT Security's Bruce Snell and David Gray: Tracking Kaseya
The Kaseya ransomware attack is the latest in a trend of bad actors working together to target the supply chain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 26, 2021 • 3min
Light Reading Recap: Week ending July 23
Last week's telecom news highlights included some spectrum auction and siesta news from Spain, an update on how Verizon moved forward with a fabulous, free 5G phone promotion, and you'll find out what US city took a gamble on building a network that covered 65 square miles with broadband in just 45 days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 23, 2021 • 22min
Orange Silicon Valley COO Gabriel Sidhom: How telcos and cloud providers get along
Gabriel Sidhom, COO for Orange Silicon Valley, joins the podcast to provide insight into service providers' move to the cloud and shares five drivers that have pushed that cloud journey forward.Orange Silicon Valley got its start as a lab and R&D center, but has evolved to "be much more focused on external innovation. We refer to ourselves as an innovation center," explains Sidhom.In addition to discussing how technologies such as 5G are impacting telcos' cloud journey, Sidhom examines how the dynamic between hyperscalers and traditional service providers is changing."In the case of the telco, there's a strong synergy because a lot of the cloud players have what the telcos need, but the telcos also have what the cloud players need," says Sidhom. "It's all about getting as close to the customer as possible." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 22, 2021 • 14min
The Divide: Hughes' Paul Gaske on upping speeds with a 'massive new satellite'
On this episode, we hear from Paul Gaske, EVP and general manager for HughesNet in North America, which operates the largest satellite broadband network in the US.Hughes primarily connects rural areas of the country that are either unserved or still stuck with technologies like DSL or even dial-up. While Gaske says current Hughes speeds meet the FCC standard of 25/3 Mbit/s, he adds that the company is in the midst of a $600 million capital build of a "massive new satellite" that will allow Hughes to offer plans at 100 Mbit/s and 50 Mbit/s starting next year.With that in mind, Gaske also rebuffs the critique that satellite Internet is not "future proofed.""I think that the notion of future proofing just because you haul fiber around is quaint," he says. "The technology at both ends of that fiber has to change constantly for you to be future proofed. And that's the next proposition."We discuss the role of satellite broadband in closing the digital divide and Hughes' plans to meet demand for higher bandwidth and lower latency, as well as the company's recent announcement that it will participate in the FCC's Emergency Broadband Benefit program, making it the only national satellite provider to do so thus far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 15, 2021 • 25min
Digital twinning at the Tour de France
Any major sporting event has plenty going on behind the scenes. On this podcast, NTT's wizard behind the curtain, aka Tim Wade, shares his insight into data capture and analysis for the Tour de France.As VP of the Advanced Technology Group for Sport at NTT, Wade has witnessed firsthand how data analysis of the Tour de France has changed since the race was first digitized in 2015. Initially, data captured from cyclists provided real-time updates but now the entire event has a digital doppelgänger.Wade explains the process of creating a digital twin of the Tour de France, and how NTT is digitizing maps of the course, tracking cyclists, and highlighting important data points such as the best locations for the live audience to watch the race. In addition, Wade explains the role of edge computing, AI and 5G in supporting data analytics for the race. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 15, 2021 • 20min
The Divide: How Kajeet keeps kids and communities connected
On this episode, we hear from Dominic Marcellino, director of strategy and business development for Kajeet: a provider of Internet connectivity services for students, enterprises and state and local governments, working with all major wireless carriers in the US.Kajeet recently partnered with the city of Williamsburg, Virginia, on a six-month pilot program to deliver free Internet access. We discuss the details of that partnership and other ways Kajeet is teaming up with cities, schools and libraries to better connect communities, the challenges to forming municipal partnerships and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 12, 2021 • 3min
Light Reading Recap: Week ending July 9
Last week's telecom news highlights included some revealing numbers about the annual MWC Barcelona event, the US government walking back an unprecedented cloud computing contract for its defense systems, and a whimsical story about 5G-connected, remote controlled cars in Las Vegas, where the high temperature on July 12 will be 113 Fahrenheit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.