Light Reading Podcasts

Welcome to "The Divide" – a new podcast from Light Reading exploring the ongoing digital divide: why it still exists, where it still exists and what needs to be done to fix it.Our guest is Ernesto Falcon, senior legislative counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). We discussed the need for nationwide fiber infrastructure in the US and what's holding that up, what the pandemic has revealed about broadband policy in the US, and what to expect from the incoming Biden administration on the broadband front. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the podcast welcomes eero CEO Nick Weaver to discuss in-home connectivity and how his company has changed since it was bought by Amazon in 2019. The podcast covers the proliferation of Wi-Fi 6, the new demands on home routers now that everyone's been home for nearly a year and, finally, eero's progress on its efforts to become a home connectivity partner for service providers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dario Talmesio, research director for Omdia's service provider strategy and regulation practice, talks about the big topics that will shape the year ahead for communications service providers (CSPs).This podcast, recorded in late December, covers the industry's progress in 5G and where the world of mobile broadband is going next (01:45); the evolving role of cloud providers in the CSP ecosystem (07:30); the economic fallout of COVID-19 and how telcos will retain customers who have lost work or have been hit with medical bills (12:15); and the push for more corporate social responsibility both in environmental concerns and hiring practices (17:25). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mari Silbey, senior director of Partnerships and Outreach for US Ignite, joins the Light Reading podcast in this episode, recorded in late December. Silbey provides an update on "Project Overcome," a program by US Ignite and the National Science Foundation to improve the reach of broadband in underserved areas.Also, she shares an update on the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program, which is US Ignite's effort to work with partners in testing new technologies that could improve rural broadband access."For rural America, there's probably not one technology that will solve everyone's problems, and we need to experiment with how to bring them together in different ways to get the best connectivity for these folks that can't otherwise be connected," she said. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are the Huawei bans working? What will the US do next year to keep China's champion from 5G world domination? Phil Harvey returns to the podcast to give us the latest on Huawei's turbulent year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Light Reading podcast is going off-topic. As folks are winding down for the holiday weekend, we've recorded an episode featuring a noted telecom luminary talking about a bunch of stuff that has nothing at all to do with broadband, open RAN or SD-WAN.Ciena CEO Gary B. Smith joins the podcast to discuss his journey as a photographer – how he got started, his 20-year photography drought and the hows and whys behind his current work. See the show notes for links and all the details on www.lightreading.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner was on the podcast this summer talking about the launches of HBO Max and NBCU's Peacock. Now he's back and on this episode, Jeff gives an update on those streaming services and others that have been announced since then, and what the streaming landscape looks like as we head into 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rob Mello, the head of strategy and transformation in the Americas for Orange Business Services, joins the podcast to discuss the carrier's use of the cloud when deploying security services to enterprise customers. He discusses the relationship between the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Zero Trust Security and whether the two are mutually exclusive. He also talks about what industries are benefiting from SASE now and how global enterprises are benefiting from the platform.Orange Business Services and several other global network operators were featured during Light Reading's Service Provider Security Strategies for the Enterprise Symposium on Tuesday, December 15. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special sponsored podcast episode, we speak with Scott Lawrence from CSG's Experiences Practice division. His job focuses on coaching companies to make decisions that can help them evolve and improve the way customers experience their products and services. Lawrence discusses how and when digital transformations are effective, how companies should measure success and the art of creating a culture that values constant improvement. This podcast is sponsored by CSG. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner connected with Plume CEO Fahri Diner to get caught up on all things related to the management and security of the smart home. As part of that discussion, they chat about the drivers of the vendor's latest deployment milestone – 20 million "active" households worldwide that have been fueled by an average increase of 1 million activations per month thus far through 2020.They also dig into the role of open source in smart home deployments and how Plume's recent acquisition of Walleye Networks fits in with the company's broader tech and services portfolio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.