Light Reading Podcasts

Light Reading's Iain Morris joins us to talk about convergence and consolidation amongst European telcos. France's Orange recently took a controlling stake in Telekom Romania Communications (TRC), and Iain will shed some light on what this deal means for the individual telcos and the industry at large. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MNJ Executive VP Ben Niernberg returns to the podcast to talk about how simplifying unified communications in the enterprise is even critical during the pandemic. Niernberg also offers advice on how enterprises can secure the edge of their networks and how they can navigate the crowded market of security and SD-WAN vendors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Light Reading's Phil Harvey recapped the recent 5G Transport & Networking Strategies symposium and they discussed network slicing in transport networks, how Verizon is handling its 5G traffic and how the increasing importance of edge computing is shaping optical networking technologies and spending.Perrin said that it's important to think about what network slicing means in the transport network, where "you have to define both quality of service and network separation." There's a lot of work left to be done here, he said, as the radio and wireline sides of the network still haven't worked together enough to make network slicing happen yet in a commercial way. The timing is getting tight, too, because a lot of the services that 5G monetization depends on require network slicing.In edge computing, Perrin said the symposium discussions revealed more "solidity" around where the edge is needed inside of cities and where it's not. A few years ago, there was a discussion about needing edge computing capabilities at every cell tower. Now what matters more than sprawling buildouts is the latency required by the network, Perrin said. In many cases, data centers and colocation facilities – important not just because of where they are but also their proximity to cloud providers – will get the job done. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sue Graham Johnston, president of 128 Technology, joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser on the podcast to discuss the company's technology approach to networking and how that led to its announced acquisition by Juniper Networks. Johnston explains how 128 aims to build a session-aware network and how that improves user experience as well as enterprise security. Johnston also offers advice on how Women in Comms can network virtually, and how to adjust to the "new normal" of work-life balance as the line between work and personal lives blurs from the COVID-19 remote working boom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser talks with Vonage's Jay Patel about unified communications customer use cases. They cover Domino's Pizza and Siemens and talk about how both companies are using Vonage's Voice and Video APIs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Infinera's Tim Doiron discusses open networking and Infinera's role in a recent Telecom Infra Project deployment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Telia Carrier VP and Chief Evangelist Mattias Fridstrom joins the podcast to discuss new trends in network and traffic patterns as Internet usage is changing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fridstrom also provides insight into how and where Telia Carrier is expanding its fiber network, and how that approach differs in the Americas vs. Europe. Also, Fridstrom shares Telia Carrier's approach to SD-WAN and why the company chose to enter that market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano about a recent request for information issued by the US Department of Defense that may or may not further the Trump administration's apparent interest in a nationalized 5G network.We also talk about Rivada, what role the company is playing in all of this, and why it matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Juniper CTO Raj Yavatkar joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss Juniper's strategy to use machine learning and AI to help customers build "self-driving" enterprise networks. The acquisition of Mist Systems brought that capability to Wi-Fi access points, he explains. Once Juniper completes its acquisition of 128 Technology, it can improve on its AI-driven approach to its SD-WAN and WAN assurance offerings, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown recap the 5G Ecosystem Digital Symposium and discuss the state of the industry when it comes to telecom 5G deployments, and what is likely to happen next.Brown starts off by recalling the service provider keynote delivered October 19 by Telecom Italia's Giovanni Romano. The Italian 5G ecosystem has been looking beyond the smartphone from the very beginning, Brown said and, as a result, both TIM and other operators have done a lot of work on advanced use cases for 5G. As 5G is deployed around the world, operators will want to keep an eye on TIM and how it got a head start on building 5G apps and services for vertical industries.Private networks and 5GIn the second part of the discussion, Brown recaps the second part of the symposium, which occurred on October 21, and featured keynotes and panels on private networks. One of the day's highlights was an update from Catherine Gull, head of Business Development at Three Private Networks, the operator that has built a private network for London's Heathrow Airport.Apple's 5G introThe discussion wraps up with a summary of some reasons why Apple put so much emphasis on 5G during its launch event for the iPhone 12 on October 16. Brown said there is a responsibility Apple has to the whole telecom ecosystem to deliver a new generation of handsets on a predictable schedule. If Apple waited too late to put out a 5G product, the telecom industry would be in a world of hurt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.