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.
Episodes
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Nov 15, 2024 • 25min
What's the Story? Germany isn't worried about Huawei
Light Reading's Iain Morris joined the podcast to discuss why Germany is taking a different stance from the rest of the EU on how it handles Huawei equipment in its networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 15, 2024 • 15min
SKT's AI plans, Huawei's smartphone success and the rise of digital nationalism
In this episode of the Telecom East podcast, Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, discuss the rise of AI as a telco value-add in Asia and the potential chilling impact of digital nationalism on Internet economies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 14, 2024 • 33min
Space WAN: MetTel taps Starlink for space-based network
MetTel CTO Ed Fox joins the podcast to discuss why the service provider decided to partner with Starlink as a reseller and how MetTel can provide satellite connectivity as a managed service to customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 7, 2024 • 34min
What's the Story? The trouble with telco APIs
In this podcast, the Light Reading editors discuss why some telcos are convinced that network APIs will unlock new revenue streams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 7, 2024 • 44min
Telecom East: How AI is changing bandwidth needs in Asia
Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, welcome Bill Barney, a former Asian telco CEO and current chairman of Asian Century Equity, to discuss the outlook for telecom in Asia during a time of geopolitical uncertainty and AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 6, 2024 • 32min
Will AI on smartphones fade the way of the Metaverse?
Runar Bjorhovde, analyst for Canalys, joined the podcast to explain why smartphone vendors are banking on AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 5, 2024 • 31min
The Divide: How Cabot, Arkansas, got a broadband boost from municipal fiber
This week: Cabot Mayor Ken Kincade, Connect2First's Candace Looper, DZS' Geoff Burke and Irby Utilities' Josh Collver on their partnership to launch the first city-owned fiber network in the state of Arkansas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 31, 2024 • 38min
LR Extra: Halloween hijinks and gadget ghosts
It's the Halloween edition of the Light Reading extra podcast, where our editors and an esteemed guest walk through the digital cemetery looking for gadget zombies and technologies that still haunt us. Palm Pilots, Secret Senders, weird Wi-Fi phones and Slacker music are some things that creep up in this freewheeling conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 40min
Telecom East: Rebooting mobile's fortunes
In this episode, Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, discuss what KKR's entry into cable construction might mean for the subsea business. This episode also features an interview with author William Webb, who says the mobile industry needs to focus on cost-effective coverage rather than expensive new capabilities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 29, 2024 • 31min
The Divide: NTCA's Shirley Bloomfield on the future of the Universal Service Fund
This week: Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, joins to discuss legal uncertainty around the Universal Service Fund (USF), and why preserving USF programs is crucial for rural providers and families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
