Light Reading Podcasts

Mari Silbey, Senior Director at US Ignite, joins the podcast to explain how government funding, such as NTIA grants, will support service provider engagement in open RAN deployments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gilles Garcia, senior director and business lead for the Data Center and Communications Group at AMD, joins the podcast to explain why virtual radio access networks (vRAN) could be an important step for service providers to take on the way to deploying open RAN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Lopez, founder and CEO of Core Analysis, joins the podcast to discuss the state of the open radio access network (RAN) market in North America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carl Guardino, VP at Tarana, joins the podcast to discuss where Tarana's G1 platform is helping close the digital divide, where the BEAD program still leaves room for fixed wireless over fiber and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins us to discuss a new wearable alternative to smartphones. Humane unveiled its Ai Pin, a nearly two-inch wide smart pin powered by T-Mobile's network and OpenAI's ChatGPT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fiber Broadband Association's Deborah Kish joins the podcast to discuss the state of the fiber workforce. Kish shares progress made on the FBA's OpTIC Path program and why veterans make up a large portion of that program and fiber jobs overall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Infinera CEO David Heard joins the podcast to discuss how the government's $53 billion investment in semiconductor research and manufacturing could significantly impact the optical networking industry in the US.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elliot Noss, CEO of Ting, joins the podcast to discuss how the company is reaching underserved urban markets in partnership with communities like Memphis and Colorado Springs, why Ting is using the Affordable Connectivity Program to deliver free gigabit services and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CableLabs CEO Phil McKinney joins the podcast from his private bus, parked on the show floor of last week's Cable-Tec Expo in Denver. McKinney says CableLabs and its Kyrio subsidiary are preparing for a third DOCSIS 4.0 interop that will center on proactive network maintenance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Stager, policy director at Free Press, joins the podcast to discuss the FCC's move to restore Title II rules for broadband providers, and to debunk some of the industry's arguments opposing the proceeding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenVault CEO Mark Trudeau discusses the emergence of 'extreme power users' who consume more than 5TB of data per month and how operators can manage this small but growing group of customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss the FCC's recent ruling to provide E-Rate money for Wi-Fi on school buses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner and Mike Dano join Omdia's Jaimie Lenderman to wrap up their big takeaways from this week's high-energy SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in the Mile High City. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Click, Senior Manager of Wireless Network Assurance for Verizon, and Matt Brungardt, Crisis Response Manager for Verizon Frontline, join the podcast to share how Verizon Frontline prepares for seasonal winter storms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner, Omdia's Jaimie Lenderman and Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick preview the hot topics and key themes as SCTE Cable-Tec Expo gets underway in Denver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading editors Phil Harvey, Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, and Nicole Ferraro discuss a new market of digital detox enthusiasts (and at least one company) striving to give up smartphones for something lighter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner explains how Vantiva's acquisition of CommScope's troubled Home Networks unit could impact the companies' bottom lines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: We hear from five digital equity leaders on their work to enroll people in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the importance of the ACP to their communities, and why it's urgent for Congress to reallocate funding for the program if the US is serious about closing the digital divide. Guests in order of first appearance include: Candace Browdy, exec. director, Connect Lake County; Elizabeth Ramirez, first digital navigator, Connect Lake County; Natalie Betancur, deputy director, Center for Digital Equity; Tiffany White, digital navigator, Center for Digital Equity; and Maddie L, former digital equity coordinator for Little Rock, Arkansas. Special thanks to Network:On for assisting with this episode; check out their Connect the 20% campaign here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil Harvey joins the podcast to discuss which private 5G network use cases are rising to the forefront and why there should have been more of a focus on 6G at this year's MWC Las Vegas event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Phil Harvey dishes on MWC Las Vegas and the challenges telcos face in deploying generative AI tools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss which vendors and service providers are teaming up to support neutral host private wireless deployments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arelion's Mattias Fridström joins the podcast to discuss why disaggregation in service provider networks is necessary and 'good in our industry,' but also 'keeps everyone on their toes and keeps the operators buying the latest and greatest gear.' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Bill Long, chief product officer at Zayo. We discuss where and why Zayo is building middle mile infrastructure, the status of their projects, how the company is collaborating with local ISPs in the lead up to BEAD funding – and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Phil Harvey, Tereza Krasova and Kelsey Ziser join the podcast to discuss tech trends they identified among finalists in the 2023 Leading Lights Awards, from industry MVPs, advances in disaggregated networks, momentum in R&D and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Iain Morris and Nicole Ferraro discuss tech trends they identified while selecting finalists for the 2023 Leading Lights Awards, from AI and ML for network analytics, to new tech addressing the digital divide – and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LAS VEGAS – VMware Explore – Sanjay Uppal, SVP and GM of service provider & edge business for VMware, joins the podcast to discuss how the company's customers are deploying secure access service edge (SASE) and software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano and Jeff Baumgartner join the podcast to discuss tech trends they discovered while selecting finalists for the 2023 Leading Lights Awards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LAS VEGAS – VMware Explore – Abe Ankumah, VP GM of SASE for VMware, joined the podcast to discuss how the company's new Edge Cloud Orchestrator is assisting enterprises in managing cloud workloads at the edge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Donna Gambrell, president and CEO of Appalachian Community Capital (ACC), and Brian Vo, chief investment officer at Connect Humanity. We discuss the state of the digital divide throughout Appalachia, one of the least-connected regions in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joined the podcast to discuss why cable MVNOs are performing better than expected and what this means for wireless provider competitors such as T-Mobile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scott Cadzow, the chair of ETSI's ISG SAI and ETSI Fellow 2023, joins the podcast to address some common misconceptions about AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to discuss why global online platform giants Google, Apple, Booking.com and Uber Eats as well as local online retailers and classifieds are in trouble with the South Africa's Competition Commission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sylwia Kechiche, principal analyst of enterprise for Ookla, joins the podcast to discuss why the industry should focus more on 5G performance and reliability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Tereza Krásová joins the podcast to discuss plans UK operators have to turn off their 2G and 3G networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ishwar Parulkar, chief technologist for telecom and edge cloud at AWS, discusses generative AI applications for the telecom industry and how to approach this in a responsible, secure manner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joined the podcast to chat about a Boston-area TV station trialing 5G broadcast technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bango's VP of marketing, Giles Tongue, discusses how the company is helping telcos like Verizon and Optus build centralized hubs that customers can tap into to manage a wide range of Internet-delivered subscription services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Ovel, VP of operations for Europe at Zayo Group, joined the podcast to discuss some unique challenges the service provider faced while planning for its Zeus submarine cable project.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss how AT&T, Verizon, Dish Network, the GSMA and others are approaching the development of network APIs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Tereza Krasova joined the podcast to discuss how Ukranian services provider Kyivstar is addressing infrastructure and energy challenges to providing network connectivity to the region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrea Caldini, VP of product engineering and development at Verizon, joined the podcast to discuss where the service provider is focusing its attention on private 5G. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Iain Morris joins the podcast to discuss mounting pressure on European mobile network operators to avoid Huawei and ZTE when looking for equipment and tech suppliers for their 5G networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Veneeth Iyengar, executive director for Louisiana's broadband office (ConnectLA), on solving Louisiana's digital divide and what to know about the state's initial proposal for BEAD, or the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jason Livingood joins the podcast to discuss Comcast's low-latency DOCSIS trials, how LLD works, why the time is right for LLD and how LLD plays nice with network neutrality principles.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Comcast's launch of symmetrical 10-Gig speeds for its "Gigabit Pro" service. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gerard Kunkel and Chris Pizzurro, two cable industry vets, discuss their new initiatives plus the trials and tribulations of VR, AR, the metaverse and the fragmented video industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OTTAWA – Ciena Vectors Event – Beth Hunter, director of ESG communications and social impact, and Helen Xenos, senior director of optical portfolio marketing for Ciena, joined the podcast to discuss Ciena's carbon neutral and emission reduction goals for 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OTTAWA – Ciena Vectors Event – Ciena CTO Steve Alexander and CMO Rebecca Smith joined the podcast to discuss why the company leapfrogged the industry to develop the WaveLogic 6 modem, a 1.6 Tbit/s coherent optical technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Ernesto Falcon, senior legislative counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), who recently announced his candidacy for California's Senate District 7. We discuss the role of the digital divide in his campaign and candidacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert joins the podcast to discuss the GSMA's Mobile Gender Gap Report. She shares the status of the mobile gender gap in low- and middle-income countries, where the gap is widest, and what the barriers to access and ownership are for women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.