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Light Reading Podcasts

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 ofInforma 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

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30:47

The Divide: NTCA's Shirley Bloomfield on the future...

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2024/10/29

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.

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31:08

Why is my cell phone so bad when I'm on vacation?

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2024/10/25

Opensignal's Sylwia Kechiche joined the podcast to dive into Opensignal's findings on the causes of network performance disparity between local and roaming wireless customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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19:54

What's the Story? DT is #bullish on telco APIs

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2024/10/24

Light Reading's Tereza Krasova joined the podcast to discuss Omdia's positive forecast for growth in the telecom market, and why DT and BT had opposing views on telco APIs at the Network X event. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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31:12

The Divide: How NextLight helped ignite municipal...

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2024/10/22

This week: Officials from Longmont, Colorado, and NextLight – the state's first municipal broadband network – on NextLight's ten-year anniversary, its impact on the region and lessons learned along the way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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38:55

LR Extra: Next stop, Jupiter's moon

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2024/10/18

The Light Reading editors discuss the SpaceX Starship launch, the Europa Clipper, why the pope can't donate his organs, Tesla's Cybercab and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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21:23

The Divide: How HFCL brought customized connectivity...

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2024/10/15

This week: Bhuvnesh Sachdeva, senior vice president at HFCL, and Devadas Pai, CEO of Nanocell Networks, on the challenges and lessons learned from delivering Wi-Fi to the villages of Baidabettu and Baslambi, India. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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10:49

Asisat Oshoala minds the usage gap

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2024/10/12

Soccer legend Asisat Oshoala and the GSMA's CMO, Lara Dewar, join the podcast to promote women's tech literacy and to urge governments and citizens to close the mobile usage gap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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32:19

LR Extra: CBRS proposal met with sour grapes

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2024/10/11

The Light Reading editors recap AT&T's CBRS proposal, which if approved, some in the industry say would have a "catastrophic" effect on spectrum distribution. We also discuss why the cheese tax is getting out of control, Mike Dano's recipe for frozen sour grapes and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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17:04

What's the Story? It's hard out there for a pay-TV...

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2024/10/11

Charter is working on its latest pay-TV strategy to hold onto and hopefully expand its subscriber count. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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41:27

Ciena's CTO: Wrapping up a decades-long dance with DWDM

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2024/10/10

One of the optical networking industry's most approachable tech evangelists and all-around nice guys is retiring soon. Ciena's SVP and CTO Stephen Alexander joins the Light Reading podcast for a look back and a look ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:13

TechExpo 2024: It's a wrap!

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2024/10/08

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner, Omdia's Jaimie Lenderman, Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick and Dell'Oro Group's Jeff Heynen discuss unified DOCSIS 4.0, the challenges ahead for DOCSIS 5.0 and the potential for 5G on HFC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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19:05

The need for fast, reliable fiber network deployment

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2024/10/08

Nir Hollander, Amdocs' GM of Mobile Networks, joins the podcast to talk about the state of fiber deployments worldwide and how Amodcs views fiber network design and AI's role in fiber deployments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:17

The Divide: How ACP's lapse is impacting state...

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2024/10/08

This week: Jake Varn, associate manager with Pew's Broadband Access Initiative, discusses the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and the impact it's having on states' plans to close the digital divide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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14:51

CableLabs CEO on what's next for DOCSIS

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2024/10/07

At SCTE TechExpo in Atlanta, CableLabs CEO Phil McKinney talked about the next chapter for DOCSIS, how CableLabs is connecting with fiber and wireless, and the emerging role of AI and machine learning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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33:32

LR Extra: It's mold, it has the juice

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2024/10/04

Light Reading editors recap the Dish and DirecTV merger, ongoing outages from Hurricane Helene and why French climbing ropes are best. We also explain what 'mold juice' is and why we wouldn't be caught dead wearing Meta's AR glasses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:56

GenAI sparks a data center shakeup

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2024/09/26

In this episode, Corning's Brian Rhoney and Bob Whitman explained how fiber infrastructure and computing requirements in and across data centers need to change to support GenAI versus traditional cloud computing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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21:39

The Divide: How Veea is delivering wireless...

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2024/09/24

This week: Ewam de Freitas, chief product officer at Veea, on the company's partnership with PT Bum Desa to deliver a wireless network in the city of Argamukti, Indonesia, and how the project is impacting life in the remote region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:56

The ugly underbelly of falling telco opex

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2024/09/20

While telco opex dropped in 2023, the biggest contributor were divestments, which isn't ideal because service providers are selling business segments, explains Omdia's Adam Mackenzie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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27:00

Prof. Feamster puts network performance under the...

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2024/09/18

University of Chicago Professor Nick Feamster and his teams at the Internet Equity Initiative and NetMicroscope are using data analytics to provide insight into regional network performance, application quality and how to improve network automation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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36:02

LR Extra: Tri-fold phones, high-end audio, bear...

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2024/09/13

On the Light Reading Extra this week, we cover Huawei's new phone, Apple's iPhone hardware features, what to do if you're confronted by a bear, and the comforting thought of having a producer talking in your ears at all times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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