This feed is Light Reading's main podcast feed for "The Light Reading Podcast," "The Divide," "The Notebook Dump," 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 wor ...
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The Divide: Navajo County on building middle mile fiber in an 'Internet desert'
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This week: Officials from Navajo County, Arizona, and eX² Technology, on solving the region's digital divide with an open access, middle mile fiber network, and how middle mile capacity will help the county succeed with BEAD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Verizon's Andrea Caldini: 'Culture of curiosity' is a pillar for private networks and APIs
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Verizon VP Andrea Caldini returns to the podcast to discuss the service provider's private networks with the NFL and NHL, and how AI can be used to assess network performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Network timing and synchronization has become critical to deliver service performance and resiliency in 5G networks and beyond. In this podcast, Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Ciena's Bashar Abdullah discuss the relevance of the topic for network operators, its challenges and implications, and tools to efficiently deploy it. Sponsored by Ciena…
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Gigs CEO on the business of building a multitude of MVNOs
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The CEO of Gigs, Hermann Frank, says the company provides the components for organizations to launch their own mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Gigs is an OS for companies, such as banks, to start their own MVNO in a few minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: NDIA's Amy Huffman on implementing state digital equity plans
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This week: Amy Huffman, policy director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), joins to discuss the government's $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act and NDIA's new best practices manual for implementing digital equity plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Viavi on the pressure of pacing optical testing with AI demands
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Matt Adams, PLM, Fiber Optics Production and Lab Test for Viavi, joins the podcast to discuss the challenges testing equipment vendors face in the data center. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What's the Story? Samsung's network business struggles
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Light Reading's Iain Morris explains why the financial dip in Samsung's network segment is reflective of economic woes facing the broader industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ookla's 'North Star' is a better Internet for all
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Ookla's Brennen Smith explains that the organization's 'North Star' or main objective is to support quality of experience of network performance for Internet users. We also discuss standards for network performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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ThinkAnalytics CEO Marc Aldrich discusses how the company is using metadata and generative AI to help its content partners rapidly schedule and optimize their free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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AI boom breathes new life into optics for the data center
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Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin joined the podcast to discuss the optical networking industry's opportunity to cash in on the AI boom in the data center. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: How Surf Internet is growing its fiber footprint in the Great Lakes region
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This week: Gene Crusie, CEO of Surf Internet, an ISP in Indiana, Michigan and Illinois, on using a blend of private and public funds to reach unserved and underserved areas, how Surf plans to participate in BEAD and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Princeton's Jennifer Rexford: Programmability in 5G access networks is a high stakes game
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Professor Jennifer Rexford joins the podcast to discuss why network programmability is critical to the performance of 5G access networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What's the Story? Iliad eyes acquisition of Ukraine's Datagroup-Volia
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Light Reading's Tereza Krásová joins the podcast to discuss why operator group Iliad wants to purchase Ukrainian fixed provider Datagroup-Volia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: Joey Wender on US Treasury's $10B down payment on closing the digital divide
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This week: Joey Wender, director of the capital projects fund at the US Treasury Department, on the status of $10 billion in federal broadband deployment funds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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DC Blox sheds light on dark fiber, landing station buildouts
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DC Blox is just the latest example of a data center provider expanding to do much more as hyperscaler growth provides a catalyst for new dark fiber routes and connectivity services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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For Verizon, 5G coverage at Jazz Fest is the CATS MEOW
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Verizon joins the podcast to explain how the service provider is deploying both permanent and temporary network assets to provide New Orleans Jazz Fest concertgoers with 4G and 5G connectivity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Cable modem's 'father' sees his invention reach adulthood
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Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard, considered by many as the 'father of the cable modem,' was recently inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. He joins the podcast to discuss the past, present and future of broadband. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Quantum Loophole's data center dominion
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A fiber-connected development of almost 3.5 square miles in Maryland's largest county aims to introduce a new way to plan for and accommodate hyperscaler growth and whatever the computing needs of AI will demand next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Great Plains CIO: Acquisitions ease operations transformation
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Great Plains Communications CIO Katie Curtis explains how recent acquisitions have contributed to upgrading the telco's OSS/BSS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: Why BEAD funds should go to local service providers
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This week: Kerry Haughan, SVP, commercial strategy at Calix, on why Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) funds should go to local providers, and overcoming the hurdles making it hard for smaller providers to participate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Verizon taps into 5G, the edge and the cloud to cut live TV sports
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At NAB, Verizon Business showed off the future of live TV production by using its public 5G network, in tandem with its edge compute capabilities and AWS's cloud, to cut and edit a live NHL game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Data center CTO weighs in on AI demands, liquid cooling and telecom transparency
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John Sasser, CTO, Sabey Data Centers, discusses the power, cooling and capacity requirements of AI and cloud computing clients. Sabey is expanding to new locations and reworking its existing buildings to deploy new infrastructure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Precision OT EVP on saving customers from optical 'landmines'
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Keith Habberfield, EVP for Precision Optical Technologies (OT), joins the podcast with a behind-the-scenes look at the effort required to participate alongside 46 other companies in the OIF demo at the recent OFC Conference in San Diego. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: Hughes SVP on low-density broadband and keeping satellite competitive
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This week: Mark Wymer, SVP at Hughes, on how the company's Jupiter-3 satellite has enabled faster service options, and how Hughes views satellite broadband's future as more federally funded fiber rolls out in rural areas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What's the Story? Vecima makes a $20M play for Casa's cable business
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Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss Casa System's Chapter 11 filing and the company's plans to sell off its 5G and cable assets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ciena VP on the trouble with traditional OSS
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Ciena's Kailem Anderson explains the challenges telcos face in managing legacy OSS/BSS, and why Ciena used AI and a Kubernetes architecture in its new Blue Planet OSS platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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5G Transport priorities – insights from Heavy Reading's Operators Survey
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Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Ciena's Francisco Sant'Anna discuss the current priorities of network operators on 5G transport and the state of the market, based on the results from the recent 5G Network Strategies Operator Survey. Sponsored by Ciena. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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The Divide: Conexon's Jonathan Chambers on rural fiber, BEAD and the future of ACP
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This week: Jonathan Chambers, partner at Conexon, joins to discuss Conexon's progress in deploying rural fiber, plus his concerns about the $42 billion BEAD program, how to save the ACP and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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OFC 2024: According to Corning's Sharon Bois, fiber providers have an opportunity to bring a lot of innovation to service provider networks and data centers as bandwidth demands skyrocket. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Artificial intelligence driving network capacity and what this means for data center connectivity
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This episode of the Executive Spotlight Q&A, recorded onsite at OFC 2024, features Rob Shore, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Infinera. He discusses key industry trends driving bandwidth growth, provides perspective on challenges facing network operators, and shares how indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuit solutions are h…
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What's the Story? T-Mobile and SpaceX play the long game on direct-to-cell service
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Light Reading editors discuss why it could take a while before service providers start seeing meaningful revenue from direct-to-cell satellite services, if ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: Why NaLA says the fight for ACP funds isn't over
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Committee chairs with the National Lifeline Association (NaLA), Danielle Perry and Kristi Brown, on the need for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and why they're not giving up on getting funding from Congress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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AI tide could raise boats in optical industry
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From OFC: Omdia's Ian Redpath joins the podcast to discuss how the optical industry is stepping up to the challenge of providing the necessary connectivity inside and outside the data center to power AI workloads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: Maine's five key strategies for achieving digital equity
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This week: We hear from the Maine Connectivity Authority's Maggie Drummond-Bahl on the state's NTIA-approved digital equity plan and its 'five key strategies' for closing the digital divide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Midco's Pao Lo on DOCSIS 3.1 'stretch,' D4.0 and mobile's potential
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Midco is using low-splits and high-splits to help extend the life of its HFC network, but sees targeted opportunities for DOCSIS 4.0. Midco is also evaluating adding mobile to the bundle, says VP of network engineering Pao Lo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: Utopia Fiber CEO on the fight for municipal, open access broadband
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This week: Roger Timmerman, CEO of Utopia Fiber, on Utopia's progress bringing broadband competition to Utah and beyond, plus his response to an ad campaign attacking Utopia and other municipal networks – and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Cable flirts with 'fiber-first,' pursues more spectrum sharing
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Jeff Baumgartner, Sue Marek and Mike Dano discuss highlights from the Cable Next-Gen event in Denver, spanning the road ahead for DOCSIS, fiber, wireless, low-latency broadband, and the evolution of video and pay-TV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What's the Story? Aramco Digital wants to democratize access to AI chips
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In this podcast, Light Reading's Iain Morris explains why Aramco Digital CEO Tareq Amin wants to provide 'AI-infrastructure-as-a-service' to customers and democratize access to AI chips, in part by teaming up with startup Groq. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Colt COO Buddy Bayer on why AI, security are top concerns for IT
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Colt COO Buddy Bayer joins the podcast to discuss why AI, security, automation, sustainability and quantum computing are front of mind for IT teams and how Colt works with its enterprise customers to address their goals for these technologies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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The Divide: How Vermont is tackling three main barriers to broadband adoption
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This week: Britaney Watson, digital equity officer at the Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB), on the biggest broadband barriers for Vermonters, takeaways from the state's proposed Digital Equity Plan and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Light Reading Extra: MWC reeks of AI and API desperation
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With tapas and cervezas in the rear view, Light Reading's Mike Dano, Phil Harvey, Tereza Krásová and Iain Morris recap the conversations around AI, open radio access network (RAN) technology, sustainability and other topics that dominated this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Ericsson on industrializing Open RAN (sponsored)
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From Mobile World Congress 2024 – Open RAN plays an important role in achieving the vision of future networks, and Ericsson is leading the industrialization of the three pillars of Open RAN: cloudification, open fronthaul and open management. This podcast is sponsored by Ericsson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Gridmetrics taps into the power of the broadband network
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Gridmetrics' Scott Caruso explains how the CableLabs subsidiary is using hundreds of thousands of node-based sensors to create a unique, hyperlocal view of the status of the power grid and how that data is being put to use. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: North Dakota's broadband director on building the state's BEAD program
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This week: North Dakota's broadband program director, Brian Newby, joins the show to discuss closing the state's remaining digital divide, and how his office is working to build a 'pro-carrier' BEAD program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What's the Story? The ripple effect of the Orange and Másmóvil merger
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Light Reading's Tereza Krasova explains what the $20 billion Orange/Másmóvil merger could mean for other service provider mergers in the EU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Comcast's MachineQ expands playbook for enterprise IoT
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Here are some topics we cover during the podcast: Witkowski offers an updated overview of MachineQ and its approach to the enterprise IoT sector (1:33) Examples of how MachineQ is tailoring its platform for various verticals, including hospitality (4:20) How MachineQ is gaining traction outside the US (6:15) How MachineQ collaborates with Comcast B…
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What's the Story? Gone is the multi-vendor dream of open RAN… for now
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Light Reading's Phil Harvey, Iain Morris and Mike Dano join the podcast to discuss the original goal of open RAN compared to recent moves by service providers to go all-in on one vendor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Omdia on why telcos are increasingly fixated on reducing opex
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Omdia's Adam Mackenzie joins the podcast to dig into the causes of rising opex and explain how service providers can manage it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What's the Story? NTIA's Alan Davidson calls for 'army of auditors' to regulate AI
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Light Reading's Phil Harvey joins the podcast from on-site at the 20th annual State of the Net conference in Washington, DC, where NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson said the US government needs to utilize an 'army of auditors' to better regulate and manage AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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What's the Story? Much ado about YouTube TV's meteoric rise
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Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss YouTube TV becoming a primary player in the pay TV market, hitting the 8 million subscriber mark. Meanwhile, traditional pay TV players are treading water as more subscribers cut the cord. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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