Light Reading Podcasts
Episodes
IBM's Andrew Coward on managing MEC and multi-cloud madness
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former CEO of Lumina Networks Andrew Coward joins the podcast to discuss his new role as general manager of software defined networking at IBM and how...
POWDER: Open for 5G and whatever's next
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Salt Lake City, a city-sized 5G network is humming along with hundreds of devices connected to dozens of endpoints, measuring every imaginable thin...
The Notebook Dump: Juniper's software shift, Sohn saga, Oregon Trail treachery
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Harvey, Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro and Kelsey Ziser discuss Juniper's software-centric strategy and 400G expansions, the continu...
What's the Story? Telcos trudging slowly ahead with automation
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Iain Morris joins the podcast to discuss how automated telcos really are and what's actually contributing to job cuts in the telecom industry over the...
The Divide: Study examines service providers' plans and priorities for bridging broadband gaps
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Alan Breznick, senior analyst with Heavy Reading. He joins the show to discuss the results of a recent survey about th...
The Notebook Dump: BEAD battles, 5G wins and woes, robot dog uprising
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro and Kelsey Ziser discuss Q4 earnings results for cable operators such as Comcast, which lost broadband sub...
What's the Story? Mediacom mum on mobile service details
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast with updates on Mediacom's mobile service and discusses how the cable industry at large is doing in the mobile spac...
Blockgraph CEO on how data is fueling the future of targeted TV advertising
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Blockgraph CEO Jason Manningham joins the podcast to discuss how the company is keeping data safe and secure amid the rising tide of targeted TV adver...
The Divide: Ciena's Steve Alexander on closing the connectivity and digital education gap
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Steve Alexander, CTO at Ciena. He joins the show to discuss the historic levels of funding we're seeing in broadband networ...
What's the Story? Apple scraps AR glasses… for now
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Dano joins the podcast to explain why Apple paused development on its augmented reality (AR) glasses and shifted focus to mixed reality headsets ...
The Notebook Dump: DeWi pushes forward, ACP needs funds, Netflix with ads is 'meh'
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss the state of decentralized wireless deployments, and why some indust...
Wave7 Research's Jeff Moore on the keys to cable's mobile success
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Moore, principal of Wave7 Research, keeps close tabs on all things mobile, including cable's activities in the market. He attributes cable's succ...
The Divide: How Kwikbit is bringing broadband to mobile homes
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Joe Costello, CEO of Kwikbit Internet, a wireless ISP delivering broadband service to mobile home park communities in sever...
The Notebook Dump: DirecTV layoffs, T-Mobile wants Mint Mobile, FCC map challenges
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss DirecTV's layoffs, more problems emerging for the pay TV market and ...
Advertising on the big screen is a big deal in the streaming era
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pay-TV may be in decline, but the TV screen remains a valuable piece of real estate for advertisers as more and more premium content gets pulled into ...
What's the Story? CES Recapped – Robot dogs, 5G phones and a sheep named Annie
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Baumgartner and Mike Dano are back from last week's CES event in Las Vegas with a recap on new technologies and trends from the show. Hosted on A...
Airties CEO makes the case for managed, monitored Wi-Fi
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 add capacity and improve the data speeds delivered on home networks, but the broader experience – down to the application level...
Quickplay explores the intersection between sports and streaming
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There's no doubt that streaming and live sports have become a tandem, and it's a combo that will only continue to grow more prominent.On the technolog...
More than 100K expected to attend CES 2023
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CES returns to Las Vegas this week, and organizers expect that on-site attendance will cross the six-figure mark as the annual event continues to inch...
Palo Alto Networks SVP: Injecting zero trust into IoT device security
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cybersecurity threats are a huge concern for any organization, but the results of threats to healthcare facilities can result in patient data being co...
PLDT grapples with fallout of missing millions
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One telco that could use a Christmas miracle this season is Philippine service provider PLDT. The company's stock dropped dramatically - around 19% on...
The Divide: How Wave 7 is connecting Enfield, North Carolina, with community broadband
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features LaShawn Williamson, founder and CEO at Wave 7 Communications, and Brian Vo, chief investment officer at Connect Humani...
Unit 42 tackles threat intelligence on a global scale
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 team is tasked with investigating threat data is critical to preventing future cybersecurity attacks.Wendi Whitmore, SVP o...
Synacor might split out its Cloud ID and Zimbra businesses, CEO says
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Synacor, once a public company, went private last year after getting acquired by private equity firm Centre Lane Partners – a deal that ca...
Edgewater Wireless CEO on how 'spectrum slicing' can beef up Wi-Fi
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wi-Fi continues to make progress with respect to speed, capacity and lower latencies with Wi-Fi 6E today and, soon, Wi-Fi 7.One company that's looking...
The Notebook Dump: We're freezing up in here
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading editors Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro, Mike Dano, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser all connected for one last episode of The Notebook Dum...
The Divide: Internet Society's Dan York on the state of LEO satellite broadband
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dan York, director of online content at the Internet Society. He joins the show to discuss the details of a new report called&nb...
AT&T banks on public policy to propel open RAN deployments
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At last week's Open RAN North America event in New York, AT&T's Chris Boyer sat down with Light Reading to explain how the service provider is wor...
The Notebook Dump: 5G transport, open RAN and NYC subways
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Dano, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser attended Light Reading's 5G Transport & Networking Strategies event, held in conjunction with the Open RAN...
Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown: 5G's long road ahead
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At Light Reading's 5G Transport & Networking Strategies event, analyst Gabriel Brown discusses the reality of the 5G market – standalone 5G is s...
Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin: Lowering latency in 5G networks
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At Light Reading's one-day optical networking event, analyst Sterling Perrin recaps the highlights and discusses how transport networks are evolving t...
The Divide: NDIA's Amy Huffman on how to build a state digital equity plan
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we hear from Amy Huffman, policy director at the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA): a nonprofit organization working to ...
The Notebook Dump: 6G and broadband and bears – oh my!
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss SES and Boeing's medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite launch planned f...
The Divide: How Bluepeak is bringing broadband competition to overlooked cities
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Jeff Seidenfaden, chief commercial and customer experience officer at fiber broadband provider Bluepeak; and Mike Podoll, a...
Boeing brings 5G and terrestrial tech to MEO satellites
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While 5G is a relatively nascent technology, it's already playing an important role in the satellite space race. Ryan Reid, president of Boeing Commer...
SES CTO on launching software-defined satellites
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Satellite operator SES has a busy year-end planned with the scheduled launch of two MEO satellites in mid-December. CTO Ruy Pinto met up with Light Re...
ATX CEO on bridging the labor gap and what's next in cable tech
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it's upgrading existing hybrid fiber/coax (HFC), extending service to adjacent areas or bringing fiber and gigabit speeds to rural locations, ...
The Notebook Dump: CTIA unimpressed with CBRS, Comcast unleashes HFC, shrinking MEO satellites
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano and Kelsey Ziser discuss whether anything interesting is going on in the CBRS spectrum band, updates on Comcast's hybrid f...
The Divide: Flume's CEO on what happened with NYC's Internet Master Plan
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Prashanth Vijay, co-founder and CEO of Flume Internet. He returns to the podcast to discuss Flume's progress leveraging dar...
What's the Story? All SES wants for Christmas are MEO satellites
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for the Holidays, satellite operator SES plans to launch about a half dozen new MEO satellites in mid-December. A second launch is schedu...
What's the Story? Edge computing ain't easy
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading's Mike Dano and Phil Harvey review the Leading Lights Awards categories they judged, ranging from 5G to optical transport. Hosted on Aca...
What's the Story? Leading Lights entries double down on cloud native
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading's Iain Morris and Kelsey Ziser review the Leading Lights Awards categories they judged and examine emerging trends that appeared in the ...
The Notebook Dump: Broadband prevails, satellites are cool and Twitter's a mess
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading editors Nicole Ferraro, Mike Dano and Phil Harvey gather around the microphones for an informal discussion of what happened during the w...
The Divide: Sharayah Lane on the need for Indigenous-led broadband solutions
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Internet Society's Sharayah Lane joins the podcast to discuss the digital divide in indigenous communities across North America, where progress ha...
How RDK is branching out to cover smart TVs and FWA
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Now spanning video and broadband devices and a subset of the IoT arena, the Reference Design Kit (RDK) has come a long way since humble beginnings tha...
Software-as-a-Service: The new way telco core networks are delivered and operated
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nokia core networks SVP Fran Heeran answers Light Reading’s questions on how customers and the whole industry perceives Core Networks delivered and ...
US Cable has a strong hand in mobile, Recon Analytics' Roger Entner says
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Comcast and Charter Communications just came off a third quarter in which they added a record 729,000 mobile lines, extending their grand total to 9.6...
Telcos must pivot to app quality of experience focus as OTT traffic floods networks – Sandvine
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Service providers can move toward sustainable, profitable business models if they optimize and monetize the quality of experience they deliver to cons...
The Notebook Dump: Broadband and magic mushrooms on the ballot
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Earnings season is in full force and Light Reading Editors Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro and Kelsey Ziser discuss which companies had a ...
The Divide: How SiFi Networks tackles digital inequity with open access 'FiberCities'
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Shawn Parker, vice president of government affairs at SiFi Networks: which has been building and operating open access fibe...
What's the Story? Fixed wireless swamps Leading Lights Awards
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading's Alan Breznick reviews the Leading Lights Awards categories he judged and examines surprising trends that appeared in the submissions.I...
Telstra Americas' Noah Drake dives into subsea cable network planning
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Telstra Americas' President Noah Drake joins the podcast with an update on the service provider's market focus in the Americas, where Telstra operates...
Velocix CEO on pay-TV's streaming shift and how to get more out of the cloud DVR
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Brickmeier has seen the pay-TV industry evolve from its early foray into the worlds of video-on-demand (VoD) and digital ad insertion, the advent ...
The Notebook Dump: Ghosts, ghouls and zombies of telecom
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the Halloween edition of The Notebook Dump, Light Reading editors walk through the digital cemetery looking for gadget zombies and technologies tha...
Enabling new 5G network services
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shekar Ayyar, chairman and CEO of Arrcus, sees a lot of upside for telcos wanting to create new network services. His optimism is rooted in the change...
What's the Story? Leading Lights finalist trends in streaming video and broadband
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner and Nicole Ferraro discuss the 2022 Leading Lights Awards categories they judged, the finalists they selected and tre...
Evolving telecommunications BSS to enable CSPs for future revenue growth
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the recent surveys by Comviva Research, across 75 C-level telecom executives globally, suggests that 60% believe their BSS is not ready for fut...
Interactive TV and living in the FAST lane
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Weber, who once headed up video product for AT&T and its U-verse services, shifted gears years ago to take the CEO slot at Zone TV. These days, he...
Omdia: SASE has barely left the starting block
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While vendors and service providers have made much ado about secure access service edge (SASE), the technology framework is still in its nascent phase...
What's the Story? AT&T from the edge to the cloud
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading's Phil Harvey discusses his recent tour of AT&T's central office. Phil also examines AT&T's edge strategy, public cloud partners...
Rakuten Mobile's Tareq Amin: Symware celebration
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LAS VEGAS – #MWC22 – Tareq Amin, CEO of Rakuten Mobile and Rakuten Symphony, discusses how he got Symware from being a reference architecture...
Pivotal Commware: Speeding up FWA
22 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pivotal Commware CEO Brian Deutsch discusses his company's new as-a-service offering, Pivotal Turnkey Services. The service, offered to Pivotal's netw...
The Notebook Dump: 800G milestones, AT&T adds fiber subs, and Netflix bucks streaming struggles
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading editors Jeff Baumgartner, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss subsea cable updates and Ciena and Alitbox's 800G deployment from Amsterd...
Reach Mobile CEO on 'Shopifying' mobile, broadband and IoT
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shopify has been using its e-commerce platform to provide an easy path for partners to sell products online for more than 15 years. Reach Mobile belie...
The Divide: How Presidio collaborates with the public sector on connectivity
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Cyndi Barrera, the sales vice president of SLED West at digital services and solutions provider Presidio. She and her team ...
Ciena and Altibox: Amsterdam bound with 800G
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ciena and Altibox discuss their recent 800G deployment over 1,100 KM between Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Global Cloud Xchange battles global latency with subsea connectivity
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Subsea cable operators face the unique challenge of balancing future capacity demands while deploying and maintaining cable systems meant to last 25 t...
Omdia's Roz Roseboro: The complexities of public clouds for telcos
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Roz Roseboro, principal analyst for Omdia, joins the podcast to discuss her research on service provider use of the public cloud and whether SPs shoul...
The Notebook Dump: DOCSIS ain't cheap, edge computing is 'meh' and Starry bet and lost on RDOF
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Mike Dano, Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro and Phil Harvey discuss DOCSIS 4.0 network upgrade costs, edge computi...
FiberLight CEO's vision extends beyond core connectivity
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connectivity is core to FiberLight's business, but the company, under CEO Chris Rabii, is pursuing a path to be much more. FiberLight is in the m...
What's the story? South Africa to sunset 2G and 3G
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert provides an update on Safaricom's new network in Ethiopia, which will be the country's first private telecoms operat...
The Divide: Where and why local voices are missing from FCC broadband policymaking
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we hear from Ryan Johnston, senior policy counsel for federal programs at Next Century Cities. Ryan recently authored a report e...
Verizon Frontline's response to Hurricane Ian
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The destruction of Category 4 Hurricane Ian in Florida is far reaching, with over 491,000 homes and businesses still left without power. Verizon ...
The Divide: LiveOak's Steve Smith on getting fiber-ready in Florida and Georgia
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Steve Smith, chief revenue officer at LiveOak Fiber, a service provider formed in July 2022 with plans to bring fiber broad...
The Notebook Dump: Chips and salsa for the win
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Mike Dano and Phil Harvey sign off from MWC with a 10-minute informal recap of the work week ended September 30.Th...
The Divide: How FirstLight is connecting communities with middle-mile fiber
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Maura Mahoney, chief marketing officer, and Patrick Coughlin, chief development officer, with FirstLight Fiber, a digital i...
What's the story? Helium Mobile's high hopes for MVNO
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Dano returns to the podcast to discuss Helium Mobile, which recently signed an MVNO agreement with T-Mobile. Helium Mobile customers will be able...
The Notebook Dump: Ericsson acquires Vonage, national spectrum strategy, eSIM startup and Elvis impersonators
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading editors Mike "can't be bothered" Dano, Phil "the higher the hair the closer to heaven" Harvey and Kelsey "finger guns" Ziser get togethe...
The Divide: Ziply VP chats rural fiber builds, permit reforms and micro-trenching
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Epley, vice president of regulatory and external affairs at Ziply Fiber joins the podcast to discuss the company's fiber buildout st...
Executive Spotlight Q&A: Flexible, Cloud Native Networking is Here
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprises have fully moved their IT stack into the cloud, and network infrastructure is next. Dave Ward, PacketFabric’s CEO, joins Light Reading t...
Reminiscing with Bob Gold about cable milestones, Dan Aykroyd and media screwups
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you've been in the cable tech industry for more than five minutes, there's a good chance you know Bob Gold, the super-energetic PR/marketing guy an...
Omdia on the rocky road to private 5G for manufacturing
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Service providers have been banging on about the benefits of private 5G networks for the manufacturing industry, but that vertical has been reluctant ...
The Notebook Dump: Broadband proliferation, chicanery and hotel soap
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Nicole Ferraro and Jedi Padawan Mike Dano join sentient vanilla latte Phil Harvey for an informal recap of what's ...
Light Reading's super-official SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2022 Preview
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SCTE Cable-Tec Expo is in Philadelphia September 19-22, a triumphant return to an in-person cable-fest since the 2019 show in New Orleans – just mer...
Brightcove CEO braces for the next big shift in streaming
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marc DeBevoise has had a front seat during the video market's streaming revolution. He was a top exec at CBS when the broadcaster surprised the m...
What's the story? '2022 is the year of T-Mobile'
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading's Mike Dano explains why T-Mobile now claims to be the biggest wireless network operator in the world. He also discusses T-Mobile's stra...
QOS Networks CEO brings AIOps to Zayo Group
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Former CEO of QOS Networks Frank Cittadino, now SVP of edge services for Zayo Group, joins the podcast to discuss why Zayo acquired managed service pr...
What's the story? German telcos face geopolitical troubles
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Light Reading's Iain Morris explains why German service providers could be in hot water. Germany's reliance on Russian energy sources...
The Notebook Dump: New iPhones, data center alleys and Comcast's big gigs
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading editors Kelsey Ziser, Jeff Baumgartner and Phil Harvey gather around for an informal (let's be honest, downright silly) discussion of wh...
What's the story? The rise of independent OS suppliers for smart TVs
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner discusses the rise of independent suppliers of operating systems for Smart TVs, and what their entry into the market ...
The Divide: TruConnect's Danielle Perry on the role of MVNOs in keeping people online
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Perry, chief compliance officer at TruConnect – a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) – joins the podcast to talk about how ...
OSS/BSS market avoids pandemic slowdown
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
By 2027, analysts at Omdia expect the telco IT market to exceed $40 billion, up from $31 billion in 2021. James Crawshaw, practice leader fo...
The Divide: Tarana's CEO on why FWA isn't a 'stopgap to fiber'
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Basil Alwan, CEO of Tarana. We discuss what sets Tarana apart as a provider of what it calls "next-generation" fixed wirele...
Glidr aims to help consumers navigate a sea of streaming options
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are you watching? It's a question that tends to pop up among family, friends and coworkers. The water cooler may be a corporate relic, but thanks...
DriveNets co-founder on the white box way to lower TCO
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With a fresh cash flow of $262 million, DriveNets plans to expand sales to service provider customers and grow its employee base by 30% to 450 employe...
What's the story? T-Mobile, SpaceX plan to forge satellite-cellular connection
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
T-Mobile and SpaceX have teamed up on a plan to connect mobile phones to SpaceX's new Starlink satellites. According to the two companies, this could ...
Juniper COO on a sustainable approach to cloud metro management
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Manoj Leelanivas, COO of Juniper, joins the podcast with an update on Juniper's Cloud Metro platform. Leelanivas explains how a number of factors are ...
The Divide: How private wireless can help close connectivity gaps
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features David Broecker, chief innovation officer at Purdue Research Foundation (PRF), and Özer Dondurmacıoğlu, vice preside...
Investor interest in fiber hot as 'open access networks' come into focus
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's no shortage of topics in the world of broadband these days. Fiber network M&A activity and upgrades have not slowed down. Billions of doll...
How the CHIPS and Sciences Act could boost US optical networking
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Infinera CEO David Heard is optimistic about what the CHIPS and Sciences Act can do for US optical networking vendors, especially those endeavori...