Light Reading Podcasts

What's the story: Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner on NBC's Peacock streaming service

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner talks with pod host Nicole Ferraro about NBC Universal's new streaming service Peacock: the latest n...

What's the story: Light Reading's Iain Morris opens up about open RAN

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of 'What's the Story?' – a new series from the Light Reading Podcast – Iain Morris talks with pod host Nicole Ferraro about open R...

Omdia on HPE's $925M acquisition of Silver Peak

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cliff Grossner, Executive Director of the Cloud & Data Center practice for Omdia, joins the podcast to discuss HPE's acquisition of SD-WAN supplie...

From our sponsor: PacketFabric CEO Dave Ward on the future of networking

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Ward, CEO of PacketFabric, discusses the company's mission to deliver instant, scalable, and secure connectivity for companies of all sizes on it...

AT&T Business EVP reveals how the carrier uses AI to keep customers happy

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sorabh Saxena, EVP of Customer Service & Operations for AT&T Business, joins the podcast to discuss how AT&T is incorporating artificial i...

What's the story: Light Reading's Alan Breznick on the evolution of cablecos

29 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, Light Reading contributing editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Light Reading's Alan Breznick about cable companies. Alan recently ...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Arrcus – The hyperscale networking software company

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Arrcus CEO Devesh Garg discusses how the company is disrupting the market as a hyperscale networking software company enabling secure distributed conn...

Omdia's Rik Turner on SD-WAN and zero trust access

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Omdia Principal Analyst Rik Turner joins the podcast to discuss whether the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is the next evolution of SD-WAN and secu...

What's the story: Light Reading's Phil Harvey talks about all the trouble in Huawei's world

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we're talking with Light Reading's Editor-in-Chief Phil Harvey about Huawei. Light Reading has been extensively covering the on...

What's the story: Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser on the wide world of SD-WAN

15 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Light Reading Senior Editor Kelsey Ziser about SD-WAN. Kelsey recently re...

Podcast: BT Global's Hriday Ravindranath on telco transformation

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

BT Global's Chief Technology and Information Officer Hriday Ravindranath joins the podcast to discuss how telcos can provide the networks and services...

NTT Americas CEO Simon Walsh: Seamless service in a hybrid world

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

NTT Americas CEO Simon Walsh is leading a team of 5,000 people in six countries across North and South America with combined revenues of over $3 billi...

What's the story: Light Reading's Mike Dano on Dish Network

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we talk with Light Reading Editorial Director Mike Dano about Dish Network. Mike recently wrote about Dish's official entrance into t...

What's the story: Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert on mobile data and broadband trends

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Paula Gilbert, Editor of Light Reading's sister site Connecting Africa. P...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Tensor Networks CEO Alexis Flores-Betancourt

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this sponsored podcast, we speak with Tensor Networks CEO Alexis Flores-Betancourt and the company's CTO, Bill Walker, about the startup's desire t...

US Ignite's Mari Silbey: New broadband business models

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

US Ignite's Mari Silbey joins Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey for a discussion about what changes are ahead in how cities and companies c...

What's the story: Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner on the momentum of HBO Max

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro speaks with Light Reading Senior Editor Jeff Baumgartner about HBO’s role in the s...

What's the story: Light Reading's Iain Morris on Rakuten and 5G

17 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to What’s the Story: a new, short podcast from Light Reading where we take a step back from the most significant topics in telecom to tell y...

From our sponsor: ServiceNow's Chris Bauschka on how telcos can provide proactive customer service

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Special guest Chris Bauschka, General Manager & AVP, Global Telecommunications, Media and Technology Industries at ServiceNow, discusses how servi...

Light Reading's Iain Morris: Stopping Huawei won't slow down China

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Will stopping Huawei in the US and Europe will do much of anything to slow down China from becoming the world's dominant technology superpower in the ...

Colt CEO Keri Gilder on managing during a pandemic and expanding an on-demand network

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After 18 months as its chief commercial officer, Keri Gilder was recently named the CEO of Colt Technology Services. In this podcast, Gilder speaks wi...

5G Americas' Chris Pearson: On the road to standalone 5G

20 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser are joined by Chris Pearson, president of 5G Americas, to discuss how COVID-19 is affect...

Light Reading's Iain Morris on the US vs. Huawei

19 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The US government has moved to block Huawei's access, not only to US technology but to any technology made with US expertise. Light Reading's Iain Mor...

Mike Dano: Microsoft's new telecom territory

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Mike Dano discusses what the recent Microsoft acquisitions – especially Affirmed Networks and Metaswitch Networks – could sig...

From our sponsor: Avast's Sean Obrey on creating value for service providers

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Delivering a complete security solution for service providers is no easy task. A thorough security solution has to include sophisticated network prote...

Plume's Todd Grantham sees more shifts in WFH traffic

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, recorded May 1, we check in with Plume CMO Todd Grantham to discuss the increase in streaming media and entertainment usage and other...

University of Chicago's Nick Feamster: Staying connected in a pandemic

05 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser are joined by Nick Feamster, director of the Center for Data and Computing for the University of Chicago....

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Metaswitch's Martin Taylor on 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence

01 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Executive Spotlight Q&A, podcast, we speak with Martin Taylor, CTO of Metaswitch Networks. Metaswitch and Vodafone recently announced a te...

Podcast: Orange Business Services talks COVID-19 and keeping customers connected

28 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Orange Business Services CEO Helmut Reisinger and SVP of Customer Services & Operations, Aliette Lompre, join the Light Reading crew to discuss ho...

From our sponsor: Avast's Sean Obrey on 5G cybersecurity for consumers

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When we talk about security in 5G, we are usually talking about infrastructure and network security, and rightly so. But what about all the things tha...

Economics of 5G & NYC's Connectivity Master Plan

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Editors Phil Harvey, Mike Dano, Kelsey Ziser join the podcast to discuss some of the more popular recent submissions to Light Reading's The 5G Exchang...

The SVoD squad assembles: What's new with OTT, SVoD and Quibi

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The world of streaming video is more crowded and competitive than ever. Listen as Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner discuss the implications for pay ...

COVID-19: What our WFH traffic looks like

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Podcast guest Todd Grantham, CMO, Plume, talks about what his company is learning by looking at the anonymized data from more than 700 million compute...

Omdia's Ramona Zhao: South Korea's 5G journey

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Light Reading's Phil Harvey is joined by Omdia Senior Analyst Ramona Zhao. She covers the Asian service provider market and has recen...

NTT Research CEO Kazu Gomi: Creating a new network infrastructure

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kazu Gomi, the executive leading NTT Research, joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser on this episode to discuss the Innovative Optical an...

TeleGeography's Paul Brodsky: Carrier voice traffic is still going over-the-top

03 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this podcast, TeleGeography's Paul Brodsky joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey to talk about international voice traffic and how the mix of traffic o...

Gluware's Mike Haugh: Network automation for enterprises

01 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Gluware's Mike Haugh joins Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser for a discussion about enterprise network automation and how the company uses software-defined...

Friday Fun: Movies for social distancing

20 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Here's some Friday fun for ya. We've got Light Reading's Editor-in-Chief Ray Le Maistre joining Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey to talk about the movies....

5 ways COVID-19 is affecting the telecom industry

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading editors Mike Dano, Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey convene for a brief recap of what is changing in the telecom industry now that COVID-19 ...

US Ignite's Mari Silbey on smart cities opportunities and O-RAN testing

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mari Silbey of US Ignite joins Kelsey and Phil from Light Reading to discuss recent developments in the world of smart cities and how carrier strategi...

What sports venues will do next and the coming wave of Wi-Fi 6

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Kapustka from Mobile Sports Report joins the podcast to discuss the COVID-19 effect on public venues and arena networks, the reliability of 4G DA...

CSG's Haifa El Ashkar 4 things that could lead to mobile industry disruption

12 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

CSG's Executive Director of Managed Services Haifa El Ashkar talks with Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey about the broad industry impact w...

Orange Business Services CEO Helmut Reisinger on becoming a network native service provider

03 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser are joined by Helmut Reisinger, CEO of Orange Business Services. The IT and integration ...

Analyst interview: Omdia's George Jijiashvili on cloud gaming and esports

01 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was canceled, but we still have lots of MWC-related media to share. The analysts at Heavy Reading and Omdia (former...

Analyst interview: Omdia's Pablo Tomasi on what's hot in IoT

29 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was canceled, but we still have lots of MWC-related media to share. The analysts at Heavy Reading and Omdia (former...

Analyst interview: Omdia's Maria Rua Aguete how 5G is changing live sports and gaming

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona isn't happening next week. But the analysts at Heavy Reading and Omdia (formerly Ovum) are still tracking the commu...

Analyst interview: Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown on 5G market changes

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona isn't happening next week. But the analysts at Heavy Reading and Omdia (formerly Ovum) are still tracking the commu...

Analyst interview: Omdia's Dario Talmesio on the 5G core

18 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona isn't happening next week. But the analysts at Heavy Reading and Omdia (formerly Ovum) are still tracking the commu...

Analyst interview: Heavy Reading's James Crawshaw on Industry X.0

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona isn't happening next week. But the analysts at Heavy Reading and Omdia (formerly Ovum) are still tracking the commu...

Windstream's Mike Frane & Scott Yelton: How Telcos are Transforming Managed Services

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Yelton and Mike Frane from Windstream Enterprise join Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser on the podcast to discuss how Windstream's ap...

MNJ Technologies EVP Ben Niernberg: Workplace Collaboration & SD-WAN

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

MNJ Technologies EVP Ben Niernberg joins the podcast to offer a managed service provider's view of workplace collaboration and SD-WAN, two hot markets...

Cato Networks: Don't Call Us an SD-WAN Provider!

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cato used to be a leader in SD-WAN, but now it says it's not an SD-WAN company anymore. Instead, it's delivering a new kind of service -- Secure Acces...

The Right Way to Fight Huawei

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading editors Ray Le Maistre and Mike Dano join Phil Harvey for a discussion about whether the US government needs to fund 5G tech development...

NTT CTO Ettienne Reinecke: 2020 Tech Trends

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

NTT's CTO Ettienne Reinecke joins the podcast to shine a light on the most disruptive tech trends he sees for enterprises in the coming year. Many of ...

CTA's Danielle Cassagnol: AI, 5G Are Big at CES 2020

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner interviews Danielle Cassagnol, the senior manager of industry communications for the Consumer Technology Association....

CES 2020 Update: Quibi Modernizes Mobile Video

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner is covering #CES2020 this week and on his last day in town, we caught him just in time to get a recap of the much-hyp...

CES 2020 Update: TiVo, Amazon and More Ways to Stream TV

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner is covering #CES2020 this week and he's got the scoop on the latest move by TiVo to making streaming video viewing ea...

Pay TV, The SVoD Squad & CES 2020

07 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner and Kelsey Ziser join Phil Harvey to discuss Jeff's coverage plans at CES 2020, new SVoD services launching this year...

Nuage Networks CEO Sunil Khandekar: SD-WAN in the Year 2020

24 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nuage Networks CEO Sunil Khandekar returns to the pod to debrief Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Mitch Wagner about developments that will influence ...

Orange's Samir El Rashidy: The MSI Difference

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, recorded in October, Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey are joined by Samir El Rashidy, the director of enterprise services...

The Big Cisco Announcement

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Light Reading's Mitch Wagner has two big news interviews and a summary report from the Cisco Systems press conference in San Francisc...

Telco Media Ownership, Clever Plans & A Trip To The Edge

10 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Crossover Pod Alert! Following Light Reading's 2020 Vision Executive Summit at the Ritz Carlton in Vienna, Austria, Telecoms.com's Editorial Director ...

Cisco's Collaboration Vision with Amy Chang

22 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cisco's Collaboration Vision: Cisco collaboration EVP & GM Amy Chang and Light Reading's Mitch Wagner share stories about videoconferencing facepa...

Alan and Jeff: Cable's Urge to Converge

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Network convergence was a primary theme at Cable Congress and Cable-Next Gen Europe in Berlin as cable operators in the region push ahead with plans t...

Nuage Networks CEO: Big Plans for SD-WAN

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Nuage Networks CEO Sunil Khandekar joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser to discuss the value of having standards for an emerging market ...

Juniper CEO Rami Rahim on 400G, AI and the Future of Networking

12 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser interview Juniper Networks CEO Rami Rahim about what's next for Juniper. The conversation covered Juniper...

HBO Max Delights and Confuses Us

02 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In a special news podcast, Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner, Dan Jones and Phil Harvey gather around the microphones to talk about the launch of HBO M...

The MWC Los Angeles 2019 Recap Episode

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a week since we left California and wrapped up at MWC Los Angeles 2019. What did our analyst colleagues and fellow editors think of all the ...

The Light Reading Halloween Special

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The ghosts, geeks and goblins of telecom tech come out to play in this very foolish and ghoulish episode of the Light Reading Podcast. Light Reading's...

Windstream's Layne Levine: SD-WAN Is Transformational

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Layne Levine, president of the Enterprise & Wholesale business unit at Windstream, isn't confused about SD-WAN's potential. "This is the next big ...

Will Barkis, Orange Silicon Valley, on Smart Cities & Privacy

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Will Barkis leads the smart cities portfolio at Orange Silicon Valley's innovation lab and he spoke to Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey ab...

Recapping Light Reading's 5G Transport and Edge Event

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading Editors Ray Le Maistre and Mike Dano discuss the key takeaways from Light Reading's 5G Transport & the Edge event in New York City. ...

Cable-Tec Expo Wrap Up Show in New Orleans

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Alan Breznick, Jeff Baumgartner and Phil Harveydiscuss the stuff they've presented, seen and overheard at SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo 2019 i...

Optiva CEO Danielle Royston: Telcos Need A Clear View of The Cloud

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Optiva CEO Danielle Royston is a hellraiser. But she's also a savvy CEO, taking Optiva -- formerly Redknee, a troubled BSS provider -- and giving it a...

Pizza and the Potential of 5G and Edge Computing

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the lead up to Light Reading's 5G Transport & the Edge event in NY on Oct. 10, Not-Phil Harvey (aka Kelsey Ziser) and Mike Dano discuss their f...

What Will 5G Look Look Like in 5 Years?

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With SCTE kicking off in New Orleans -- and talk of 5G heating up with cable operators -- it's a great time to look back and go over what 5G looks lik...

The NV & SDN Americas 2019 Recap

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's event series on network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) stopped in Dallas this time around. As us...

Network Virtualization, SDN & Protein Bars

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're packing our bags for Dallas, for our cleverly named Network Virtualization and SDN Americas conference, and Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser talks w...

Apple's iPhone 11 & TV+ Announcement: The Telco Angle

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Taking a service provider lens to Apple's announcement of the iPhone 11, Apple TV+ and more, with Light Reading editors Mitch Wagner, Jeff Baumgartner...

Ciena CEO Gary Smith: We're in a Web-Scale World

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ciena CEO Gary Smith and Light Reading's Phil Harvey discuss the optical transport & network software firm's webscale business demand, its Blue Pl...

Orange Silicon Valley CEO Mireille Helou: Tech Can Bring Social, Economic Progress

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Orange Silicon Valley CEO Mireille Helou talks to Light Reading's Mitch Wagner about how she intends to help bring California innovation to the Europe...

More Things You Need to Know About SD-WAN

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the third in our series of podcasts covering the state of SD-WAN. Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey (with research help from Ovum a...

Jio, Guavus Work on Big Carrier Analytics

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Raghuram "Raghu" Velega, VP of big data and analytics at Jio in India, provides an update on how that carrier's growth and scale has created some uniq...

SES Takes ONAP Over the Moon

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Mitch Wagner talks with SES CEO JP Hemingway about his company's sky-high ambitions. SES's satellite network provides connectivity for...

Where Does OTT TV Go Now?

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What's going on with over-the-top TV (and why are all the names so confusing)? Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner, Alan Breznick and Kelsey Ziser join P...

The Orange Approach to SD-WAN with John Isch

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

John Isch from Orange Business Services joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser to talk all things SD-WAN. He's not just waving his arms an...

Where Telcos Can Use Machine Learning

13 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence may help service providers speed up service provisioning, provide better network performanc...

Dishing on Dish Network

07 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Who is the satellite company that's suddenly in the middle of the Sprint/T-Mobile merger discussions? Light Reading editors Mike Dano and Jeff Baumgar...

What's New in SD-WAN w/ Kelsey Ziser

30 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How many SD-WAN vendors are there, anyway? In this week's podcast, Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser discusses the ever-evolving world of SD-WAN. We discus...

AT&T Earnings Recap with Alan Breznick

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

AT&T lost video and broadband subscribers during its second quarter, but the telco still reported revenue and profit forecasts in line with Wall S...

Ovum's Key Trends Shaping the Global 5G Market

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

5G is here, but where's it going? That's the simple and surprisingly nuanced question that Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre and Ovum's Dario Talmesio he...

Edge Computing & Data Storage with ClearSky Data CEO Ellen Rubin

16 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ellen Rubin joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss edge computing and the new need for data management in more places as the world goes from stati...

Sharing Could Make Cities Smarter

09 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cities are huge consumers of telecom connectivity and services but the path to becoming "smart" cities looks a lot different now than it did even a ye...

The Bill Waker Interview: IT, Telcos & Pro Bowling

28 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Walker, former senior director of strategy & advancement at CenturyLink, joins the podcast to offer his thoughts on what telcos are good at, ...

What Telcos are Doing at The Edge

25 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ray, Kelsey and Phil talk about why so many believe that innovation at The Edge will unlock a lot of promises of next-generation netw...

What Will You Pay for 5G?

13 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss how are all the major US telcos handling 5G pricing, which carriers seem to have the most pract...

Taking on Tall Poppy Syndrome

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser joins the podcast to discuss some of the insights and helpful advice she's heard while doing interviews for Light Reading...

Apple Makes Itself at Home

04 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What happened for telcos and cable operators to keep an eye on at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)? Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner a...

Huawei's Guilty of Something, Right?

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Light Reading's Mitch Wagner and Phil Harvey conclude that the government's rhetoric around Huawei as a national security threat sure would sound more...

Huawei's Smartphone Business at Risk

23 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As the US ramps its trade war with China, Google became one of several companies that said it would limit the software services it provides to Huawei....