Light Reading Podcasts

CommScope's Morgan Kurk and Dave Wright join the podcast to discuss challenges service providers face in delivering rural broadband services, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, they explain how the Universal Service Fund can support programs to address rural connectivity, and how CommScope is working with service providers to close the digital divide. Sign up today for the Light...

This week on the "What's the Story?" podcast we're talking with Light Reading's Editor, Phil Harvey about the US vs. China trade war and how TikTok has been caught in the middle. Phil recaps a recent policy move by the Chinese government that looks to be aimed at delaying the sale of TikTok's US operations. The pressure is building and time is running out as the Trump administration has said the c...

Bart Spriester, General Manager, Content & Streaming Providers, Comcast Technology Solutions joins the podcast to discuss the consumer and industry trends shaping streaming technology today. We also talk about how media and entertainment companies are evolving their technology stack to stay competitive. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

This Executive Spotlight Q&A features John Maddison, the CMO & EVP of products at Fortinet. Maddison discusses SASE, the secure access service edge, and what problems SASE solves for enterprises and service providers. He details what a full SASE deployment should look like and how it relates to Secure SD-WAN. The Executive Spotlight Q&A is a sponsored Light Reading audio production. Si...

This week on the "What's the Story?" podcast we're talking with Paula Gilbert, editor of Connecting Africa, Light Reading's sister site. Paula has been reporting on the mobile money industry in Africa, including new partnerships between telcos and banks, the pandemic's impact on the sector and more. She's here to tell us more about the mobile money industry in Africa, how it's evolving, why it mat...

Omdia analyst Jaimie Lenderman discusses cable operator efforts to reimagine their networks as less centralized, with more intelligence at the edge. Are those efforts being sidelined by the pandemic? Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BT Security's Kevin Brown joins the podcast to discuss remote working in a pandemic, including all the risks, the changes and advantages the "new normal" has for service providers. We'll also cover BT's concept of a "human firewall" and how companies can prioritize their security approach based on people, not technology. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

This week we're talking with Light Reading's Mike Dano about 5G spectrum. Mike's been keeping us up to date on the FCC's CBRS auction, and the forthcoming C-band spectrum auction scheduled for December. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner talks with pod host Nicole Ferraro about NBC Universal's new streaming service Peacock: the latest news, why it matters and what's likely to happen next. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 RAN: the latest news, why it matters and what's likely to happen next. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cliff Grossner, Executive Director of the Cloud & Data Center practice for Omdia, joins the podcast to discuss HPE's acquisition of SD-WAN supplier Silver Peak. Grossner explains how this acquisition may impact the industry at large, shares his predictions for the SD-WAN industry in the coming months, and addresses how COVID-19 could impact SD-WAN growth. Sign up today for the Light Reading ne...

Dave Ward, CEO of PacketFabric, discusses the company's mission to deliver instant, scalable, and secure connectivity for companies of all sizes on its network. He talks about why he thinks the network-as-a-service opportunity will grow and how PacketFabric sets itself apart from other NaaS offerings. Ward also gives us some details about his conservation work and how he uses technology to help en...

Sorabh Saxena, EVP of Customer Service & Operations for AT&T Business, joins the podcast to discuss how AT&T is incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning into their approach to improving the customer experience. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show, Light Reading contributing editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Light Reading's Alan Breznick about cable companies. Alan recently wrote about cable company Cogeco Communications running tests of one-box small cells, in preparation for its entrance into the wireless market. Alan discusses Cogeco's and other cable companies' evolving business models, what it all means, why it mat...

Arrcus CEO Devesh Garg discusses how the company is disrupting the market as a hyperscale networking software company enabling secure distributed connectivity with the world’s best performance by providing simple, scalable, and seamless solutions for the data centers, edge and multi-cloud. This podcast is sponsored by Arrcus. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

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 security, why Zero Trust Access (ZTA) is front of mind during the COVID-19 pandemic, and new security challenges stemming from more employees working from home globally. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

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 ongoing drama surrounding Huawei and how US- and UK-imposed bans and sanctions are casting a shadow over Huawei's future and causing upheaval for the industry at large. Phil joins the show to tell us what it all means, why it matters and what's likely...

On this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Light Reading Senior Editor Kelsey Ziser about SD-WAN. Kelsey recently reported on developments around SD-WAN, including new partnerships between AT&T and Cisco, as well as projections for the SD-WAN market going forward. Plus, just this week, HPE announced it will purchase SD-WAN vendor Silver Peak for nearly $1 bill...

BT Global's Chief Technology and Information Officer Hriday Ravindranath joins the podcast to discuss how telcos can provide the networks and services that businesses need to re-invent themselves and adapt to life in a pandemic. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 billion. Walsh tells Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey about his attraction to the NTT opportunity, where he sees the company's strengths and how those assets will pay off for enterprise customers who are trying to adapt to a distributed workfo...

On this episode, we talk with Light Reading Editorial Director Mike Dano about Dish Network. Mike recently wrote about Dish's official entrance into the wireless market and additional vendors for its planned 5G network, including Fujitsu and Altiostar. Mike sets us straight on Dish's plans, its evolution as a business and what's likely to happen next in this US 5G market. Sign up today for the Lig...

In this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro talks with Paula Gilbert, Editor of Light Reading's sister site Connecting Africa. Paula recently reported that Sub-Saharan Africa is on track for mobile data traffic to skyrocket in the next five years. Meanwhile, fixed-broadband subscribers in South Africa have been declining. Paula joins the show to tell us what this means, why i...

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 to combine high-performance computing and networking, while simultaneously reducing capital and operational costs for service providers, enterprises and their customers. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

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 can broadband to residents in underserved areas. The pandemic has been a wake-up call to broadband's overall importance in the US economy. While some big telcos are waving data caps and other penalties to make it easier for consumers to stay connected...

On this episode, Light Reading Contributing Editor Nicole Ferraro speaks with Light Reading Senior Editor Jeff Baumgartner about HBO’s role in the streaming wars and its new service, HBO Max. Jeff recently wrote about WarnerMedia announcing it is phasing out HBO Go to clear up confusion around HBO's streaming services and pave the way for the successful adoption of HBO Max. Jeff joins the show to...