Broadband Pulse

FarrPoint in partnership with Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) and Connect Humanity, recently conducted a study that showed that improving broadband in Harlan County, Kentucky, could generate $71.5 million in economic benefits. During this episode we talked to two key broadband and community advocacy experts:  Colby Hall, Director at SOAR and Matthew Izatt-Lowry, senior economist for FarrPoin...

For this episode of the Broadband Pulse Podcast, Lightwave+BTR editor-in-chief Sean Buckley talked to Ed Fox, MetTel's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He oversees MetTel’s broadband, data, and VoIP network infrastructure planning, deployment, and operations. A 30-year telecom and networking veteran, Fox has broad experience managing massive organizational and customer growth at major telecommunica...

For this episode of the Broadband Pulse Podcast, Lightwave+BTR editor-in-chief Sean Buckley talked to Jason Moore, CEO of Route This, a company focused on helping service providers and IoT/smart home brands deliver consistent Wi-Fi connectivity to their customers. Jason Moore comes to the CEO role with over 10 years of experience in the networking industry, from silicon engineering to software dev...

While the market is still in its early stages of development, quantum computing holds considerable potential. A recent Quantum Insider report forecasts that quantum computing will contribute $1 trillion in value creation by 2035. Also, Quantum computing vendors are expected to generate $50 billion in revenue by 2035. PacketLight, an optical vendor that continues to establish its presence in servic...

In this latest episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we talk to Kevin Morgan, Clearfield's Chief Marketing Officer. Morgan, who has served in this role since 2016, will transition into the newly created role of Executive Advisor to the CEO in January 2025. During this episode, Morgan addressed several issues facing broadband providers: Highlights of the 2024 Fiber Connect trade show How the upco...

In this latest episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we talk to Charles Seifert, senior manager of network test hardware platforms for Keysight, about the 800GE network opportunity.  Seifert, who has decades of experience in the networking industry, addresses several issues:  What technologies are driving changes in data center interconnects that affect the buildout of new network infrastructure...

In this latest Broadband Pulse podcast, we talked to Nigel Alvares, Marvell's VP of global marketing and business planning.  During the podcast, we addressed the need to accommodate growing AI and other applications, and data center power and water consumption is poised to skyrocket.  Marvell has also been actively enhancing its product line to deal with the AI explosion.  During the September ECO...

Dan Watts, CEO of US Signal, joined the Broadband Pulse podcast to discuss how the competitive business service provider enhances its cloud service reach through acquisitions and new product development. One of US Signal's critical priorities for 2024 is integrating its earlier acquisition of One Neck , a data center provider from TDS Telecom. This acquisition enhances US Signal’s data center, clo...

Madison Carroll, Global Program Manager at Orbia’s Dura-Line Academy, joined the Broadband Pulse podcast to discuss fiber broadband workforce issues. During our conversation, we discussed that while the advent of BEAD will put broadband into more consumers' and businesses' hands, the need to make those connections is challenged by a need for more skilled technicians to install services. To address...

In this latest Lightwave+BTR Broadband Pulse Podcast episode, we talked to Jason Malmquist, EVP and Head of Software and IT Services Business for CHR. We discussed CHR’s role in the broadband ecosystem and its customer's OSS/BSS concerns. One of CHR’s latest releases is Omnia360e, which offers one-touch self-service tools to provide the optimal customer experience and automated functionality.  Ano...

In this latest Lightwave+BTR Broadband Pulse Podcast edition, we talked to John Harrington, CEO of Funds for Learning. We discussed the recent launch of Funds for Learning’s 14th annual E-rate survey , which enables applicants to provide confidential feedback about essential aspects of the federal E-rate program. Two of the key highlights of the survey were cybersecurity and Wi-Fi. Recently, the F...

Governments the world over are committed to keeping global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. To achieve this, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must halve by 2030, and drop to ‘net zero’ by 2050. Ambitious but crucial, it’s a challenge an increasing number of companies across every sector are accepting. Telecommunications is no exception. A significant contributor to GHG emissions is...

In this latest episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we talk to Bill Long, Zayo's chief product officer. Long leads the company's overall product strategy, financials, and roadmap. In this episode, we discuss the importance of the middle-mile fiber network. Zayo has been an advocate for middle-mile networks. The provider is set to receive $92.8 million through the NTIA’s middle-mile program for...

In this episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we talked to we talked with two key members of the Broadband Forum: · Craig Thomas, CEO of Broadband Forum And · Jason Walls, director of technical marketing QA Café Last year, the Broadband Forum celebrated a key milestone: the twentieth anniversary of the TR-069 standard. Introduced in 2004, TR-069, known as CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP), prov...

In this first episode of Lightwave+BTR's podcast series, The Broadband Pulse, we talked with MEF's CTO, Pascal Menezes, about the organization's goals for this year and into 2025. MEF's big focus in 2024 is helping service providers enhance their Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offerings. As MEF sees it, NaaS combines on-demand connectivity, application assurance, cybersecurity, and multi-cloud-based...

In the Lightwave Broadband Pulse podcast, we will address the key issues affecting the optical and broadband industry segments. Join us every week for insights on these topics from industry leaders.