Light Reading Podcasts

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.

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.

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.

In this episode, we hear from United Fiber's Darren Farnan and Calix's Matt Collins about United Fiber's work to close Northwest Missouri's digital divide and how the companies have partnered to deliver additional community benefits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB), spoke to Light Reading about municipal broadband networks in the US, including why and where they're popping up the most, where the biggest success stories are, and how her organization is working to defend against efforts by incumbent providers and "dark money" groups to derail community networks. Int...

Victor Esposito, Ritter Communications' new CTO, says the company's fiber expansion is a top priority, even as the operator spruces up its HFC network and mulls the future role of video. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're joined by Paolo Balboa, senior program manager, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), Jessica Hatch, broadband coordinator of Door County, Wisconsin and Ashley Pollard, digital inclusion manager for the city of Philadelphia, to discuss the crucial work local governments are doing to close connectivity gaps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss why wireless prices are going up as US carriers increase fees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ibrahim Gedeon, former CTO of Telus, talks about technology strategy, compelling AI use cases, the evolution of telecom companies and much more in his exit interview with Light Reading. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grant Hall, CEO of Scripps-owned Nuvyyo, expands on the new, subscription-free Tablo video device for cord-cutters, how ATSC 3.0 fits into the future and how Tablo might make a connection with cable operators. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roy Chua, founder and principal of AvidThink joins the podcast to discuss the end of the ONF as we know it, but how three of its projects will continue under the purview of the Linux Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philo CEO Andrew McCollum discusses the streaming service's FAST strategy, how Philo has kept its pricing stable and how media consolidation might help to add news and sports channels without breaking the bank. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From CES 2024: Peter Adderton, CEO of MobileX, says his new prepaid offering will disrupt the market thanks in part to money-saving AI tools. He also thinks Dish-owned Boost unit should 'get out of retail' and cable should provide wholesale access. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Guy Hilton, Vice President, Strategy and Go-To-Market, AmdocsCloud. We discuss the concept of "industry cloud" and its potential to fast-track cloud adoption and modernization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Iain Morris joins the podcast to discuss whether BT will get dinged for missing the UK government's deadline to fully remove Huawei from its core network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tyson Johnston, chair of Toptana, joins the show to discuss the digital divide in and around the Quinault Indian Nation, in Washington, and how a new subsea cable landing station will help enable last-mile connectivity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Comiskey, director of thematic programs for the Consumer Technology Association, offers a preview of CES 2024, which is expected to draw about 130,000 attendees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading has recognized World Wide Technology (WWT) for innovating edge computing solutions at WWT Raceway called RaceAR leveraging Edge in a Box solution. #Sponsored Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading met up with Verizon's Vivencio Luna, Associate Director of Network Performance, on site at Allegiant Stadium for a behind-the-scenes tour of the network infrastructure Verizon has deployed ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John-Paul (JP) Hemingway, chief strategy officer for SES, joins the podcast to explain how the satellite company prepares for and executes a satellite launch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Phil Harvey, Iain Morris and Mike Dano discuss the economic impact the AT&T and Ericsson open RAN deal could have on both large and small vendors in the telecom industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode features Matt Hayes, CTO at  Highline  – a regional ISP owned by ITC Capital, serving Michigan, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, Colorado and Georgia – and Kevin Sheehan, CTO of the Americas at Ciena, a partner of Highline's. We discuss where and how Highline is helping to close the digital divide for unserved and underserved regions with public and private funds, what role Ciena is...

Sweepr CTO Jim Hannon discusses the evolutionary path of digital customer care and how contextual AI is helping to improve and harden the experience to entice customers to use (and reuse) those digital platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Phil Harvey explained that while talk of AT&T and Ericsson's partnership dominated conversation at the Open RAN North America event, the news was surprising in light of Ericsson's lack of open RAN certifications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner discusses new developments by chipmakers Broadcom and MaxLinear and how their new DOCSIS 3.1 chips might impact the cable industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.