Light Reading Podcasts

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.

Light Reading's Robert Clark joins the podcast to explain how Optus' network crash happened, and the impact it had on customers and their trust in the service provider. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: Iyad Tarazi, CEO of Federated Wireless, on the company's efforts to close the digital divide with private wireless, including its recent deployment in Tukwila, Washington, connecting 1,200 students. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helium Mobile's Boris Renski joins the podcast to explain how the decentralized wireless company plans to scale nationwide with a new unlimited data plan for $20 per month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mari Silbey, Senior Director at US Ignite, joins the podcast to explain how government funding, such as NTIA grants, will support service provider engagement in open RAN deployments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gilles Garcia, senior director and business lead for the Data Center and Communications Group at AMD, joins the podcast to explain why virtual radio access networks (vRAN) could be an important step for service providers to take on the way to deploying open RAN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Lopez, founder and CEO of Core Analysis, joins the podcast to discuss the state of the open radio access network (RAN) market in North America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carl Guardino, VP at Tarana, joins the podcast to discuss where Tarana's G1 platform is helping close the digital divide, where the BEAD program still leaves room for fixed wireless over fiber and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins us to discuss a new wearable alternative to smartphones. Humane unveiled its  Ai Pin , a nearly two-inch wide smart pin powered by T-Mobile's network and OpenAI's ChatGPT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fiber Broadband Association's Deborah Kish joins the podcast to discuss the state of the fiber workforce. Kish shares progress made on the FBA's OpTIC Path program and why veterans make up a large portion of that program and fiber jobs overall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Infinera CEO David Heard joins the podcast to discuss how the government's $53 billion investment in semiconductor research and manufacturing could significantly impact the optical networking industry in the US.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elliot Noss, CEO of Ting, joins the podcast to discuss how the company is reaching underserved urban markets in partnership with communities like Memphis and Colorado Springs, why Ting is using the Affordable Connectivity Program to deliver free gigabit services and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CableLabs CEO Phil McKinney joins the podcast from his private bus, parked on the show floor of last week's Cable-Tec Expo in Denver. McKinney says CableLabs and its Kyrio subsidiary are preparing for a third DOCSIS 4.0 interop that will center on  proactive network maintenance . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Stager, policy director at Free Press, joins the podcast to discuss the FCC's move to restore Title II rules for broadband providers, and to debunk some of the industry's arguments opposing the proceeding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenVault CEO Mark Trudeau discusses the emergence of 'extreme power users' who consume more than 5TB of data per month and how operators can manage this small but growing group of customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss the FCC's recent ruling to provide  E-Rate money for Wi-Fi on school buses . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner and Mike Dano join Omdia's Jaimie Lenderman to wrap up their big takeaways from this week's high-energy SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in the Mile High City. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Click, Senior Manager of Wireless Network Assurance for Verizon, and Matt Brungardt, Crisis Response Manager for Verizon Frontline, join the podcast to share how Verizon Frontline prepares for seasonal winter storms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner, Omdia's Jaimie Lenderman and Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick preview the hot topics and key themes as SCTE Cable-Tec Expo gets underway in Denver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading editors Phil Harvey, Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, and Nicole Ferraro discuss a new market of digital detox enthusiasts (and at least one company) striving to give up smartphones for something lighter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner explains how Vantiva's acquisition of CommScope's troubled Home Networks unit could impact the companies' bottom lines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.