Light Reading Podcasts

Cheri Beranek, CEO of  Clearfield  – a provider of optical fiber management and connectivity platforms for ISPs – returns to the show to discuss the state of the fiber industry and the supply chain's impact on broadband deployments. We also discuss why Clearfield supports heterogeneous networks, forthcoming federal funding and the company's efforts in workforce training. Sign up today fo...

Igino Cafiero, CEO of Bear Flag Robotics, which John Deere acquired in 2021, joins the podcast to discuss how the companies have come together to develop and deploy autonomous tractor technologies. Bear Flag Robotics got its start operating autonomous tractors as-a-service to farmers by installing their cameras, sensors and on-board computers on John Deere tractors. "That connectivity part is supe...

This sponsored episode of the Executive Spotlight Q&A features Keith Habberfield, executive VP of sales and marketing at Precision Optical Transceivers (OT). In this interview, he talks about Precision OT as a company and how it continues to consistently develop new technologies in integrated photonics, electronics and software. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast....

Juliet Fink Yates, digital inclusion manager at the  Office of Innovation and Technology for the city of Philadelphia , joins the show to discuss what's causing the digital divide in Philadelphia and which programs are making the biggest differences. We also discuss the city's new Digital Equity Plan and what Philly needs from public and private partners to achieve its goals. Sign up today fo...

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to explain what the " splinternet " is, the upsides and downsides to a splinternet, the geopolitical implications and what it means for the broader industry. Related stories: Preparing for the splinternet Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ICYMI – OFC 2022 As OFC 2022 wraps up, Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin weighs in on IP-over-DWDM and why it's really working this time. We also discuss market components upstart EFFECT Photonics and its noteworthy deal with Viasat. This interview was recorded on March 9 in San Diego at OFC 2022. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

ICYMI from OFC 2022 Omdia analysts Julie Kunstler and Jaimie Lenderman discuss the growth of fiber access, new operator concerns about power consumption and the glut of fiber funding that's just around the corner. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ICYMI from OFC 2022: Andrew Schmitt, founder and directing analyst at Cignal AI, discusses how advanced computing requirements from machine learning and AI are driving the need for co-packaged optics. He also talks about the possibility that the 400ZR market is suddenly becoming fragmented and why there was not a singularly huge, market-moving announcement at OFC this year. This interview was reco...

Rob Shore, Infinera's SVP of marketing, discusses three announcements covering Infinera's most recent technology and market moves in optical transport, pluggable optics and a partnership that will unlock private networking and edge computing deployments for a major US service provider. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthony Yu, VP of computing and wired infrastructure at GlobalFoundries (GF), joins the Light Reading podcast on the show floor at OFC to discuss his company's GF Fotonix announcement, the partners involved and the timing of the markets it is addressing with silicon photonics. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss why some streaming services are now offering ad-supported versions, what the future of DOCSIS looks like and what cable operators think about growth in the fixed wireless access market. For more from Baumgartner on these topics, check out his in-depth analysis here: Disney sizing up ad-supported version of Disney+ – report Cable One mak...

This episode features John Badal, founder and CEO of  Sacred Wind Communications (SWC) : a privately owned telecommunications company focused on bridging the digital divide for tribal lands in rural New Mexico. Founded in 2006, Sacred Wind has brought high-speed wireless and fiber broadband access to Navajo lands that previously lacked basic phone services. Sign up today for the Light Reading...

Light Reading's Iain Morris joins the podcast to share highlights from last week's  Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona . He discusses how attendance compared to pre-COVID-19 times, themes that emerged such as the metaverse, his thoughts on the slowest 5G-powered barman on Earth, whether robot dogs can be trusted and more. Morris also provides updates on drama that unfolded outside the w...

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to share his experience touring a  Dish 5G cell tower  in Las Vegas. He recounts making a successful call on the new cloud-native network and discusses why that's more significant than it seems. Dano also explains what he learned about Dish's network and when it will be commercially launched. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Host...

Virginia Lam Abrams, co-founder and SVP of government affairs and strategic advancement at  Starry , returns to the podcast with an update on the fixed wireless provider's  Starry Connect  program – which provides low-cost broadband to affordable and public housing developments – and how federal subsidies are helping some Starry customers get broadband at no cost. Sign up today for...

Alan Breznick, cable/video practice leader for Light Reading, joins the podcast to discuss the upcoming  Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies conference , a free digital event on Tuesday, March 15 and Wednesday, March 16. This is the event's 15th consecutive year, and its third year in an all-digital format. Cable Next-Gen will focus on a range of cable tech topics, including 10G, DOC...

Ankit Agarwal, managing director at  STL  (aka, Sterlite Technologies Limited), joins the podcast to discuss STL's perspective on the digital divide based on its work delivering network solutions in over 100 countries. We get into the central connectivity challenges in communities worldwide and where government efforts are making a difference. We also discuss the role of fiber in bridgin...

Parm Sandhu, VP of enterprise 5G products and services for NTT; and Warren Small, global head of security and innovation for NTT, join the Light Reading podcast to discuss NTT's approach to delivering private 5G networks to enterprise customers. Sandhu shares insights from a recent study by NTT and Economist Impact,  Private 5G Here and Now , which revealed that  90% of executives  ...

Cory Davis, director of public safety operations for Verizon, returns to the podcast while on site at Verizon's network-monitoring command center in SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, California. Davis and the Verizon Frontline team are gearing up for Super Bowl LVI; the service provider has been preparing for two years for this Super Bowl, investing $119 million in and around SoFi Stadium. "We look at th...

Peter Vetter, president of Bell Labs Core Research for Nokia Bell Labs, joins the podcast to discuss the industry's preparations for 6G and how it will differ from previous cellular generations. Vetter has been with Nokia for over 20 years and has a background in optical communications, FTTH, radio access and network infrastructure research. "What 5G has done is connect humans and machines. In 6G,...

Aparna Khurjekar, SVP and president for Verizon Business Markets, joins the podcast to explain how the service provider works with small and midsized businesses (SMBs) to assess and address their security needs. Khurjekar works with businesses with ten to 1,000 full-time employees on delivering communications, security and "other above the network services." In addition, she shares insights from V...

Michael Philpott, research director at Omdia, joins the podcast to discuss Omdia's 2021 Global Fiber Development Index , including where fiber is being deployed the fastest and why speed inequalities are growing as countries work toward closing their connectivity divides. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris McReynolds, VP of product management, cloud and data services at Lumen Technologies, joins the podcast to discuss Lumen's approach to edge computing and what's driving edge use cases among enterprise customers. "We have a lot of distributed physical locations where we can deploy edge computing nodes, we have a lot of fiber connectivity to manufacturing locations, logistics and sorting center...

Today we're talking with Mike Dano about T-Mobile's efforts to purchase  2.5GHz spectrum licenses , why it's trying to purchase those licenses now, who the competition is and what it means for the industry at large. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samir Marwaha, chief strategy officer for Sandvine, joins the Light Reading podcast to share insights into the consumption of Internet data from Sandvine's  Global Internet Phenomena Report . For this report, Sandvine surveyed about 160 fixed, mobile and satellite service providers to gain a better understanding of Internet data usage, applications, security and more. "In the pandemic, we hav...