Light Reading Podcasts

Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown recap the 5G Ecosystem Digital Symposium and discuss the state of the industry when it comes to telecom 5G deployments, and what is likely to happen next. Brown starts off by recalling the service provider keynote delivered October 19 by Telecom Italia's Giovanni Romano. The Italian 5G ecosystem has been looking beyond the smartphone fr...

Light Reading's Iain Morris and Kelsey Ziser discuss highlights from last week's BBWF event, including an update from Telefonica CTO Enrique Blanco on the operator's efforts around fiber buildouts, both in Spain and South America. In addition, Morris and Ziser discuss women in comms sessions on new career opportunities around 5G deployments, closing the gender gap in telecom and building relations...

Boingo's SVP of global strategy and emerging businesses, Mike Zeto, joins the podcast to discuss the opportunities in building private networks and how the pandemic is accelerating the need for some buildouts. Zeto explains how, even when built for enterprises, those networks and the capacity they bring can help service providers accomplish their goals as well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

On this episode, we're talking with Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser about recent product updates in the SD-WAN market to reflect the need for stronger security in the age of remote work. Kelsey is here to tell us more about what she's hearing from SD-WAN players about these service updates, what this shift in focus means for industry competition, and what we can expect to happen next. Hosted on Acast...

Light Reading's Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner recap the highlights from last week's Cable Next-Gen Digital Symposium, which wrapped up Thursday, October 8. The cable aces provide an update on the challenges and opportunities of utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities in cable architectures. Breznick and Baumgartner also discuss progress made on DOCSIS 4.0, momentum...

In this episode, we are once again joined by Sean Obrey from Avast for a discussion on cybersecurity. This time we talk about how artificial intelligence is being used to improve security for service providers. This leads to a discussion about Avast's Smart Life platform and what sets it apart from earlier generations of security products and what those differences will mean for service provider p...

Light Reading's Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner discuss the highlights of the Cable Next-Gen Digital Symposium on Tuesday, Oct. 6. While the pandemic appeared to slow the growth of cable business services in the second quarter, industry experts forecast expansion for business services in the third quarter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we're talking with Light Reading's Mike Dano about Starlink, the satellite broadband service from SpaceX.SpaceX continues to launch Starlink satellites as it preps for its commercial debut. And just this week, Elon Musk suggested in a Tweet that he expects to take Starlink public in a few years. Mike is here to talk more about Starlink, what we know about the satellite service so...

Radware's CTO, David Aviv, and VP of strategy, Mike O'Malley, discuss security concerns that companies have as they get ready for 5G and endeavor to protect applications and services in their data centers, edge networks and cloud deployments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading editors Mike Dano and Phil Harvey recount some of the highlights of a busy, busy event discussing all things 5G. Standalone 5G stood alone as the big thing to watch in the coming months. We discuss remarks from execs at T-Mobile, AT&T, Telus and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the "What's the Story?" podcast, we're talking with Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner about Altice USA.Jeff recently wrote about discussions between Altice USA, Rogers and Cogeco regarding Altice's efforts to acquire Cogeco, but sell its Canadian assets to Rogers – discussions that have now resulted in an exchange of dramatic letters between the companies. Jeff is here to tell us more...

In this overview of what's happening in the 5G market, Omdia Principal Analyst & Practice Leader Dario Talmesio discusses the 5G deployments to date, the biggest enterprise vertical opportunities and how Apple's products will kickstart 5G consumer acceptance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The most advanced 5G features anticipated by network operators, like network slicing, will require OSS systems to be modernized and expanded, says Omdia Principal Analyst James Crawshaw. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Omdia Senior Analyst Pablo Tomasi says 5G won't be the main technology in private networks for a few years, but the 5G discussions in some verticals are moving the needle on planning and purchasing. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown discusses how O-RAN is gathering momentum in 5G networks and why that matters. He also weighs in on operator moves to embrace standalone 5G, and what's holding some of them back. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Max Silber, VP of Mobility and IoT for MetTel, discusses the service provider's IoT strategy for assisting the City of Phoenix in meeting its goal of becoming a zero-waste city by 2050. MetTel has worked with the city to provide automated vehicle location services via IoT-connected devices that monitor fuel usage, route efficiency, scheduling maintenance and more. In addition, Silber explains how...

This week on the "What's the Story?" podcast, we're talking with Omdia principal analyst James Crawshaw about operations support systems (OSS). Omdia has a new report out about the OSS market, projecting that OSS will see 6.5% growth in 2021. James is here to talk more about what's driving that growth, what the evolution of OSS and the role of cloud in that evolution means for the industry at larg...

Network operators need to protect devices wherever they're at and Avast's Sean Obrey discusses how that can be done at the network level in a way that leads to solid user adoption, and better overall reporting and analytics. This podcast episode is sponsored by Avast, a global leader in digital security and family safety solutions for network operators and their customers. Sign up today for the Li...

Light Reading podcast veteran Prof. Nick Feamster from the University of Chicago shares how teachers can successfully adapt to online teaching, provides an update on his research on network usage and performance during COVID-19, and discusses the challenge municipalities face in providing Internet access to historically underserved areas. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on A...

Optics is a key technology pillar for modern networking and the cost of optics is becoming a larger part of the overall networking capex equation. Cisco wanted to control its fate in optics and Bill Gartner, Cisco SVP/GM optical systems and optics group, explains how the company did it. The Executive Spotlight Q&A is a sponsored Light Reading audio production. Sign up today for the Light Readi...

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...