Light Reading Podcasts

Many direct-to-device messaging services remain in the development stage, and the market for D2D messaging is small. That makes the ROI for these services hazy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Evolution Digital CEO Chris Egan on why his company's investment in Ubiety could clear a new way for Evolution's broadband partners to differentiate and generate more value from their services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At CES, Light Reading chatted with Xumo President Marcien Jenckes about the performance of Xumo's smart TV business, plans for retail and market expansion, and the company's 'deep interest' in exploring the operator distribution model for Xumo TVs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the Light Reading Extra podcast, Phil Harvey and Jeff Baumgartner discuss Jeff's CES travels, some smart TV updates, MobileX's apparel play and the rise of the robots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian Comiskey, senior director and futurist at the Consumer Technology Association, discusses the top tech themes expected at CES 2025 and offers some thoughts about how a new wave of tariffs might impact the CE industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ookla CSO Chip Strange joins the podcast to provide a postmortem analysis of the impact of hurricanes Helene and Milton on the East Coast networks. Strange explains how Ookla's Downdetector site keeps the market informed of both telecommunications and power outages, and how the site analyzes different types of service disruptions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Telecom East this week, Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, discuss Huawei’s Android exit, China’s ambitious 10G program and the slowing growth of mobile worldwide. Then, they talk to Ryuji Wakikawa, vice president and head of the Research Institute of Advanced Technology at SoftBank Corp, about the Japanese telco’s pioneering AI-...

ACA Connects CEO Grant Spellmeyer discusses how he and his base of independent broadband operators are preparing for an expected wave of regulatory shifts that will arrive early next year with the new administration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to explain why AT&T plans to shut down its copper network by 2029. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: Gigi Sohn, executive director, American Association for Public Broadband, joins the podcast to discuss the rise of public broadband networks, ongoing hurdles to the model, recent public broadband successes – and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this edition of the Light Reading Extra podcast, the editors discuss subsea fiber trials, Gengis Khan and artificial Christmas trees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keri Gilder, CEO of Colt, joins the Light Reading podcast to explain the significance of Colt and Ciena completing the first 1.2 Tbit/s wavelength transmission across the Atlantic Ocean. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, discuss SoftBank's big AI-RAN play, Samsung's rare stock buyback, and China's appeal for a unified 6G. Also, Michael Ackland, Vocus Group's GM for Federal Government & Strategic Projects, discusses Darwin's potential as a connectivity hub and why so much Asian Internet traffic is routed to the...

In this episode, Light Reading's Mike Dano explains why Calix's CEO called Amazon 'the enemy' of broadband providers and a 'wolf in sheep's clothing.' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The subscription streaming model allows customers to come and go as they please. Managing churn is a major challenge for providers of the services, particularly as more sports are being streamed, says Cleeng CEO Gilles Domartini. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ekahau's Matt Starling joins the podcast to break down some of the main benefits of using 6GHz spectrum in Wi-Fi 6. He explains why upgrading to Wi-Fi 6 often isn't as simple as taking down existing Wi-Fi access points (APs) and how Ekahau works with organizations to upgrade their Wi-Fi networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Omdia's Roz Roseboro provided a look at the value that AI is bringing to a number of telecom IT software categories such as monetization, orchestration and assurance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Iain Morris joined the podcast to discuss why Germany is taking a different stance from the rest of the EU on how it handles Huawei equipment in its networks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the Telecom East podcast, Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, discuss the rise of AI as a telco value-add in Asia and the potential chilling impact of digital nationalism on Internet economies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MetTel CTO Ed Fox joins the podcast to discuss why the service provider decided to partner with Starlink as a reseller and how MetTel can provide satellite connectivity as a managed service to customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast, the Light Reading editors discuss why some telcos are convinced that network APIs will unlock new revenue streams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, welcome Bill Barney, a former Asian telco CEO and current chairman of Asian Century Equity, to discuss the outlook for telecom in Asia during a time of geopolitical uncertainty and AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Runar Bjorhovde, analyst for Canalys, joined the podcast to explain why smartphone vendors are banking on AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: Cabot Mayor Ken Kincade, Connect2First's Candace Looper, DZS' Geoff Burke and Irby Utilities' Josh Collver on their partnership to launch the first city-owned fiber network in the state of Arkansas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the Halloween edition of the Light Reading extra podcast, where our editors and an esteemed guest walk through the digital cemetery looking for gadget zombies and technologies that still haunt us. Palm Pilots, Secret Senders, weird Wi-Fi phones and Slacker music are some things that creep up in this freewheeling conversation.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...