Light Reading Podcasts

It's critical for enterprises to gather and analyze the right data to prevent and react to cyberthreats, says Nicole Bucala, CEO of DataBee, a company that was incubated at Comcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travel embedded SIMs (eSIMs) are one avenue for travelers to maintain wireless network performance. Now, organizations outside the telecom industry are joining service providers in providing travelers with a range of eSIM service options. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ookla's Karim Yaici breaks down which regions and service providers are leading the charge in 5G standalone and what this means for enterprises and consumers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conexon's Jonathan Chambers joins Washington EMC's Wendy Sellers and Tri-County Electric's Julius Hackett to discuss the rural co-ops' partnerships with Conexon Connect to deploy and deliver fiber broadband to members. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grant Spellmeyer, president and CEO of ACA Connects, joins the podcast from The Independent Show in Nashville to dig into the top regulatory issues facing an org that represents a large group of independent US operators. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's editors explore the Waymo honkfest, ponder the fear of contrary opinions, dish on affordable broadband orders and try to remember any phone number that isn't from a flooring commercial.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: Tarana CEO Basil Alwan, and Choice Broadband General Manager Velena Tsosie, discuss their partnership to deliver next-generation fixed wireless access for the Navajo Nation in Tohatchi, New Mexico. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's editors ponder the Google Pixel 9's new features and once again dine out on their food industry frustrations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner discusses how fixed wireless company Starry plans to move from bankruptcy to profitability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Light Reading editors share their favorite Olympic events, some facts about Humane's AI pin and Google's autocorrect, and they recall some bad vacations with long car rides and sweaty theme parks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: John Horrigan, senior fellow at Benton, joins to discuss new data showing billions in lost savings for consumers and the economy due to the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EchoStar's Ravinder Jarral explains why the open RAN testing and development initiative, ORCID, was launched and how things are progressing both in the lab and out in the field. ORCID is funded by a $50 million grant from the NTIA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New Street Research analyst Blair Levin joins the podcast to discuss the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down Chevron deference and what it means for broadband policy and the digital divide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI largely isn't the looming security threat that the tech and telecom industries imagined, but internal misuse of GenAI tools could pose a problem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Digi. City's Chelsea Collier points out how cities can become more livable and address spatial and digital inequality by better improving data collection processes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: Gigi Sohn on the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program and a new petition asking the FCC to reconsider its Title II forbearance decision and reopen the door to assessing broadband revenues for the USF. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the DTW24 event in Copenhagen last week, TM Forum CEO Nik Willetts said the telecom industry is experiencing a  code red transformational failure . Light Reading's Tereza Krásová was there, and she explained why that matters and whether the industry feels a sense of urgency about the sector's lack of growth compared to other digital businesses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

This week: Brandy Reitter, executive director for Colorado's broadband office, on Internet access and adoption challenges, and next steps for the state's BEAD program now that Colorado's initial proposal received NTIA approval. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South Bend, Indiana's Madi Rogers explains how broadband access is just one aspect of reaching the goal of digital inclusion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Omdia Principal Analyst Roz Roseboro explains how AI has historically been used for telecom operations, such as OSS/BSS, but the advent of GenAI and ChatGPT means AI is starting to infiltrate telecom services and infrastructure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Omdia's Pablo Tomasi joins the podcast to explain why the private 5G market hasn't expanded at the pace service providers expected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: Steve Smith, chief revenue officer for LiveOak Fiber, on the company's deployment milestones in Florida and Georgia, lessons learned along the way and how LiveOak is getting ready for BEAD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast with an update on developments in AI gadgets and services, and why the hodgepodge of smart glasses and AI pins have yet to wow consumers or service providers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NextLink CSO Claude Aiken discusses the rise of fixed wireless access, the need to automate and simplify broadband provisioning, and how state broadband offices fare when it comes to communication with ISPs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The SSIA's Zachary Smith explains hardware interoperability, sustainability and energy use challenges within data centers. He also discusses interest in expanding the use of liquid cooling in data centers and the challenges to deploying that technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.