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Light Reading Podcasts
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This feed is Light Reading's main podcast feed for "The Light Reading Podcast," "The Divide," "The Light Reading Extra," and "What's the Story?"
Light Reading provides daily news, analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. The publication was founded in 2000 and, since July 2016, has been a part of Informa Tech, a division of Informa PLC. We're part of a big team providing specialist research, media, events and training for businesses and professionals working in technology.
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Verizon CTO on energy-efficient AI and building telco APIs
Mar 20, 202500:16:40Tap to summarizeVerizon CTO Yago Tenorio joins the podcast to discuss how the service provider is bringing AI capabilities closer to customers, and why it's working with AT&T and T-Mobile on developing telco APIs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Speed isn't a top concern for wireless subscribers – Opensignal
Mar 19, 202500:10:04Tap to summarizeOpensignal's Sylwia Kechiche joins the podcast to explain what customers really want from their wireless service providers, and why fixed wireless access (FWA) is a growing 5G use case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: How affordable broadband benefits the economy
Mar 18, 202500:22:41Tap to summarizeThis episode features Dr. Paroma Sanyal, principal at the Brattle Group, a consultancy working on a range of issues including telecom, finance and consumer protection. We discuss a study released by the Brattle Group last month exploring the economic benefits of broadband and the massive economic savings offered by the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which ran out of funding in 2024. For healthcare alone, the Brattle Group found that, by enabling access to telehealth, the ACP would have saved an estimated $28.9 billion to $29.5 billion in annual healthcare costs, or "quadruple the annual funding" ($7.3 billion) to run the ACP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Telecom East: The bandwidth business in the age of hyperscalers and AI
Mar 18, 202500:45:04Tap to summarizeHosts Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien cover SK Telecom's AI revenues, Goldman Sachs tapping into Asia's data center boom and some 5G standalone stats. They're joined by Telstra CEO Roary Stasko to discuss the role of the global cable operator in the age of hyperscalers and how to deal with subsea cable threats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Heat is a huge villain in mother nature versus the network
Mar 14, 202500:25:27Tap to summarizeHow cable company Optimum prepares for inclement weather, and why extreme heat can create the most network management headaches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Machine spurning: Light Reading's editors recap MWC Barcelona 2025
Mar 6, 202500:12:08Tap to summarizeLight Reading's editors discuss what they've seen and experienced at MWC Barcelona as the telco industry continues its years-long push to tame artificial intelligence and machine learning while ushering in a world where networks connect a little more smoothly via APIs and more broadly via satellite clusters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Boingo CEO Mike Finely on venue networks and AI's potential
Mar 5, 202500:07:06Tap to summarizeBoingo CEO Mike Finley joins Senior Editor Kelsey Ziser in a brief chat at MWC Barcelona to discuss the company's advancements in providing connectivity to large venues and stadiums. He highlights how Boingo can use AI to improve network monitoring and how venues can provide advanced services with robust networks underpinning their operations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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FirstNet's dedication starts with a dedicated mobile core
Mar 5, 202500:15:42Tap to summarizeAt MWC Barcelona, AT&T's Scott Agnew, president of FirstNet, discusses the public safety network's capabilities and technology direction as competitors attempt to make inroads in the market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Divide: ACA Connects' Brian Hurley on policy priorities for BEAD and beyond
Mar 4, 202500:27:20Tap to summarizeBrian Hurley joins the podcast ahead of the ACA Connects Summit (March 4-6) to preview this year's conference, the trade group's overarching message of 'let's build' and what policy changes ACA is pushing in pursuit of that goal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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EXA CEO: It's not just AI driving data center demand
Feb 27, 202500:27:51Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the Light Reading Podcast, EXA Infrastructure CEO Jim Fagan examined what's driving new data center launches and demand for data center interconnect services. While AI plays a role in this shift, demand for cloud services is also increasing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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