David Wright of Spectrum for the Future and Jason Wallin with the OnGo Alliance discuss how CBRS might be impacted as the FCC and NTIA look high and low for spectrum. They also explain whether the band is under siege or only mildly threatened. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

David Wright, policy director, Spectrum for the Future; Jason Wallin, OnGo Alliance board member and John Deere executive

What's the state of play for CBRS?

Hitachi Vantara's Octavian Tanase, Chief Product Officer joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey to discuss how AI is reshaping enterprise infrastructure design and driving the next generation of high-end block storage.&nbsp;&nbsp;<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Octavian Tanase, chief product officer, Hitachi Vantara

AI and the future of high-end block storage

This week: Jess Auer (Institute for Local Self-Reliance) and David Kulp (Ashfield, Massachusetts) on ILSR's new report exploring how 19 Western Massachusetts towns collaborated to connect their communities to municipal broadband.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Jess Auer, senior researcher for ILSR's Community Broadband Networks initiative; David Kulp, resident, Ashfield, Massachusetts

The Divide: How Western Massachusetts towns banded together for better broadband

This week: Digicel's Liam Donnelly joins the podcast to discuss how the operator is restoring network services in regions ravaged by Hurricane Melissa. We also cover broader digital divide issues affecting the Caribbean and more. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Liam Donnelly, chief business officer, Digicel

The Divide: How Digicel is recovering from Hurricane Melissa

Nokia's Geert Heyninck discusses how 25G/50G PON are shaping the next wave of connectivity and how operators can harness them to drive new growth.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Geert Heyninck, VP Broadband Networks Business Unit, Nokia

The rise of 25G and 50G PON

This week: Dave Seliger (NYC Department of Housing Preservation &amp; Development) and Dr. Brandy McNeil (New York Public Library) discuss New York's Neighborhood Tech Help program and the role it plays in solving the digital divide.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Dave Seliger, chief digital equity officer, HPD; Dr. Brandy McNeil, deputy director of branch programs and services, NYPL

The Divide: How NYC is breaking broadband barriers with 'Neighborhood Tech Help'

Dell'Oro Group's Jeff Heynen joins the first 'Signal Strength' podcast to discuss the big takeaways from TechExpo 2025, Verizon's new fiber partnership, CommScope's 'RemainCo' and a check into cable earnings season.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Jeff Heynen, VP, broadband access and home networking, Dell'Oro Group

Signal Strength: What's next for DOCSIS and Verizon's fiber strategy?

This week: Paolo Balboa, NYC's chief digital equity officer, joins the podcast to discuss the main barriers to broadband throughout New York, what's been accomplished so far with the city's Digital Equity Roadmap and more.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Paolo Balboa, chief digital equity officer, NYC

The Divide: Paolo Balboa on NYC's road to achieving digital equity

This week: Gigi Sohn, executive director, American Association for Public Broadband, on why the revised BEAD program is unlikely to live up to its initial promise and how public broadband networks can deliver for communities.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Gigi Sohn, executive director, American Association for Public Broadband

The Divide: Gigi Sohn on the bad state of BEAD and promise of public broadband

LoRa Alliance CEO Alper Yegin joins Light Reading's Phil Harvey to discuss LoRaWAN’s ten-year journey and its role in powering massive IoT. They also examine why leading operators are investing in LoRaWAN alongside 5G, and where the technology shines. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Alper Yegin, CEO, LoRa Alliance

Why operators and enterprises are turning to LoRaWAN

SCTE's Maria Popo and Janelle Morse join the podcast to talk themes and topics that will dominate TechExpo 2025 in Washington, DC. Atlanta will host TechExpo 2026, then the show will be in Denver for the foreseeable future. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Maria Popo, CEO, and Janelle Morse, group VP of engagement and strategy, SCTE

Tech and policy set to collide at SCTE TechExpo 2025

Craig Leddy, a long-time industry journalist and Light Reading contributor, joins the podcast to discuss his new book: 'Fast Forward: The Birth of Video Streaming, Media's Wild Child'.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Craig Leddy

New book chronicles the dawn of streaming and cable's dive into digital

Amid GFiber's ongoing network expansions, the company's COO, Rocco Laurenzano, digs into the company's approach to prioritizing projects and allocating resources. 'The real killer of productivity are half-done projects,' he says. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Rocco Laurenzano, COO, GFiber

COO Rocco Laurenzano on the 'GFiber way'

﻿New Street Research policy analyst Blair Levin joins the podcast to discuss the outcome of BEAD's 'benefit of the bargain' bidding and how federal policy changes may exacerbate the digital divide despite increasing access. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Blair Levin, policy analyst, New Street Research

The Divide: Blair Levin on what's next for bargain BEAD

In this podcast, Heavy Reading's Sterling&nbsp;Perrin explains why many communications service providers (CSPs) believe AI will increase connectivity demand at a greater rate in their long-haul networks and why they expect wavelength services to be the dominant transport service for AI connectivity. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sterling Perrin, senior principal analyst, Heavy Reading

CSPs bank on wavelength services to monetize AI traffic

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss AT&amp;T's decision to scoop up a swath of EchoStar's low- and mid-band spectrum for $23 billion, what this means for the broader telecom industry and what to expect next. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading

What's the Story? AT&T's $23B EchoStar spectrum splurge

In this episode:<ul><li>Why Ciena acquired Blue Planet (01:37)</li><li>How Blue Planet's strategy has evolved from addressing service provider requirements for network management (04:17)</li><li>How Blue Planet is applying agentic AI technologies to OSS (14:53)</li></ul><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Guest: Joe Cumello, SVP and GM, Blue Planet Software Division for Ciena

AI alone can't fix a messy OSS

In this episode:<ul><li>Some background on Zappi and how it provides brands like PepsiCo, McDonald's and Heineken with consumer data and insights to help fuel their advertising (01:00)</li><li>A review of the celebrity MVNO sector and some other product areas endorsed or owned by celebrities (3:30)</li><li>Celebrity-focused ads are distinctive, but they don't necessarily provide a near-term sales bump (7:45)</li><li>How and why the effectiveness of celebrity advertising varies by age group (21:40)</li><li>Brand recall also differs among age groups (27:30)</li><li>How Trump Mobile and its golden T1 phone might resonate in the market (30:00)</li><li>Other ways celebrity MVNOs may try to stand out in the market (35:40)</li></ul><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Guest: Nataly Kelly, CMO of Zappi

Celebrity MVNOs are interesting, but do they help telco sales?

Prysmian's Matt Brice joins the podcast to discuss how the race to build out AI infrastructure is challenging fiber manufacturers.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Matt Brice, Technical Marketing Senior Manager, Prysmian

Prysmian in the US: Moving fast and not bending things

In this podcast, Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown shares highlights from Heavy Reading research that examines why 5G SA deployments are ramping up and what the biggest drivers are for expansion of the technology. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Gabe Brown, senior principal analyst of Mobile Networks, Heavy Reading

5G standalone deployments are scaling – now comes the hard part

Light Reading

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&nbsp;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.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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