Épisodes

  • The Divide: Gigi Sohn on the bad state of BEAD and promise of public broadband
    Oct 16 2025
    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.

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    34 min
  • Why operators and enterprises are turning to LoRaWAN
    Sep 29 2025

    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.



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    24 min
  • Tech and policy set to collide at SCTE TechExpo 2025
    Sep 25 2025

    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.



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    26 min
  • New book chronicles the dawn of streaming and cable's dive into digital
    Sep 24 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'.

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    46 min
  • COO Rocco Laurenzano on the 'GFiber way'
    Sep 16 2025

    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.



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    37 min
  • The Divide: Blair Levin on what's next for bargain BEAD
    Sep 10 2025

    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.


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    35 min
  • CSPs bank on wavelength services to monetize AI traffic
    Sep 4 2025

    In this podcast, Heavy Reading's Sterling 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.



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    31 min
  • What's the Story? AT&T's $23B EchoStar spectrum splurge
    Sep 3 2025

    Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss AT&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.



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    20 min