Light Reading Podcasts

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Autumn Nicholas, who performed this week at the Fiber Connect 2022 event, said that bold storytelling is what sets her songs and lyrics apart.Related stories and links:Autumn Nicholas (Spotify, Linktree and Instagram) The Kentucky GentlemenTroubadour BlueBlack Opry (A resource for Black artists and fans of country, blues, folk and Americana music.)Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonathan Davidson, EVP and GM of Cisco's Mass-Scale Infrastructure Group, discusses Cisco's desire to help close the digital divide."We're focused on powering an inclusive future for all. That's not just a tagline; that's what we believe we are here to do from a purpose perspective," he said.Here's a list of topics that were covered in this podcast: The digital divide as an opportunity for networking projects (2:00) The status of Cisco's digital divide work (4:30) How Cisco works with service providers, agencies and partners to accelerate programs aimed at helping alleviate the digital divide (6:30) Being reactive versus proactive on connectivity projects (9:50) Which issues require the most attention (11:15) Where Cisco's private 5G-as-a-service fits in (12:50)Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The story of what the so-called "metaverse" will be or should be is just getting started, and views differ widely between high expectations driven by hype and the realities of today's technologies and those on the viewable horizon. Masum Mir, VP and GM of engineering at Cisco, recently joined the Light Reading podcast during the Cisco Live event in Las Vegas to offer some of his insights about the metaverse and its potential. Here's a snapshot of topics discussed during this podcast: What's a realistic view of what the metaverse will be in the next three to five years? (1:10)How do the expected capabilities of the metaverse cross into the domain of 10G, the cable industry's program focusing on symmetrical 10-Gig speeds, low latency and strong security? (5:45)Why the Internet must evolve – rather than be "reconstructed" – to support the demands of the metaverse. (7:15)The expanding role of cybersecurity, from reactive one-offs to fully integrated ecosystems that are built-in during the early days of metaverse development rather than bolted on sometime down the road. (10:30) How Cisco's role in the cable industry has evolved as the company's attention continues to shift away from traditional access network hardware components such as amplifiers and nodes. (14:00)Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Pearson, president of 5G Americas, joins the podcast to provide an update on global expansion of 5G, new revenue opportunities for private 5G networks and breakthroughs in addressing the digital divide. Pearson also provides a brief recap of his keynote at the Big 5G Event in May.Here are just a few things covered in this podcast:Big 5G Event recap and global growth of 5G (02:24)Why "spectrum is the lifeblood of the industry" (04:40)New revenue opportunities for private 5G networks (07:30)Breakthroughs and mile markers for FWA and satellite in addressing the digital divide (12:50)Setting realistic expectations for 5G (18:50)Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Light Reading's Alan Breznick provides a preview of what to expect at the Cable Next-Gen Europe Digital Symposium, which will focus on how European cable operators and their American counterparts are taking different roads to reaching 10G.During the event, executives from Liberty Global and Vodafone and experts from SCTE, CableLabs and Omdia will discuss the latest in Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) technology, DOCSIS and more. The online event takes place Tuesday, June 21 and is free to attend. To register, click here.Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Orange Business Services' John Isch, practice director of the network and voice center of excellence, and Franck Morales, VP for secure digital infrastructure, join the podcast with an update on the service provider's deployment of nearly 1,200 SD-WAN sites for customer Siemens."It's probably one of the most complex deployments as we've also been deploying during the evolution of [Siemen's] IT, their SD-WAN, and changing nearly 100% of the underlay because the decision was clear from Siemens to move away from MPLS and to go maximum to Internet," said Morales.In addition, Isch and Morales explain Orange's new Service Manage-Watch feature that monitors network and application performance via data analytics and an AIOps tool.Here are just a few things covered in this podcast:Orange Business Services' deployment of SD-WAN to nearly 1,200 Siemens sites (01:20)Bringing customers' network, IT and security teams together (15:34)Orange's Service Manage-Watch tool (20:16)Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter.Related stories and links:Orange brings SD-WAN to nearly 1,200 Siemens sitesOrange Business Services Unveils Service Manage-Watch to Supervise Performance of Enterprise IT ServicesPodcast: Orange injects AI and automation into supply chain management Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jason Leifer, Dryden Town Supervisor; Ryan Garrison, director of technology at HUNT Engineers, Architects & Surveyors; and Gina Nienaber, director of portfolio marketing at Ciena, join the podcast to discuss Dryden Fiber: a new municipal fiber network being deployed in Tompkins County, New York. We discuss the digital divide in Dryden, how the decision to create a municipal broadband network came about, the timeline for this project and much more.Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The five components of Internet equity include accessibility, infrastructure, affordability, adoption and performance/reliability, says the University of Chicago's Nick Feamster.In his latest return to the podcast, Nick Feamster, director of research for the Data Science Institute at the University of Chicago, shares findings from his team's research that supports the Internet Equity Initiative data portal, which uses Ookla Speedtest data and other data sets to map out Internet inequities."This important work shows the disparity of Internet access and performance, as well as a variety of different demographic measures, including race, wealth and education by Census tract," said Ookla in a recent newsletter.The Internet Equity Initiative deployed Internet measurement devices in over 100 households in Chicago to measure disparities in Internet performance and reliability between low-income and high-income neighborhoods, according to Ookla.Here are just a few things covered in this podcast:Background on the Internet Equity Initiative (01:40)The five components of Internet Equity (05:40)Comparing digital conferencing tools (11:26)Data and research behind the Internet Equity Initiative (15:53)Conclusions reached based on available data (21:57)Challenges with speed testing (34:21)Preview of upcoming research paper: "Benchmarks or Equity?" (35:21)Related stories and links:Internet Equity Initiative mapA Tale of Two GigsUnderstanding Chicago's Digital Divide: What Does Census Data Tell Us?What Can We Learn from Selected, Unmatched Data: Measuring Internet Inequity in Chicago Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

<p>  Nextlink Internet has been able to push gigabit-level speeds over fixed wireless access (FWA) in a limited fashion, but is now looking to scale up and expand that capability by tapping into fresh spectrum in the 6GHz band. </p><p>  That band, already supported in the home in the Wi-Fi6E standard, is poised to become an important data conduit for FWA as the FCC works out some final details on how that band will accommodate both new and legacy users.  </p><p>  As the FCC irons out some of those details, Nextlink Internet has already <a href="https://www.lightreading.com/opticalip-networks/nextlink-sizes-up-gigabit-speeds-over-fixed-wireless/d/d-id/777759">conducted FWA tests in the 6GHz band</a> using an experimental license. Nextlink's test showed that throughputs in excess of 1Gbit/s downstream and 500Mbit/s upstream were achievable via a 160MHz channel at a distance of two miles using access points from Cambium Networks powered by Qualcomm silicon. </p><p>  Claude Aiken, the <a href="https://www.lightreading.com/opticalip-networks/claude-aiken-joins-nextlink-internet/d/d-id/776877">recently appointed chief strategy officer and chief legal officer of Nextlink Internet</a>, recently joined the Light Reading podcast to discuss the trial in more detail, what's likely to come next, and to provide an update on the regulatory landscape for the 6GHz band for fixed wireless access. </p><p>  Nextlink, which also provides fiber-based broadband services and participated in the CBRS auction, is "really taking an all-of-the-above approach to spectrum access," said Aiken, an industry vet who most recently served as the president and CEO of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA). "We want to be able to utilize this [6GHz spectrum], and put this in our toolkit as soon as possible … We're pretty bullish about what this spectrum means for high-speed, rural fixed wireless service." </p><p>  FWA in the 6GHz band will use automated frequency coordination (AFC) to mitigate interference in the band with incumbent users. But Aiken contends that the implementation for the 6GHz band is "much simpler" than the complications that the industry had to overcome in the CBRS band. Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter.</p><p>  &mdash; Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, <ahref="http://www.lightreading.com">Light Reading</a></p> Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AUSTIN – Big 5G Event – In this fireside chat during the Women in Telecoms workshop, experts from T-Mobile and Verizon explain the difference between a mentor, sponsor and coach; how to develop relationships with career allies; and how to develop a personal board of directors.Yasmin Karimli, senior director of device technology & development for T-Mobile; and Krys Grondorf, director of communications for Verizon also share how relationships with mentors, sponsors and coaches evolve over the course of a career. "Over this 25-plus year career, you have built relationships that aren't one way, you don't just go to them when you need something, but they come to you when they need something," said Grondorf. "Now it's fulfilling on both sides and you're having those conversations both ways."Sign up today for the Light Reading newsletter.Here are just a few things covered in this fireside chat:The difference between a mentor, sponsor and coach (04:20)Evolution of relationships with mentors, sponsors and coaches over the course of a career (09:25)Karimli and Grondorf share examples of their experiences as mentors (14:50)How to identify a mentor, sponsor or coach and how to foster that relationship (19:00)Assembling a personal board of directors (22:22)Check out more news from the Big 5G Event here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.