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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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Thursday · 21 min
SCTE's TechExpo will pack plenty of tech, with a bigger focus on the 'experience'
Janelle Morse, vice president of engagement and strategy, SCTE
September 9 · 33 min
The Divide: How Oklahoma is meeting digital needs with Community Access Portals
Mike Sanders, executive director, Oklahoma broadband office
September 1 · 38 min
Unpacking 6G with Omdia's Gabriel Brown
Gabriel Brown, senior principal analyst, Omdia
August 4 · 32 min
The Divide: Why digital inclusion needs a new funding model
Samantha Schartman, director of philanthropic programs, Connect Humanity; and Mark Colwell, executive director, Mission Telecom
July 21 · 50 min
Policy, tech and convergence to collide at The Independent Show
NCTC's Lou Borrelli, ACA Connects' Grant Spellmeyer
July 7 · 25 min
The Divide: SHLB's Joey Wender on the fight to save E-Rate
Joey Wender, executive director, Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition
June 16 · 27 min
The Divide: NDIA's Angela Siefer on the fight to restore the Digital Equity Act
This week: NDIA's Angela Siefer returns to the podcast to discuss what's happened in the digital inclusion space since the Digital Equity Act was 'ended' by President Trump last year as well as ongoing efforts to restore funding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 2 · 28 min
The Divide: Gigi Sohn on how to defeat opponents of public broadband
Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Association for Public Broadband
May 8 · 31 min
The Divide: How permitting problems delay broadband builds
Pamela Sherwood, VP of regulatory, compliance and broadband office, Brightspeed; Jessica Epley, VP of regulatory and external affairs, Ziply Fiber; and Brad Welch, COO, CentraCom, and mayor of Fairview, Utah
April 21 · 34 min
Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO braces for the AI and 6G era
Patrick Halley, president and CEO, Wireless Infrastructure Association
April 15 · 34 min
The Divide: Blair Levin on 30 years of the Telecom Act and what must come next
Blair Levin, New Street Research policy advisor; former FCC official
March 18 · 38 min
The Divide: Carol Mattey on BEAD hope and hysteria, and stalled USF reform
Carol Mattey, founder, Mattey Consulting; ] former deputy bureau chief, FCC Wireline Competition Bureau
March 10 · 29 min
Cable shows signs of improvement, but is it out of the woods?
Vikash Harlalka, Director, New Street Research
March 4 · 34 min
The Divide: IEEE's David Witkowski on broadband progress and the AI impact
David Witkowski, senior member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
March 3 · 28 min
From Risk to Opportunity: How Network Operators Can Leverage Resilient Positioning, Navigation & Timing
Mariam Sorond, CEO, NextNav
February 25 · 36 min
Is cable approaching a tipping point on PON?
Jay Rolls, chief technology officer, BSP
February 3 · 28 min
The Divide: Shirley Bloomfield on rural broadband progress, BEAD's 'bargain' and USF
Shirley Bloomfield, CEO, NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association
January 28 · 38 min
AT&T's copper shutdown project takes 'wireless-first' approach
Susan Johnson, senior EVP, transformation and global supply chain, AT&T
January 21 · 24 min
FWA packs on more marketing muscle
Jeff Moore, analyst and principal, Wave7 Research
January 15 · 30 min
The Divide: What's up with BEAD non-deployment funds?
Louis Riggs, Republican in Missouri State House of Representatives; Drew Garner, director of policy engagement, the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

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