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?"

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The podcast currently has 927 episodes available.

Light Reading Podcasts episodes:

February 03, 2026 The Divide: Shirley Bloomfield on rural broadband progress, BEAD's 'bargain' and USF
As she prepares to retire as CEO of NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, Shirley Bloomfield joins us to discuss progress on connecting the rural US, how BEAD changes will impact those communities, and the need to preserve USF.
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29min
January 28, 2026 AT&T's copper shutdown project takes 'wireless-first' approach
Amid more FCC approvals for its copper shutdown plan, AT&T is initially targeting customer service migrations with wireless connections ahead of future fiber builds, says AT&T's Susan Johnson.
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39min
January 21, 2026 FWA packs on more marketing muscle
Wave7 Research's Jeff Moore joins the podcast to discuss how mobile network operators and MNO-owned brands such as TracFone, Straight Talk and Mint Mobile are beefing up promotions and marketing of FWA services.
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25min
January 15, 2026 The Divide: What's up with BEAD non-deployment funds?
This week: Missouri State Rep. Louis Riggs and Benton's Drew Garner join the podcast to discuss the state of the BEAD program and their push to get the NTIA to 'follow the law' and release full funding to the states.
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30min
December 23, 2025 Ookla's Mike Dano on spectrum sagas and WBD dramas
Mike Dano, Light Reading's former mobile guy who's now at Ookla, joins the podcast to catch up on all of the intrigue involving mobile and spectrum and some thoughts about the ongoing battle for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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39min
December 18, 2025 Managed Wi-Fi: cutting costs and boosting revenue
Nokia's Dirk Verhaegen discusses how operators can transform Wi-Fi from a cost center to a revenue driver with cloud-managed networks and AI insights. This episode is sponsored by Nokia.
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23min
December 11, 2025 What's the state of play for CBRS?
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.

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40min
December 03, 2025 AI and the future of high-end block storage
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.
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22min
December 02, 2025 The Divide: How Western Massachusetts towns banded together for better broadband
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.
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34min
November 18, 2025 The Divide: How Digicel is recovering from Hurricane Melissa
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.

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32min

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How many episodes does Light Reading Podcasts have?

The podcast currently has 927 episodes available.

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