On this episode, we hear from Anthony Goonetilleke, group president of media, network and technology at Amdocs: a software and services provider for communications and media companies.

We discuss how a recent survey Amdocs conducted on broadband issues is informing the company's priorities, as well as how service providers in Amdocs' orbit are rethinking the future of connectivity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also talk about Amdocs' work with ISPs and tech giants like T-Mobile, Microsoft and others at the 5G Innovation Lab to find novel solutions for addressing the digital divide.

The Divide: Amdocs' Anthony Goonetilleke on the industry's shifting priorities

Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Association for Public Broadband (AAPB), spoke to Light Reading about municipal broadband networks in the US, including why and where they're popping up the most, where the biggest success stories are, and how her organization is working to defend against efforts by incumbent providers and "dark money" groups to derail community networks. Interview conducted by Light Reading contributor Diana Blass.

Release date: 2/1/2024

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/gigi-sohn-on-the-fight-for-public-broadband

Gigi Sohn on the fight for public broadband

In this podcast Nokia’s Geert Heyninck dives into the future of fiber broadband, exploring the latest trends, the rise of multi-gigabit speeds, technological advancements, and real-world use cases shaping the industry. Whether you’re an operator, enterprise, or tech enthusiast, stay ahead of the curve with discussions on the next-generation broadband. #sponsored

Release date: 4/8/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/network-technology/multi-gigabit-broadband-with-10-25-50-100g-fiber?code=UM_

Multi-gigabit broadband with 10-25-50-100G fiber

Christian Nascimento explains how Comcast Business has expanded the capabilities of a 'dedicated' Internet service armed with symmetrical speeds and service level agreements across both HFC and FTTP.

Release date: 4/21/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/comcast-business-gets-agnostic-with-dedicated-internet-expansion

Comcast Business gets agnostic with 'dedicated' Internet expansion

Telecom East podcast hosts Robert Clark and Ross O'Brien analyze the mobile industry's 6G reset and dissect Huawei's latest financial numbers. Later, they discuss the hot Southeast Asian data center business with Lionel Yeo from STT GDC.

Release date: 4/25/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/6g/southeast-asia-s-huge-data-center-buildout

Southeast Asia's huge data center buildout

In this episode: Light Reading editors discuss Trump's tariff policies and their immediate impact on telecom, how the industry is reacting to rampant uncertainty and how things might change in the next several months.

Release date: 4/28/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/regulatory-politics/what-s-the-story-telecom-and-the-trump-tax

What's the Story? Telecom and the Trump Tax

This week: Joshua Edmonds, CEO of DigitalC, on the nonprofit ISP's history providing connectivity and digital skills training in Cleveland, and how DigitalC is working to meet its subscriber goals and commitments to the city.

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/fixed-wireless-access/the-divide-how-digitalc-is-closing-cleveland-s-connectivity-gaps

The Divide: How DigitalC is closing Cleveland's connectivity gaps

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss how the 'rip-and-replace' program led to an odd network launch plan for Gogo, plus broader impacts of the federal program's delayed implementation and what to expect next.

Release date: 5/12/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/wireless/what-s-the-story-gogo-and-the-saga-of-rip-and-replace-

What's the Story? Gogo and the saga of 'rip and replace'

This week: Angela Siefer, executive director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), on the impact of President Trump 'ending' the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act and how advocates can fight to restore it.

Release date: 5/19/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/the-divide-trump-terminates-digital-equity-act-now-what-

The Divide: Trump terminates Digital Equity Act – now what?

There comes a point when the adage "there's an app for that" becomes too on-the-nose.

Enterprises need to be able to manage numerous networking and security applications from multiple vendors, but balancing multiple APIs and licenses across those applications creates complexity, Nabil Bukhari, CTO of Extreme Networks, told Light Reading at the company's Extreme Connect event in Paris this week.

During this podcast, Bukhari explains the challenges enterprises face in networking and security application management and how the use of AI can simplify network automation and connectivity. But, AI should be used for more than just automating tasks, it should also automate business outcomes, he adds. That could mean "automating the entire process your [networking and security] teams would do anyway" by using AI to troubleshoot problems, remediate issues and catalogue the steps AI took to solve the issue, he says.

Release date: 5/20/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/network-automation/Extreme-Networks-CTO-on-the-trouble-with-'AI-washing'-

Extreme Networks CTO on the trouble with 'AI washing'

This week on Telecom East, Ross O'Brien of Delta Analysis talks about Huawei's challenge to Nvidia, Samsung's chips problems and how a small operator in the Philippines lost its spectrum. Then, Marc Einstein from Counterpoint Research joins to discuss Japan's telecom landscape.

Release date: 5/21/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/semiconductors/telecom-east-Samsung-gets-caught-in-Trump-tariff-crossfire

Telecom East: Samsung gets caught in Trump tariff crossfire

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner joins the podcast to discuss the $34.5 billion Charter-Cox merger, what the deal means for the companies and sectors involved, and what risks and opportunities for the deal are on the horizon.

Release date: 5/27/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/cable-technology/what-s-the-story-charter-cox-to-combine

What's the Story? Charter, Cox to combine

In this podcast, Heavy Reading analyst Sterling Perrin sits down with Ciena’s Sr. Director of  Product Line Management, Rafael Francis, and VP, Product Line Management, Tim Pearson, to review the key findings and what they mean for the future of coherent routing in telecom. #sponsored

For additional information, the related Heavy Reading white paper with the full survey results can be accessed here: https://www.ciena.com/insights/white-papers/ip-over-dwdm-global-survey-analysis

Coherent Routing Comes of Age: Discussing Heavy Reading’s New Survey Results

This week: Marissa Mitrovich, VP of public policy at the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA), on the growth of FTTH access across the US, the state of the BEAD program and what's on tap for the 2025 Fiber Connect conference.

Release date: 6/2/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/fttx/the-divide-fba-s-marissa-mitrovich-on-the-growth-of-fiber-and-future-of-bead

The Divide: FBA's Marissa Mitrovich on the growth of fiber and future of BEAD

Dell'Oro's Jeff Heynen joins the podcast to discuss how the uncertainty swirling around BEAD cast a shadow at Fiber Connect 2025 and how vendors are gearing up for an MDU revival.

Release date: 6/5/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/regulatory-politics/waiting-for-bead-tracking-the-mdu-broadband-renaissance

Waiting for BEAD, tracking the MDU broadband renaissance

Light Reading's Mike Dano joins the podcast to discuss the FCC's planned investigation into EchoStar's nationwide 5G network buildout, why it matters (and why it seems 'gross') and what to watch for next.

Release date: 6/9/2025

What's the Story? FCC's EchoStar investigation

ESG's Jim Frey joins the podcast to discuss why developing the right tools to provide oversight and coordination across agentic and GenAI technologies will be key to network planning and performance.

Release date: 6/12/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/ai-machine-learning/ai-technologies-are-only-as-good-as-their-managers

AI technologies are only as good as their managers

This week: Mission Telecom's Mark Colwell and Computers 4 People's Dylan Zajac discuss their non-profit efforts to connect communities in need to broadband, including through their recently launched Shield 5G Home Hotspot.

Release date: 6/16/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/5g/the-divide-how-mission-telecom-and-c4p-are-rolling-out-low-cost-5g-hotspots

The Divide: How Mission Telecom and C4P are rolling out low-cost 5G hotspots

This week: BroadbandNow's Tyler Cooper discusses research showing the FCC is still undercounting the number of people in the US without broadband access, and how incorrect mapping is hindering efforts to close the digital divide.

Release date: 6/23/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/the-divide-how-inaccurate-broadband-mapping-is-still-impeding-access

The Divide: How inaccurate broadband mapping is still impeding access

OpenVault CEO Mark Trudeau joins the podcast to discuss the big takeaways of the company's quarterly 'Broadband Insights' report. He also provides an update on how cable operators are squeezing more capacity out of HFC.

Release date: 6/24/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/broadband-usage-rates-jumped-in-q1-will-it-last-

Broadband usage rates jumped in Q1. Will it last?

Ekahau's Matt Starling is back on the Light Reading Extra podcast to discuss the network performance benefits of Wi-Fi 7, plus Cisco's launch of new Wi-Fi 7 access points during Cisco Live.

Release date: 6/25/2024

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/wifi/more-bandwidth-fewer-problems-wi-fi-7-performance-is-looking-up



More bandwidth, fewer problems: Wi-Fi 7 performance is looking up

This week: Telstra International's Sarah Mills discusses the connectivity challenges for Australia's Norfolk Island and how Telstra quadrupled broadband capacity for the remote region with a mix of geostationary (GEO) and medium-Earth orbit (MEO) satellites.

Release date: 6/30/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/the-divide-how-telstra-quadrupled-broadband-capacity-on-norfolk-island

The Divide: How Telstra quadrupled broadband capacity on Norfolk Island

In this podcast, LG executives explain how LG's Tennessee-based home appliance factory is applying private 5G and automation across the board – using smart applications, AI, computer vision, digital twins and robotics for a more efficient manufacturing process.

Release date: 7/2/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/5g/lg-s-big-us-home-appliance-factory-is-switching-to-private-5g

LG's big US home appliance factory is switching to private 5G

Light Reading's Tereza Krásová joins the podcast to discuss developments in quantum computing, what they mean for telecom and how major players in the telecom industry are beginning to prepare for this computing evolution.

Release date: 7/7/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/digital-transformation/what-s-the-story-quantum-computing-meets-telecom

What's the Story? Quantum computing meets telecom

In this podcast AT&T's Chris Stratmann explains how the FirstNet Response Operations Group (ROG) triages network infrastructure needs for local public safety agencies when natural disasters strike.

Release date: 7/10/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/how-at-t-s-firstnet-triages-network-assets-during-natural-disasters

How AT&T's FirstNet triages network assets during natural disasters

This week: Spectrum's Jeff Gehrig joins the podcast with Jennifer Tucker of Tucker Farms in Kentucky, to discuss the connectivity challenges facing the rural region and how the farm is now benefiting from Spectrum's fiber build.

Release date: 7/14/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/fttx/the-divide-how-a-rural-kentucky-farm-got-a-broadband-boost-with-spectrum

The Divide: How a rural Kentucky farm got a broadband boost with Spectrum

In this podcast, AT&T executives explain how the service provider built an internal generative AI (GenAI) tool to more efficiently manage its network and customer experience.

Release date: 7/15/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/ai-machine-learning/-ask-at-t-gives-network-management-a-genai-facelift

'Ask AT&T' gives network management a GenAI facelift

ACA Connects President and CEO Grant Spellmeyer joins the podcast to discuss the regulatory hot-buttons for independent cable operators, including Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, BEAD revisions, the ATSC 3.0 debate and the deletion of net neutrality proceedings at the FCC.

Release date: 7/17/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/regulatory-politics/aca-connects-ceo-on-trump-s-big-bill-new-bead-rules-and-the-nextgentv-debate

ACA Connects CEO on Trump's big Bill, new BEAD rules and the 'NextGenTV' debate

Misty Duckworth and Randy Kinsey join the podcast to explain how BSP's technical due diligence business is rapidly shifting to the data center market and how the rise of AI is driving demand for space, power and cooling in existing and new data center facilities.

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/data-centers/giving-data-centers-their-due-diligence-on-space-power-and-cooling

Giving data centers their due (diligence) on space, power and cooling

Bango's Giles Tongue joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of the bundle as subscription combinations extend well beyond streaming services to include fitness services, food boxes, music, gaming, social media and AI offerings.

Release date: 7/29/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/video-streaming/where-does-the-bundle-go-from-here-

Where does the bundle go from here?

Light Reading's Iain Morris joins the podcast to unpack Intel's decision to spin off its network and edge assets business (dubbed NEX), what the implications are for equipment makers like Ericsson and what to expect next.

Release date: 8/4/2025

Show notes: https://www.lightreading.com/5g/what-s-the-story-intel-to-spin-off-network-biz

What's the Story? Intel to spin off network biz

BT Global's Chief Technology and Information Officer Hriday Ravindranath joins the podcast to discuss how telcos can provide the networks and services that businesses need to re-invent themselves and adapt to life in a pandemic.

Podcast: BT Global's Hriday Ravindranath on telco transformation

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