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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 b... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 925 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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This week: Connect Humanity's Samantha Schartman and Mission Telecom's Mark Colwell discuss their 'Alt Funding Field Guide,' which explores a new approach to co-investing in digital adoption initiatives focusing on six sectors.
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NCTC's Lou Borrelli and ACA Connects' Grant Spellmeyer hop on the podcast to preview The Independent Show, set for July 26-29 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, which will dig into top policy issues and tech trends for small and midsized operators.
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This week: Joey Wender, executive director of the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB), joins to discuss the FCC's 'war on the E-Rate program' and what advocates can do to help save it.
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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.
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Pathetic podcast, had high hopes to learn about Telco news!
I really have enjoyed this podcast since I found in late in 2020. I listen to the new ones and go back through the history.
I am in tech, but not not in the backbone networking. I find this really interesting, and have learned lot from this. If you have a broad tech background, this is easy to listen to and mostly understand,.
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A tech-forward business podcast focused on broadband, fiber deployment, policy, and network infrastructure. Its conversations consistently center on deployment realities, regulatory reform, funding programs, and the evolving technologies shaping connectivity, from BEAD and ACP to AI-enabled networks and fixed wireless. A distinctive strength is bringing together policy experts, industry analysts, and senior operators to translate complex policy and market shifts into practical implications for providers, policymakers, and investors. The show often features veteran FCC policy voices, industry executives, and technologists, offering pragmatic takes on timelines, funding, and technology choices that impact nationwide connectivity and the digit... more
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