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Why low-power TV stations have high hopes for 5G Broadcast
Season 5
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'SuperFrank' Copsidas discusses why low-power TV stations are keen on 5G Broadcast and explains why he's confident that 5G Broadcast tech is poised to be featured in a wide array of smartphones.
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More bandwidth, fewer problems: Wi-Fi 7 performance is looking up
19:52||Season 1Ekahau'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.
Broadband usage rates jumped in Q1. Will it last?
26:22||Season 5OpenVault 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.
The Divide: How inaccurate broadband mapping is still impeding access
29:10||Season 5This 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.
The Divide: How Mission Telecom and C4P are rolling out low-cost 5G hotspots
32:20||Season 5This 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.
AI technologies are only as good as their managers
12:09||Season 5ESG'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.
What's the Story? FCC's EchoStar investigation
34:51||Season 5Light 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.
Waiting for BEAD, tracking the MDU broadband renaissance
14:17||Season 5Dell'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.
The Divide: FBA's Marissa Mitrovich on the growth of fiber and future of BEAD
26:33||Season 5This 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.
Coherent Routing Comes of Age: Discussing Heavy Reading’s New Survey Results
32:49||Season 5In 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.\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