SCTE's TechExpo will pack plenty of tech, with a bigger focus on the 'experience'
SCTE's Janelle Morse joins the podcast to preview themes at this year's TechExpo in Atlanta, including what's next for broadband and how AI...
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The Divide: How Oklahoma is meeting digital needs with Community Access Portals
This week: Mike Sanders, executive director, Oklahoma broadband office, discusses progress made toward the state's connectivity goals and a...
Unpacking 6G with Omdia's Gabriel Brown
Omdia's Gabriel Brown joined the Signal Strength podcast to discuss and dissect Qualcomm's '6G Leadership Day,' which dug into emerging use...
The Divide: Why digital inclusion needs a new funding model
This week: Connect Humanity's Samantha Schartman and Mission Telecom's Mark Colwell discuss their 'Alt Funding Field Guide,' which explores...
Policy, tech and convergence to collide at The Independent Show
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...
The Divide: SHLB's Joey Wender on the fight to save E-Rate
This week: Joey Wender, executive director of the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB), joins to discuss the FCC's 'war on...
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 Ac...
The Divide: Gigi Sohn on how to defeat opponents of public broadband
This week: Gigi Sohn discusses how 'dark money' defeated a public broadband plan in Longmeadow, Mass., why anti-muni-broadband efforts work...
The Divide: How permitting problems delay broadband builds
This week: Execs with Brightspeed, Ziply Fiber and CentraCom discuss the biggest problems with broadband permitting; how inconsistent timeli...
Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO braces for the AI and 6G era
Patrick Halley, the president and CEO of the Wireless Infrastructure Association, discusses the top trends in the industry and how AI and 6G...
The Divide: Blair Levin on 30 years of the Telecom Act and what must come next
Former FCC official Blair Levin joins the podcast to discuss BEAD program updates and how the federal government can best prepare for the fu...
The Divide: Carol Mattey on BEAD hope and hysteria, and stalled USF reform
This week: Former FCC official Carol Mattey joins the podcast to discuss the outcome of states' revised BEAD plans and what's next, as well...
Cable shows signs of improvement, but is it out of the woods?
New Street Research's Vikash Harlalka joins the podcast to discuss cable's latest round of financial results, including the improvements and...
The Divide: IEEE's David Witkowski on broadband progress and the AI impact
This week: IEEE Senior Member David Witkowski joins the podcast to catch up on topics impacting the connectivity landscape – from the BEAD p...
From Risk to Opportunity: How Network Operators Can Leverage Resilient Positioning, Navigation & Timing
With GPS supporting so much of the U.S’s critical infrastructure, it is a known single point of risk. NextNav’s Mariam Sorond joins Light Re...
Is cable approaching a tipping point on PON?
Cable ops are going with FTTP in most greenfield buildouts, but a new report from cable industry vet Jay Rolls suggests that some operators...
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...
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 ahea...
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 a...
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...