In this latest episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we talk to Koby Reshef, CEO of PacketLight.

During this episode, we talk about how PacketLight is seeing new opportunities in the burgeoning quantum computing segment:

• Key priorities for the remainder of the year
• PacketLight's approach to quantum computing
• Quantum Opportunities for 2025
• Quantum partnerships
• Security issues

In this latest episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we talk to Kevin Morgan, Clearfield's Chief Marketing Officer.

Morgan, who has served in this role since 2016, will transition into the newly created role of Executive Advisor to the CEO in January 2025.

During this episode, Morgan addressed several issues facing broadband providers:

• Highlights of the 2024 Fiber Connect trade show
• How the upcoming unprecedented buildout of fiber prompted by the Broadband, Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program can be made easier with proper planning
• Customers’ critical concerns about the BEAD allocation process
• How service providers and communities continue to take advantage of existing funding like the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and ReConnect
• How Clearfield’s BILT and the ClearPass®Dust Cap can simplify new fiber broadband deployments
• Upcoming innovations Clearfield plans to release in 2024 and 2025

In this latest episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we talk to Charles Seifert, senior manager of network test hardware platforms for Keysight, about the 800GE network opportunity.

Seifert, who has decades of experience in the networking industry, addresses several issues:

• What technologies are driving changes in data center interconnects that affect the buildout of new network infrastructures
• How has AI and/or HPC effected Keysight’s strategy for testing network infrastructures
• The challenges in building a new network infrastructure for AI and HPC network applications

Listen to this episode to hear from Charles about the emerging 800GE market, and how it will evolve to meet current and future needs.

In this latest Broadband Pulse podcast, we talked to Nigel Alvares, Marvell's VP of global marketing and business planning.

During the podcast, we addressed the need to accommodate growing AI and other applications, and data center power and water consumption is poised to skyrocket.

Marvell has also been actively enhancing its product line to deal with the AI explosion.

During the September ECOC 2024 tradeshow, Marvell highlighted new product innovations like:

• Orion 800G coherent DSP for carrier and data center interconnect
• COLORZ® 800G ZR/ZR+ DCI optical modules with C-Band and L-Band support
• Nova 1.6T PAM4 DSP for AI and cloud connectivity

Dan Watts, CEO of US Signal, joined the Broadband Pulse podcast to discuss how the competitive business service provider enhances its cloud service reach through acquisitions and new product development.

One of US Signal's critical priorities for 2024 is integrating its earlier acquisition of One Neck, a data center provider from TDS Telecom. This acquisition enhances US Signal’s data center, cloud hosting, and solutions provider operations.

The provider is also actively enhancing its product set. It recently launched its Infrastructure-as-a-Service product, OpenCloud, an alternative response to the volatility in the cloud computing market, including provider shakeups and recent license price hikes.

What will tie all of US Signals ambitions together is its network assets. US Signal has a 9,500-mile-lit fiber network with access to over 225 data centers and POPs, Tier 1 peering relationships, and metro rings in strategic markets.

Listen to this podcast to gain insights into how US Signal harnesses its capabilities to address the ever-evolving cloud services market.

Madison Carroll, Global Program Manager at Orbia’s Dura-Line Academy, joined the Broadband Pulse podcast to discuss fiber broadband workforce issues.

During our conversation, we discussed that while the advent of BEAD will put broadband into more consumers' and businesses' hands, the need to make those connections is challenged by a need for more skilled technicians to install services.

To address this issue, Dura-Line has created an online training academy that anyone can use. The company has alliances with the Power Communications Contractors Association, the Fiber Broadband Association, the Mississippi State Broadband Association, and many others.

Listen to this podcast to gain insights into how Dura-Line academy is helping to close the fiber technician gap.

In this latest Lightwave+BTR Broadband Pulse Podcast episode, we talked to Jason Malmquist, EVP and Head of Software and IT Services Business for CHR.

We discussed CHR’s role in the broadband ecosystem and its customer's OSS/BSS concerns.

One of CHR’s latest releases is Omnia360e, which offers one-touch self-service tools to provide the optimal customer experience and automated functionality.

Another key issue is cybersecurity. CHR recently partnered with Kaseya to address cyberthreats in the telecom industry.

Tune in here for insights on these critical issues facing broadband providers scaling their networks to enhance customer satisfaction and ARPU.

In this latest Lightwave+BTR Broadband Pulse Podcast edition, we talked to John Harrington, CEO of Funds for Learning.

We discussed the recent launch of Funds for Learning’s 14th annual E-rate survey, which enables applicants to provide confidential feedback about essential aspects of the federal E-rate program.

Two of the key highlights of the survey were cybersecurity and Wi-Fi. Recently, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to make off-campus Wi-Fi hotspot services eligible for E-rate program discounts.

The regulator also proposed a $200 million pilot program over three years to finance advanced cybersecurity products and services for schools and libraries.

Tune in here to hear Funds for Learning’s insights on these critical issues facing schools and libraries.