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Light Readings longest-running conference will be fully digital again next week as it tackles the damage wrought to the commercial market by COVID-19 and assesses cables post-pandemic business prospects.

Theyre wrong about this. david, i want to let you go, but just for people at home that have been reading this anti-anti-trump disinformation, i want to read from marco rubios senate intel committee report. i want to start with something i have and then well put up a full screen. taken as a whole, manaforts high-level access and share with closely affiliated intelligence services represented a grave counterintelligence threat. thats the republican senate intel committee chaired by marco rubio say...

5G fronthaul mandates higher data bandwidth than 4G access networks, which invariably requires the use of additional fiber optic links to support these higher throughputs. In addition to more fiber links, existing fiber infrastructure must also be leveraged as a critical path to 5G. As such, aging fiber networks need to support a mix of optical technologies, such as PON and DWDM. Meanwhile, networks are becoming denser to accommodate increasing cellular traffic and provide the improved coverage ...

Charter tells FCC that timely and non-discriminatory access to utility poles is critical for RDOF buildouts. Meanwhile, Charter and an electrical coop dont see eye-to-eye on a pole-related issue that has surfaced in Kentucky.

Spectrum use has never been more critical for both federal and commercial users, argued Alan Davidson, President Bidens new pick to head the NTIA.

On this episode, we talk with Light Readings Mike Dano about all things spectrum auctions, including the Andromeda auction, which just wrapped up with $22 billion in bids. We also get into broadband mapping and how spectrum could be used to tackle the digital divide.

Vonages relevance to 5G is questionable and shareholders will be asking if the cash would have been better spent elsewhere.

Switzerland-based operator reports strong Q3 revenue growth, but fiber ambitions face a setback after Swisscom ruling.

Chinas 5G rollout remains a story of government-mandated deployment and rock-bottom fees.

Analyst firm expects 2022 RAN spend to grow only 3% year-on-year, after two years of double-digit increases.