It’s been quite a ride bringing our readership the Broadband Pulse podcast for the past two years. We continue to seek great interviews with the leaders shaping the optical and broadband industry segments. Here are our five favorite podcasts we conducted this year. 

If you want a broad look at the evolution of today’s optical networking industry, look no further than Lawrence Gasman, president of CIR. In this latest episode, the Broadband Pulse sat down with Gasman, who has been conducting forecasts on enterprise computing, telecommunications, and optical communications.

We recently caught up with key experts in Ethernet--John D’Ambrosia, Chair Emeritus of the Ethernet Alliance, and David Rodgers, President & Events & Conferences Committee Chair for the Ethernet Alliance—who talked about the recent Ethernet Alliance TEF Forum as well as industry trends shaping the future of the nearly 55-year-old technology.

We talked with Chris Szymanski, director of product marketing for Wireless Broadband Communications at Broadcom, about its latest 50G and FWA developments.

Astound named telecom veteran Ettienne Brandt as CEO in March. He will focus on expanding Astound's fiber footprint, integrating GFiber assets, and developing converged wireline and wireless services to stay competitive. In this podcast, we spoke with Brandt about his plans to implement new company-wide best practices to improve customer experience while maintaining its local feel.

In this Broadband Pulse podcast, we caught up with Nick Harris, founder and CEO of Lightmatter, about how it is helping the AI hyperscaler community find new ways to scale.