Light Reading's Mike Dano, Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey discuss COVID-19, how it is affecting the telecom industry now and what might happen next as stores close, stocks drop and everyone works from home.

Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief

March 19, 2020

Podcast: Five ways COVID-19 is affecting the telecom industry right now

COVID-19 is on the move quickly in the US. New York state, for example, announced on March 1 that it had its first confirmed patient with the new coronavirus. As of midday March 19, the state had more than 4,152 confirmed cases and officials there are worried they won't have enough ventilators and other equipment to help as more people get sick.

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This is all coming at us fast but my Light Reading colleagues – Mike Dano and Kelsey Ziser – took a few minutes late Wednesday afternoon to recap what's happening so far in the US telecom industry, and what we think will happen next.

Listen to the podcast below, or subscribe and download it from Google Play, Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

More COVID-19 coverage:

Wash your hands.

Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and "collecting" are the same.

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