The World According to Fletch™

According to Bloomberg - Rogers Communications is claiming that Canada’s antitrust agency is opposing its $16 billion takeover of rival Shaw Communications, which is casting significant doubt on whether the companies will be able to close one of the country’s biggest-ever deals.  The companies have extended the deadline for the merger to July 31, from June 13, and said they remain committed to it.

The Pew Research Center issued their survey results that will likely cheer all of the video hardware and software players in the enterprise communications market: Video fatigue may not be as common as you think. No Jitter's Eric Krapf shares his insights.

The size and scale of this project by Rocketman Musk flusters some astronomers. They fear that the bright, orbiting objects may interfere with their currently unobstructed observations of deep space. Others claim concerns from spaceflight safety experts, who see Starlink as the number one source of potential collision hazards while in orbit. Yet, others claim that is as ironic as saying, "most automobile deaths involve cars", in an attempt to stop roads from being built.

According to an article by Fierce Telecom's Diana Goovarets, while LUMEN CEO Jeff Storey and other executives have talked up Lumen’s expansive transformation strategy, the details of what exactly it’s been doing have been unclear at best. But, Lumen VP of Core Network Solutions Miriana Martinova, spills the beans, and says the answer to that question is, simply, A LOT!! Find out what's new and how fast HERE.

Large telecom companies want the CRTC (Canada's equivalent to the FCC) to find another way to pay for Next-Generation 9-1-1 in Canada, as the CRTC is looking to dip into the National Contribution Fund to help companies partially pay for the service.

Most Governments were hacked in the past year, and reports reveal ransomware continues to disrupt — BUT even paying up doesn’t spare victims from data loss. While one report predicts turning the corner on ransomware soon, another report says that experts aren’t seeing strong evidence of that turn just yet. 

Graham Hope recently wrote in an article in IoT World, that Tesla has increasingly been put under the microscope over the effectiveness of its self-driving technology, and some recent accidents. Additionally, an American billionaire is running for a Senate position, with seemingly the sole intention of getting the automaker’s Full Self Driving beta software permanently banned.

COMCAST is reporting 10Gbps and 400Gbps speeds over a new fiber technology that allows the light to travel over a conduit of air instead of glass. This allows a 50% speed increase while lowering the latency allowing these super-fast speeds. Although not the first to attempt this in the world (Bt started playing last summer) they are the first in the United States and have accomplished testing a 40km (25-mile) test run; the longest test in the world.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations in Hawaii quietly let on that they had successfully thwarted a targeted attack against the network of a company that is responsible for managing the undersea cable connecting Hawaii with the Pacific region. The telecommunication cable hosts internet, cable, and mobile phone services.

The great Gold Rush was started when gold was found in California. With NG911 services now deployed across The Golden State, will the next Gold Rush spring forward from there as well? Each year the Illinois Institute of Technology holds its Real-Time Communications conference in the fall, and for nearly the past decade I have had the privilege to be the Track Chair for the Next Generation Emergency Services Track. Watch http://rtc-conference.com/2022/ as details become available and follow them on Twitter @RTC_Conf. @911inform