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“ The technology that currently powers landline telephones is to be switched off in 2025 …

Landline operators in the UK will switch every home phone in the UK to an internet-based connection instead of traditional, copper-wire landlines. A total of 14 million lines are affected.”

I wonder …

“Besides landline phones, lots of systems currently rely on the PSTN, including:

home burglar alarms and security systems
public traffic lights
cash machines
railway signals
motorway signs

And they will all have to switch to fully digital alternatives.

"All of these services are dependent on the voltage supplied by the PSTN - and all will need local batteries in addition to an internet connection, once the network closes, with some requiring more complex solutions," the Crown Commercial Service notes in an article published online last year.

A Transport for London spokesman, for example, tells BBC News 1,000 of its 6,400 sets of traffic lights currently monitors remotely using PSTN technology - and it has set up a working group exploring options for replacement telecoms services.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58233420

Boom

has the 30% chance come in?

Oh oh

There was no notification. Very strange.

Another poor week for LOOP but other stocks holding up well. Yeah, who knows what is happening here. Could tie back to the approved resolutions. e.g. "Resolution 4 relates seeks authority to approve the establishment, implementation and operation of an approved Employee Stock Purchase Plan (‘ESPP’)". That could be helpful. Don't know much about ESPPs but if I follow, the employees will use pre-tax salary to buy stock (?). If so, and that is off the market, then that will be an eventual value driver. Suppose it'll promote longevity. And if it fails, there is always the other resolutions to support to keep the employees in position.

JTD - LOOP: a modern sexier version of BlueJeans and, at least on my quick assessment, roughly the same size. Heck, Verizon might wish to acquire to maintain their own offering.

"BlueJeans has raised about $100 million in venture funding and estimates it will stream one billion minutes' worth of meetings during 2014."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueJeans

vs.

"LPC minutes: 41% growth to 1.00 billion (FY2019: 0.71 billion)"
https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/LOOP/preliminary-results-71mb80br2ke26kv.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueJeans

RSM could sink the old ship

a real oasis..

It is worth recalling who owns Linked-In, and where that platform might go next. Why not fuse LI with Teams?

LinkedIn webcast recording - Why replace your enterprise telephony with Teams Calling? 3rd August 2021

We've introduced a new live webinar series, taking place via LinkedIn to look at how businesses can migrate their enterprise telephony to Microsoft Teams Calling and the best practices to support their journey.

In our first episode, our host Ben Lee, our Microsoft Technology Lead, spoke with Graham Cropley, our Global Head of Consulting about what Teams Calling is and how to decide if it's the right option for your organisation. Together they offered some practical advice about how businesses can migrate their enterprise telephony to Teams Calling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8StG4fFWHqg

Well I don't know why I came to this board,
I got the feeling that this share'll make you snore,
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chart,
As I'm wondering how the SP rise will start,
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right, here I am,
Stuck in the middle with LOOP.
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with LOOP,
And I'm wondering what it is I should do...

@thordon - "Zoom settles US class action privacy lawsuit for $86m" : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58050391

Hey, saw the Zoom news this morning. Might just mean more demand for secure calling.

uninspiring day