i spoke to hiroshi mikitani about the technology. listen have allimited resources. want to be engaged and not deliver. we need to be selective. i'm sure that every single t telecom company is considering to deploy open-radio access. the question is when and how. >> still early stages, but clear, rakuten is excited about it. we saw a deal with at&t and ericsson last week. >> a nice preview for the next guest. that is why we have the next guest coming on the show. you can check out more from arjun's interview with the rakuten ceo on cnbc.com. as arjun stated, we have an analyst joining us on the show. paul, the analyst from pp foresight. arjun is staying with us. wonderful to have you with us. nice to see you in the christmas jumper. arjun was talking us through the major development and i would say it is a big catalyst for market movers last week. that was a big decision to choose ericsson over nokia. how big a deal was that for the industry? >> good morning to you. i think arjun stole my thunder. it is a big deal. it had been very, very quiet the until recently in t