ii. prime minister's questions sunday at 9:00 p.m. on c-span. >> and "the communicators" coverage from the las vegas convention center continues this week, over 3,000 companies showed off the latest technology at the show in january of this year. this week, we visit with the c.e.o. of ericson and the intel booth. >> we are pleased to be joined here at the consumer electronics show by the president and c.e.o. of ericson. mr. vestberg, welcome to last -- las vegas. >> it was founded in 1876 and we

have been the world leader in telecommunication equipment. today 40% of all mobile networks in the world are mobile networks supporting operators. we have roughly 100,000 employees worldwide. we are in 180 countries. so we are a company that is doing research and development and getting contracts to grow mobility all around the world. $4 billion a year in research and development. >> where are you based and how large in the u.s.? >> we are based in sweden. it is a swedish company, however u.s. is our largest market, both volume wise. we have 16,000 employees in the north american market today. >> when mobile phones in the

u.s. started to become the thing, the ericsson was a brand name but not today, why is that? >> in the beginning of the mobile networks, the mobile phone was an extension of the networks. we actually started the mobile networks, there was a brand name. after a year, couple of years we made a joint venture with sony that has been going on for 10 years. in october time frame, we are selling that back to sony. sony will now run the mobile handset. so we are leading the handset. it was an extension of the mobile network. today, the mobile phone is so much more than the extension of the network. >> why are you leaving the joint venture with sony-ericsson. >> today, it is much more than

the voice gadget. it's a gadget -- we are investing the technology that is inside. we are developing things inside the mobile phone and mobile networks. that is what we are doing and what we are at the best. >> if a u.s. consumer is a customer of verizon, at&t, sprint, et cetera, what products might they be using? >> when they make a phone call, it will be to the base stations and switching equipment as a main supplier to all of those that you mentioned. and when they are checking the switcheror facebook, it will be ericsson. and all the data on the network. >> you are doing one of the key note addresses here at the

consumer electronics show, and one of your topics is the network society. what is that? >> i think when we talk about the network society, we are talking in two phases. in the network society, anything that benefits from being connected will be connected in the future. the other more side of it, we believe that this is the technology revolution that we are into. and the technology revolution has two phases, first phase is deployment phase or information phase. and today, we have six billion mobile subscriptions. we reach a huge base. and based on that, we start to see new innovation. when we talked about building the network, only one service, that was voice. we wanted to call each other.

today what you are doing with the phone is totally different thing. you have a device on the mobile networks, that is the second phase and that is the network society where everything benefits from being connected to the networks. and that is totally different when we thought of this process of building the network together. going to be great you and me calling each other. why do i need to move around when i talk to you. it is given. we are transforming your life with the phone, businesses. health care, education, using the technology. and that's what i want to talk about, the network society is here and so important that consumer electronics is part of that because they are a huge part of that change. >> 5.8 billion mobile

subscriptions worldwide and in a recent interview with the consumer electronics corporation . does that raise the issue of spectrum shortage and spectrum usage? >> what we see in the world right now, we are going to see growth. over 90% of the world population will have mobile. and spectrum is what we are using. there are two things that are important, one is that $4. billion in development and we are innovating new way of using spectrum more efficient, different ways of allocating spectrum in a smarter way. on the other hand, spectrum is a scares resource and the more spectrum you have, the better it is because you can give better service to consumers. and in many cases we need to understand the social impact of

the mobile networks. we have done numerous studies. we collected 124 studies that have been done on broadband and two conclusions, for every 10% of broadband you get one sustainable g.d.p. and for every 1,000, you get 8,000 jobs. this is for the country as well, because this is transforming a country. spectrum is very important piece in that to gain and get efficiency and transform your country. >> you deal in 180 countries. do you have to deal with 180 federal communications commissions and different spectrum requirements? >> that is one thing that is unique, we share technologies. we share of how we use spectrum

with respect to usage and there is a reason you can use a fovene from sweden to pakistan to u.s. and it works. it is based on standards. 2g and 4g. however, i deal with the commissioners in every country and talk to them from one country to the other country. it's very normal. we talk about the latest developments and how to use spectrum. >> two of the issues that we worry about here in the united states, the congress, piracy and privacy, what is ericcson doing about those issues? >> you have to be careful.

huge massive networks that are going to be used and people get the local developments. you have to remember the benefits. on the other hand, you need to understand the privacy issues and see that people really understand what people are getting into. and the privacy has been the price of wine. it is clear that piracy is not a way to do business. people are investing quite a bit of money and piracy is not fair. we work very hard. we see more and more of that and given that a society wants to be connected, these will be important challenges in a society. >> has ericcson suffered from pier asy issues? >> as world leader, of course

there are people who want to -- it's quite difficult because we are in the r&d sector. but that's not my main concern. we share our technologies. we standard ardize the technologies. you can use it and then it's a little bit from our industry that we are sharing between each other to get the lowest cost and most efficient solutions. so we have the same solutions in africa as we have here in the u.s., the same technologies is coming out there. and the benefit for the country. >> have you been to the consumer electronics show before? and what are your impressions of this 2012 show? >> i have to be honest, i have never been to the show before. this is the first time. i have been browsing around this morning and looking around and

have to say it is an amazing show. it really shows the gathering of the consumer electronics and all application developers in the world and it also shows the power of fast the development has come. i see it around here which is just amazing in just a short time where nobody knew what a smartphone was. now everything is around that application. it's amazing to see. i'm excited to be here. >> cross computing, how does that figure into that your business plan? >> it figures very well into our plan because we are going to see the three pillars, connectivity or mobile coverage, broadband and cloud services. those three services -- and i can think of education where you

can be in a very rural area and connectivity in broadband and put education in the cloud, than educate the people or a student in a very rural area. that's the transformation. the cloud is a very important way to bring down the barrier for efficiency. it can be health care, it could be another application that you put up in the cloud together with the connectivity and the broadband and then transform any industry and get new efficiencies. so i think the cloud is playing very much into certain products that we have, or certain services that we give to operators and we see more enterprise solutions coming into the cloud in order to redefine processes for different members. >> when you look 10, 20 years out, what are you most excited about, technology-wise? >> when i look out, and think

about the future, the technology that we are providing is going to be used in a total differently. and but if we look at technology, i'm going to see more 4 g coming up, higher speeds, new services can come. we will talk about the connecttive card with 4g would have 100 millisecond. one card can communicate with the car behind you. and send a signal to the car behind you. when you use the 4g in the car. and then you can think about how you can rethink the whole

connected car because you connect the car and can avoid accidents. >> but higher speeds and the smartphones, tablets, use a lot of spectrum. is there a solution, does ericcson have a solution to develop sufficient products? >> yes. we have the new ways to develop spectrum. we will come with new solutions and i'm certain we will be able to use these technologies at the same time. different spec trums at the same time because it's between different bands and frequencies and they are innovations that we are doing with our engineers that we have in sweden and all around the world. we see a big responsibility for actually proving that you can use the spectrum even more

efficient. >> last couple of years, the u.s. has rolled out a national broadband plan. what has been the experience in sweden? >> in sweden when it comes to broadband, we are on the mobile broadband and has been a very good, i would say impact on the society, because we are looking at new innovation. and enterprises are using broadband in order to innovate their businesses. in sweden, we share broadband that can be shared among operators. that was our motive. but in sweden, it works. we have a good feeling for that. sweden was first with 4g in the world and we are very proud of and supplied it to a supplier in sweden. sweden is in the forefront, even though we are a small country.

>> how has the recession affected your company? >> third quarter we reported, we have had the european impact. instability in those markets and the economy has actually down investments. now there has been north africa where they have had their challenges which have taken down the investments. that's what i have seen so far. the most important we have seen is demand for people using networks, smartphones, et cetera. that has remained and we are connecting on the investment level. but we will see what we report fourth quarter and this year 2012 of the macroeconomics impacting our company. >> what kind of device do you use? >> a sony ericcson.

we still own it even though we are departing right now. i use that and base my life on and with the need for my daily work. this is part of my life and i check it extremely regular. >> what about the future of apps, do you see those continuing? >> i think apps will continue to be extremely vital as the internet is growing with information. i think you and i as users want an easy way to find it and not search all the time. i also thing that app providers will be one way of promoting their brands and get a loyal community of users that are using that so they can establish a relationship with their consumers through an app which

nobody thought about five years ago. i think we are going to see quite a lot of development on the app side, how it develops for using it and how it will impact with you and me. >> what do you say to somebody that can look out and see all these brand names and all this new technology and words perhaps they never heard before and scared of the neck noling call future? -- technological future? >> don't be scared, because that is really bringing lots of benefits and what you see out here, that's what we are creating in the whole month bit. now -- mobility. we are seeing the innovation of it. and that's what i'm talking about, second phase and bringing a lot of efficiencies both for you and me and our society. i don't think anybody should be afraid.

the technology efflution -- evolution is a must for us. >> president and c.e.o. of ericsson and has been our guest. >> that was hans vestberg. up next on the communicators, a visit to the intel booth. here at the booth at the consumer electronics show, we are joined by bryan deaner. mr. deaner, what are you introducing here at the 2012 electronics show? >> we have an exciting show. the big story for us is about the experience that the consumers have. and intel has great technology and products, power books, smartphones and we are the

brains behind these technologies. we are really the innovation of the industry. >> mr. deaner, one of the themes of the show this year seems to be an ultrabook. >> it is all about mobility and taking what you kind of know about performance and computing and putting it into a new style and new design. >> are these here? >> these are all ultrabooks. >> they look like laptops. >> there are a couple of things. it starts with the intel second generation core processor and the heart and brains of the ultrabook. while it has the full performance of a traditional laptop, it is anything but traditional. you have a really sleek design and elegant design. they are all manufactured to be less than one-inch thick and they are responsive.

and in our laptops that we have, typical about a 30-second boot time. when i say ultra-responsive, seven-second startup and working with your applications and programs. it is highly responsive. that's the second thing. there is new security built into this brought to you by hardware and software based on intel that help you with your e commerce and banking and overall with your identity protection. there is new security features. there are a couple of things built into one. >> i have seen a couple of different manufacturers for the ultrabooks, do you work with different manufacturers? are >> we have 75 designs coming out this year alone. we introduced it in the last quarter of last year, but really this year is the year of

innovation, so it's a new category and ushering a new era in computing. what you see is a good -- we don't have specific designs on the show floor, but you will see these being convertible and traditional aspect of the keyboard and performance and also a touch screen and screens that flip around or turn over. it becomes a laptop as well as a tablet and getting two devices. >> something that intel is introducing is a new smartphone. >> we just announced it yesterday. and this is just a sample design. this isn't the actual new smartphone, but what we have announced is that we have the chips that go inside and the technology going inside a smartphone. based on our processor and we

announced a deal with a multi-year deal with not rolea. you will see smartphones with intel inside. >> what is special about this phone? >> it is based on -- get it started here. there we are. i think there are a couple of special things about it, it is based on the intel processor, great level of performance. work on this all day and doesn't get hot. there is -- it supports hdmi output. and do advanced things around 3-d video imaging and -- a number of different new things. >> what about security features? >> security, with our purchase

of mcaphee last year, there is a new security suite. people understand security and maybe think about it for smartphones. so with that, there is a new mobile security suite and download an app and get a higher level of security and intelligence on your smartphone. >> you are brand manager, what does that mean? >> people focus on the fun things and productive things they can do with their devices but want to make sure they are secure and smart. what they are doing online, footprints and transactions are secure. intel is working to make sure we are providing a level of security both at the software level and hardware level. we are trying to protect you on a couple of different levels. >> how important -- you have quite a large display here at the consumer electronics show, a

lot of people down here. how important is it? >> it really starts our year every year and even though it is a consumer-focus industry show, we create the products that go into and really -- i think bring to life the phones and laptops and other devices, smart tv's, but one of the building blocks that go inside that help the industry find innovation and new intelligence. >> who is the fiscal health of i tel? >> we had our best earnings. we had a strong year and what we find is a couple of things we are noticing, people want to have more and more devices, not less. everyone has a laptop or ultrabook and want your smartphone as well as a couple of designs within a family. i think people are one of buying

multiple devices and in the emerging markets as well as established markets we are seeing a nice run-up. we are countercyclical of what is happening in the economy because of the new products we bring to market. >> bryan deaner is brand manager and we are here at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. for the past several weeks, we have been showing you some of our coverage from the consumer electrons show in las vegas and happened in january of this year. if you would like to watch any of those previous programs or any of the programs go to c-span.org. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the political action conference wrapped up today and mitt romney won the cpac straw poll with 38%, rick santorum with 31% and newt gingrich with

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