g. telecom networks later today the u.k. has been under pressure from washington to pull away from wild ways saying the state owned concern would allow china access to corporate military secrets gave the green light to the chinese tech family of the seeds of the to support in the building of its nationwide 5 g. telecommunications network it's. time to pull in our financial correspondent ali bots sounds bad but the take giant continues to generate revenue growth. really astonishing numbers when you take all things considered the pressure on wall way from the united states the 1st bands in australia dating back to 2018 and several countries have followed suit since then others are pondering but the company's revenues still rose in the 1st half of this year corona into that by over 13 percent to just shy of $65000000000.00 that's just in the 1st half of the year now that's down from 23 percent plus revenues in the last year shirt sharp drop in profit growth but they've performed better the profitability was up in the 1st half o

g. telecom systems or towers in the united states would have to be removed it's this what they call the rip and replace you go back and you tear it out and you replace it with something else they're talking about doing that in the u.k. as well that would mean 3 g. and 4 g. technology would have to go back and be retrofitted with technology that does not belong to wall way and that would cost billions of pounds to do here in the u.s. it will cost billions of dollars to do and so it's not just a don't work with always moving forward it's a go back and retroactively remove long way as if they were never a part of the systems in the 1st place and now being quote i actually want to touch on another story that's going on monday china lobbed criticism towards the united states accusing the u.s. of flexing its military muscles in the south china sea by conducting joint exercises with 2 u.s. aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway does this u.s. war on y. way or the ongoing trade tensions impact these kind of relations when we talk about south china sea. we are seeing the emergence of

g. telecom services in india it's a little bit of everything that's one thing that makes. you know what's really interesting about this is that the owner as you mentioned this this guy who owns essentially you know he's one of the richest men in all of asia owns other kind of industries as well he owns something called reliance industries as well right alliances in the oil and gas company there are about $20000000000.00 in debt so all of the selling off of a 20 percent stake in geo is essentially in order to help cover the cost of some of those losses that have occurred because of this pandemic and the fact that there's so little travel in oil prices have fallen so low now we notice this because suddenly this program has become very popular. in india and other countries but india in particular interestingly enough in just a matter of months we've accumulated over a 1000000 viewers people who are now depending on us to bring us their news which makes us feel pretty good so when we heard that we are now going to be part of the geo platform as well it made us feel pretty good

g. telecoms networks. are correspondent down at the frankfurt stock exchange really bart's is monitoring the story for us very good day to early why has the u.k. decided to reverse course on wall way after initially opening the door to the telecoms giant just a few months ago. i think 3 reasons i think. mainland china's actions in hong kong have accelerated political sentiment against mainland china the crony in measures of beijing against protesters and security law. but also u.s. sanctions on technology that's what u.k. minister is quoting and i think also the fact that after brics that if it's a no deal practice that u.k. especially needs the u.s. as a partner and if it wants a bilateral agreement then it has to concede to some of the u.s. concerns about the way. only what about germany and other countries are some other countries also considering banning the telecoms giant from china while way. well it's interesting germany's decision is still forthcoming originally germany was saying we're not going t

g. network telecom companies and must remove one way prevent by 2027 the u.s. is threatened to sever intelligence sharing deal with britain over concerns the way quitman would pursue the saved chinese spy. this is the the.

g. networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 to equipment from her wallet and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. here to fellow at chatham house international security program i mean how significant is the decision to block walk away from the u.k.'s 5 g. network is very significant not just at a technical level and for the businesses of the mobile operators it's also significant geopolitically both for the impact on the u.k.'s relationship with china and with the us and of cool opening up distance between the u.k. and the rest of the european union on this issue why has the u.k. taken this decision now and is it justified there are a number of reasons why the u.k. has taken this decision if you recall the u.k. announced its position on wall way back in january and so to sort of cover a middle way if you night that would acknowledge the security concerns voiced by the us and other international allies but also kept 3 the business as usual for the mobile operators the limits of 35 percent set back in

g. networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. donald trump at long pushed johnson to reverse a decision he made in january giving while weigh a limited role in 5 g. the british will raise china's hackles by signalling that the world's biggest telecoms equipment maker is no longer welcome in the west china views while way as a national champion and is certain to retaliate but since leaving the e.u. johnson needs to boost trade ties of both the us and china. 5 g. will become the nervous system of the future economy it will speed up everything from the flow of information on energy defense and transport to downloading movies and playing games to accessing global financial data. the focus now turns to europe german chancellor angela merkel has ruled out a ban on while away she is trying to keep china on side without antagonizing washington d.c. the u.k. decision anwar way makes up balancing act much more challenging. pro tennis

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g. networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so china is accusing the united states of trying to stir up trouble in the south china sea that's after secretary of state michael said beijing's claims to the region are completely unlawful china claims almost the entire area but that's disputed by several other southeast asian countries i hear boats from bangkok. in several areas of the south china sea islands at holes in reefs have been transformed china claims almost the entire area and for years has been militarizing the islands constructing remote outposts i want also claims parts of the south china sea along with several southeast asian countries including vietnam which is mounted the strongest challenge to beijing last month the vietnamese prime minister opened the latest southeast asian leaders summit with a strong statement on the issue without mentioning china. while the entire world is mobilizing its full force to fight

g. networks said to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not by any 5 equipment from while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so with this new deadline for mobile phone companies to take out all hallway 5 g. equipment by 2027 is good news for them they were worried that if they had to do that more quickly that could create outages they're already saying that the changes are going to cost them hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions of dollars it might not be good news for those dozens of rebel conservative politicians who could still try to derail forthcoming legislation on british telecommunications the huawei itself has reacted by saying that it's bad news for anyone in the u.k. with a mobile phone saying that it will deepen the digital divide. in suggesting that this is all to do with american politics well on the political front it could lead to other countries particularly around europe looking at britain and perhaps following suit getting tougher on huawei along the lines of what the us and canada and aust

s future fight networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. donald trump at long pushed johnson to reverse a decision he made in january giving while away a limited role in 5 g. the british will raise china's hackles by signalling that the world's biggest telecoms equipment maker is no longer welcome in the west china views while way as a national champion and is certain to retaliate. but since leaving the e.u. johnson needs to boost trade ties of both the u.s. and china. 5 g. will become the nervous system of the future economy it will speed up everything from the flow of information on energy defense and transport to downloading movies and playing games to accessing global financial data. the focus now turns to europe german chancellor angela merkel has ruled out a ban on wild way she is trying to keep china on side without antagonizing washington d.c. the u.k. decision anwar way makes the balancing act much more challenging. and as

g. networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from her wallet and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. donald trump at long pushed johnson to reverse a decision he made in january giving huawei a limited role in 5 g. the british raised china's hackles by signaling that the world's biggest telecoms equipment maker is no longer welcome in the west china views while way as a national champion and is certain to retaliate. but since leaving the e.u. johnson needs to boost trade ties of both the us and china. 5 g. will become the nervous system of the future economy it will speed up everything from the flow of information on energy defense and transport to downloading movies and playing games to accessing global financial data. the focus now turns to europe german chancellor angela merkel has ruled out a ban on huawei she is trying to keep china on side without antagonizing washington d.c. the u.k. decision on while way makes up balancing act much more challenging. indeed it does have

g. equipment from chinese telecoms giant huawei from december 31st prime minister voice johnson has been under pressure from within his own party and the united states which says the company is a security risk however the u.k. says it wants a modern and mature relationship with china. china meanwhile is accusing the united states of trying to stir up trouble in the south china sea that soft as secretary of state mike on bail said beijing's games to the region are completely unlawful china claims nearly the entire area but that's disputed by several other south east asian countries when hayward or some bangkok. in several areas of the south china sea islands at holes in reefs have been transformed china claims almost the entire area and for years has been militarizing the islands constructing remote outposts taiwan also claims parts of the south china sea along with several southeast asian countries including vietnam which is mounted the strongest challenge to beijing last month a vietnamese prime minister opened the latest southeast asian leaders summit with a strong statement on the iss

always already an integral part of the uk's two g. three g. and four g. networks this m man however doesn't apply to those networks to telecoms companies would have to take up ththe sick women. howowever it does of course down the u. k.'s adoption of five g. which is being seen as the network. feature so expressed for await said the bad news to anyone in the uk with the mobile. and the- u. k. in the- nine. at exit. one without it just to go implications country it would. the rollout of five of the super fast network by two to three years. and also because of a billion pounds. so that means that british consumers and businesses we'll have to wait longer and potentially. wolf will take on g. technologically advanced services in in the country. range i'm a self driving was to develop. functioning and health. the well okay well ask full. for the additional call of having to recount that took. and the government would of course find it difficult to say no as it has been such a u. turn for the government here. won't regionally was into the up 235% over the country's a five g. network and i'll tell firm does of course having to look

has said that he would have to think carefully about using technology from chinese telecom firm huawei and countries 5 g. networks forest johnson's remarks came after france moved to restrict telecom operators from using while way technology china's foreign ministry spokesman hit back at paris in a priest rather a press briefing calling for quote an objective and fair attitude to huawei has been accused of spying for the chinese government and the u.s. has pressured countries to shun the company. announcing a brief look now at some of the other business stories making headlines. the u.s. court has ordered the shutdown of the controversial north dakota access oil pipeline that has long been opposed by native american tribes and environmentalists the court cited a construction air with no simple fix it ruled that the half a 1000000 barrel a day pipeline be emptied within 30 days. german vaccine champion cure vaca is getting 75000000 euros in loans from the european investment bank the company is carrying out clinical tests on a potential covert 1000 vaccine the money will help the company complete a produ

g. networks said to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. the move against way will please washington which has been pressuring the u.k. to act the company had expected it it's warning u.k. mobile users will lose out in a statement it says regrettably our future in the u.k. has become politicized this is about u.s. trade policy and not security over the past 20 years while way has focused on building a better connected u.k. as a responsible business we will continue to support our customers as we always have done. the british government hopes the announcement will convince other suppliers to enter the market and fill the gap meanwhile the china skeptics among boris johnson's conservative party are largely happy they say national security must trump worries about an already damaged relationship or relations with strained over hong kong where china has behaved disgracefully so. anyone thinking you know when we're still in a golden era of

said he'll have to think carefully about whether to use technology from the chinese telecoms for a while way in the u.k. 5 g. network or is johnson's remarks came after front moved to restrict telecom operators use of away technology china's foreign ministry spokesman hit back at paris in a press briefing calling for an objective and fair attitude huawei has been accused of spying for the chinese government and u.s. has pressured countries to shut the company. well the world's most a visit museum the louvre in paris israel after being closed for nearly a full months because of france's lockdown visits are being reminded to wear masks for maintaining social distancing around the mona lisa other times works of art will clearly be difficult. to secure up to date more fear. on the website. which course the. video audio. any time any. w. mr.

g. networks said to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from a while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. the move against way will please washington which has been pressuring the u.k. to act the company had expected it it's warning u.k. mobile users will lose out in a statement it says regrettably our future in the u.k. has become politicized this is about u.s. trade policy and not security over the past 20 years while way has focused on building a better connected u.k. as a responsible business we will continue to support our customers as we always have done. the british government hopes the announcement will convince other suppliers to enter the market and fill the gap meanwhile the china skeptics among boris johnson's conservative party are largely happy they say national security must trump worries about an already damaged relationship or relations with strained over hong kong where china has behaved disgracefully so. anyone thinking it would be still in a golden era of relat

s future fight networks so to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not buy any 5 g. equipment from while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. the move against way will please washington which has been pressuring the u.k. to act become pretty had expected it its warning u.k. mobile users will lose out in a statement it says regrettably our future in the u.k. has become politicized this is about u.s. trade policy and not security over the past 20 years while way has focused on building a better connected u.k. as a responsible business we will continue to support our customers as we always have done. the british government hopes the announcement will convince other suppliers to enter the market and fill the gap meanwhile the china skeptics among boris johnson's conservative party are largely happy they say national security must trump worries about an already damaged relationship or relations with strained over hong kong where china has behaved disgracefully so. anyone thinking you know when we're still in a golden era

g. equipment from chinese telecoms giant huawei from december 31st prime minister boris johnson has been under pressure from within his own party and the united states which says the company is a security risk however the u.k. says it wants a modern and mature relationship with china china mean.

telecom firms. in the country's 5 g. network boris johnson's remarks came after france moved to restrict telecom prices for music qualified technology china's foreign ministry spokesman hit back at paris in a press briefing calling for unobjective and attitude has been accused of spying for the chinese government the us has pressured to countries to shut the company. of the world's most visited museum the louvre and paris has been reopened after being closed for nearly 4 months because of the country's lockdown physicists are being reminded to wear masks but maintaining social distancing that mona lisa and other famous words will clear up a day. this is the news hour live from. i will have more at the top of the hour between of course as always the web site the w dot com you can follow us on twitter and instagram d w would it. code in the. western ghats mountains. to protect them from deforestation project helps villages. for use in hobble medicine. it's good for people and good for nature an eagle. next d.w. . where the

g. network and reports from london. it's part of britain's telecoms landscape but the involvement of huawei in the country's 3 g. and 4 g. mobile networks has already proved controversial in a virtual meeting with members of the u.k. parliament the chinese firm recently stressed that it poses no threat we are the most probably the most inspected. company in the world in the u.k. . and there is no nation's. doors in in our products despite years or true. but in the west way is widely seen as being compliant with the chinese government and for this expert weighs involvement in 5 g. was always going to be problematic in 10 years time the changes that having that back to access would pose once we're driving autonomous car to the top to traffic lights once we've got people who are experts in their field on the other side of the the world doing remote controlled surgery because of the lower latency in the connection. those are when we're going to have problems britain's rethink follows political pressure from the u.s. and american sanctions which have locke

g. corvette from the chinese telecoms giant holloway from december 31st has called the decision disappointing and politicized by mr baez johnson's been under pressure from within his own party and the u.s. but says the company is a security risk and a barber has more from london. with this is a major change in direction for britain because in january the prime minister boris johnson said that although huawei was a high risk vendor would be allowed to take a 35 percent stake in the country's 5 g. network for just the periphery since then there's been a lot of political lobbying from the american government also from members of parliament belonging to boris johnson's own conservative party worried about chinese human rights issues but also there have been new american sanctions and britain's digital minister announcing the new step stressed that it was those sanctions affecting american microchips which have been using while way kit which make all the difference in the u.k. can no longer be confident it will be able to guarantee the security a future 5 to one way 5 to equipment affected by the

french authorities have told telecom operators planning to buy way 5 g. equipment that they won't be able to renew licenses for the gear once expires france is currently laying the ground for for its next generation 5 g. network the decision is likely to face huawei out of mobile networks by 2028. all right retailers around the world are facing a double whammy due to the pandemic shoppers are staying away from their stores and many are shifting to online purchasing speeding up a trend that was already concerning especially vulnerable are shopping centers. reports from one of berlin's main shopping malls shoppers have been back in malls like this one for weeks but not quite as willing to spend before the german retail federation says around 50000 businesses nationwide are fighting for survival and in malls the feats of stores are actually linked to one another. so here's the proposition for a business mall pub large one that attracts a lot of foot traffic now smaller stores that depend on the tropics that anchor stores that track it means that shoppers mig

g. networks said to be clear from the end of this year telecoms operators must not by any 5 to equipment from while away and once the telecom security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so when again bob is live for us in london this is quite a u.-turn for the u.k. government what made it change its mind. it is a big change in direction the government is stressing that things have changed not just because there has been open pressure from politicians in the united states and also from some members of the conservative party here in parliament who are very worried about china's human rights record in places like hong kong and in the same jiang region towards its ethnic we go hopi lation but they say that what's really changed is the imposition of new u.s. sanctions in may has made it harder for who are way to produce microchips which they can trust they might have to turn to a 3rd party and so according to the british government ahead of that and out some by the digital minister varo agencies are saying that now it is more in secure to allow. in britain's 5 g. network this is