the mobile world congress the world's largest mobile telecommunications trade fair is and falls way but falling global demand for a new cell phones has handset makers trying to find that next innovation that will make it into the mainstream from foldable phones to five g. ready prototypes manufacturers have brought their brightest and boldest to barcelona. sony has built technology used in professional film cameras like these into its latest spark for. the images look practically cinematic you certainly has also made big improvements to it screens the new flagship should hit the market in june and cost around nine hundred fifty euros it certainly has been steadily losing market share. we remain being completely dedicated to address this smartphone industry was the only vices and looking to five g. in the future of this is going to be a cutting edge technology where it's a very important to remain in this industry for sony and we are completely dedicated to stay to stay within this industry. but certainly only has a prototype five g. phone on display samsung on the other hand is showcasi

the mobile world congress in barcelona is in full swing bringing together the brightest heads in the telecommunications business and was sound is just one of several startups from africa attending this year's congress the busy trade fair office opportunities for networking and sharing ideas. translates as faster which perfectly suits the logistics from zambia in my newly quinta is it chief financial officer the company has twelve employees it provides on demand delivery to five hundred customers across. like many of the other delegates from startups here at the m w c in barcelona is on the lookout for business partners in an hour we'll give a presentation on his company and his hopes are high. so there's a lot i'm expecting from barcelona to start is a good intermingle with a lot of investors a lot of people interested in the logistics base who want to partner with us speed through funding through the through up and see how we can work together technically and also i think there's a huge opportunity to learn how other people in the same space. i would do the business like what new way

some of tech biggest names are heading to barcelona for this year's mobile world congress -- conference political tensions overshadow the launches? we will discuss, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: over two thousand companies are expected to showcase their products in barcelona next week at mobile world congress. while the mobile industry's biggest show has been in place for dealmaking, it turned out to be a showdown between huawei and the u.s. government. joining us to discuss his bloomberg intelligence's senior analysis. what could we be seeing out of this? >> i think there will be an overarching negative view towards huawei from the u.s. and allies. if you look at the 5g market shaping up where mobile world congress has been the leading -- leader in showcasing this technology, it this has been a distraction. you have the china tariff issue, the huawei issue, the 5g slower launching because of the network not being strong enough, so you have all of these issues. unfortunately, this is becoming a distraction. when you look at mobile world congress this year, we may find it is more s

so, the mobile world congress, tracy, our camerawoman, doing a finejob.raph. marks & spencer preparing for online. i am really excited, i used to supply ocado. they are an incredible company. they are an incredible company. they are an incredible tech company. this is great, they can focus on the technology, i was talking about how no businesses to fail. chairman at m&s has said we need to get out of this lull urbanity and shifting and we need to think about online. the issue they have not run it so far is because delivery, on average, costs £11 for a retailer. so you can't, well, if their view don't know what well, if their view don't know what we are talking about, it is this online deliveries, the average marks & spencer shopping basket is £20. you can see that what they need to do is increase the spend. marks & spencer do well with their ready meals in groceries, and they don't provide an online grocery service for that. i am provide an online grocery service for that. iam really provide an online grocery service for that. i am really excited about th

we have mobile world congress on the way, 5g, many other technologies in focus. you most excited about? >> i used to track a lot of stuff going on in the mobile world and cell phones. every day i wanted to see what is new and cell phones-- in cell phones. i've lost that interest. i'm more interested in things like the new television sets , the 8k televisions. i don't know if i would benefit from 5g or i really feel the need for an increase in bandwidth on cellular bandwidth right now. interested in, i'm interested in electric cars, where they are going, what the benefits are, what their problems are, and the infrastructure for them. at a low, i'm sort of point. i'm waiting for apple to come back into the game too with something. >> new and out striking is that what needs to be done from apple's side given what we have seen from the samsung? there's a sense that apple is falling behind. >> apple has been the leader in areas like facial id, touch id, and payment with a phone. everyone else had to follow, but they are not the leader in things like the folding phone

now our colleague is at the mobile world congress event in barcelona where she's been tracking all theest news and product launches in the telecom sector good morning, karen. >> good morning. there have been a ton of product launches and the most exciting take away message is these foldable phones but they're very expensive. we thought the apple iphone at $1,000 was expensive, samsung close to 2,000 huawei 2,600 who is going to buy these cell phones what do you make of the fact that we've now got these phones that are getting more expensive? >> a ton of announcements over the last day or so here, and the foldable phone has got a lot of attention but it's also all about 5g and the big range there as well. so we've got a bunch of 5g phones from north of $500 up to $2,600 as you say and that gives a range for all types of consumers. >> the price tag is eye watering expensive for a consumer at this point when you have economies starting to slow down a little bit, do you see much volume at the high end when you're selling these devices whether on contract or out right to customers? >> well,

the mobile world congress the world's largest mobile communications trade fairs kicked off in barcelona last week some say the world's largest smartphone manufacturer presented a sensation a phone that unfolds to form a template well now china still way says it's gone one step further. away says the mate x. is the fastest foldable five g. phone in the world. it appears to be a well thought out designed to buy you from the screen folds back to become a six point six inch display bigger than the screen on the foldable phone samsung unveiled last week but the while away device won't be out till at least june those who can wait will be deep pockets and not just affect the phone it will cost twenty three hundred euros in europe and in barcelona its look don't touch the five point four millimeter thin phone is only on display behind much thicker plexiglas. feeling things may actually it's quite amazing amazing me because i say. that it's nice to hold on the side i think it's a very useful and i think in my pressure on these too expensive for these device it's not ready yet has a lot of for ye

have explained will featsn the current 4g networks and that was just one of the topics at the mobile world congress, an annual conference that attracts heavy hitters from e wireless industry. john ford is covering the eve for us from barcelona, spain. >> reporter: 5g, geopolitics and foldable phones, all grabbing atteion at mobile world congress in barcelona. some of tech's power pyers are positioning themselves for a surge in spending on faster, more power efficnt networks, hoping for a once in a decade opportunity to pull ahead ofri ls. with u.s. carriers lighting up the first citywide mobile 5g networks this year, the business opportunity for tech heavy weights like vmware is finally real. >> i really see to 20 as where it's going to happen. right now, the national anthem is playing. next year, ghe games started. >> reporter: vmware is offering technology to help serviceov ers transition to 5e, meanwhilevice makers like huawei and samsung are already rolling out 5g phones. geopolitics looming in the background of this year's show. intel's s bn said the sooner those clouds clear, the better. >> i

is the future so that's a message that's coming out of the mobile world congress in barcelona the fifth generation of mobile connectivity is set to usher in a new era of super fast internet speeds and that will open up a range of new gadgets from driverless cars to remote surgery and even humanoid robots charlie angela reports from barcelona. at this tech trade fair there's one thing everyone is pitching it's five thirty. five. life is about their wi-fi to the network a hundred times faster than forty wireless internet will be rolled out in twenty twenty but in some places it's already operating here patients under the knife at a hospital in barcelona is linked by five g. cameras to the mobile world congress where a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of the main problems you are not in the right plane piece you can't make an injury into the year it it's estimated that every year one hundred forty three million surgeries can't be performed due to lack of surgical knowledge doctor and to new delays

jon fortt live at the mobile world congress in barcelona.e from jon in a couple minutes, including his interviews with the vmware ceo >>> we begin with warren buffett. talking the state of the economy, his stake in apple, and his thoughts on jerome powell ahead of his testimony tomorrow. >> overall, the rate of improvement is tapered, but certainly hasn't flattened now, that can change next month and home construction has been disappointing. right now things are fine. there are stocks i would buy that we own nine and a fraction percent, and i may be selling a bit, they're repurchasing shares and i don't want to drift over 10%. but apple, i don't see myself selling. the lower it goes, the better i like it obviously. i don't second guess it. he is a terrific choice for fed chairman he was at the treasury in 1991 when solomon was in trouble. i saw him make a lot of good decisions for the united states government, he's a smart man, very level headed. he understands both business and economics and i don't think you could have a better chairman >>

we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.@bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello. it has been quite a mixed picture to start the day today. many of us had a bright start. earlier, we saw beautiful sunrise in argyll and bute, the rising sun illuminating the cloud. to the west, a weak weather front has been working its way across northern ireland, into western scotland. in the south, dense patches of fog causing a few problems on the road. some cancellations for flights at london city airport. the milky weather is taking the time to clear and lift across south—eastern england. the sun comes up for most of us. the weather clearing in northern ireland, but a bit of rain for scotland. for most of us, dry and bright day, with sunshine, and one for the time of year. temperatures could reach 18 celsius in the south. to put it in context, that is around nine or 10 degrees above normal for the time of year. it is the kind of temperatures we would normally expect in late may, not late february. the six nations rugby

welcome back now tech experts at the world at the mobile world congress in barcelona are predicting a revolution in connectivity with the rollout of five g. the new network will usher in an era of super fast internet speeds and that will open up a range of new services and products driverless cars to remote surgery charlie and general ports now from boston. at this tech trade fair there's one thing everyone is pitching it's five thirty. five. life is about there if i just look at the network a hundred times faster than forty wireless internet will be rolled out in twenty twenty but in some places it's already operating here patients under the knife at a hospital in barcelona is linked by five g. cameras to the mobile world congress where a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of the main problems you are not in the right plane piece you can't make an injury into the year it is estimated that every year one hundred forty three million surgeries can't be performed due to lack of surgical knowledge

we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.itter — @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello, it looks like next weekend, oui’ hello, it looks like next weekend, our weather will be cooler and u nsettled. our weather will be cooler and unsettled. until then, it our weather will be cooler and unsettled. untilthen, it is our weather will be cooler and unsettled. until then, it is pretty much as you were. the mornings may start like this, just as they did this morning, but for many of us as we come out of that and see some blue sky and temperatures well above normalfor blue sky and temperatures well above normal for this blue sky and temperatures well above normalfor this time of blue sky and temperatures well above normal for this time of year. satellite pictures from earlier shows we did see some cloud in northern ireland and western scotland. this produced some patchy rain earlier. that has edged further east, but any rain or through this zone will die away into tonight, but we are left with an area of cloud,

we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.itter @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello there. the setting sun on wednesday marked the end of this balmy, warm spell for february, which has brought record—breaking temperatures. and we are returning to something back to near normal, with some wet and windy this weekend. the big area of high pressure ebbs away, the high pressure which brought the southerly winds and we see the influence coming back in the atlantic, areas of low pressure developing with weather fronts, and as they hurtle towards our shores and also drag in some cooler air from the north atlantic, right across the country, as you can see here. so we start to see the change early this morning taking place across the south—west corner of england into wales, increasing breeze, more cloud with showery bursts of rain but elsewhere largely dry start to thursday, low cloud, mist, and fog and quite a chilly start. so we could start off with a little bit of early brightness this morning, some low cloud,

we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.d twitter @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. hello there. we have a dry day coming up, and for most of us there will be lengthy spells of sunshine, but we have seen dense patches of fog around this morning, causing perhaps one or two problems out and about on the roads. that fog is due to clear away, and the weather will become sunny and very mild for the time of year once again. the fog has been thick this morning with visibility down to 100 metres in places, so some slow going on the roads, and the fog is forecast to lift away. in many cases, clear blue sky as we go through this afternoon, it will become very mild, northern ireland missing out, it will be cloudy and breezy, but not cold. in belfast reaching a high of 11, but these temperatures way above normal for the time of year, reaching 16 or 17 across parts of england and wales, and if we compare that with what we should be seeing this time of year, eight or nine, you can see it is very mild. most of the temp

here at the mobile world congress over two thousand exhibitors on veiling their latest products robots are being robbed by a number of our partners if you take the computing power and put it in the network and open the closet and then you can lower costs robots. that are on the shelf and you can instantly program those robots so they might be making them a star of products in one moment. few minutes later they are solving a revision. making capital is faster than humans these robotic baristas are already operational in south korea pumping out hundreds of bespoke coffees to commuters but it's in areas of health safety and security that tech innovations will really reap benefits. take this sky ship with he senses a three sixty degree camera and drones that can be deployed in seconds it could be used for surveillance or in inaccessible disaster zones where food and medicine can only get in from above big launches here came from microsoft with its hollow lens two and mixed reality headset that overlays computer images on the real world imagine repair instructions floating over a machine as

don't forget, next week we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona.ebook, youtube, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. good evening, this time last year, we we re good evening, this time last year, we were starting to feel the effects of the so—called beast from the east. but not this year, there is still some cold air across siberia, but it is not coming to our direction. instead, ourair is coming from the south—west, a mild air, which are pushed temperatures up air, which are pushed temperatures up above 19 degrees today. 19.1 in parts of west wales, a new february record for wales. more of this weather to come, through the first pa rt weather to come, through the first part of the week. but some frosty nights and foggy mornings. by the end of the week, things will turn a little bit more unsettled. not from the east, from the west. as we go through tonight, temperatures after such a warm day will dip away. one or two spot in the south could get down to minus six degrees. not as cold further north and wes

also on the show african startups gain funding at the mobile world congress in barcelona we show you what's on display. welcome to do business africa want to get jones in berlin glad you could join us and we start in nigeria where investors reacted with mixed feelings to the election victory of president. hadi the nigeria stuff. exchange dipped following the news wow raised won a second term at the helm of africa's largest economy and top although producer he defeated his more business friendly rival. in a moment we'll go live to lagos but first this report. after an election marred by violence and allegations of fraud president biharis victory has had the stamp of approval from nigeria's electoral commission. you need.

companies signed a memorandum of understanding with telecom egypt on the sidelines of the mobile world congress currently taking place in bass and or nash spain way is a major sell off concerts in egypt and wants to expand in africa including surveillance technology the continent's personal data protection laws are less stringent than in general. and that is business africa here on d w thanks for keeping us company. three points on the confidence boost don't be. regained the stream. three three points and the big surprise of. we'll. continue in. just. the way the most almost at the get take a look i can't. prove those. but again i'm just i mean. this is deja vu news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes dissent is on trial in cabinet opposition leader maurice comptroller is one of hundreds facing charges that carry the death penalty what osp rights groups if the international community is ignoring the crisis. and results are trickling in off to nigeria's election but some say there was no time.

telecoms company signed a memorandum of understanding with telecom egypt on the sidelines of the mobile world congress. currently taking place in spain way is a may just sell off concerts in egypt and wants to expand in africa including surveillance technology the continent's personal data protection laws are less stringent than in general. and that is business africa here on d w thanks for keeping us company. in our glorious party it's a real party because there is no rubbish on you about everyone writes that only him on their own car and the republic. and you know what the great thing is here is an early. they are digital warriors. for women for internet activists one mission. the battle for freedom and dignity. courageous and determined they campaign for women's rights and for peace. they mobilize against femicide. or compulsory they are. their messages are spreading like wildfire. social media is quite critical. and thousands of others are. among. the streets. women were changing the. digital. stores march. on g.w. . frank food. international gateway to the best connection self in road and rail. l

yousef: we've got the mobile world congress underway. 5g and other technologies in focus.t are you most excited about? steve: i used to track a lot of what was going on in the mobile world and cell phones. every day, i wanted to look, what is coming out and cell phones? i would buy the latest products. many of them i had and i have lost that interest. i am more interested in things like the new television sets that are coming out, the 5g television, hk televisions. i don't know that i will benefit from 5g or i really feel the need for an increase in cellular bandwidth right now so that will not impact me much. electricrested in cars, were they are going, what the benefits are, what their problems are. the infrastructure for them. right now -- i am sort of at a low point, but i am waiting for apple to come back in the game, too with something new and striking. yousef: is that what needs to be done from apple given what we have seen from samsung? there is a sense that apple is falling behind in the innovation game. steve: apple has been the leader for a long time in areas li

susan: the world's largest event for mobile technology, the mobile world congress, kicks off today inren: for more on what the biggest names in technology are showing off, let's go to evalina live for us in barcelona. hi, there. >> reporter: hi, how are you doing? here we are at the mobile world congress, the largest annual exhibition event in the domain of the newest technology for tablets, smartphones and cameras. this year the top of the agenda is of course 5g technology. huawei has released already this new affordable telephone with 5g technology and it is going to be released in the middle of 2019. of course, talking about the connections between the usa and china, u.s. wants to ban its technology in its country, of course this is now the topic of the agenda of all the countries. european countries don't agree with the u.s. while japan and australia is on the u.s. side. so i think for the next three days, this is going to be the main topic that everyone will talk about. susan: thank you so much. we were talking about how much the foldable phones cost. lauren: i know. crazy that h

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is the biggest annual event of what many see as the world's most important industry, and is mobile world congresstermined to make a big statement. huawei, barely known outside china eight years ago, is now number two in smartphone sales at the world's is maker of telecoms equipment. and with this folding phone which will work on the new five g networks when they arrive, it is telling the world that is now the leading smartphone innovator. —— 5g. huawei, we bring you the future of design, the future of technology. days after samsung launched a folding phone, huawei said its version was bigger, better and even more expensive. huawei's incredibly proud of its state—of—the—art 5g foldable incredibly expensive phone, and wants to talk about that. it said it wouldn't talk to us about the security row that could shut it out of europe's can in future. huawei's 5g equivalent is widely regarded as cutting—edge. us government officials are here in barcelona to repeat their message that europe should shut out the chinese firm as unsafe. basically, the united states is putting a lot of pressure on to european

cehic.i'm nejra at the mobile world congress in barcelona.of ireland has -- they haverlying boosted their dividends to $.16 per share. towards a payout ratio of around 50%. join us on the phone from dublin , the bankca mcdonagh of ireland ceo. when you think they will hit that 50% pay out? >> we are reporting are 2018 fully resolved lending's we have creased our profitability and dividends. we said before it continues to be our policy kahlil dukes to 50% out in the more median turn. nejra: to have any marks pacific's and the median turn. ? no yvonne he said median turn -- medium-term. you are confident about the strategy that we are delivering. median turn strategy and today demonstrates we are delivering against that strategy and going and transforming the bank of ireland. you said you are considering all options. you wanted to reduce the level of bad loans. where are your possible loan sales? we're looking at all options. we managed to improve our book by 24% in 2018. it's now down to about 6.3% of our total book. are the best bank in irela

is the future that's the message coming out of the mobile world congress in barcelona the fifth generation of mobile connectivity is set to usher in a new era of super fast internet speeds and that will open up a range of new gadgets from driverless cars to remote surgery and even humanoid robots charlie and to reports from barcelona. at this tech trade fair there's one thing everyone is pitching it's five thirty. five. life is about there if i just look at the network a hundred times faster than four g. wireless internet will be rolled out in twenty twenty but in some places it's already operating here patients under the knife at a hospital in barcelona is linked by five g. cameras to the mobile world congress for a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of them main problem is you are not in the right plane piece you can't make an injury into the year it it's estimated that every year one hundred forty three million surgeries can't be performed due to lack of surgical knowledge doctor and to new delay

cameras to the mobile world congress where a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of them main problem is you are not in the right plane piece you can't make an injury into the year it is estimated that every year one hundred forty three million surgeries can't be performed due to lack of surgical knowledge doctor and to new delays he believes five g. can change that the surgeon just needs a simple recommendation that you need needs of the operation or maybe even have a hole into the call and say ok we look inside you to do it and that's when we leave you even defeat to five g. change our lives change the health system most consumers will first see five g. speeds on their smartphones but companies have building into every device that can be connected to the internet so your tablet will talk to your t.v. which again will be connected to your teaching and so on this is called high ot the internet of things and the improvements won't just be for humans and how will five hundred. you a better robot protests.

as to the mobile world congress where a senior surgeon is guiding his genius through a gastro intestinal operation the world's first live five g. assisted surgery one of the main problems you are not in the right plane east's you can make an injury into the your it it's estimated that every year one hundred forty three million surgeries can't be performed due to lack of surgical knowledge dr antenatal ac believes five g. can change that the surgeon just needs a simple recommendation for a few means needs of the operation or maybe even have a hole into the call and say ok would work inside you to do it and that's when we leave you even if you took five g. change our lives change the health system most consumers will first see five gene speeds on their smartphones but companies building into every device that can be connected to the internet so your tablet will talk to your t.v. which again will be connected to your heating and so on this is called high ot the internet of things and the improvements won't just be for humans and how will five g. make you a better robot or protests. my mind

we expect to see more foldable phones at the mobile world congress. >> the evecht kicks ont kicks ofona. apple will unveil the phone. france is recognizing lightsaber dueling as a competitive support. >> that gives it the led sabres the same status as other blades. fencing organization is organizing three-minute matches. they say they are fighting the dark side of not getting enough physical activity. >> that sure is an interesting physical activity. those are your tech bytes. >> have a great day. >> still ahead on abc 7 mornings, behind the scenes at the oscars. the people that have some of the most important jobs. >>> plus a twist on the typical jeopardy competition. the special shows that start tomorrow. for the thousands of wounded warriors returning from battle, wounded warrior project has developed the warriors to work program, a unique program that helps wounded warriors translate their military experience to the civilian workplace. the warriors to work program also works with employers to find the right job for the right warrior. contact wounded warrior project at findwwp.org

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here at the mobile world congress in barcelona chinese tetelecoms giant while way occupies the biggest booth in the exposition hall. like industry rivals its flagship offering for twenty nineteen is the hunt said that folds out. and comes ready to connect to five g. network technology. it boasts impressive speed. you know the five g. with download the one giga byte. maury's. each of the three seconds. it also comes with an impressive price tag the meat axe will retail for about two thousand three hundred euros. and it's not unknown some songs latest offering also boasts a folding display and fivive g. connectivitytyt two thousand euros. the global cell phoho industry is pushing to boost cononsumer excitement amid slumpinin sales as customers wait longerr to replace their handsets in the saturated market. but that's not the only headwind facing hallway us o officials ae at t the confererence urging eueuropean netetrk and internet providers to shun the chinese giant. who they consider a security risk that could enable state espionage by beijing? hallway denies those accusations and has i

. >>> mobile world congress, that is the massive conference for electronics and telecom companies that gets under way next week in barcelona, and the focus this year will be on 5gtech no5 5g chlogy. yesterday president trump weighed in on the topic and said i want 5g and even 6gtech nolg in the united states as soon as possible. it is far more powerful and faster than the current standard. american companies must step up their efforts or get left behindd, he contin there is no reason that we should be lagging behind on something that is soy obviouhe future. i want the united states to win through mpetition, not blocking out currently advanced technologies. we must always bhe leader in everything that we do, especially when it comes to the very exciting world of technology. and in fact today fcc commissioner brendan carr said the u.s. is actually not that far behind. >> we're actuallyn ally good shape right now in the u.s. and that's because of regulatory reforms we've been engaged i the last two years and the white house has been helping to lead the way b prioritizing 5g. a report out

we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona next weekend.hanks for watching. we will see you soon. ——we are on instagram. hello there. we saw a top temperature on friday of 18 celsius across west wales with lots of sunshine for much of the country. however where we held on to low cloud mist and fog it was quite chilly, temperatures reaching eight degrees in the south coast. for this weekend much of the same. mostly sunny days, mild as well, but mornings will start quite chilly at times with a bit of frost and some mist and fog around. we see a return to mist and fog and low cloud across central, southern and eastern parts of england early on saturday. the weather front slowly encroaching into western parts of northern ireland, bringing outbreaks of rain. but elsewhere largely dry. let's zoom into central southern eastern england for this morning, as we will have some fog patches around, maybe not so much around southern counties like we saw on friday morning, but most will be further north, east anglia as far north as east yorkshire. it will

and through the largest mobile event in the world is underway in barcelona showcasing the latest innovations and cutting edge technology the mobile world congress is the launching pad for new smartphones but this year is also the stage for a battle between the u.s. and china as countries decide whether to follow the u.s. in their mistrust for chinese telecoms provider while way charlie angela sent us this favor of what's on show. this year's work by world press is dominated by five g. the super fast network that replaced three g. and forty's so speedy it will allow us to download a feature length film on our phones so. it's this great a connectivity that is driving innovation from robotics to the intensive things or i or t. and smartphone. chinese telecoms giant huawei used this event to do its foldable smartphone with five hundred people but its consumers are excited but it comes with a hefty two thousand dollars price tag while away is a pool so under the spotlight as they keep provider of five key infrastructure even some countries like this is they could be vulnerable to spying by the chinese state the u.k. has found no evidence of that for

well waste time to shine the world's largest provider of telecoms equipment is sponsoring mobile world congress they launch their groundbreaking foldable phone here but clouds a gathering around the chinese company with the united states sending a delegation to pressure european countries to ban while weighs five g. infrastructure united states is asking other governments and the private sector to consider the threat posed by wall way and other chinese information technology companies chinese law requires these firms to support and assist beijing's vast security apparatus the u.s. has accused way without evident of building back doors into its equipment which would allow china to spoil countries that it dumped its technology australia new zealand have already banned while ways infrastructure but u.k. security services have found nothing to back up the u.s. accusations let me say these ask early as possible taking to the stage to defend his company was well as rotating chairman coopting far away has not and the we are never back those and the way one never anyone to do so in fact european networ

something that's in mediately going to change the game we've got other manufacturers probably at mobile world congress which is coming up in in barcelona which is where all the mobile phone companies meet announced new products so we've got other companies like war way expect going to announce similar phones it'll be a little while before most of us can afford one but i think this is the future of mobile phones who doesn't want a phone that can also be a tablet it's terrific and actually is for the first time in a long time and actually a feature to get excited about something that differentiates one phone from last year's phone it's lovely but we had we heard from christians report there about this you know the cell phone mobile phone for tikkun how saturated the market is right now are is is this a phone that's going to going to address that is going to is going to make any difference for people. i don't think this is going to at this price point it's not going to make a difference it's going to be a few years before this technology can be produced in sufficient quantity with a sufficient yield is p

rory art technology correspondent is at the mobile world congress in barcelona, one of the big conversations this new tech. that's right. we have seen in the uk a lot of discussion about whether the government should allow the chinese company to permit the 56 infrastructure because there are concerns over cyber security. the us taking a different tack and the european union is one of the very large economic blocs, has a role to play and a decision to make and it looks like the decision they are making is to restrict it actually, which is an interesting one because then you have two of the worlds largest economic areas both restricting, that's quite a strong statement about whether this technology is to be used or not. statement about whether this technology is to be used or notm europe they haven't been worried about that in the past, gdp are introduced last year, also other europe—wide decisions made on things like mobile roaming charges, that kind of thing, this is where europe stands out. i think europe is trying to come up with things like that data protection you mentioned, trying to ta

it is formally known as the mobile world congress. it got so big they decide today clang the name in the acronym. it has made one thing crystal clear. we left out a major player remember, we'll keep revisiting this scene i'm talking about maybe one that i should have mentioned first and that one is sitz s-- the coy reported a week before last. we talked about the transformation by embracing more software doubling down on the interflet and cyber security was a huge player now. they also have an exposure to 5g i haven't talked about it nearly as much as i should. by the way, bearish beat me to the punch here they are saying why ciscoe ceo is betting on 5g it is including how he is positive he can beat the chinese competition. in december he stacked up a company called luxtera in order to use faster chips across the portfolio basically they are on being able to offer customers the best hardware for the backbone of the interflnet. one of the most revealing things in the blowout quarter was the public sector business it was up at18%. they

we have the mobile world congress going on and we're seeing interest things for apple and the other competitors we'll need to see further innovation >> the conference in bars loceb, 5g. it's not important for the consumer the industrial applications is what it's important for. >> you can counter that quickly. i want to move on. >> it's marketing. if 5g is out there, everybody will want 5g. >> i hope after all the time it takes to get 5g, it does more than get you the weather >> it is it's industrial. >> buffet also addressed, and we were waiting for this at the end of last week kraft. >> i was wrong in a couple of ways on kraft heinz. we talked about the packaged goods brands losing some ground against the retailer the really strong brands, they can go toe to toe with walmart or costco or whomever it may be. weaker brands tend to lose out >> what do we make of buffet there? he didn't come out saying i still love this company. >> he says he probably over paid is this now a don't go near this thing? >> we sold this last year. we saw a litany of challenges. do you think last week he was a seller o

there's hype, 5g, 5g what can 5g really do and really change here at mobile world congress, the show is the perfect place to find out. let's go ♪ now, normally thinking about 5g we think about phones like this samsung galaxy s 10 5g this is streamed directly and there's a lot more 5g can do check it out with 5g's low latency, i can react live with an animated version of the actual game now, in a factory, 5g should allow for more flexible, efficient production because the controls don't have to be physically connected to the equipment. they can be wireless there is an actual truck more than 1,000 miles away and i'm going to drive it over a 5g connection multiplayer. nice on 5g that's what i just learned oh the most impressive thing to me about all this is combination of stadium thing where there's a live event simulated live event and i could manipulate it and that ping-pong match because in vr it makes sense, move around you could have a virtual boxing match with a game or the person. it is that fast and the latency is that low. >> ping-pong looked fun. is 5g going to really now thre

huawei launched its new foldable device on the eve of the mobile world congress in barcelona. the mate x is set to compete with samsung galaxy fold. huawei made no secret of the fact that it is comparing itself to samsung. at one point during the launch, the two products were compared side by side. one thing huawei didn't mention at the event, recent u.s. accusations over security. samsung expects to launch the galaxy fold april 26. >>> if you're willing to spend $250,000 for a quick trck trip space, it is getting closer to reality. the vss climbed to a record altitude during the test flight friday, second time the plane that reached space. it means virgin galactic could be on track to start flying tourists to space this year. it is not clear how many more test runs they will fly before it is comfortable putting paid customers on board. %-p. >>> "early start" continues right now. >>> and the oscar goes to -- "green book." >> "green book" takes the big prize. who won, who lost and why spike lee felt there was a bad call. >>> a blockbuster week on the hill, congress hears from t