research by the telecoms regulator, ofcom, shows the amount of time people spend using a landline hashe same period to almost two gigabytes per person per month. andrew fergusson is a consumer telecoms expert at the news website think broadband. speaking a little earlier he said he wasn't surprised by the figures. in terms of business model, there has been a slow shift happening and it is very much a case of line rental is the thing that everyone hates to pay for, but we have to for the broadband. there has been a move already towards not actually talking about line rental and just the combined price of rental and broadband. so people are starting to forget it. it is changing, one of the problems is the costs of making a call if you make a call from a land line is increasing and that is something ofcom will have to watch for to make sure those who are reliant on their landlines don't get price—gouged. yes we are seeing that, people complaining about call connection charges. it is can 90 pence for a ten second call. the idea is it encourages you to take the call bundles and they have a

research by the telecoms regulator, ofcom, shows the amount of time people spend using a landline hasing the same period — to almost two gigabytes per person per month. let's talk to andrew fergusson — a consumer telecoms expert at the news website think broadband. thank you for being with us on bbc news. these first perhaps are not surprising, but they're still striking, because of the acceleration of this change? yes, i think it is going to accelerate more, because we have a generation of teenagers who are turning 18, 19, moving into their own homes and they're going to even accelerate this even more as that moves into the work place. presumably, if anyone it is a problem, it is a problem for bt, which inherited this from the post office when it was first privatised in the 80s, have they found a way of dealing with this, in terms of their business model? in terms of business model, there has been a slow shift happening and it is a case of line rental is the thing everyone hates to pay for, but we have to, because we wa nt to pay for, but we have to, because we want the broadband. an

the costs of making a call if you make a call from a land line is increasing and that is something ofcomt, people complaining about call connection charges. it is can 20 pence for a ten second call. the idea is it encourages you to take the call bundles and they have a guaranteed revenue stream. 19 or20p 19 or 20p for the first or second call. mountaineering experts say the risks of winter climbing should not be under—estimated following the deaths of two young climbers on ben nevis in recent weeks. a student from germany died on new year's day, while another young climber — 21—year—old patrick boothroyd from west yorkshire —died on the mountain in december. here's our scotland correspondent, james shaw. ben nevis, the highest mountain in the british isles and, for that reason, extremely popular with walkers and climbers. but the paths across its north face can be dangerous. this is what's known as the ledge route. on new year's day, a student from bristol university fell 500 feet down the mountain from this path and was killed. her three companions were rescued by a coastguard helicopte

research by the telecoms regulator, ofcom, shows the amount of time people spend using a landline hasa has rocketed during the same period to almost two gigabytes per person per month. earlier i spoke to andrew fergusson, a consumer telecoms expert at the news website think broadband and asked him if he was surprised by the figures. i think it is going to accelerate more, because we have a generation of teenagers who are moving into their own own homes and they will accelerate this more as they move into the work place and become decision—makers. into the work place and become decision-makers. if anyone this is a problem for bt, which inherited this from the post office when it was first privatised, have they found a way of dealing with this do you think in terms of their business model? in terms of business model, there has been a slow shift happening and it is very much a case of line rental is the thing that eve ryo ne of line rental is the thing that everyone hates to pay for, but we have to for the broadband. there has been a move already towards not actually talking about line r

this is on the back of the ofcom report this week that showed that children's use of the internet, youtubekind of channels is rising sharply. and some parents are not that aware of what they are watching. it can be quite difficult. i have teenage children. it can be difficult to monitor them closely. they very clever. they are cleverer than. they are very agile. i put up a barrier and they found a way around it. you don't know if they arejust around it. you don't know if they are just showing you what they want you to see. this will be a relief to all parents. it is horrific the language the mps used, notjust a lawless wild web, but social media can help facilitate online sexual abuse, they took in about bullying, body image, loss of sleep, and self—harm. it is a relief that finally there may be in the future some sort of regulation that does help to deal with this content. we say there may be in the future. i feel like we have had this conversation for years. we had the young girl, tragically, last week taking her own life. i do feel, we talk a lot about regulation facebook and others, wh

in the research which came out with ofcom, they interviewed a lot of young people, and they said that to the 1980s, maureen lipman. hgppy happy birthday to you. happy birthday, dear grandma. # happy birthday to you. a voice like an angel. congratulations on your exam results. but i failed. looking at these mobile phones, and this phone here, i'm going to state the obvious, this was here, and this went in front of your mouth, but they are much smaller now. part of your voice was played back into your ears, so your voice was played back into your ea rs, so you your voice was played back into your ears, so you did not shout. a lot of people shout on mobile phones and it has been suggested that because you do not get that feedback, you're compensating for that. a bit like wearing headphones, when you shout because you cannot get the natural feedback. that was done on those phones to stop you shouting. newscasters used to have telephones on their desk. i quite like that. but maybe not on the cover. and you don't have to lift the handset any more. you just type numbers and press send. thank

we don't know how much of that ofcoming down to the noise the oil price and other issues.rating downgrading pg&e to junk. we will continue to watch these lines coming through. a cut to junk for that company. we will continue to see what comes through and transpires. histop story -- he has had day in court. he is telling a judge that he has been wrongly accused of a financial crime. we are at the courthouse in tokyo. he got a chance to speak and it seems that he strongly tried to maintain his innocence. reporter: the extraordinary -- bys is a rarely used tactic defendants. their do they declare innocence. there seems to be no legal benefit in doing so. however, this is an extraordinary case given the international attention and the international media is congregated here. totook those 10 minutes outline his innocence and he vigorously defended his integrity. he said he has acted honorably and legally as well as with the knowledge and approval of the executives.nissan he said he has been unfairly detained and he laid out extensively how loyal he has been to nissan. charges,

there is probably more incentive now for the president and his sort ofcome to some accord with china and there was last year. that is one reason for potential optimism. backgroundhis is the for fed chair jay powell, which leads us to our third story, talking with ben bernanke and janet yellen later on this morning. stock markets are fully pricing in a rate hike. -- sorry, a rate cut in 2020. what does jay powell have to do today? cameron: taking a step back, a lot of the market price and see in fixed income is due to a ty.uidity -- illiquididt markets had a bearish till last betting on higher yields. it is like the hotel california, everyone has checked in and finding out they can never leave . i tend to think that some of this pricing is tending -- coming from positioning rather than views. back to mr. powell -- there are two issues here. one, he could signal that maybe the data is rolling over and we can afford to pause early this year. expect that but it would be nice to hear it from the horse's mouth. the other issue is the balance sheet. you could maybe level some accusation tha

partially it is issues of positions coming of ofcoming off another issue is when things get crazy good collateral is hard to find treasuries are not only good collateral their haircuts are smaller i think it accounts for some in the long end as well do keep in mind that we have mostly parallel shifts on the yield curve. with regard to the fed, you know, that's everybody's antagonist they are not my antagonist i think somebody has to have the nerve to try to normalize. i think j. powell will notice all of the feed back we are getting. >> negative interest rates forever. to think that we are surprised by apple acting this way after we have had a whip saw market really since october doesn't shock me at all. i wouldn't have been shocked to see it down another additional 5% >> i think when you look at that move overnight it speaks to the idea that it isn't about apple it is about people getting it wrong. it is about people being flat footed at the end of the year. maybe they were flat footed. maybe washington got it wrong. the market is speaking to us today. what it's telling us is china ma

backs ofcoming on the a fairly strong recovery in 2017 and 2018.this point we have a whole lot of uncertainty, which is slowing investment. why is germany not doing so well probably because x for growth has slowed down considerably because companies are not investing as much as they were. will some sort of deal between the u.s. and china solve matters? i think it will help but i don't think it is the end of the dispute between the two countries. this is far bigger than just a trade dispute. it is known about the shape of geopolitics for the next 20 years. in my sins, a number of change a number ofy sense, things have changed in the last few years. it is also about u.s. companies no longer being happy to defend china because they were selling from china into the u.s., but now one thing china to open up astheir activities in china opposed to china as the production center. i think these are things that take time to play out. you will see probably some kind of a deal announced, but i think this is something we've got to watch for the next eight years.