but don't think that means telco will give you access to u.s. based news for free no pay it wants you to pay another five dollars a month for access to american news websites like c.n.n. if you posed the new york times. say you're done reading the news do you want to kick back and watch the latest viral you tube it or an episode of your favorite show on netflix to do either of those things are going to pay telco an extra ten or fifteen dollars and finally say you're big on line shopper well if you want access to sites like amazon e bay or overstock dot com you get to pay telco another five dollars a month while this could happen today if the comcast time warner merger goes through it becomes far more likely in the event of that that merger so shouldn't we be enforcing things like the sherman antitrust act so that we have a lot of small and medium sized internet service providers competing with each other keeping down prices for american consumers and this is a time to put net neutrality into law so that these big internet service providers can v

theears ago, the theory was telcos would be content providers.nted games or music, you would get it from vodafone. they desperately do not want to be left out of the next step, which seems to be messaging and alternate forms of communication. >> what does what's that mean for the bottom line to a big telco? mean fordoes whatsapp the bottom line to a big telco? what is the financial footprint? inthere is a big problem terms of text messaging revenue. there are estimates of the lost revenue from text messages the big carriers are facing. they are in the many billions worldwide. that is one element, text messaging traditionally cost carriers nothing to deliver and they could charge $.10 for a text message, that was 90% profit in many cases. that is completely gone. then, how do they monetize this new opportunity and a partnership with someone like whatsapp? whatsapp does not have any revenue of its own, there is nothing to be shared with the telco carriers. the theory becomes it will help drive traffic and get people hooked on our network as they ar

i see it in financial services and i see an telco. the thing about monetizing your information, they are taking your personal information and finding a way to sell it. it is finding a way to do business president. you worried that business leaders do not get the scope of the changes? it occurs to me that a polar companies are not getting with this program. there are startups popping up all over the place. realat point of speed is a point. it is absolutely -- if you try to compare today to the past, today is mark -- moving at a much faster speed of pace. you should not be dissuaded by that. that is all the more reason to push forward with these things. . think of a conversation i had i was at the dinner table with a number of ceos. it was about how you differentiate and the speed at which you do about it. you run a business today and you run a business for the future. talking to ceos and they are getting it more than they used to? in the past, you might have talk to the tech people. >> i think everybody in this audience will experience

we have many of the tier one customers, telcos, as clients.nd we work with them and our model we have on this subject to work out the numbers. >> how much sympathy deal have for the mobile operators, who are seeing sms revenues dried up as customers turn to apps? >> the operators are in a quandary with this particular problem. a good example of this is kpn in holland, who had a particularly bad experience with what's app in particular, because their sms revenues were unprotected by being in a bundle. if you bundle to subscribers, the revenues are protected. if a telco does not do that, it is very easy for users to make the decision between something that is completely free and something they have to pay for. >> from a user perspective, obviously these services are completely free or almost free. aside from the carriers, is the cost being passed on to anybody else? >> in terms of whatsapp, it isn't. apart from a small charge to subscribers in some countries, something around one dollar a year, the cost is taken pretty much by whatsapp itself. >

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so it's possible the big telcos which have been subsidizing this huge width bandwidth over other countriesre going to want to start to charge for that. so i think we will see that some of these costs will be pushed down to consumers as the bandwidth providers say we have had enough we need to share the pain with you guys. >> it is unclear where you stand on this. is this is a good dwment or bad development? >> i think it's good if you are a netflix subscriber which i am. i think it's generally a bad outcome for the people. i'm a start-up guy. and the big question is will startups be able to pay the fees and obviously the answer is no. so there is a risk there. and as these precedents accumulate, they can callsify their leadership position. if you are a startup your requirements are usually very small and pass under the radar of the large last-mile providers, so normally you will not be deprecated, but i think the big guys will pay for the bandwidth, and the little guys are suffer. >> we don't know whether -- we don't know officially that netflix is paying comcast, but we can't imagine why

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what bad omen effects of age to be up by telcos folded as noel morally in the car. now let's take you to russia russian state news agencies according to russian deputy foreign minister cannot be kept in office saying that syria plans to send the line ship it off toxic agents out of the country this month and the removal process is likely for completion by the first of march. some alterations to this poses serious stockpile of chemical weapons on two months behind schedule russia continues to defend the place called the removal program saying a june deadline could still be nest meanwhile the united nations says nasa of kid love the deputy to international syria mediate a black top but he is stepping down the announcement follows the first round of talks between the syrian government and the rebel opposition in geneva which ended on friday with non tangible results when people a say in moscow's i postpone a dowdy a bone to choke and die welcome to you diarrhea. that wafts of the story is far is that these that changing events are concerned because russia has said that

telco companies require a lot of capital.ealthyin financially and having the critical mass that will allow you to invest. that is why we are doing this ipo. >> you want more money to be able to spend. tell me more about you as a female leading a technology company. we are seeing more women coming to the top of the large companies. microsoft.utives at should women be more incentivized to lead? think it is a fantastic sector. the industry otelco is rapidly changing. it allows you to do many things everyday. innovation is great. i would encourage a lot of women because it is a fantastic industry. i enjoyed it a lot. >> thank you very much. ono sayingtive of critical mass is needed by the players in europe. still no update on whether vodafone or liberty hats come knocking in recent days. >> thank you. we will be back at the mobile world congress later this hour and we will be live with the ceo of alcatel lucent for his first tv interview of the day. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse," live on bloomberg tv and radio and also streami

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please send a warning signals to the russian government and truly reaction coming from the west as telcos want to cause he's an easy couple of days in a badly right now suddenly seamlessly hearing that would've been nice if he turns out are you hearing from abroad. hi there will you find a message from the new defense minister and defense ministers are due to the post revolutionary ukraine in one piece a message for alarm but we did hear from honduras of rocks missing the nato secretary general urged russia not to do anything that would quote escalate tension or weakness understanding. he later told a meeting of the nato ukraine commission which is presently i'm having a get together in brussels that the latest developments in the crimea were dangerous and irresponsible he did go on to also call on kiev authorities to me that country forward in what he called an inclusive political process the polish foreign minister also short of alarm over the developments in that part of ukraine referring to the seizure of government buildings is a quote very dangerous game to push the new german defen

fomenting titans took its north and northeast the demonstrations enjoyed the support of the air in the telcos and the inmates australia's toughest on the side and seek is mainly from asia and the middle east has seen and the country code name for increasing international criticism and condemnation increased on wednesday when that report reveals that the government has infested made the identities of almost ten thousand people who are currently seeking asylum the event was as reported by the guardian straight down on its website it said the immigration department accidentally published a file containing the names nationalities could sit back and other identifiable information of nadi and fed and or assign mckay's its immigration detention that's wack the department stated that the fire has been renewed and an investigation is underway. the reformation fun as well yet sassy australian immigration detention camp and popping them in one of saddam's he was killed and at least seventy seven when mj and the finance and yet this week australian prime is that any out there has been taking a hard line

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if a telco does not do that, it is easy for users to make the decision between something that is completelyree and something they have to pay for. >> obviously these services are almostcompletely free or free. aside from the carriers, is -- are these costs being passed on to anybody else? >> in terms of whatsapp, it is not. apart from a small charge to subscribe in some countries, something around one dollar a taken as much is by whatsapp itself. >> what do you make in the advertising around whatsapp and facebook? two different set of principles here. they have vowed to never introduce advertising into whatsapp. >> indeed. i don't think mark zuckerberg is going to make the same mistake he did with instagram where he meddled early on in the terms and conditions of instagram, which upset the users. i think he is learned by that mistake. he will stickhat to his guns on the no advertising front. trust with maintain users, i'm fairly sure that facebook and whatsapp will not be putting advertising on the application anytime soon. to that is not the only way potentially monetize the service. what

it is the way of bypassing estimates of the telcos.t is primarily used outside of benighted states and important to acquire. the question of valuation is a question of what they do with it. if i handed you a 400 million unit network, how much money could you make from that? depending on how well they execute it, eight could make a whole lot of money or not. >> what about yahoo!? they have a lot of users. >> of course. >> they are not on your list. where are they? a formal google person is running a. where are they in the mix? >> they have to define their part of this platform strategy. >> will there be one winner or will it simply be a shared bonanza? >> i hope -- i hope that the market never goes back to the marcus off almonds that i lived through ash microsoft dominance that i lived through 20 years ago. i am proud that there are four extremely well run companies that identified. >> my question was will one emerge? >> unlikely, and the reason has to do with the way the internet works. microsoft dominance was possible because of the l

you know the carriers, the cable and telco providers who provide tv service, they want to sell you tv service and their internet services be able to provide this at much lower costs. obviously consumers want that. gerri: talk about cable prices for a second. everybody is asking me if this upcoming marriage between time warner and comcast is going to raise cable prices. we've already seen them nearly triple over the last decade. triple play about 128 bucks a month. is the sky the limit on this? can they charge whatever they want to? at what point does somebody step in and say, craziness hassto stop? >> well it is interesting because everybody likes to point fingers in this, right? so when you ask the cable companies why the price of cable is so high, they point tt the cable channels and say channels like espn are subscribing rates of $5 a subscriber. i guess what it really comes down to, everybody is kind of to blame here in terms of the, in terms of the companies that are providing this stuff, when you ask consumers, often times what they say, i don't watch all these channels. i have

communications and telco are the places. even consumer confidence, if you break down the numbers, the job listings, the plentiful job measures, the labor market is better, confidence is better, people are spending. if you look at household debt surveys, you're seeing people spend more. maybe that should be worrying you. the consumer is in a better place. i think this is great. i have not been preaching gloom and doom. >> energy prices are higher. nat gas prices have spiked tremendously. there's a lot less discretionary spending. you're nodding. i see you're in disbelief. >> the consumer, a lot of people lock in rates in advance ahead of the winter. they lock in rates. they don't feel it here. >> no, i think you're over estimating the prices of the lock in rates on nat gas prices. >> let's say the consumer may be strained by this cold weather. this is temporary. it will warm up eventually. news flash, guys. by the way, corporations have a lot of carbon their balance sheets. >> corporate balance sheets have never looked better

the future ofis telco, the future of telecommunication is digital.ssively invested. >> you must rub shoulders with a lot of other entrepreneurs who are doing things in the nigerian tech startup scene. in terms of you other opportunities? >> for the first time were young people in nigeria. it was like an average age of 19. there was a disconnect with the graduates and the jobs being created. the next big creation would be like technology and something which is a young person's game. if you look at all of the global technology companies, they are typically run by young guys. that is great, that is inspiring. we can contribute massively. >> what is your favorite film? >> one of my biggest movies and last year was a movie called mr. somebody. it was a zeal to get married. the story follows her as she aggressively pursues the and goal which is married. people enjoy that. >> of the academy awards are almost here. which film where the favorite? we will go over the predictions coming up next. bucs welcome back. -- >> welcome back. peek at the newspapers. car

they're competing with satellite and telcos like verizon and at&t. it will not really have material impact certainly not during yea3 one on your bill. gerri: merrill, i take a look at history of cable pricing and does not tell the story of flatter or lower prices. they have nearly tripled over last decade. in the next decade they will go up again to $200 a month. what do you see? >> well the opportunity here is for washington and prudent regulation to really make a difference and to he can tracks from these companies price cap restraints and also pro competition with new regulations. >> simply put you think the federal government will come in say, not on our watch, don't raise your prices? >> i'm certain the fcc will be actively involved in the matter, absolutely. gerri: james, to you, talk to us other ways consumers might be impacted? face it, it is not just price you pay but service that you get. companies like netflix are already complaining that comcast is slowing down the download speeds. >> you know what is really going to map here that comcast

. >> that's just a great sweet spot, telco play. i really like that area right now.hink you're in the sweet spot. let's go to andy in massachusetts. andy? >> caller: hey, jim. what do you think of the recent earnings announcement of general motors and the impact on ford? >> i'm going to be very clear on this. i do believe that gm had better earnings than ford. i was upset this morning when people were so quick to say that gm's quarter wasn't that good. it was exactly what i was looking for. it wasn't better. but gm is a buy right here, and that's why stephanie link, my co portfolio manager of actionalertsplus.com bought gm and so should you. marilyn in michigan? >> caller: booyah, jim. this is marilyn calling from michigan. how are you? >> good, thank you. >> caller: what happened to viva? >> people didn't like that quarter. i didn't mind the quarter. the software as a service for health care and i think it's terrific. by the way, speaking of health care companies, congratulations to mr. bush for athena health that delivered another terrific quarter. tim in texas? >>

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analyzing mining that and figuring out how to monetize that is really top of the agenda for most telcosetwork operators. >> reporter: that's crucial for carriers in emerging markets who have gotten a lot of attention from mark zuckerberg and others as well, where a lot of the big numbers of people are but they don't spend that much overall on data plan so the question of how to figure out exactly what they need, exactly what they're doing, that's going to be key to translating that usage into profits. guys, back to you. >> jon, good stuff. thanks very much. plenty more to come from jon and the world mobile congress in barcelona throughout the day on cnbc. >>> u.s. regulators are focusing on bank's mortgage practices and whether they're getting an edge on other investors. morgan has more for us at cnbc hq in the states. good morning. >> good morning, ross. lots of banking news today. group of 18 brokerage firms agreed to stop taking part in analyst survey programs, citigroup, goldman sachs, deutsche bank and barclays are the firms included. last month snyderman announced a settlement wit

analyzing mining that and figuring out how to monetize that, is really top of the agenda for most telcos these days and in particular the mobile network operators. >> reporter: and particular the mobile network operators in emerging markets and the average revenue that they get per user is down in the single digits because people don't have that much money to spend these days that's being crunched by sms revenue getting taken away by what's app, as you were just talking about, so these big data players want to sell their services to those carriers enticing them if you invest in this you'll get more money out of your customers down the line. we'll see if that works out and i will be covering roamtti's keynote this afternoon around noontime. tune in, guys. back to you. >> jon, thank you. >>> in the meantime we were talking about lowe's out with fourth quarter results. looks like the company came in, in line with expectations with an adjusted number of 31 cents a share. calling in on the newsline is brian nagel with oppenheimer and company. is there anything that jumps out to you? >> i thin

. >> are you surprised the telco business, that the justice department seems to step up?the airlines have been able to converge. another upgrade today of american air of which i think all of us would admit raised the prices and it just doesn't merit any intention. >> yeah. typically, they are focused when it comes to consumers and prices, which is why, when you look at what t-mobile's doing, how could they possibly say, now we're going to let you merge? >> look, the reason i throughout of it they made american airlines give up some gates. maybe there's some things they could do to make it so this would be better for the consumer. four of a kind really duking it out, brought the price of a deal down. i think that's very valuable. it's very difficult to try to discern your -- until you get that call from verizon that said, do you realize how much you spent? they did that. they did that for me with my kids. do you realize how much you spent this month? uh-oh. >> we ask you, last week, you were early in pointing out the turns we saw in some stocks that were unexpected and per