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" By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa. "

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" In order to have the next generation of modems, you would need to pour in even more R&D spending. We came to the conclusion that we're going to have a tough time to really see that we are going to succeed in the modems business. "

" We want to be number one, from the ingestion of content to the play-out to any type of channel. Everything between there, you should see Ericsson if you are a broadcaster, telecoms operator, or cable operator. "

" No day is similar to another, but usually mail is part of my start of the day. Our company never sleeps: we have business in 180 countries, so there are no real mornings or nights. "

" I said we're going to leave phones, and so we did. We sold it to Sony. "

" We do a lot of consumer research. Consumers believe the smartphone will be the remote, meaning that it will orchestrate a lot of things. So maybe you will take your connectivity with you to the car. "

" I have rules for everything. "

" When I look into the Ericsson's mobility report that has predictions till 2018, the majority of people having mobile broadband by 2018 will be on 3G. "

" Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies. "

" Men can't do much to change; we have to wear suits, although I never wear a tie, apart from in Asia sometimes. So I decided to grow my hair. "

" We have the global scale, but not everyone has 4G in the world. "

" I need to build my team around my weaknesses. "

" My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself. "

" You're going to see this 'Internet of things' start demanding network performance and making the networks much more aware of what is on top of them. "

" We want to be on the edge of technology all of the time. We think long-term. "

" Our take was that if we are going to support our customers, we have to help them with video distribution, whether that is iPad, TV, small screen or large screen. "

" It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more important to be present and have an engagement on the topic you're doing, to create an environment and energy around that meeting, so everybody goes from there, 'That's great; we can take it forward!' "

" The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down. "

" For us, it is very important all the time that our core business is really good but that we don't stop moving. "

" Today there are two points where a car manufacturer has interaction with you as an owner of a car. One, you buy the car. Two, you go to the car shop to repair the car. "

" When it comes to meetings and preparing for that, it doesn't matter if it's a meeting with the U.N.; with a large operator, CEO, or chairman; or if I have an internal meeting - in all cases, I know that the energy and the engagement in every discussion is extremely important. "

" I manage my business; politicians are doing their business. I can only work within their rules and regulations. I can't pick up a political fight. "

" I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there. "

" For us to stay competitive, we're transforming our services business to be reliable and flexible. "

" We need to understand what innovation will be built on top of our networks. "

" It is users that are driving the networks with innovations on top of the networks and with innovations in the devices space. This is very healthy. "

" I believe mobile technology has a much broader role to play. It could solve some of the biggest problems on earth. "

" Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside. "

" You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change. "

" The infrastructure we provide is the same in a remote town in Africa or New York or an archipelago in Sweden: we use the same system, and the chips inside the phone are the same. "