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" 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. "

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" 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!' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I believe in free trade. I don't support regulating trade prices between different regions. Our point of view is we don't want trade barriers between different countries. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" It is very difficult for me to speculate as to how long it will take for the LTE-TDD ecosystem to mature. Of course, the whole industry is speaking of scale and a combination of scale in order to get more efficiency in the ecosystem. "

" 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. "

" I have rules for everything. "

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" 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. "

" When I came into the CEO office, I basically changed the entire management team. We knew that we had to change the company, so we needed a new set of leaders. "

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

" 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. "

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

" If I am in Sweden, I try to get home to be with my children. I can do work after that from home. "

" For every $10 you reduce the price of the smartphone, 100 million more people will buy them. "

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" I was taking a break from university so I could play handball full-time for a year. "

" When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets. "

" You don't need to recall 100,000 cars because you need to fix something. That can be done with a download of software. "

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

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