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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.

- Hans Vestberg

Repair, Owner, Shop, Interaction

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Down, Dramatic, Became, Contracted

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Think, Always, Having, Limp

India is an important market for Ericsson, not only as a telecom market but also as a global hub for R&D.

- Hans Vestberg

Important, Only, Market, Hub

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

- Hans Vestberg

Leave, Going, Sold, Sony

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

- Hans Vestberg

Play, Break, Full-Time, Taking A Break

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

- Hans Vestberg

Software, Need, Fix, Download

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Mobility, Till, Having, Broadband

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Believe, Will, Maybe, Consumer

What was really tough for me was that Lars Magnus Ericsson founded Ericsson in 1876; we've always had a consumer product. And I'm the 16th CEO of Ericsson, and I decided that we don't have any consumer products anymore.

- Hans Vestberg

Product, Always, Founded, Consumer

Historically, the mobile industry has been focused on the consumer, getting better performance and throughput to their devices.

- Hans Vestberg

Mobile, Been, Devices, Consumer

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

- Hans Vestberg

Play, Some, Role, Broader

There are so many devices that can receive video, creating complexities, because suddenly you can have a TV, laptop, smartphone, pads. And they are of different sizes. It's clear that you need to standardise and get a much more efficient TV delivery.

- Hans Vestberg

Laptop, TV, Video, Complexities

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Business, Doing, Within, Manage

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Want, Broadcaster, Channel, Operator

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Matter, Engagement, Internal, Operator

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

- Hans Vestberg

Africa, Still, Lot, Region

For us, we are moving a company that has been around for 137 years to the next level so that we can be there for the next 137 years.

- Hans Vestberg

Next, Level, Been, Next Level

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Small, TV, Large, iPad

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

- Hans Vestberg

Start, Product, Need, Presence

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

- Hans Vestberg

Phone, Finnish, Even, Korean

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Change, Grow, Asia, Apart

I read mails throughout the day but answer mails more in the morning and evening.

- Hans Vestberg

More, Answer, Read, Evening

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!'

- Hans Vestberg

Doing, Engagement, Everybody, Energy

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Point Of View, Want, Regions, Free Trade

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

- Hans Vestberg

Business, Reliable, Flexible

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Driving, Top, Very, Innovations

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

- Hans Vestberg

Data, Think, I Think, Communications

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.

- Hans Vestberg

See, Next, Conclusion, Pour

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.

- Hans Vestberg

Mail, Similar, Sleeps, Nights

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