Carl-Henric Svanberg Quotes (16 Quotes)

The traffic growth in the world's mobile networks is expected to continue as a result of both new services and new subscribers. For 2006 we continue to believe that the global mobile systems market, measured in US dollars, will show moderate growth compared to 2005.

We see an interesting opportunity there.

China doesn't show any growth this year and could even show a decrease by the end of the year.

The acquisition of the Marconi businesses has a compelling strategic logic and is a robust financial case. As fixed and mobile services converge, our customers will substantially benefit from this powerful combination.

Ericsson and Marconi know each other well and have had a successful partnership for over 10 years, ... We bring together two pioneering telecom companies with a combined heritage of more than two centuries in the industry.

There is no doubt Microsoft will be a big player in this market.

Our customers will benefit substantially.

Marconi invented the radio and that is ... the reason we are here today,

The market continues to show good development with growth in mobile voice and data, broadband and in emerging markets in general. We continue to outpace the market.

The little problem is that the authorities plan to give out three licenses for four operators. Since each operator does not know what its future is, they are probably also holding back on 2G demand,

We're strongly committed to China. We care about the society, ... We've pandas we take care of and MBA students whose education we help fund. We look forward to strengthening our position here.

China is still the market with the largest potential, ... It adds about five million mobile phone users a month.

We have come down a percentage point or so (in operating margins). That is a reflection of stronger competition.

It doesn't mean that every single contract immediately has no impact. As we expand services we believe we will also hold up margins at that end.

It has been a bit of an in-between year in China. The operators are waiting to roll out their 3G networks, but subscriber growth is strong.

The technology and the services go hand-in-hand. That is very hard to copy.