Mo Ibrahim Quotes

The uptake on mobile phones in Africa is phenomenal.

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

Cell phones were more popular in Cambodia and Uganda because they didn't have phones. We had phones in this country, and we were very late to the table. They're going to adopt e-books much faster than we do.

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

Much as Africa has leapfrogged straight to mobile phones, it has the opportunity to skip the dirty, grid-tied power plants that currently operate across the developed world and go straight to clean, distributed power.

Inexpensive phones and pay-as-you go services are already spreading mobile phone technology to many parts of that world that never had a wired infrastructure.

Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum.

It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.

Bell Labs was an astonishing place for many decades, though it fell on somewhat hard times during the telecom meltdown some years ago, as its corporate owner had to cope with shrinking markets.

Back then, the excise tax was designed to be a luxury tax for people who owned telephones.

The mobile industry changed Africa.

No country should waste wireless spectrum. Especially not India, where the cellphone has become the personal computer.

Sun Cellular is the biggest investment in my business career.

In 1984 nobody knew what cable was going to be. It was there, but you didn't know where it was going.

SingTel has made substantial investments in markets with high growth potential in South Asia, such as India and Bangladesh.

We launched DirecTV Now. Our 5G evolution plans and improved spectrum position are paving the way for the next generation of super-fast mobile and fixed networks.

My father worked for Bell Labs. Hence, I knew very much about the place. I knew it because also he was involved with telephony.

I'm a big mobile fan, so I love seeing all of the latest technologies with phones.

What I think is happening in China is that they are recognizing mobile infrastructure is actually a critical piece of national infrastructure.

Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies.

The mobile phone is not a toy; it's a device that uses radio waves.

I know how important it is to have affordable and reliable access to cell and Internet services.

Government must start to look at mobile infrastructure as a critical national resource and not just a resource for tax dollars.

The first cellular systems didn't become commercially available until 1983. Most of the phones before then were in fact car phones.

5G will come. We can debate when in certain parts of the world. But it's quite clear that the race is heating up in North America and Northeast Asia.