Technology is something we buy to sell to the customers. Ericsson, Nokia and IBM do technology for a living, so let's give it to them because they know best. It has made the business model of Bharti very, very sustainable.
I think cable has been under-appreciated for its contribution to society.
What is responsible for the phenomenal development of the Internet? Well, it certainly wasn't heavy-handed government regulation.
The Internet belongs to all of us, not big telecom.
Government must start to look at mobile infrastructure as a critical national resource and not just a resource for tax dollars.
Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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.
Seriously, we are in the midst of the convergence of voice and data and that is challenging the infrastructure of the telephone companies. There are huge commercial interests in the basic technology, but even more so in content delivery and control of content.
Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies.
In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the government called for an Internet 'unfettered by Federal or State regulation.' The result of that fateful decision was the greatest free-market success story in history.
My father worked for Bell Labs. Hence, I knew very much about the place. I knew it because also he was involved with telephony.
President Obama's FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, has a reputation in D.C. of being a 'tepid' regulator. From reports of his net neutrality proposal, he's living up to that reputation.
The FCC on any given day has much more influence than the better known agencies like the entire Department of Health and Human Services.
In the old days, people would pick up the phone and complain or they'd write a letter. But now they go to Ofcom and they must be sick to death of all of this. Any minor outrage that anyone's got, they go to Ofcom. They must be inundated with minor complaints.
I know how important it is to have affordable and reliable access to cell and Internet services.
In general, we need America to take its game up a notch when it comes to broadband. It's important to acknowledge the billions and billions of dollars of investment in fiber. But we need more.
If you think about the history of mobile handsets, in many respects there was a time when Asia and then Europe all led North America.
I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.
I am seriously troubled by the proposed rapid consolidation in the telecommunications marketplace.
Even though the Internet touches every part of our lives, one person is to blame for potentially destroying its potential for innovation and freedom of expression: former FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.
A network neutrality rule could result in mere 'slaps on the wrist' or involve such expensive and difficult litigation procedures that no small company or consumer could ever bring a case.
Who is my biggest competitor? AOL, Microsoft, and AT&TAtHome.
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.
Celtel established a mobile phone network in Africa at a time when investors told me that there was no market for mobile phones there.
We very much regret that our merger with Sprint was not allowed to proceed.
