Hans Vestberg
Hans Vestberg
Hans Vestbergis a Swedish businessman and the former CEO of telecommunications company Ericsson...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth23 June 1965
CountrySweden
performance
Historically, the mobile industry has been focused on the consumer, getting better performance and throughput to their devices.
next
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.
business core good stop time
For us, it is very important all the time that our core business is really good but that we don't stop moving.
business reliable services stay
For us to stay competitive, we're transforming our services business to be reliable and flexible.
korean
Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
taking
I was taking a break from university so I could play handball full-time for a year.
cable content number type
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.
large screen video whether
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.
aware demanding network networks performance
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.
devices efficient receive suddenly tv
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.
business came conclusion generation next order pour time tough
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.
basically became contracted dramatic people
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.
chips provide remote town york
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.
barriers believe point prices trade
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.