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
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 came ceo change changed entire knew management needed
When I came into the CEO office, I basically changed the entire management team. We knew that we had to change the company, so we needed a new set of leaders.
consumer decided founded products
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.
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.
business company mail mornings similar start
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.
player trying
I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
hub
India is an important market for Ericsson, not only as a telecom market but also as a global hub for R&D.
gain market portfolio presence tough
When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.
broadband people report till
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.
technology time
We want to be on the edge of technology all of the time. We think long-term.
built
We need to understand what innovation will be built on top of our networks.
We have the global scale, but not everyone has 4G in the world.
capital china country largest resources
Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
address
My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.