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
people reduce
For every $10 you reduce the price of the smartphone, 100 million more people will buy them.
change genes limp
You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.
discussion engagement extremely internal large matter preparing
When it comes to meetings and preparing for that, it doesn't matter if it's a meeting with the U.N.; with a large operator, CEO, or chairman; or if I have an internal meeting - in all cases, I know that the energy and the engagement in every discussion is extremely important.
buy car owner points shop
Today there are two points where a car manufacturer has interaction with you as an owner of a car. One, you buy the car. Two, you go to the car shop to repair the car.
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.
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.
create ending energy engagement environment everybody goes great meeting present topic
It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more important to be present and have an engagement on the topic you're doing, to create an environment and energy around that meeting, so everybody goes from there, 'That's great; we can take it forward!'
ecosystem industry scale speaking speculate
It is very difficult for me to speculate as to how long it will take for the LTE-TDD ecosystem to mature. Of course, the whole industry is speaking of scale and a combination of scale in order to get more efficiency in the ecosystem.
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.
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.
download recall
You don't need to recall 100,000 cars because you need to fix something. That can be done with a download of software.
believe car consumer consumers maybe
We do a lot of consumer research. Consumers believe the smartphone will be the remote, meaning that it will orchestrate a lot of things. So maybe you will take your connectivity with you to the car.
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.