Arun Sarin
Arun Sarin
Arun Sarinis an Indian-born American telecommunications executive...
board stay united view
We (Vodafone board members) are united in the view that we need to stay in Japan,
base customer global good grown million products progress
We have grown our customer base to 171 million and made good progress in our 3G and other global products and services,
continue
We continue to look for opportunities in Asia,
company couple dividends expect next
We expect dividends from this company in the next couple of years,
asia company global leadership presence
We are the only company that has a substantial presence in Asia and we have global leadership in 3G.
consistent developing footprint global growth strategy
This transaction is consistent with Vodafone's strategy of developing our global footprint in growth markets.
surprises
Those were the big surprises for our shareholders,
current happy plans position
We are happy with our position in the U.S. and have no current plans to exit.
good growth longer slowing term
Yes, growth is slowing down a bit, but longer term we still see good growth prospects,
company confident hard increasing obviously previous relaxed return sure
We are confident that we can return this company to its previous height..., ... We are relaxed about where we are, where we are going. Obviously we are working very hard to make sure that we are increasing the profitability.
confident expect following good growth japan previous return
We expect to see good growth and profitably in Japan in the following years, ... I am confident we can return Vodafone Japan to its previous heights.
confident expect following good growth japan previous return
We expect to see good growth and profitably in Japan in the following years. I am confident we can return Vodafone Japan to its previous heights.
business believe half
We do not believe that you can be 'half responsible' or pick and choose the convenient areas to be responsible in
margins
The place where our margins are really being impacted is in Japan,