Arun Sarin
Arun Sarin
Arun Sarinis an Indian-born American telecommunications executive...
consider economic europe industry innovative level measures needs
Europe needs a stable, pro-competitive economic outlook, coupled with a willingness to be innovative at the micro level and consider measures which will give industry more flexibility.
compete continue customer demand few grow last level mobile order potential retail seen service stimulate together true work
As we have seen over the last few years, service interoperability has unlocked the true potential for mobile. While we, as mobile operators, need to compete at the retail level, we must also continue to work together at the service interoperability level in order to stimulate customer demand and to continue to grow our industry.
asia company global leadership presence
We are the only company that has a substantial presence in Asia and we have global leadership in 3G.
coming customers higher peak season selling share wallet
Our peak selling season is just coming up. The idea that 3G customers will give us a higher share of their wallet is coming true,
benefits clear greatest local regional strong
It has become increasingly clear that the greatest operational benefits come from strong local and regional scale.
days early less mobile revolution services year
You can do many, many things with it (3G technology). These services are less than one year old. It is still very early days and the mobile revolution is just beginning.
continue
We continue to look for opportunities in Asia,
consistent developing footprint global growth strategy
This transaction is consistent with Vodafone's strategy of developing our global footprint in growth markets.
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,
experience great okay today
Today the experience is okay not great for downloading.
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.
allow games growing land mobile music producing sell share taking technology wireless
We are growing our revenue, we are producing profits, we are outperforming our peers, ... We are taking share from land lines, and introducing new technology that will allow us to sell wireless DSL, mobile TV, games and music downloads.