Telecom Quotes

• In Nigeria, financial services, telecoms, and entertainment have driven growth more than oil.

  Oscar N. Onyema

  Oil, Growth, Entertainment

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• Telecom is a dramatic success in India and our view is, respecting the political process, and respecting the fact that these are sovereign decisions, is that, approaching India as a friend.

  John W. Snow

  Success, Congratulations, Views

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• So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'.

  Frank Carson

  Funny, Humor, Nuisance

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• If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.

  Xavier Niel

  Risk, Way, Reputation

  "Xavier Niel: rebel storms bastions of Gallic elite" by Juliette Garside, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2012.

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• This years keynote session is a clear reminder that wireless data technology is expanding its reach beyond that of an alternative to wireline telephony. We have gathered an exclusive group of business leaders to share how wireless is being integrated into their companys business strategies and what it means for their bottom lines. The presence of these telecom, media and entertainment giants on our center stage is a great indicator of the impact wireless data has made on countless industries.

  Steve Largent

  Mean, Technology, Impact

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• Steve Jobs was a visionary in the technology and telecom community. His contributions to innovating communications have forever changed our industry and our lives. He will be greatly missed.

  Steve Largent

  Jobs, Communication, Technology

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• You have to take a broader view and realize this is an industry like any other - telecoms, Railroads; they went through consolidation. Why shouldn't the computer industry be any different? This shouldn't have been a surprise to anybody but it seemed to be, and a lot of people thought I was nuts when I said these things. And that's why they are alone as a consolidator.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Views, Nuts

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• Everyone loves the idea of internet fast enough that HD movies download in seconds, but if only the telecoms or their partners get to use the high speeds, it's not the internet: It's glorified cable.

  Damian Kulash

  Ideas, Use, Internet

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Many people will admit that they made a mistake [putting money in dot-coms or telecoms at their peak] But that doesn’t mean that they’ve changed their mind about anything in particular. It doesn’t mean that they are now able to avoid that mistake.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Mistake, Mean, People

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• I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.

  Esther Dyson

  Excess, Matter, Disgusting

  "On the Frontier: An Interview with Esther Dyson". Interview with Virginia Postrel, reason.com. October, 1996.

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• Vaughan Telecom installers and contractors ensure the highest quality service for data and network cabling in Toronto and GTA area.

  Edward Abbey

  Photography, Data, Quality

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• One of my bosses happened to be one of the early architects of some of the ways Internet providers work. He taught me how the cables connect, how the telecom providers work... I learned how to make my own Ethernet cables, all the way up to running a small business.

  David Ulevitch

  Running, Boss, Way

  "Meet David Ulevitch, CEO of OpenDNS" by Suzanne Herel, www.sfgate.com. September 26, 2010.

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• The successful sale of British Telecom... reveals a vast and untapped yearning among ordinary people for a direct stake in the ownership of British enterprise. Investment in shares has begun to take its place, with ownership of a home and either a bank or building society deposit, as a way for ordinary people to participate in enterprise and wealth creation. We are seeing the birth of people's capitalism.

  Nigel Lawson

  Home, Successful, People

  "The View from No. 11: Memoirs of a Tory Radical". Book by Nigel Lawson, 1992.

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• I think for a while now people have been scared to be out of TMT the commonly used acronym for technology-media-telecom stocks, which have tended to rise in tandem recently and the feeling has really been you have to be there...but now we're getting a dose of reality.

  Peter Oppenheimer

  Technology, Reality, Thinking

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• In the 'Disruptive Broadcasting' space, TV on IP networks is now just another application in a broadband world. We have already seen the transformation of the computing and communications industry with respect to traditional telecom. Now, history is repeating itself with traditional broadcasting.

  Jeff Pulver

  Communication, Space, World

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