Broadband is at the centre of our strategy and at the centre of our future. |
Growth in our core business is solid, and our growth engines, related to wireless, data and Internet initiatives are truly accelerating in the most competitive spaces. |
I've seen this movie before. |
It's so Greg can be the chief integrator, and as I call him, the chief plumber. |
Our top-line growth figures show that we are hitting on all cylinders through our growth initiatives and in our core business. And much of that top-line success is flowing to the bottom line, despite incurring higher-than-anticipated dilution from our growth initiatives. In short, as we near the finish line in our Qwest merger, we're continuing the transformation of U S West into a growth-oriented vehicle. |
People will be able to access information and communication services on their terms. [This is] a new set of services that will finally make all these high-tech devices - PC, TV, telephone and fax machine - work together. |
The cost structure of this business is too high … end of story. |
The financial trends at Telstra are not good. We've got a cost structure we can't afford. |
The recent deterioration in operating trends and our investment in transforming the business will see earnings fall in the near term. |
We had an exciting quarter at US West. In addition to announcing our merger with Qwest, we've also announced quarterly results that show clear operational momentum. |
We, U S West, are not allowed to be in the long-distance business today. But we wanted to make sure that we could bring the benefits of services of companies like Qwest to our customers. |
We're going to be reducing the full-time-equivalent head count between 6,000 and 8,000 over the next three years and between 10,000 and 12,000 over a five year period of time. |
We've delivered what we said we would financially. |