Richard C. Notebaert (born 1947 in Montreal, Canada) is the former Chairman and CEO of Qwest, Tellabs and Ameritech.[2] He was credited for saving Qwest from bankruptcy,[3] and making Ameritech the most successful "Baby Bell".[4] (wikipedia)
The settlement reflects that we are strongly committed to growth, to service quality and to facilities-based competition.
Accounting errors were made; they will be corrected and they will be disclosed, ... Internal practices are being, and will continue to be, enhanced.
I like to think of this as a Viagra for competition.
This is an important step in our efforts to become a leader in the security monitoring business. Expanding our presence in this rapidly growing industry supports our strategy of introducing new services for customers.
The American people have called for choice (in long-distance services), ... Ameritech is stepping forward to make it happen.
We're not in any hurry, and we're not going to chase something just to make an acquisition,
We delivered on our performance goals for revenue, cash flow and continued margin improvement while achieving new highs in service measures and positioning us for profitability.
We cannot restate until we complete the analysis, ... We do not have the entire package completed. It would be inappropriate to restate, do more analysis, restate again, do more analysis, and restate again.
We have more work to do, but we believe we are headed in the right direction,
Our plan is to be a leader in this business, and today's action is a step towards that goal.
