Sol Trujillo Quotations

We've delivered what we said we would financially.

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.

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.

The recent deterioration in operating trends and our investment in transforming the business will see earnings fall in the near term.

The financial trends at Telstra are not good. We've got a cost structure we can't afford.

It's so Greg can be the chief integrator, and as I call him, the chief plumber.

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.

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.

Broadband is at the centre of our strategy and at the centre of our future.

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.