17 Quotes by Serge Tchuruk

Now seems to be the optimal time because this combination gives both companies a time-to-market advantage in a market that is changing quickly.

We continue to benefit from our leading position in the triple play services that are transforming carrier networks across the world.

We have some very positive points at Alcatel, such as in fast Internet access and optical gear, ... I keep hearing that the European market is going to slow down in telecom and the like and, frankly, I don't believe it.

We anticipate that the carrier market will continue to grow in the mid single digit range for the full year 2006.

We do acquire when we need to complement whatever we've got ... but we aren't one of these companies that is, to a large extent, acquiring technology from outside parties, ... If there are opportunities, we may pursue them, but it's not a priority goal within Alcatel these days.

We were particularly pleased to see our fixed communication revenues start increasing again, as anticipated, reversing a four-year decline,

We expect that our top-line growth will be around 30 percent for the telecom segments, as opposed to mid-teens as was conveyed at the beginning of the year, ... We also believe that for the year 2000, we should meet our recurring target to grow Alcatel's operating income twice as fast as sales.

We are very competitive, actually; we did much better than others,

Five years ago, we went a very long way to get this done and discussion broke in the last minutes.