AT&T's U.S. Vision Rankles Europe as Vodafone Bid on Hold By Amy Thomson and Scott Moritz
AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson comes to Europe several times a year bearing a message: The region would do well to learn from the Americans in developing new mobile technology. Problem is, Europe isn't particularly interested in the lesson.
"I don't think there is a huge amount of teaching that can be done to the Europeans," Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao said of Stephenson's assessments during a Feb. 10 meeting with reporters in New York. Though Europe has lagged behind the U.S. in introducing fourth-generation networks -- something Stephenson has repeatedly pointed out -- "where we launch 4G, we have good results," Colao said.
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