In the session on making joint ventures and partnerships work, Olaf Swantee, the CEO of Everything Everywhere (EE), a UK based operator formed through the merging of Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom's UK mobile businesses said that their JV has been successful because it had a simple board structure, with people who could work together, common goals, and conservative financial strategy. "We look back at how mobile operators were operating then, mobile operators were talking about being everything - (for example) they wanted to become banks - and they were not being very realistic. Today people are more realistic, and partnerships are becoming more important. My company is focused on networks and customer service. We think it is important in a country which has infrastructure that doesn't work. The airports, the train systems are not always working properly. In telecom in the UK, 1.5 yrs ago, it was not very different, and this is important because people spend more time on mobile than any other service - Smartphone appointments, mobile banking are more prevalent on the mobile. People spend 38 hrs per month per person on the mobile. We want to be the best in terms of providing a great network and a great service. We launched 4G last year, and we're seeing 16mbps, with speeds going up to 50mbps. Routemetrics tested it, and said it's the best data and best voice network, because we invested in 2G apart from 4G. The entire company puts the network at the center…
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