Deutsche Telekom CEO René Obermann's Industry Outlook for 2014
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Where is the telecommunications sector headed? Is your move to Ziggo, a Dutch cable company, your answer?
With Ziggo, the size of the company is what I was looking for. I wanted a more operational role, which means you have to be in a company which is smaller. And for the first time in my life, I will live abroad. It’s probably like New York to Staten Island—that’s the distance between Germany and the Netherlands. But it’s a new language, and the business culture there is also much less bureaucratic.