We sold the towers, not because we didn't like them, but we needed to sell them to pay down debt. Now we're in the position to expand again.

Then he gave some specifics on the bad debt situation, perhaps more detail than we would have expected, but we are yet to see anything comprehensive on the fiscal reform, and we don't expect anything soon.

It's just a huge success for us, and it's a very good story and message for hard work and sticking with what you believe in. That's what we did three years ago, and we think we've really come full circle with this transaction.

We have the full United States in which we would feel comfortable looking at opportunities. Before, we were constrained.

He came out first with quite a few broad-brush themes, saying Japan has too much debt and spends it public money the wrong way,

We, being the Western world, wouldn't let Russia off the hook on debt. So there were demands on debt servicing in the early days until they ran out of reserves. There was no real aid program, just a fictional aid program.