On US telecoms companies lack of success at conquering the European prepaid market

The Americans land in England but they are not good at moving further into Europe.

Working in Esat

It certainly gave me a road map on how to start an organisation from scratch and build a business.

The controversy over Esat winning the second mobile phone licence

There was an assumption that the Motorola-led consortium would win the mobile licence, because of their international reputation and their juggernaut approach to telecoms worldwide.

Eireann

They are as guilty of overcharging as the banks.

His management style

I won't fault anybody for stumbling. At least if you are stumbling you are going forward.

On the need for venture capital for Torc

I will definitely bring in additional finance within six to nine months, initially through one or two private placings.

What direction he will take the company

We'll establish more distribution deals, and continue to innovate. It is very important to keep coming up with new ideas as a way of presenting the card.