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Web browsing is up 20%.ДЄnd finally, we can see on our mobile network when people go between different radio towers. People connecting from home to their companyвЂ™s office over a virtual private network is up almost 50%. On top of that, the applications people are using have changed dramatically. We also have roughly 9 billion messages on our network in the U.S. Secondly, the duration of the calls is 33% longer. ThatвЂ™s double the amount of the highest peak during a typical year, which is MotherвЂ™s Day. Right now in the U.S., Verizon customers are making 800 million calls a day. I had two virtual meetings with them last week.Д¬an the infrastructure handle this surge of communications and Internet usage? And then, of course, I have my board that also needs this same attention with higher frequency in times of uncertainty. I also keep on me the names of some 45 people that are totally crucial for the success of Verizon. I talk to my leadership team every day between eight and nine for one hour. So we go over everything thatвЂ™s happening in the company, all the new rules, all the guidelines weвЂ™re giving out. We need to have transparency and communication in these times. Usually, some 40,000 to 50,000 people tune in live. I talk to all 135,000 employees at noon every day on a live webcast. My leadership philosophy is just accentuated in a crisis like this. How are you adapting your leadership style during these difficult times? There are hundreds of millions of people relying on our network across the globe, and here in the U.S. Our infrastructure is one of the most important in these times of crisis.

We know that we serve a mission, first to see that our employees are safe and healthy, and secondly, to see that all the connectivity and networks are up. Spirits are pretty good, despite the tough situation. What follows is an edited version of our conversation. In the United States alone, the traffic on VerizonвЂ™s mobile and broadband networks has blown way past the peak records set before social distancing was in effect. When I spoke to him by phone this week, he said heвЂ™s using вЂњall the technologyвЂќ to run his company as normally as possible during these times. Before that, Vestberg was CEO at the big Swedish telecom Ericsson. The Swedish national has been at Verizon for three years, previously serving as CTO.

вЂњWeвЂ™re camping out here,вЂќ says the CEO of Verizon Communications from his New York City area home with his wife and two children, who are now attending school online. Hans Vestberg is running a $132 billion multinational company at the front lines of Internet and voice connectivity during this extraordinary Covid-19 pandemic, and heвЂ™s working from home like the rest of us. To get all of HBRвЂ™s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter.

#Traffic home free

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