BMW CFO，Nicolas Peter

BMW's current product and technology offensive has led to a significant rise in r&d spending. The automaker is investing heavily in electric and autonomous technology to keep pace with fast-changing demands. BMW finance boss Nicolas Peter is working to make sure the company has the money it needs to develop nextgeneration solutions while still meeting the group’s profitability goals. " We are going to launch several electric cars starting with the Mini E in 2019, followed by the X3 in 2020 and the iNext in 2021. Today's investments are very important for the next generation of electric vehicles. We are already investing in the fifth generation of the battery technology."

寶馬目前對產(chǎn)品和技術(shù)的投入導(dǎo)致研發(fā)支出大幅增加。為跟上快速變化的需求，這家汽車制造商正大舉投資于電動和自主技術(shù)。財務(wù)主管Nicolas Peter正努力確保公司有足夠的資金來開發(fā)下一代解決方案，同時還能滿足集團的盈利目標(biāo)?！拔覀儗⒃?019年推出幾款以Mini E為起點的電動汽車，緊隨其后的是2020年的X3和2021年的iNext。今天的投資對下一代電動汽車來說非常重要，目前我們已經(jīng)投資了第五代電池技術(shù)。”

AT&T CFO, John Stephens

AT&T says it will continue to expand its fiber-optic network to deliver improved technology and communications services to businesses of varying sizes. "We now have 1.8 million business customer locations connected with fiber," confirmed John Stephens. "That means more sales opportunities for the team. We also expect increased business activity following the passage of tax reform." Companies' use of data, applications, and services in the cloud continue to grow, and along with it, demand for high-speed,ever-present connectivity. The service provider plans to meet this demand by delivering high-speed connectivity to large and small business customers through its fiber-optic network in key metros throughout the nation.

AT&T表示，將繼續(xù)擴大光纖網(wǎng)絡(luò)建設(shè)，為不同規(guī)模的企業(yè)提供更先進(jìn)的技術(shù)和通信服務(wù)?！拔覀儸F(xiàn)在有180萬個與光纖有關(guān)的業(yè)務(wù)客戶地點?！盇T&T CFO John Stephens證實,“這意味著更多的銷售機會。同時，我們還預(yù)計，隨著稅收改革的通過，業(yè)務(wù)活動還會增加。” 企業(yè)對在云計算中使用的數(shù)據(jù)、應(yīng)用和服務(wù)持續(xù)增長，同時，對高速、無處不在的互聯(lián)需求也在增長。對此，AT&T計劃通過其覆全國主要城市的光纖網(wǎng)絡(luò)為企業(yè)客戶提供高速連接，來滿足這一需求。

Pandora CFO，Naveen Chopra

Pandora is making progress on its programmatic ad business, and it recently launched programmatic video ads in beta, and a pilot program for programmatic audio. Pandora’s management declined to give “specific annual guidance,” while CFO Naveen Chopra did say during the call that Pandora believes revenue growth for 2018 will come from the subscription side of the business, while the company works on measures it believes will “ultimately” drive growth in ad revenue.

潘朵拉媒體公司在其程序化廣告業(yè)務(wù)上取得了進(jìn)展，并于近期推出了程序化視頻廣告的測試版，以及一個可編程音頻的試點項目。雖然公司管理層拒絕給出具體的年度指南，但CFO Naveen Chopra相信，2018年的營收增長將來自于公司的訂閱業(yè)務(wù)，而公司則將積極采取措施，最終推動廣告收入的增長。