that the u.s.ht has been a nice growth engine for alcatel-lucent in the past few months.ave no doubt that it will continue. as the competition is, as we say, picking up in the u.s., with sprint, and of course at&t and verizon will continue to invest. that is for the u.s.. of course, alcatel-lucent can also deliver products to cable operators, web players, and larger enterprise segments. that is where we are trying to extract additional growth. if i go outside of the u.s., asia is also booming with very strong investments, many led by china, japan, korea, where we have a strong presence. then, remains europe. as you know, investment in europe is quite weak right now, not only in france, but europe as a whole. one of my reasons for the presence at the university today is to plea for additional investment in infrastructure which is critical to relaunch the growth of the economy in europe. that,hel, speaking of asking for investment in france when austerity is being put in place and there is a revolt, how will you ask for that when there are austerity measures being put in pl