I knew I would face challenges, but I thought the love for my son would overpower them.
Andrew Milroy, senior vice president for telecoms at Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific, said the firm would face challenges when it entered developed markets such as the US and UK, because most consumers there get smartphones on subsidised contract plans from service providers instead of buying the phones upfront.
As such, it is inevitable that the operationalization of the new structure would face challenges and much of the detail would need to be developed as it was rolled out.
Denny Strigl, the chief executive of Verizon Wireless, said that Cingular would "come out of the gate strong," but that like all companies involved in large, complex mergers, would face challenges integrating its network with the one operated by AT&T Wireless.
But political consultants from both major parties said that because of changing demographics and circumstances, Mr. Lhota would face challenges as a candidate in 2013.
YouTube's rivals in the awards show arena seemed to welcome the competition, though some cautioned that the site would face challenges as a web-only content company.
Philip Lempert, the editor of Supermarket Guru, an online food-industry publication, said that Fairway would face challenges in the transformation from a local chain to a national one.
Sunil Gulati, the president of the United States Soccer Federation, said South Africa would face challenges more difficult than were faced by other recent World Cup host countries.
As a growing company developing new medicines, Novartis would face challenges no one could anticipate, and the team would have to roll with whatever issues came up.
Mr. Trichet, he said, would face challenges "managing the extension process," as new member states from Eastern Europe enter the European Union and, presumably, seek to adopt the euro.
