FACTBOX-Reuters Summit-Top quotes from TMT summit executives

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May 20 (Reuters) - Reuters has invited executives from the world of technology, media and telecoms to talk about their businesses and issues surrounding their industries.

Here is a selection of quotations taken from the event, which is being held in Paris, New York and Tokyo:

HAMID AKHAVAN, CEO OF T-MOBILE (DTEGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)

On what stock markets value:

"The stock markets, the financial markets, overproportionally reward growth. Growth to them is the sexiest thing on Earth. We can produce truckloads of cash -- it's unexciting."