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For the year ended
Revenue March 1,
2008 March 3,
2007 March 4,
2006
Canada $ 438,302 $ 222,517 $ 178,556
United States 3,528,858 1,756,608 1,335,402
United Kingdom 461,592 267,353 156,055
Other 1,580,643 790,625 395,832
$6,009,395 $3,037,103 $2,065,845
Revenue
Canada 7.3% 7.3 % 8.6%
United States 58.7% 57.9 % 64.6%
United Kingdom 7.7% 8.8 % 7.6%
Other 26.3% 26.0 % 19.2%
100.0%100.0%100.0%
For the year ended
Revenue mix March 1,
2008 March 3,
2007 March 4,
2006
Devices $ 4,768,610 $ 2,215,951 $ 1,439,674
Service 860,641 560,116 383,021
Software 234,388 173,187 156,556
Other 145,756 87,849 86,594
$ 6,009,395 $ 3,037,103 $ 2,065,845
As at
Capital assets, intangible assets and goodwill March 1,
2008 March 3,
2007
Canada $ 1,166,451 $ 645,562
United States 60,354 50,321
United Kingdom 43,150 32,743
Other 20,443 7,067
$ 1,290,398 $ 735,693
Total assets
Canada $ 1,921,202 $ 948,671
United States 1,738,508 983,491
United Kingdom 1,669,366 1,029,243
Other 182,111 127,544
$ 5,511,187 $ 3,088,949
19. SEGMENT DISCLOSURES
The Company is organized and managed as a single
reportable business segment. The Company’s operations are
substantially all related to the research, design, manufacture
and sales of wireless communications products, services and
software.
Selected financial information is as follows:
20. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On March 31, 2008, the Company entered into 2 separate
patent assignment and license transactions. One agreement
was to acquire a portfolio of patents for GSM technologies
for a purchase price of 35 million Euros, or approximately $55
million based on current foreign exchange rates. The other
agreement was to acquire a portfolio of patents relating to
wireless communication technologies for a purchase price
of $12 million. The patents will be recorded as non-current
assets and amortized over their estimated useful lives.