Clearwire 2008 Annual Report Download - page 19

our net
w
or
kd
ue to
d
ecrease
d
to
w
er renta
l
costs an
dl
o
w
er core net
w
or
ki
n
f
rastructure costs. T
h
ese contracts
will
have a material impact on our results of operations as our network expands and covers a
g
reater number of markets
.
B
usiness Strate
gy
We intend to
g
row our business b
y
pursuin
g
the followin
g
strate
g
ies:
•
Rede
f
ining the broadband user experience
.
W
e
p
lan to deliver a robust, rich and consistent communi-
c
ations experience to next
g
eneration devices capable of operatin
g
on our networks. We expect to offer ou
r
c
onsumers an
db
us
i
ness customers a
f
ast an
d
mo
bil
e
b
roa
db
an
d
connect
i
on t
h
at ena
bl
es en
h
ance
d
access t
o
i
nformation, applications and online entertainment, while also creatin
g
new wa
y
s for people to commu-
n
icate with each other. Our mobile WiMAX network is bein
g
desi
g
ned to serve our subscribers’ Internet an
d
v
o
i
ce commun
i
cat
i
ons nee
d
s, w
hil
ea
l
so prov
idi
ng su
b
scr
ib
ers w
i
t
h
t
h
e
fl
ex
ibili
ty to access our serv
i
ces
a
n
y
where and an
y
time in our covera
g
e area, whether at home, in the office or on the road. We expect that our
s
ubscribers will eventuall
y
be able to select from a number of service offerin
g
s, includin
g
Internet and voice
c
ommun
i
cat
i
ons serv
i
ce o
ff
er
i
ngs, w
hi
c
h
w
ill b
e
d
es
i
gne
d
to sat
i
s
f
yt
h
e
i
r vary
i
ng nee
d
s. We expect ou
r
m
o
bil
e
b
roa
db
an
d
serv
i
ces to o
ff
er
f
aster spee
d
s,
g
reater
b
an
d
w
id
t
h
an
dl
ower
l
atenc
y
t
h
an are current
ly
a
vailable from other wireless service providers and will also appeal to subscribers as simple, eas
y
to bu
y
an
d
u
se
,
reliable and affordable
.
•
D
eplo
y
in
g
our service broadl
y
and increasin
g
our subscriber base rapidl
y
.
We intend to broadl
y
deplo
y
our
m
o
bil
e
b
roa
db
an
d
serv
i
ces
i
n mar
k
ets t
h
roug
h
out t
h
eUn
i
te
d
States. We are target
i
ng our mo
bil
eW
i
MA
X
n
etwor
ki
nt
h
e U.S. to cover up to 120 m
illi
on peop
l
e
by
t
h
een
d
o
f
2010. T
h
et
i
m
i
n
g
an
d
extent o
f
our ne
w
m
arket roll-outs will lar
g
el
y
be determined b
y
our performance in our launched markets and our access t
o
addi
t
i
ona
lf
un
di
ng. We
b
e
li
eve t
h
at t
hi
s
d
ep
l
oyment w
ill
ena
bl
e us to rap
idl
y
i
ncrease our su
b
scr
ib
er
b
ase.
O
ur mo
bil
eW
i
MAX networ
k
s
h
ou
ld
ena
bl
eustoo
ff
er our mo
bil
e
b
roa
db
an
d
serv
i
ces to a range o
f
s
ubscribers, from individuals, households and businesses to market se
g
ments that depend on mobile
c
ommun
i
cat
i
ons, suc
h
as pu
bli
csa
f
ety personne
l
,
fi
e
ld
sa
l
espeop
l
e, trave
li
ng pro
f
ess
i
ona
l
s, contractors
,
rea
l
estate agents an
d
ot
h
ers. Our serv
i
ces s
h
ou
ld
a
ll
ow us not on
l
y to target su
b
scr
ib
ers t
h
at
d
es
i
re a mo
bil
e
n
etwork connection, but to offer a viable alternative to existin
g
wireline services. To reach potential
s
ubscribers, we plan to offer our services through multiple sales channels, including direct and indirect sale
s
representat
i
ves, company-owne
d
reta
il
stores,
i
n
d
epen
d
ent
d
ea
l
ers, Internet sa
l
es, te
l
esa
l
es, nat
i
ona
l
reta
il
ch
a
i
ns em
b
e
ddi
n
g
mo
bil
eW
i
MAX
i
nto consumer e
l
ectron
i
c
d
ev
i
ces, an
d
w
h
o
l
esa
l
e arran
g
ements w
i
t
h
t
hi
r
d
parties, includin
g
our strate
g
ic partners. Additionall
y
, under the commercial a
g
reements with Sprint, we
h
ave the right to offer our subscribers access to Sprint’s network, which will expand the geographic area in
w
hi
c
h
our su
b
scr
ib
ers t
h
at c
h
oose to purc
h
ase suc
h
access w
ill b
ea
bl
e to rece
i
ve serv
i
ce w
hil
ewear
e
buildin
g
our network. We are workin
g
with equipment vendors to develop dual mode devices that will enable
these subscribers to access both our mobile WiMAX networks and those of S
p
rint.
•
Taking advantage o
f
our leading spectrum position. We believe we hold more wireless s
p
ectrum in th
e
Un
i
te
d
States t
h
an any ot
h
er mo
bil
e carr
i
er, w
i
t
hh
o
ldi
ngs excee
di
ng more t
h
an 43
billi
on MHz-POPs
(defined as the product of the number of me
g
ahertz associated with a spectrum license multiplied b
y
the
e
stimated
p
o
p
ulation of the license’s service area) of s
p
ectrum in the 2.
5
GHz (2496-2690 MHz) band in ou
r
port
f
o
li
o,
i
nc
l
u
di
ng spectrum we own,
l
ease or
h
ave pen
di
ng agreements to acqu
i
re or
l
ease. We
h
o
ld
a
pproximatel
y
150 MHz of spectrum on avera
g
e in the lar
g
est 100 markets in the United States. In Europe
,
we continue to hold approximatel
y
8.7 billion MHz-POPs of spectrum, predominantl
y
in the 3.
5
GHz band,
with a varying amount of spectrum in each of our markets. We believe that consumers will demand greater
a
ccess to
i
n
f
ormat
i
on, app
li
cat
i
ons an
d
on
li
ne enterta
i
nment over t
h
e Internet, eac
h
o
f
w
hi
c
h
w
ill
requ
i
re
s
erv
i
ce prov
id
ers to
b
ea
bl
etoo
ff
er
g
reater
b
an
d
w
id
t
h
access. W
i
t
h
our
g
row
i
n
g
mo
bil
eW
i
MAX networ
k
a
nd leading spectrum position, we believe that we are uniquely positioned to satisfy this demand. We believe
that our si
g
nificant spectrum holdin
g
s, both in terms of spectrum depth and breadth, in the 2.5 GHz band wil
l
b
e opt
i
ma
lf
or
d
e
li
ver
i
n
gb
roa
db
an
d
access serv
i
ces, an
d
we
b
e
li
eve t
h
at our su
b
stant
i
a
l
spectrum
d
ept
h
s
hould allow us to offer
p
remium services and data intensive multimedia content
.
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