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xour deployment of new technologies, such as long term evolution, or LTE, in our network, its success and
our ability to offer new services using such new technology;
xour ability to adequately enforce or protect our intellectual property rights or defend against suits filed by
others;
xgovernmental regulation of and affecting our services and the costs of compliance and our failure to
comply with such regulations;
xour capital structure, including our indebtedness amounts and the limitations imposed by the covenants in
our indebtedness;
xchanges in consumer preferences or demand for our products;
xour inability to attract and retain key members of management;
xthe performance of our suppliers and other third parties on whom we rely;
xour reliance on third parties to provide distribution, products, software and services that are integral to our
business; and
xother factors described in this annual report under “Risk Factors.”
These forward-looking statements and projections speak only as to the date made and are subject to and involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which are beyond our control or ability to predict, and you should not
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and projections. The results presented for any period,
including the year ended December 31, 2009, may not be reflective of results for any subsequent period. All future
written and oral forward-looking statements and projections attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are
expressly qualified in their entirety by our cautionary statements. We do not intend to, and do not undertake a duty
to, update any forward-looking statement or projection in the future to reflect the occurrence of events or
circumstances, except as required by law.
MARKET AND OTHER DATA
Market data and other statistical information used throughout this report are based on independent industry
publications, government publications, reports by market research firms and other published independent sources.
Some data also is based on our good faith estimates, which we derive from our review of internal surveys and
independent sources, including information provided to us by the U.S. Census Bureau. Although we believe these
sources are reliable, we have not independently verified the information. By including such market data and
information, we do not guarantee its accuracy or undertake a duty to provide such data in the future or to update
such data if and when such data is updated.
This report contains trademarks, service marks and trade names of companies and organizations other than us.
MetroPCS® and other trademarks are registered trademarks of MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary, and certain of our other subsidiaries.
In this annual report on Form 10-K, unless the context indicates otherwise, references to “MetroPCS,”
“MetroPCS Communications,” “our Company,” “the Company,” “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer to MetroPCS
Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.