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a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.
General Matters
Our stock price has historically been, and may continue to be, volatile and you may lose all or some of your
investment.
The trading prices of the securities of telecommunications companies generally have been highly volatile. In
particular, the trading price of our common stock has been, and is likely to be, subject to wide fluctuations. Our
stock price may fluctuate in reaction to a number of events and factors that may include, among other things:
actual or anticipated fluctuations in our or our competitors’ operating and financial results;
introduction of new products and services by us or our competitors or changes in service plans or pricing
by us or our competitors;
changes in, or our failure to meet, securities analysts' expectations;
entry of new competitors into our markets or perceptions of increased price competition, including a price
war;
concentration of offered services and assets in the U.S., in particular limited major metropolitan areas;
changes in our credit rating or future prospects;
disruptions of our operations or service providers necessary to our network operations;
seasonal or other variations in our customer base;
market perceptions relating to our services, network, handsets and deployment of our 4G LTE platform;
challenges to our intellectual property rights or claims that we infringe the intellectual property rights of
others;
pending or threatened litigation or regulatory investigations;
adoption of or changes in governmental regulations and new accounting standards;
conditions and trends in the communications and high technology markets;
adverse publicity regarding our Company;
mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances or significant agreements, or resources of, or lack of , any of the
foregoing, by us or by our competitors;
announcements by us or competitors of significant contracts, commercial relationships or capital
commitments;
sales of our common stock by our directors, executive officers or affiliates or significant stockholders;
the amount of short interest in our securities;
volatility in stock market prices and volumes, which is particularly common among securities of
telecommunications companies;
the general state of the U.S. and world economies;
the availability or perceived availability of additional capital in general and our access to such capital;