Clearwire 2009 Annual Report Download - page 105

5
. Pro
p
ert
y
, Plant and E
q
u
ip
men
t
Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 consisted of the following (in thousands):
Use
f
u
l
L
ives (Years) 2009 2008
December
31,
Network and base station e
q
ui
p
men
t
............
5
-15 $ 901,814 $ 353,75
2
C
ustomer prem
i
se equ
i
pmen
t
.................. 2
6
0
,
108 23
,
14
1
Furn
i
ture,
fi
xtures an
d
equ
i
pmen
t
..............
3
-7 216
,
598 167
,
32
5
Lesser o
f
use
f
u
l
L
ease
h
o
ld i
mprovements ....................
.
l
ife or lease term 18
,
128 12
,
78
6
C
onstruction in progress ..................... N/A
1,
623
,
703 823
,
19
3
2
,820,3
5
1 1,380,197
L
ess: accumulated de
p
reciation and amortization . . . (223,831) (60,252)
$
2
,
596
,
520
$
1
,
319
,
945
2
009
2
008
2
00
7
Year Ended December 31,
S
u
pp
lemental information (in thousands)
:
C
a
p
italized interest ....................................
$
140
,
168
$
4
,
469
$
—
D
e
p
reciation ex
p
ens
e
...................................
$170,131 $54,811 $3,93
6
6.
Sp
ectrum Licenses
O
wne
d
an
dl
ease
d
spectrum
li
censes as o
f
Decem
b
er 31, 2009 an
d
2008 cons
i
ste
d
o
f
t
h
e
f
o
ll
ow
i
ng (
in
t
housands)
:
Wtd Av
g
L
ease L
if
e
G
ross Carryin
g
V
alu
e
A
ccumulated
A
mort
i
zat
i
o
n
Net Carryin
g
V
alue
G
ross Carryin
g
V
alue
A
ccumulate
d
A
mort
i
zat
i
o
n
Net Carryin
g
V
alu
e
December
31
,
2009
December
31
,
2008
Indefinite-lived owne
d
s
pec
t
rum . .
.
...........
I
ndefinite $3
,
082
,
401 $ — $3
,
082
,
401 $3
,
035
,
473 $ — $3
,
035
,
47
3
Definite-lived owned
s
pectrum . . .
...........
16
-20 years 118,0
6
9(
6
,2
6
8) 111,801 112,303 (974) 111,329
Spectrum
l
eases an
d
prepa
id
sp
ec
t
rum . . .
.
.......... 2
6
y
ears 1,323,40
5
(62,937) 1,260,468 1,270,0
5
8(
5
,039) 1,26
5
,01
9
Pen
di
ng spectrum an
d
trans
i
t
i
on
costs
.
............... N
/A
40,464 — 40,464 60,041 — 60,041
Total s
p
ectrum license
s
......
$
4,564,339 $(69,205) $4,495,134 $4,477,875 $(6,013) $4,471,862
I
n
d
efinite an
d
Definite-
l
ive
d
Owne
d
Spectrum Licenses — Spectrum
li
censes, w
hi
c
h
are
i
ssue
d
on
b
ot
h
as
i
te
-
s
pecific and a wide-area basis, authorize wireless carriers to use radio frequenc
y
spectrum to provide service t
o
c
ertain geographical areas in the United States and internationally. These licenses are generally acquired as an asse
t
p
urc
h
ase or t
h
roug
h
a
b
us
i
ness com
bi
nat
i
on. In some cases, we acqu
i
re
li
censes
di
rect
l
y
f
rom t
h
e governmenta
l
authorit
y
in the applicable countr
y
. These licenses are considered indefinite-lived intan
g
ible assets, except for the
licenses acquired in Poland, Spain, German
y
and Romania, which are considered definite-lived intan
g
ible asset
s
d
ue to
li
m
i
te
dli
cense renewa
lhi
story
i
nt
h
ese countr
i
es.
Sp
ectrum Leases an
d
Pre
p
ai
d
S
p
ectru
m
—Wea
l
so
l
ease spectrum
f
rom t
hi
r
d
part
i
es w
h
o
h
o
ld
t
h
e spectru
m
li
censes. T
h
ese
l
eases are accounte
df
or as executory contracts, w
hi
c
h
are treate
d lik
e operat
i
ng
l
eases. Up
f
ront
c
onsideration paid to third-part
y
holders of these leased licenses at the inception of a lease a
g
reement is capitalized
95
CLEARWIRE CORPORATION AND
S
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S
IDIARIE
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OTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS —
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