Clearwire 2009 Annual Report Download - page 17

b
roa
db
an
d
networ
k
s
i
nt
h
eUn
i
te
d
States to cover as many as 120 m
illi
on peop
l
e
b
yt
h
een
d
o
f
2010. Our
actual network covera
g
eb
y
the end of 2010 will lar
g
el
y
be determined b
y
our abilit
y
to successfull
y
mana
g
e
ongoing development activities and our performance in our launched markets. We believe that thi
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. Our networ
ki
s pos
i
t
i
one
d
to target a
ran
g
e of subscribers, from individuals, households and businesses to market se
g
ments that depend on mobil
e
c
ommun
i
cat
i
ons. We w
ill
o
ff
er our serv
i
ces t
h
roug
h
mu
l
t
i
p
l
e reta
il
sa
l
es c
h
anne
l
s,
i
nc
l
u
di
ng
di
rect an
d
i
n
di
rect sa
l
es 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
,
n
at
i
ona
l
reta
il
c
h
a
i
ns an
d
manu
f
acturers w
h
oem
b
e
d
our
high
spee
di
nternet access capa
bili
t
i
es
i
nt
o
c
onsumer electronic devices. Our services are also expected to be offered by third parties under wholesale
arrangements, including wholesale services through our Strategic Partners — Sprint, Comcast, Tim
e
Warner Ca
bl
e, Br
igh
t House, Inte
l
an
d
Goo
gl
ew
h
o serve more t
h
an 100 m
illi
on customers
i
nt
h
e
i
r mar
k
ets.
•
Ta
k
ing a
d
vantage of our
l
ea
d
ing spectrum position:
W
e
b
e
li
eve we
h
o
ld
more w
i
re
l
ess s
p
ectrum
i
nt
h
e
United States than any other mobile carrier, with holdings at December 31, 2009 exceeding 44 billion MHz-
P
OPs (
d
e
fi
ne
d
as t
h
e pro
d
uct o
f
t
h
e num
b
er o
f
mega
h
ertz assoc
i
ate
d
w
i
t
h
a spectrum
li
cense mu
l
t
i
p
li
e
db
y
the estimated population of the license’s service area) of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz (2496-2690 MHz) band in
our portfolio, includin
g
spectrum we own, lease or have pendin
g
a
g
reements to acquire or lease. We hol
d
approximately 150 MHz of spectrum on average in the largest 100 markets in the United States. In Europe
,
we
h
o
ld
approx
i
mate
l
y 8.3
billi
on MHz-POPs o
f
spectrum as o
f
Decem
b
er 31, 2009, pre
d
om
i
nant
l
y
i
nt
he
3
.
5
GHz band, with a var
y
in
g
amount of spectrum in each of our markets. We believe that consumers will
c
ont
i
nue to
d
eman
d
greater access 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,
e
ac
h
o
f
w
hi
c
h
w
ill
requ
i
re serv
i
ce prov
id
ers to
b
ea
bl
etoo
ff
er greater
b
an
d
w
id
t
h
access. W
i
t
h
our grow
i
ng
4G mobile broadband networks and leadin
g
spectrum position, we believe that we are uniquel
y
positioned t
o
s
atisfy this demand. We believe that our significant spectrum holdings, both in terms of spectrum depth an
d
breadth, in the 2.
5
GHz band will be optimal for delivering broadband access services, and we believe tha
t
our su
b
stant
i
a
l
s
p
ectrum
d
e
p
t
h
s
h
ou
ld
a
ll
ow us to o
ff
er
p
rem
i
um serv
i
ces an
dd
ata
i
ntens
i
ve mu
l
t
i
me
di
a
c
on
t
en
t.
•
Levera
g
in
g
ke
y
strate
g
ic relationships
:
W
e expect to benefit from our key strategic relationships with our
S
trate
gi
c Partners. Our W
h
o
l
esa
l
e Partners
h
ave
b
e
g
un o
ff
er
i
n
g
our serv
i
ces as part o
f
t
h
e
i
r
b
un
dl
e
db
ran
d
e
d
o
ff
er
i
n
g
,or
h
ave announce
d
t
h
e
i
r
i
ntent
i
ons to o
ff
er t
h
ese serv
i
ces. We
h
ave commerc
i
a
l
a
g
reements w
i
t
h
I
ntel intended to facilitate embeddin
g
mobile WiMAX chipsets in PCs, mobile Internet devices, which w
e
re
f
er to as MIDs, an
d
ot
h
er
d
ev
i
ces. We a
l
so
h
ave agreements w
i
t
h
Goog
l
e to prov
id
e
f
or searc
h
an
d
a
d
vert
i
s
i
n
g
revenue s
h
ar
i
n
g
,aswe
ll
as, to
j
o
i
nt
ly d
eve
l
op open arc
hi
tecture
d
ev
i
ces, an
d
to ma
k
e
d
es
k
to
p
and mobile content and applications available on our 4G networks. Additionall
y
, our a
g
reements with Sprin
t
a
ll
ow us to prov
id
e our customers w
i
t
hd
ua
l
mo
d
e
d
ev
i
ces t
h
at a
ll
ow roam
i
ng
b
etween our 4G networ
k
san
d
S
pr
i
nt’s nat
i
onw
id
e 3G networ
k
,an
d
ena
bl
eusto
l
everage Spr
i
nt’s ex
i
st
i
ng
i
n
f
rastructure
f
or our
b
u
ild
ou
t
and network deplo
y
ment
.
•
Off
ering premium value-added services and content
:
W
e believe that our all – IP 4G mobile broadband
n
etwor
k
pos
i
t
i
ons us to generate
i
ncrementa
l
revenues,
l
everage our cost structure an
di
mprove su
b
scr
ib
e
r
retent
i
on
b
yo
ff
er
i
ng a var
i
ety o
f
prem
i
um serv
i
ces an
d
content over our networ
k
.We
i
nten
di
n
i
t
i
a
ll
yto
f
ocu
s
on voice services as a primar
y
premium service. As of December 31, 2009, we offered VoIP telephon
y
s
ervices on a fixed basis to our subscribers’ homes and offices in
5
6 of our
5
7 domestic markets. We believ
e
t
h
at our p
l
anne
d
4G mo
bil
e
b
roa
db
an
dd
ep
l
o
y
ment w
ill
ena
bl
eustoo
ff
er a
ddi
t
i
ona
l
prem
i
um serv
i
ces an
d
c
ontent over our networ
k
as manu
f
acturers
d
eve
l
op an
d
se
ll
su
b
scr
ib
er
d
ev
i
ces t
h
at ta
k
ea
d
vanta
g
eo
f
t
he
c
apabilities of 4G technology.
•
Achieving e
ff
icient economics: We believe our economic model for deploying our network combine
s
m
ean
i
n
gf
u
l
ear
ly
covera
g
ew
hil
e opt
i
m
i
z
i
n
g
t
h
e cap
i
ta
l
out
l
a
y
requ
i
re
df
or us to
b
u
ild
t
h
e networ
k
an
d
o
b
ta
i
nsu
b
scr
ib
ers. Our
d
ep
l
o
y
ment p
l
an
i
s
b
ase
d
on rep
li
ca
bl
ean
d
sca
l
a
bl
e
i
n
di
v
id
ua
l
mar
k
et
b
u
ild
s
,
allowin
g
us to repeat our build-out processes as we expand. Under our commercial a
g
reements with Sprint
,
we expect to
b
ea
bl
eto
l
everage ex
i
st
i
ng Spr
i
nt networ
ki
n
f
rastructure to
b
ot
h
acce
l
erate t
h
e
b
u
ild
-out an
d
re
d
uce t
h
e costs o
f
networ
kd
ep
l
oyment,
i
nc
l
u
di
ng ut
ili
z
i
ng
i
ts towers, co
ll
ocat
i
on
f
ac
ili
t
i
es an
d fib
er
resources. We also ex
p
ect to achieve lower subscriber ac
q
uisition costs due to manufacturers’ stated
p
lans t
o
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