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p
artners,
i
nc
l
u
di
ng, among ot
h
ers, mu
l
t
i
-carr
i
er power amp
lifi
ers, remote ra
di
o
h
ea
d
so
l
ut
i
ons,
hi
g
h
powe
r
p
icocells (which are base stations desi
g
ned to cover a small area, such as within office buildin
g
s, shoppin
g
malls
and airports), and beamforming solutions; however, there can be no assurance that these products will be develope
d
as p
l
anne
d
,orata
ll.
S
upplier
s
For our 4G mo
bil
e
b
roa
db
an
d
networ
k
s, we are us
i
n
g
a num
b
er o
f
supp
li
ers
f
or our networ
k
components an
d
s
ubscriber equipment, including Motorola, Samsung, Huawei, Intel and Cisco, among others. Motorola, whic
h
acquired Old Clearwire’s NextNet subsidiary in August 2006, is currently the only supplier of certain network
c
omponents an
d
su
b
scr
ib
er equ
i
pment
f
or t
h
e Expe
di
ence s
y
stem
d
ep
l
o
y
e
d
on our
l
e
g
ac
y
networ
k
s. Because w
e
will not be buildin
g
an
y
more markets with pre-4G technolo
gy
, the potential adverse impact of Motorola’s positio
n
as our sole su
pp
lier of such network com
p
onents and e
q
ui
p
ment is ex
p
ected to be reduced
.
C
om
p
et
i
t
i
o
n
Th
e mar
k
et
f
or
b
roa
db
an
d
serv
i
ces
i
s
hi
g
hl
y compet
i
t
i
ve an
di
nc
l
u
d
es compan
i
es t
h
at o
ff
er a var
i
ety o
f
s
erv
i
ces us
i
ng a num
b
er o
f diff
erent tec
h
no
l
og
i
ca
l
p
l
at
f
orms, suc
h
as 3G ce
ll
u
l
ar, ca
bl
e, DSL, sate
lli
te, w
i
re
l
ess
Internet service and other emer
g
in
g
technolo
g
ies. We compete with these companies on the basis of the ease of use,
p
orta
bili
ty, spee
d
,re
li
a
bili
ty, an
d
pr
i
ce o
f
our respect
i
ve serv
i
ces.
Our pr
i
nc
i
pa
l
compet
i
tors
i
nc
l
u
d
ew
i
re
l
ess prov
id
ers, ca
bl
ean
d
DSL operators, W
i
-F
i
an
d
, prospect
i
ve
l
y, ot
h
er
4G service
p
roviders, satellite
p
roviders and others.
C
ellular and PCS Services
C
ellular and personal communications services, which we refer to as PCS, carriers are seekin
g
to expand their
c
apacity to provide data and voice services that are superior to ours. These providers have substantially broader
geograp
hi
c coverage t
h
an we
h
ave an
d
,
f
or t
h
e
f
oreseea
bl
e
f
uture, t
h
an we expect to
h
ave. Carr
i
ers suc
h
as AT&
T
Inc., w
hi
c
h
we re
f
er to as AT&T, an
d
Ver
i
zon W
i
re
l
ess Inc., w
hi
c
h
we re
f
er to as Ver
i
zon W
i
re
l
ess, amon
g
ot
h
ers,
have announced plans to deploy LTE which, when deployed, may deliver performance that is similar to, or better
t
han, or may be more widely accepted than the mobile WiMAX technology we are currently deploying on our
n
etwor
k
.Ver
i
zon W
i
re
l
ess
h
as state
d
t
h
at
i
tw
ill b
roa
dly d
ep
l
o
y
LTE
by
t
h
een
d
o
f
2010. I
f
one or more o
f
t
h
ese
p
roviders can deplo
y
technolo
g
ies, such as LTE, that compete effectivel
y
with our services, the mobilit
y
an
d
c
overage offered by these carriers will provide even greater competition than we currently face
.
C
a
bl
eMo
d
em an
d
D
S
L
S
ervice
s
We compete w
i
t
h
compan
i
es t
h
at prov
id
e Internet connect
i
v
i
ty t
h
roug
h
ca
bl
emo
d
ems or DSL. Pr
i
nc
i
pa
l
c
om
p
etitors include cable com
p
anies, such as Time Warner Cable and Comcast, as well as incumbent tele
p
hon
e
c
om
p
anies, such as AT&T, Qwest Communications International, Inc. and Verizon Communications, Inc.
W
ire
l
ess Broa
db
an
dS
ervice Provi
d
ers
We also face com
p
etition from other wireless broadband service
p
roviders that use licensed s
p
ectrum
.
Moreover,
if
we are success
f
u
l
, we expect t
h
ese an
d
ot
h
er compet
i
tors to a
d
opt or mo
dify
our tec
h
no
l
o
gy
or
d
eve
l
op
a tec
h
no
l
o
gy
s
i
m
il
ar to ours. We
b
e
li
eve t
h
at, as networ
ki
n
f
rastructure
b
ase
d
on mo
bil
eW
i
MAX an
d
ot
h
er a
l
ternate
t
echnologies becomes commercially available and manufacturers develop and sell handheld communications an
d
c
onsumer e
l
ectron
i
c
d
ev
i
ces t
h
at are ena
bl
e
d
to commun
i
cate us
i
ng t
h
ese networ
k
s, ot
h
er networ
k
operators w
ill
i
ntro
d
uce 4G mo
bil
e
b
roa
db
an
d
serv
i
ces compara
bl
e to ours
i
n
b
ot
h
our
d
omest
i
can
di
nternat
i
ona
l
mar
k
ets.
Satellite
Satellite providers like WildBlue Communications, Inc. and Hu
g
hes Communications, Inc. offer broadban
d
data services that address a niche market, mainl
y
less densel
y
populated areas that are unserved or underserved b
y
c
ompet
i
ng serv
i
ce prov
id
ers. A
l
t
h
oug
h
sate
lli
te o
ff
ers serv
i
ce to a
l
arge geograp
hi
c area,
l
atency cause
db
yt
h
et
i
m
e
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