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However,
if
our ongo
i
ng reme
di
at
i
on e
ff
orts prove unsuccess
f
u
l
, our
f
uture
b
us
i
ness an
d
operat
i
ng resu
l
ts an
d
/o
r
our abilit
y
to meet our future reportin
g
obli
g
ations ma
y
be adversel
y
affected.
M
any of our competitors are better established and have significantly greater resources than we have,
wh
ic
h
ma
y
ma
k
eit
d
i
ff
icu
l
t to attract an
d
retain su
b
scri
b
ers
.
Th
e mar
k
et
f
or
b
roa
db
an
d
,vo
i
ce an
d
re
l
ate
d
serv
i
ces
i
s
hi
g
hl
y compet
i
t
i
ve an
d
we compete w
i
t
h
severa
l
ot
h
er
c
ompan
i
es w
i
t
hi
n eac
h
o
f
our mar
k
ets. Some o
f
our compet
i
tors are we
ll
esta
bli
s
h
e
d
w
i
t
hl
ar
g
er an
db
ette
r
developed networks and support s
y
stems, lon
g
er-standin
g
relationships with customers and suppliers,
g
reater nam
e
r
ecognition and greater financial, technical and marketing resources than we have. Our competitors may subsidiz
e
c
ompet
i
n
g
serv
i
ces w
i
t
h
revenue
f
rom ot
h
er sources an
d
,t
h
us, ma
y
o
ff
er t
h
e
i
r pro
d
ucts an
d
serv
i
ces at pr
i
ces
l
ower
th
an ours. Our compet
i
tors ma
y
a
l
so re
d
uce t
h
epr
i
ces o
f
t
h
e
i
r serv
i
ces s
ig
n
ifi
cant
ly
or ma
y
o
ff
er
b
roa
db
an
d
c
onnectivity packaged with other products or services
.
Our current compet
i
tors
i
nc
l
u
d
e
:
•3Gce
ll
u
l
ar PCS an
d
ot
h
er w
i
re
l
ess prov
id
ers o
ff
er
i
ng w
i
re
l
ess
b
roa
db
an
d
serv
i
ces an
d
capa
bili
t
i
es
,
i
ncludin
g
developments in existin
g
cellular and PCS technolo
gy
that ma
y
increase network speeds o
r
h
ave other advanta
g
es over our services, and the introduction of additional 4G technolo
g
ies such as LTE,
w
hi
c
h
may ena
bl
et
h
ese prov
id
ers to o
ff
er serv
i
ces t
h
at are compara
bl
e or super
i
or to ours
;
•
i
ncum
b
ent an
d
compet
i
t
i
ve
l
oca
l
exc
h
ange carr
i
ers prov
idi
ng DSL serv
i
ces over t
h
e
i
rex
i
st
i
ng w
id
e,
m
etro
p
olitan and local area networks
;
• wireline operators offerin
g
hi
g
h-speed Internet connectivit
y
services and voice communications over cabl
e
or fiber o
p
tic networks;
• sate
lli
te an
dfi
xe
d
w
i
re
l
ess serv
i
ce prov
id
ers o
ff
er
i
ng or
d
eve
l
op
i
ng
b
roa
db
an
d
Internet connect
i
v
i
ty an
d
V
oIP an
d
ot
h
er te
l
ep
h
on
y
serv
i
ces
;
• municipalities and other entities operatin
g
Wi-Fi networks, some of which are free or subsidized;
• Internet service providers offerin
g
dial-up Internet connectivit
y
;
• electric utilities and other providers offering or planning to offer broadband Internet connectivity over power
li
nes
;
an
d
• rese
ll
ers, MVNOs, or w
h
o
l
esa
l
ers prov
idi
n
g
w
i
re
l
ess Internet or ot
h
er w
i
re
l
ess serv
i
ces us
i
n
gi
n
f
rastructure
d
eveloped and operated b
y
others, includin
g
Sprint and certain of the Investors who have the ri
g
ht to sell
s
ervices purchased from us under the 4G MVNO Agreement.
Our res
id
ent
i
a
l
vo
i
ce an
d
p
l
anne
d
mo
bil
evo
i
ce serv
i
ces w
ill
a
l
so
f
ace s
i
gn
ifi
cant compet
i
t
i
on. Pr
i
mar
il
y, ou
r
m
obile VoIP service offerin
g
will compete with man
y
of our current competitors that also provide voic
e
c
ommunications services. Additionall
y
,wema
y
face competition from companies that offer VoIP telephon
y
s
erv
i
ces over networ
k
s operate
db
yt
hi
r
d
part
i
es
.
We expect ot
h
er ex
i
st
i
ng an
d
prospect
i
ve compet
i
tors to a
d
opt tec
h
no
l
og
i
es or
b
us
i
ness p
l
ans s
i
m
il
ar to ours
,
or seek other means to develop services competitive with ours, particularl
y
if our services prove to be attractive i
n
our tar
g
et markets. There can be no assurances that there will be sufficient customer demand for services offered
over our networ
ki
nt
h
e same mar
k
ets to a
ll
ow mu
l
t
i
p
l
e operators,
if
any, to succee
d
.A
ddi
t
i
ona
ll
y, AT&T, an
d
V
erizon Wireless, amon
g
others, have announced plans to deplo
y
LTE technolo
gy
, with Verizon Wireless
announcin
g
that the
y
expect to launch service be
g
innin
g
in the fourth quarter of 2010. This service ma
y
provide
si
gn
ifi
cant compet
i
t
i
on w
h
en
i
t
b
ecomes ava
il
a
bl
e
i
nt
h
e
f
uture
.
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