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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
We include certain estimates, projections and other forward-looking statements in this annual report and in our
quarterly and current reports, and in other publicly available material. Statements regarding expectations,
including performance assumptions and estimates relating to capital requirements, as well as other statements
that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements.
These statements reflect management’s judgments based on currently available information and involve a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-
looking statements. With respect to these forward-looking statements, management has made assumptions
regarding, among other things, customer and network usage, customer growth and retention, pricing, operating
costs, the timing of various events and the economic environment.
Future performance cannot be assured. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include:
• the uncertainties related to the benefits of the Sprint-Nextel merger, including anticipated synergies and
cost savings and the timing thereof;
• the uncertainties related to, and the impact of, the contemplated spin-off of Embarq;
• the effects of vigorous competition and the overall demand for our service offerings in the markets in
which we operate and the impact of new, emerging and competing technologies on our business;
• the costs and business risks associated with providing new services and entering new markets;
• the impact of potential adverse change in the ratings afforded our debt securities by ratings agencies;
• the ability of our Wireless segment to continue to grow and improve profitability;
• the ability of our Local and Long Distance segments to achieve expected revenues;
• the effects of mergers and consolidations in the telecommunications industry and unexpected
announcements or developments from others in the telecommunications industry;
• the uncertainties related to our investments in networks, systems and other businesses;
• the uncertainties related to the implementation of our business strategies;
• unexpected results of litigation filed against us;
• a significant adverse change in Motorola’s ability or willingness to provide handsets and related
equipment and software applications or to develop new technologies or features for our iDEN network;
• the impact of adverse network performance, including any performance issues resulting from the
reconfiguration of the 800 MHz band of our iDEN network contemplated by the Report and Order;
• the costs of compliance with regulatory mandates, particularly requirements related to the FCC’s Report
and Order and deployment of E911 services on the iDEN network;
• equipment failure, natural disasters, terrorist acts, or other breaches of network or information technology
security;
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