Sprint - Nextel 2008 Annual Report Download - page 53

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
We include certain estimates, projections and other forward-looking statements in our annual, 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, subscriber and network usage, subscriber growth and retention, pricing, operating
costs, the timing of various events and the economic and regulatory 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:
‰our ability to attract and retain subscribers;
‰the effects of vigorous competition on a highly penetrated market, including the impact of
competition on the price we are able to charge subscribers for services and equipment we provide
and our ability to attract new subscribers and retain existing subscribers; the overall demand for our
service offerings, including the impact of decisions of new or existing subscribers between our
post-paid and prepaid services offerings and between our two network platforms; and the impact of
new, emerging and competing technologies on our business;
‰the effect of limiting or reducing capital and operating expenditures on our ability to improve and
enhance our networks and service offerings, implement our business strategies and provide
competitive new technologies;
‰our ability to obtain additional financing on terms acceptable to us, including at the expiration of
our current credit facility, which expires on December 19, 2010;
‰volatility in the trading price of our common stock, current economic conditions and our ability to
access capital;
‰the impact of unrelated parties not meeting our business requirements, including a significant
adverse change in the ability or willingness of such parties to provide devices or infrastructure
equipment for our CDMA network, or Motorola, Inc.’s ability or willingness to provide related
devices, infrastructure equipment and software applications, or to develop new technologies and
devices or features, for our iDEN network;
‰the costs and business risks associated with providing new services and entering new geographic
markets;
‰the financial performance of Clearwire and its deployment of a 4G network;
‰the impact of difficulties we may encounter in connection with the integration of the businesses and
assets of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. and iPCS, Inc., including the risk that these difficulties may limit
our ability to fully integrate the operations of these businesses and the risk that we may be unable to
continue to retain key employees;
‰the effects of mergers and consolidations and new entrants in the communications industry and
unexpected announcements or developments from others in the communications industry;
‰unexpected results of litigation filed against us or our suppliers or vendors;
‰the impact of adverse network performance;
‰the costs or potential customer impacts of compliance with regulatory mandates;
‰equipment failure, natural disasters, terrorist acts or other breaches of network or information
technology security;
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