2.2.0.25falsefalse0201 - Disclosure - Description of Business and Basis of Presentationtruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2011 - 3/31/2011 USD ($) $Jan-01-2011_Mar-31-2011http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001442505duration2011-01-01T00:00:002011-03-31T00:00:00USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170USDUSD$2true0us-gaap_GeneralPoliciesAbstractus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringNo definition available.falsefalseDescription of Business and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]3false0us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboselabel1falsefalsefalse00  <div align="left" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">   <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><b></b> </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><b></b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>1. Description of Business and Basis of Presentation</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements contained in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 do not necessarily indicate the results that may be expected for the full year. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     We are a leading provider of 4G wireless broadband services. We build and operate next generation mobile broadband networks that provide high-speed mobile Internet and residential access services, as well as residential voice services, in communities throughout the country. Our 4G mobile broadband network provides a connection anywhere within our coverage area. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     In 2011, we are focused on improving the operating performance of our business, continuing to grow our wholesale subscriber base, increasing the operating efficiencies related to our retail subscribers, reducing costs of our operations and seeking to raise additional capital to continue the expansion and development of our 4G mobile broadband network. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     As of March 31, 2011, we offered our services in 88 markets in the United States covering an estimated 127.8 million people, including an estimated 125.6 million people covered by our 4G mobile broadband network in 71 markets. We ended the quarter with approximately 1.3 million retail and 4.8 million wholesale subscribers. We have deployed our mobile Worldwide Interoperability of Microwave Access, which we refer to as WiMAX, technology, based on the IEEE 802.16e standard, in our launched markets using 2.5 GHz Federal Communications Commission, which we refer to as FCC, licenses. As of March 31, 2011, the remaining 17 markets in the United States, covering an estimated 2.2 million people, continue to operate with a legacy network technology, which we refer to as Pre-4G, that is based on a proprietary set of technical standards offered by a subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc., which we refer to as Motorola. Internationally, as of March 31, 2011, our networks covered an estimated 2.9 million people. We offer 4G mobile broadband services in Seville and Malaga, Spain and a Pre-4G network in Brussels and Ghent, Belgium. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     As further discussed in Note 17, Subsequent Event, on April 18, 2011, we signed the a series of agreements with Sprint Nextel Corporation, which we refer to as Sprint, that substantially changed the terms upon which we sell 4G wireless broadband services to Sprint and purchase 3G wireless services from Sprint. Under those agreements, which we collectively refer to as the Sprint Wholesale Amendments, the parties agreed on a new usage-based pricing structure that applies to most 4G wireless broadband services purchased by Sprint, and Sprint agreed, subject to certain exceptions, to pay us a minimum of $300.0 million for our services in 2011 and $550.0 million in 2012, and to prepay us another $175.0 million over a two-year period for services purchased beyond those covered by the minimum commitment and to pay us approximately $28.2 million to settle outstanding disputes related to prior usage. Additionally, the Sprint Wholesale Amendments resolved a number of disputes related to wholesale pricing. Of these amounts, Sprint paid us approximately $181.5 million on April 27, 2011. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged NotefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringDescribes the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings). Disclosures about the nature of operations need not be quantified; relative importance could be conveyed by use of terms such as "predominately", "about equally", or "major and other". 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