NIHD-9.30.2012-10Q
                                    




UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
þ
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF               
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012
or
o
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF          
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the transition period from          to          
 
 
 
Commission file number 0-32421
NII HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
 
91-1671412
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
 
 
1875 Explorer Street, Suite 1000
Reston, Virginia
 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
20190
 (Zip Code)
(703) 390-5100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes þ     No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes þ     No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer þ
 
Accelerated filer o
 
Non-accelerated filer o
 
Smaller reporting company o
 
 
 
 
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes o     No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
 
Number of Shares Outstanding
Title of Class
on November 2, 2012
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
171,653,078




                                    

NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARES
INDEX
 
 
Page
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except par values)
Unaudited
 
September 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
(Restated) (1)
ASSETS
Current assets
 

 
 

Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,568,019

 
$
2,322,919

Short-term investments
117,119

 
343,422

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $73,666 and $66,252
800,026

 
858,471

Handset and accessory inventory
258,206

 
277,291

Deferred income taxes, net
180,286

 
203,012

Prepaid expenses and other
498,859

 
331,407

Total current assets
3,422,515

 
4,336,522

Property, plant and equipment, net
3,888,642

 
3,481,869

Intangible assets, net
1,175,806

 
1,182,380

Deferred income taxes, net
444,463

 
410,162

Other assets
418,623

 
411,203

Total assets
$
9,350,049

 
$
9,822,136

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
 

 
 

Accounts payable
$
294,624

 
$
377,679

Accrued expenses and other
958,399

 
1,008,932

Deferred revenues
164,384

 
159,150

Current portion of long-term debt
155,922

 
573,465

Total current liabilities
1,573,329

 
2,119,226

Long-term debt
4,483,807

 
4,244,752

Deferred revenues
14,796

 
15,585

Deferred credits
52,977

 
61,156

Other long-term liabilities
288,944

 
243,335

Total liabilities
6,413,853

 
6,684,054

Commitments and contingencies (Note 4)
 
 
 
Stockholders’ equity
 

 
 

Undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.001, 10,000 shares authorized — 2012
  and 2011, no shares issued or outstanding — 2012 and 2011

 

Common stock, par value $0.001, 600,000 shares authorized — 2012 and 2011,
  171,653 shares issued and outstanding — 2012, 171,177 shares issued and
  outstanding — 2011
171

 
171

Paid-in capital
1,474,074

 
1,440,079

Retained earnings
2,049,542

 
2,221,882

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(587,591
)
 
(524,050
)
Total stockholders’ equity
2,936,196

 
3,138,082

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
9,350,049

 
$
9,822,136

_______________________________________
(1) As described in Note 1 to these condensed consolidated financial statements, we have restated the prior period condensed consolidated financial statements included herein to correct certain errors.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Unaudited
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
 
 
(Restated) (1)
 
 
 
(Restated) (1)
Operating revenues
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Service and other revenues
$
4,383,935

 
$
4,884,114

 
$
1,419,093

 
$
1,667,428

Handset and accessory revenues
236,934

 
251,498

 
72,803

 
86,785

 
4,620,869

 
5,135,612

 
1,491,896

 
1,754,213

Operating expenses
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and
  amortization included below)
1,263,069

 
1,359,498

 
398,735

 
465,887

Cost of handsets and accessories
695,892

 
643,356

 
232,905

 
225,144

Selling, general and administrative
1,877,812

 
1,835,316

 
642,351

 
677,274

Depreciation
493,854

 
463,335

 
170,250

 
158,791

Amortization
34,145

 
29,518

 
15,118

 
10,102

 
4,364,772

 
4,331,023

 
1,459,359

 
1,537,198

Operating income
256,097

 
804,589

 
32,537

 
217,015

Other (expense) income
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Interest expense, net
(274,389
)
 
(272,837
)
 
(104,447
)
 
(94,890
)
Interest income
25,556

 
24,969

 
13,324

 
9,158

Foreign currency transaction (losses) gains, net
(42,199
)
 
(39,826
)
 
10,811

 
(63,926
)
Other expense, net
(21,486
)
 
(16,767
)
 
(7,003
)
 
(8,409
)
 
(312,518
)
 
(304,461
)
 
(87,315
)
 
(158,067
)
(Loss) income before income tax provision
(56,421
)
 
500,128

 
(54,778
)
 
58,948

Income tax provision
(115,919
)
 
(278,097
)
 
(27,640
)
 
(59,251
)
Net (loss) income
$
(172,340
)
 
$
222,031

 
$
(82,418
)
 
$
(303
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) income, per common share, basic
$
(1.01
)
 
$
1.29

 
$
(0.48
)
 
$

Net (loss) income, per common share, diluted
$
(1.01
)
 
$
1.28

 
$
(0.48
)
 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average number of common shares
  outstanding, basic
171,448

 
170,408

 
171,632

 
171,135

Weighted average number of common shares
  outstanding, diluted
171,448

 
172,913

 
171,632

 
171,135

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive loss, net of income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Foreign currency translation adjustment
$
(61,222
)
 
$
(377,010
)
 
$
56,221

 
$
(555,137
)
  Other
(2,319
)
 
2,921

 
(659
)
 
3,386

  Other comprehensive (loss) income
(63,541
)
 
(374,089
)
 
55,562

 
(551,751
)
  Net (loss) income
(172,340
)
 
222,031

 
(82,418
)
 
(303
)
    Total comprehensive loss
$
(235,881
)
 
$
(152,058
)
 
$
(26,856
)
 
$
(552,054
)
_______________________________________
(1) As described in Note 1 to these condensed consolidated financial statements, we have restated the prior period condensed consolidated financial statements included herein to correct certain errors.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
(in thousands)
Unaudited
 
Common Stock
 
Paid-in Capital
 
Retained Earnings
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
 
Total Stockholders’ Equity
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
 
 
 
Balance, January 1, 2012 - Restated (1)
171,177

 
$
171

 
$
1,440,079

 
$
2,221,882

 
$
(524,050
)
 
$
3,138,082

Net loss

 

 

 
(172,340
)
 

 
(172,340
)
Other comprehensive loss, net of taxes

 

 

 

 
(63,541
)
 
(63,541
)
Purchase of convertible notes

 

 
(526
)
 

 

 
(526
)
Share-based payment expense

 

 
39,276

 

 

 
39,276

Exercise of stock options
476

 

 
150

 

 

 
150

Other

 

 
(4,905
)
 

 

 
(4,905
)
Balance, September 30, 2012
171,653

 
$
171

 
$
1,474,074

 
$
2,049,542

 
$
(587,591
)
 
$
2,936,196

_______________________________________
(1) As described in Note 1 to these condensed consolidated financial statements, we have restated the prior period condensed consolidated financial statements included herein to correct certain errors.






































The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011
(in thousands)
Unaudited
 
2012
 
2011
 
 
 
(Restated) (1)
Cash flows from operating activities:
 

 
 

Net (loss) income
$
(172,340
)
 
$
222,031

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by
 operating activities:
 

 
 

Amortization of debt discount and financing costs
19,922

 
42,040

Depreciation and amortization
527,999

 
492,853

Provision for losses on accounts receivable
132,418

 
121,364

Foreign currency transaction losses, net
42,199

 
39,826

Deferred income tax benefit
(36,370
)
 
(20,145
)
Share-based payment expense
39,276

 
45,872

Other, net
57,673

 
23,836

Change in assets and liabilities:
 

 
 

Accounts receivable, gross
(101,522
)
 
(255,548
)
Handset and accessory inventory
29,557

 
12,838

Prepaid expenses and other
(249,399
)
 
(23,017
)
Other long-term assets
(51,789
)
 
(7,766
)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other
65,367

 
155,356

Net cash provided by operating activities
302,991

 
849,540

Cash flows from investing activities:
 

 
 

Capital expenditures, including capitalized interest
(828,174
)
 
(732,557
)
Purchase of long-term and short-term investments
(1,157,600
)
 
(1,860,383
)
Proceeds from sales of long-term and short-term investments
1,382,328

 
1,975,391

Transfers from restricted cash
21,049

 
89,360

Payments for acquisitions, purchases of licenses, capitalized interest and
  other
(84,458
)
 
(102,612
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(666,855
)
 
(630,801
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 

 
 

Proceeds from issuance of senior notes

 
750,000

Borrowings under equipment financing and other
234,470

 
108,546

Repayments of convertible notes
(212,782
)
 
(214,488
)
Repayments under syndicated loan facilities and other borrowings
(244,538
)
 
(287,586
)
Repayments of import financing
(137,858
)
 
(91,378
)
Other, net
(35,366
)
 
9,403

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(396,074
)
 
274,497

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
5,038

 
(30,735
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
(754,900
)
 
462,501

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
2,322,919

 
1,767,501

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
1,568,019

 
$
2,230,002

_______________________________________
(1) As described in Note 1 to these condensed consolidated financial statements, we have restated the prior period condensed consolidated financial statements included herein to correct certain errors.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


Note 1.        Basis of Presentation
General.  Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. While they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements, they reflect all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for interim periods. In addition, the year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
You should read these condensed consolidated financial statements in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes contained in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012. You should not expect results of operations for interim periods to be an indication of the results for a full year.
Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements. In connection with the preparation and issuance of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2012, we determined that certain previously issued financial statements contained errors. At that time, we evaluated the impact of these errors under the SEC's authoritative guidance on materiality and the quantification of the effect of prior period misstatements on financial statements and determined that the impact of these errors, individually and in the aggregate, on prior period financial statements was immaterial. However, as the impact of correcting the cumulative effect of these errors would have been material to our projected results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, we concluded that prior period financial statements should be revised in future filings.
On October 29, 2012, after discussions with the SEC staff regarding our assessment of the materiality of the identified errors, management and the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors concluded that we should restate our audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 to reflect the corrections substantially disclosed in Note 8 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and for immaterial errors identified in the third quarter of 2012. These restated audited financial statements will be reflected in a Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2011. For the same reasons, we also plan to restate our unaudited interim financial statements for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. The restated unaudited interim financial statements will be reflected in a Form 10-Q/A for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The unaudited interim financial statements for the six- and three-month periods ended June 30, 2011 were previously revised in connection with the filing of the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2012. However, we plan to amend this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the six and three months ended June 30, 2012 to update Note 8 to reflect the restatement of the prior period financial statements referenced above and to reflect the immaterial errors identified in the third quarter of 2012. The unaudited interim financial statements for the nine- and three-month periods ended September 30, 2011 are restated in the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.
The following is a description of the areas in which these errors were identified and for which we made correcting adjustments to our financial statements for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011:

Value Added Taxes (VAT) - We identified and corrected various errors in the recognition of value added tax expenses in Brazil reflecting both under accrual and over accrual of expenses depending on the period and transaction type;

Construction in Progress - We identified and corrected errors related to the incorrect capitalization of certain expenses incurred on internally developed software projects. The correction of these adjustments resulted in a reduction to property, plant and equipment and an increase in general and administrative expenses, as well as inconsequential adjustments to net cash flows from operating and investing activities;

Income Taxes - We identified and corrected errors in the calculation of income tax expense and applicable tax liabilities reflected in the prior period tax provision calculations, as well as the related income tax expense and liability effects of the pre-tax adjustments described here. We also identified and corrected a balance sheet misclassification between current and noncurrent deferred income taxes;

Leases - We identified and corrected errors related to the misclassification of certain transmitter and receiver site co-location leases that were incorrectly classified as operating leases rather than capital leases; and

Other - We identified and corrected other errors that are not applicable to the above categories.

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NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011, the errors noted above understated operating income by $16.2 million and $4.6 million, respectively, understated income before income tax provision by $13.8 million and $3.2 million, respectively, and understated net income by $14.5 million and $2.5 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2011, these errors understated retained earnings by $7.1 million. In addition, these errors understated net income per basic and diluted common share by $0.07 and $0.08, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, and $0.02 and $0.02, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2011.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss.  The components of our accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes, are as follows:
 
 
September 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
(in thousands)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment
$
(580,012
)
 
$
(518,790
)
Other
(7,579
)
 
(5,260
)
 
$
(587,591
)
 
$
(524,050
)

Supplemental Cash Flow Information.
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
(in thousands)
Capital expenditures
 

 
 

Cash paid for capital expenditures, including capitalized interest on
  property, plant and equipment
$
828,174

 
$
732,557

Change in capital expenditures accrued and unpaid or financed, including
  accreted interest capitalized
152,226

 
120,157

 
$
980,400

 
$
852,714

Interest costs
 

 
 

Interest expense, net
$
274,389

 
$
272,837

Interest capitalized
98,616

 
55,949

 
$
373,005

 
$
328,786

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we had $189.7 million in non-cash investing and financing, primarily related to borrowings under our equipment financing facilities in Mexico and Chile, the short-term financing of imported handsets and infrastructure in Brazil and co-location capital lease obligations on our communication towers in Brazil and Mexico. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we had $845.1 million in non-cash investing and financing, primarily related to the long-term financing of the spectrum that was awarded to Nextel Brazil in June 2011 and refinanced in December 2011, the short-term financing of imported handsets and infrastructure in Brazil and co-location capital lease obligations on our communication towers in Brazil and Mexico.
Revenue-Based Taxes.  We record revenue-based taxes and other excise taxes on a gross basis as a component of both service and other revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses in our consolidated financial statements. For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, we recognized $161.3 million and $50.8 million, respectively, in revenue-based taxes and other excise taxes. For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011, we recognized $187.6 million and $64.7 million, respectively, in revenue-based taxes and other excise taxes.
Net (Loss) Income Per Common Share, Basic and Diluted.  Basic net (loss) income per common share is computed by dividing adjusted net (loss) income attributable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net (loss) income per common share reflects the potential dilution of securities that could participate in our earnings, but not securities that are antidilutive, including stock options with an exercise price greater than the average market price of our common stock.
Our unvested restricted stock awards, or RSAs, contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends, whether paid or unpaid. As a

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NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

result, our RSAs are considered participating securities because their holders have the right to participate in earnings with common stockholders. We use the two-class method to allocate net income between common shares and other participating securities.
As presented for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, our calculation of diluted net loss per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period and does not include other potential common shares, including shares issuable upon the potential exercise of stock options under our stock-based employee compensation plans, restricted common shares issued under those plans and common shares resulting from the potential conversion of our 3.125% convertible notes prior to their maturity, since their effect would be antidilutive to our net loss for those periods.
As presented for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011, our calculation of diluted net income per share includes common shares issuable upon the potential exercise of stock options under our stock-based employee compensation plans and restricted common shares issued under those plans. We did not include the common shares that could be issued upon conversion of our 3.125% convertible notes in our calculation of diluted net income per common share because their effect would have been antidilutive to our net income per common share for those periods. Further, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011, we did not include 9.5 million common shares issuable upon exercise of stock options nor did we include an immaterial amount of our restricted common shares in our calculation of diluted net income per common share because their effect would also have been antidilutive to our net income per common share for those periods.
The following tables provide a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators used to calculate basic and diluted net (loss) income per common share as disclosed in our consolidated statements of operations for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
 
Loss
(Numerator)
 
Shares
(Denominator)
 
Per Share
Amount
 
Loss
(Numerator)
 
Shares
(Denominator)
 
Per Share
Amount
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
Basic net (loss) income per
  common share:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) income
$
(172,340
)
 
171,448

 
 
 
$
222,031

 
170,408

 
 
Net income allocable to
  participating securities

 

 
 
 
(1,439
)
 

 
 
Adjusted net (loss) income
  attributable to common shares
(172,340
)
 
171,448

 
$
(1.01
)
 
220,592

 
170,408

 
$
1.29

Effect of dilutive securities:
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Stock options

 

 
 

 

 
2,233

 
 
Restricted stock

 

 
 

 

 
271

 
 
Convertible notes, net of
  capitalized interest and taxes

 

 
 
 

 
1

 
 
Diluted net (loss) income per
  common share:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (loss) income on which
  diluted earnings per share is
  calculated
$
(172,340
)
 
171,448

 
$
(1.01
)
 
$
222,031

 
172,913

 
$
1.28



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NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
 
Loss (Numerator)
 
Shares
(Denominator)
 
Per Share
Amount
 
Loss
(Numerator)
 
Shares
(Denominator)
 
Per Share
Amount
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
Basic net loss per
  common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Net loss
$
(82,418
)
 
171,632

 
 
 
$
(303
)
 
171,135

 
 
Net income allocable to
  participating securities

 

 
 
 

 

 
 
Adjusted net loss attributable to
  common shares
(82,418
)
 
171,632

 
$
(0.48
)
 
(303
)
 
171,135

 
$

Effect of dilutive securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Stock options

 

 
 
 

 

 
 

Restricted stock

 

 
 
 

 

 
 

Convertible notes, net of
  capitalized interest and taxes

 

 
 
 

 

 
 

Diluted net loss per
  common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Net loss on which
  diluted earnings per share is
  calculated
$
(82,418
)
 
171,632

 
$
(0.48
)
 
$
(303
)
 
171,135

 
$

Asset Impairment. During the third quarter of 2012, we recorded a $14.0 million asset impairment charge at the corporate level as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses related to an abandoned web-based internal-use software project, which we determined was no longer necessary for our strategic plans.
New Accounting Pronouncements.  There were no new accounting standards issued during the nine or three months September 30, 2012 that materially impacted our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Note 2.        Debt
 
September 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
(Restated)
Senior notes, net
$
2,724,358

 
$
2,721,658

Spectrum financing
640,205

 
693,038

Equipment financing
470,433

 
179,779

General financing
384,523

 
547,130

Capital leases and tower financing obligations
342,796

 
292,461

Convertible notes, net

 
206,480

Import financing
75,486

 
173,954

Other
1,928

 
3,717

Total debt
4,639,729

 
4,818,217

Less: current portion
(155,922
)
 
(573,465
)
 
$
4,483,807

 
$
4,244,752

Equipment Financing.
In April 2012, Nextel Brazil entered into a U.S. dollar-denominated loan agreement with the China Development Bank, under which Nextel Brazil is able to borrow up to $500.0 million to finance infrastructure equipment and certain other costs related

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to the deployment of its WCDMA-based network. As of September 30, 2012, Nextel Brazil borrowed $160.6 million under this loan agreement for capital expenditures. Nextel Mexico and Nextel Chile also have similar financing arrangements, under which Nextel Mexico borrowed $88.1 million and Nextel Chile borrowed $75.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.
Convertible Notes.
3.125% Convertible Notes and Authoritative Guidance on Convertible Debt Instruments.  As a result of adopting the Financial Accounting Standards Board's, or the FASB’s, authoritative guidance on convertible debt instruments, we are required to separately account for the debt and equity components of our 3.125% convertible notes in a manner that reflects our nonconvertible debt (unsecured debt) borrowing rate. The debt and equity components recognized for our 3.125% convertible notes were as follows (in thousands):
 
September 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
Principal amount of convertible notes
$

 
$
209,788

Unamortized discount on convertible notes

 
3,308

Net carrying amount of convertible notes

 
206,480

Carrying amount of equity component

 
174,891

The amount of interest expense recognized on our 3.125% convertible notes and effective interest rates for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were as follows (dollars in thousands):
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
 
 
 
Contractual coupon interest
$
2,383

 
$
25,243

Amortization of discount on convertible notes
2,718

 
29,424

Interest expense, net
$
5,101

 
$
54,667

Effective interest rate on convertible notes
7.15
%
 
7.15
%

 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
 
 
 
Contractual coupon interest
$

 
$
8,055

Amortization of discount on convertible notes

 
10,021

Interest expense, net
$

 
$
18,076

Effective interest rate on convertible notes

 
7.15
%

Note 3.        Fair Value Measurements
Available-for-Sale Securities.
Our available-for-sale securities include short-term investments made by Nextel Brazil in two investment funds and certificates of deposit with two Brazilian banks. These funds invest primarily in Brazilian government bonds, long-term bank certificates of deposit and Brazilian corporate debentures. We account for these securities at fair value in accordance with the FASB's authoritative guidance surrounding the accounting for investments in debt and equity securities. The fair value of the securities is based on the net asset value of the funds. In our judgment, these securities trade with sufficient daily observable market activity to support a Level 1 classification within the fair value hierarchy.
The following tables set forth the classification within the fair value hierarchy of our financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2012 and December

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31, 2011 (in thousands):
 
Fair Value Measurements as of
 
Total
 
September 30, 2012
 
Fair Value as of
 
Using the Fair Value Hierarchy
 
September 30,
Financial Instruments
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
2012
Short-term investments:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Available-for-sale securities — Nextel Brazil investments
$
117,119

 
$

 
$

 
$
117,119


 
Fair Value Measurements as of
 
Total
 
December 31, 2011
 
Fair Value as of
 
Using the Fair Value Hierarchy
 
December 31,
Financial Instruments
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
2011
Short-term investment:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Available-for-sale securities — Nextel Brazil investments
$
117,620

 
$

 
$

 
$
117,620

Financial Instruments.
Held-to-Maturity Investments.
We periodically invest some of our cash holdings in certain securities that we intend to hold to maturity. These held-to-maturity securities include investments in U.S. treasury securities, as well as investments in securities issued by U.S. government agencies and backed by the U.S. government with maturities ranging from one to fourteen months. We account for held-to-maturity securities at amortized cost. We determined the fair value of our held-to-maturity investments in U.S. treasury securities based on quoted market prices for the individual instruments. In our judgment, these securities trade with sufficient daily observable market activity to support a Level 1 classification within the fair value hierarchy. We determined the fair value of our investments in corporate bonds based on reported trade data in a broker dealer market for the individual instruments. We consider these measurements to be Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. All of our held-to-maturity investments matured during the second quarter of 2012. The gross unrecognized holding gains and losses as of December 31, 2011 relating to these investments were not material. The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our held-to-maturity investments as of December 31, 2011 are as follows:
 
December 31, 2011
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Estimated
Fair Value
Short-term investments:
 
 
 
Held-to-maturity securities — U.S. Agencies
$
74,803

 
$
75,075

Held-to-maturity securities — U.S. Treasuries
150,999

 
151,678

 
$
225,802

 
$
226,753


Long-Term Debt Instruments.
The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our long-term debt instruments are as follows:
 
September 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Amount
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
(in thousands)
Senior notes
$
2,724,358

 
$
2,359,750

 
$
2,721,658

 
$
2,880,375

Spectrum financing
640,205

 
635,188

 
693,038

 
768,735

General financing
384,523

 
364,756

 
547,130

 
502,438

Convertible notes

 

 
206,480

 
210,837

Equipment financing
470,433

 
465,990

 
179,779

 
169,075

 
$
4,219,519

 
$
3,825,684

 
$
4,348,085

 
$
4,531,460


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We estimated the fair values of our convertible notes, which matured during the second quarter of 2012, and our senior notes using quoted market prices in a broker dealer market, which may be adjusted for certain factors such as historical trading levels and market data for our notes, credit default spreads, stock volatility assumptions with respect to our convertible notes and other corroborating market or internally generated data. Because our fair value measurement includes market data, corroborating market data and some internally generated information, we consider this Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
We estimated the fair values of our equipment and spectrum financings using primarily Level 3 inputs such as U.S. Treasury yield curves, prices of comparable bonds, the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, and zero-coupon yield curves, U.S. treasury bond rates and credit spreads on comparable publicly traded bonds.
General financing consists primarily of loans with certain banks and other lenders in Brazil and Mexico, and as of December 31, 2011, a syndicated loan facility in Peru that we repaid during the first quarter of 2012. We estimated the fair value of these loans utilizing primarily Level 3 inputs such as U.S. treasury security yield curves, prices of comparable bonds, LIBOR and zero-coupon yield curves, Treasury bond rates and credit spreads on comparable publicly traded bonds. We believe that the fair value of our short-term bank loans approximate their carrying value primarily because of the short maturities of the agreements prior to realization and consider these measurements to be Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
Other Financial Instruments.
We estimate the fair value of our financial instruments other than our available-for-sale securities, including cash and cash equivalents, held-to-maturity investments, accounts receivable, accounts payable, derivative instruments and debt. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and short-term borrowings contained in the consolidated balance sheets approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair values of our derivative and other non-current instruments are immaterial.

Note 4.        Commitments and Contingencies
Brazilian Contingencies.
Nextel Brazil has received various assessment notices from state and federal Brazilian authorities asserting deficiencies in payments related primarily to value-added taxes, excise taxes on imported equipment and other non-income based taxes. Nextel Brazil has filed various administrative and legal petitions disputing these assessments. In some cases, Nextel Brazil has received favorable decisions, which are currently being appealed by the respective governmental authority. In other cases, Nextel Brazil’s petitions have been denied, and Nextel Brazil is currently appealing those decisions. Nextel Brazil is also disputing various other claims. Nextel Brazil did not reverse any material accrued liabilities related to contingencies during the nine or three months ended September 30, 2012.
As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, Nextel Brazil had accrued liabilities of $63.2 million and $60.0 million, respectively, related to contingencies, all of which were classified in accrued contingencies reported as a component of other long-term liabilities, and $17.9 million and $27.4 million of which related to unasserted claims, respectively. We currently estimate the range of reasonably possible losses related to matters for which Nextel Brazil has not accrued liabilities, as they are not deemed probable, to be between $275.2 million and $279.2 million as of September 30, 2012. We are continuing to evaluate the likelihood of probable and reasonably possible losses, if any, related to all known contingencies. As a result, future increases or decreases to our accrued liabilities may be necessary and will be recorded in the period when such amounts are determined to be probable and reasonably estimable.
Legal Proceedings.
We are subject to claims and legal actions that may arise in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that any of these pending claims or legal actions will have a material effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.



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Note 5.        Income Taxes
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
(in thousands)
(Loss) income before income
   tax provision
$
(56,421
)
 
$
500,128

 
$
(54,778
)
 
$
58,948

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current income tax provision
$
(152,289
)
 
$
(298,242
)
 
$
(27,148
)
 
$
(71,424
)
Deferred income tax benefit
  (provision)
36,370

 
20,145

 
(492
)
 
12,173

Total income tax provision
$
(115,919
)
 
$
(278,097
)
 
$
(27,640
)
 
$
(59,251
)

The decreases in the consolidated income tax provision for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 are primarily due to decreases of $556.5 million and $113.7 million, respectively, in consolidated income before income tax provision. However, increases in the loss before income tax provision recognized in the U.S. and Chile during 2012 required full valuation allowances, which prevented an income tax benefit from being recognized on these losses. Recognizing no income tax benefit for the U.S. and Chilean losses resulted in consolidated income tax expense for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, despite recognizing a consolidated loss before income tax provision for these periods.
 
We are subject to income taxes in both the United States and the non-U.S. jurisdictions in which we operate. Certain of our entities are under examination by the relevant taxing authorities for various tax years. The earliest years that remain subject to examination by jurisdiction are: Chile - 1993; U.S. - 1999; Mexico - 2003; Argentina - 2005; Brazil - 2006; Peru - 2007 and Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain - 2009. We regularly assess the potential outcome of current and future examinations in each of the taxing jurisdictions when determining the adequacy of the provision for income taxes.

The following table shows a reconciliation of our unrecognized tax benefits according to the FASB's authoritative guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 (in thousands):
Unrecognized tax benefits - December 31, 2011
$
35,572

Additions for current year tax positions
2,408

Additions for prior year tax positions

Reductions for current year tax positions

Reductions for prior year tax positions

Lapse of statute of limitations

Settlements with taxing authorities

Foreign currency translation adjustment
(282
)
Unrecognized tax benefits - September 30, 2012
$
37,698


The unrecognized tax benefits that could potentially reduce our future effective tax rate, if recognized, were $5.5 million and $5.7 million as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.
We record interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions as a component of our income tax provision.
We assessed the realizability of our deferred tax assets during the third quarter of 2012, consistent with the methodology we employed for the same period in 2011. In that assessment, we considered the reversal of existing temporary differences associated with deferred tax assets and liabilities, future taxable income, tax planning strategies and historical and future pre-tax book income (as adjusted for permanent differences between financial and tax accounting items) in order to determine if it is “more-likely-than-not” that the deferred tax asset will be realized. As a result of this assessment, in 2011, we recorded a full valuation allowance on our U.S. companies' deferred tax assets and have maintained the same position for 2012. For our other companies, we determined that the realizability of their deferred assets had not changed. We will continue to evaluate the amount of the valuation allowance

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(Unaudited)

for all of our foreign and U.S. companies throughout the remainder of 2012 to determine the appropriate level of valuation allowance.

During 2004, Nextel Mexico amended its Mexican Federal income tax returns in order to reverse a benefit previously claimed for a disputed provision of the Federal income tax law covering deductions and gains from the sale of property. We filed the amended returns in order to avoid potential penalties, and we also filed administrative petitions seeking clarification of our right to the tax benefits claimed on the original income tax returns. The tax authorities constructively denied our administrative petitions in January 2005, and in May 2005, we filed an annulment suit challenging the constructive denial. In March 2011, we were officially notified that the courts denied our petition based on the economic substance of our interpretation. Therefore, during the first quarter of 2011, we reversed the income tax receivable previously recorded on the financial statements and recorded a $14.5 million increase in income tax expense with respect to this item.


Note 6.        Segment Reporting
We have determined that our reportable segments are those that are based on our method of internal reporting, which disaggregates our business by geographical location. Our reportable segments are: (1) Brazil, (2) Mexico, (3) Argentina and (4) Peru. The operations of all other businesses that fall below the segment reporting thresholds are included in the “Corporate and other” segment below. This segment includes our Chilean operating companies and our corporate operations in the U.S. We evaluate performance of these segments and provide resources to them based on operating income before depreciation, amortization and restructuring and other charges, which we refer to as segment earnings.

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Brazil
 
Mexico
 
Argentina
 
Peru
 
Corporate and
other
 
Intercompany
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2012
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Operating revenues
$
2,230,010

 
$
1,588,785

 
$
512,153

 
$
259,718

 
$
36,215

 
$
(6,012
)
 
$
4,620,869

Segment earnings (losses)
$
581,921

 
$
444,698

 
$
131,969

 
$
(2,716
)
 
$
(378,395
)
 
$
6,619

 
$
784,096

Less:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Depreciation and amortization
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(527,999
)
Foreign currency transaction losses, net
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(42,199
)
Interest expense and other, net
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(270,319
)
Loss before income tax provision
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
$
(56,421
)
Capital expenditures
$
396,502

 
$
337,398

 
$
36,113

 
$
43,460

 
$
166,927

 
$

 
$
980,400

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2011 (Restated)
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Operating revenues
$
2,641,114

 
$
1,732,516

 
$
478,696

 
$
264,071

 
$
22,642

 
$
(3,427
)
 
$
5,135,612

Segment earnings (losses)
$
840,904

 
$
590,466

 
$
127,174

 
$
26,399

 
$
(294,907
)
 
$
7,406

 
$
1,297,442

Less:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Depreciation and amortization
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(492,853
)
Foreign currency transaction losses, net
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(39,826
)
Interest expense and other, net
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(264,635
)
Income before income tax provision
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
$
500,128

Capital expenditures
$
386,104

 
$
209,794

 
$
53,888

 
$
76,690

 
$
126,238

 
$

 
$
852,714

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
  2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
$
693,189

 
$
523,220

 
$
178,505

 
$
84,529

 
$
15,432

 
$
(2,979
)
 
$
1,491,896

Segment earnings (losses)
$
160,698

 
$
147,627

 
$
50,045

 
$
(6,733
)
 
$
(135,971
)
 
$
2,239

 
$
217,905

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(185,368
)
Foreign currency transaction gains, net
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
10,811

Interest expense and other, net
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
(98,126
)
Loss before income tax provision
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
$
(54,778
)
Capital expenditures
$
171,461

 
$
137,772

 
$
11,688

 
$
23,452

 
$
45,077

 
$

 
$
389,450

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
  2011 (Restated)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
$
912,945

 
$
577,202

 
$
167,132

 
$
90,244

 
$
7,770

 
$
(1,080
)
 
$
1,754,213

Segment earnings (losses)
$
251,806

 
$
186,856

 
$
40,900

 
$
11,346

 
$
(107,973
)
 
$
2,973

 
$
385,908

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(168,893
)
Foreign currency transaction losses, net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(63,926
)
Interest expense and other, net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(94,141
)
Income before income tax provision
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
58,948

Capital expenditures
$
174,730

 
$
79,224

 
$
24,542

 
$
30,224

 
$
28,914

 
$

 
$
337,634

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 30, 2012
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Identifiable assets
$
3,968,942

 
$
2,398,811

 
$
464,309

 
$
580,524

 
$
1,937,750

 
$
(287
)
 
$
9,350,049

December 31, 2011 (Restated)
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Identifiable assets
$
4,071,612

 
$
2,346,307

 
$
427,428

 
$
597,891

 
$
2,379,185

 
$
(287
)
 
$
9,822,136



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Note 7.        Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements
In 2011, we issued $1.45 billion in aggregate principal amount of our 7.625% senior notes due in 2021. In addition, during 2009, we issued senior notes totaling $1.3 billion in aggregate principal amount comprised of our 10.0% senior notes due 2016 and our 8.875% senior notes due 2019. We refer to the senior notes issued in 2011 and 2009 collectively as the "senior notes." All of these senior notes are senior unsecured obligations of NII Capital Corp., our wholly-owned domestic subsidiary, and are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by NII Holdings and all of its current and future first tier and domestic restricted subsidiaries, other than NII Capital Corp. No foreign subsidiaries will guarantee the senior notes unless they are first tier subsidiaries of NII Holdings. These guarantees are full and unconditional, as well as joint and several.
In connection with the issuance of the senior notes and the guarantees thereof, we are required to provide certain condensed consolidating financial information. Included in the tables below are condensed consolidating balance sheets as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, as well as condensed consolidating statements of operations for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 and condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, of: (a) the parent company, NII Holdings, Inc.; (b) the subsidiary issuer, NII Capital Corp.; (c) the guarantor subsidiaries on a combined basis; (d) the non-guarantor subsidiaries on a combined basis; (e) consolidating adjustments; and (f) NII Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
As of September 30, 2012

 
NII Holdings,
Inc. (Parent)
 
NII Capital
Corp. (Issuer)(1)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries(2)
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cash and cash equivalents
$
787,076

 
$
55,281

 
$
3,931

 
$
721,731

 
$

 
$
1,568,019

Short-term investments

 

 

 
117,119

 

 
117,119

Accounts receivable, net
7,483

 
67,320

 
89,058

 
804,490

 
(168,325
)
 
800,026

Handset and accessory inventory

 

 

 
258,265

 
(59
)
 
258,206

Deferred income taxes, net

 

 
5,672

 
183,726

 
(9,112
)
 
180,286

Prepaid expenses and other
5,863

 

 
7,895

 
485,101

 

 
498,859

Total current assets
800,422

 
122,601

 
106,556

 
2,570,432

 
(177,496
)
 
3,422,515

Property, plant and
  equipment, net

 

 
226,841

 
3,662,088

 
(287
)
 
3,888,642

Investments in and advances
  to affiliates
3,251,818

 
2,838,727

 
2,929,248

 

 
(9,019,793
)
 

Intangible assets, net
18,000

 

 

 
1,157,806

 

 
1,175,806

Deferred income taxes, net
21,463

 

 

 
444,463

 
(21,463
)
 
444,463

Other assets
2,394,089

 
3,764,553

 
747,182

 
507,865

 
(6,995,066
)
 
418,623

Total assets
$
6,485,792

 
$
6,725,881

 
$
4,009,827

 
$
8,342,654

 
$
(16,214,105
)
 
$
9,350,049

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Accounts payable
$

 
$

 
$
5,970

 
$
288,654

 
$

 
$
294,624

Accrued expenses and other
600,032

 
206,401

 
1,600,851

 
1,353,222

 
(2,802,107
)
 
958,399

Deferred revenues

 

 

 
164,384

 

 
164,384

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 
12,719

 
143,203

 

 
155,922

Total current liabilities
600,032

 
206,401

 
1,619,540

 
1,949,463

 
(2,802,107
)
 
1,573,329

Long-term debt
23

 
2,724,359

 
43,669

 
1,715,756

 

 
4,483,807

Deferred revenues

 

 

 
14,796

 

 
14,796

Deferred credits

 
2,950

 
21,054

 
50,436

 
(21,463
)
 
52,977

Other long-term liabilities
2,949,541

 

 
22,211

 
1,682,955

 
(4,365,763
)
 
288,944

Total liabilities
3,549,596

 
2,933,710

 
1,706,474

 
5,413,406

 
(7,189,333
)
 
6,413,853

Total stockholders’ equity
2,936,196

 
3,792,171

 
2,303,353

 
2,929,248

 
(9,024,772
)
 
2,936,196

Total liabilities and
  stockholders’ equity
$
6,485,792

 
$
6,725,881

 
$
4,009,827

 
$
8,342,654

 
$
(16,214,105
)
 
$
9,350,049

_______________________________________
(1)
NII Capital Corp. is the issuer of our 7.625% senior notes due 2021, our 10.0% senior notes due 2016 and our 8.875% senior notes due 2019.
(2)
Represents our subsidiaries that have provided guarantees of the obligations of NII Capital Corp. under our 7.625% senior notes due 2021, our 10.0% senior notes due 2016 and our 8.875% senior notes due 2019.

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NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET - RESTATED
As of December 31, 2011

 
NII Holdings,
Inc. (Parent)
 
NII Capital
Corp. (Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Current assets
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,042,358

 
$
956

 
$
8,416

 
$
1,271,189

 
$

 
$
2,322,919

Short-term investments
225,802

 

 

 
117,620

 

 
343,422

Accounts receivable, net
13,643

 
79,719

 
168,769

 
864,961

 
(268,621
)
 
858,471

Handset and accessory inventory

 

 

 
277,291

 

 
277,291

Deferred income taxes, net

 

 
6,873

 
200,497

 
(4,358
)
 
203,012

Prepaid expenses and other
1,483

 

 
8,552

 
321,384

 
(12
)
 
331,407

Total current assets
1,283,286

 
80,675

 
192,610

 
3,052,942

 
(272,991
)
 
4,336,522

Property, plant and
  equipment, net

 

 
190,208

 
3,291,948

 
(287
)
 
3,481,869

Investments in and advances
  to affiliates
3,220,290

 
2,900,599

 
2,999,630

 

 
(9,120,519
)
 

Intangible assets, net
18,000

 

 

 
1,164,380

 

 
1,182,380

Deferred income taxes, net
45,740

 

 

 
410,162

 
(45,740
)
 
410,162

Other assets
2,348,372

 
3,799,519

 
606,845

 
470,516

 
(6,814,049
)
 
411,203

Total assets
$
6,915,688

 
$
6,780,793

 
$
3,989,293

 
$
8,389,948

 
$
(16,253,586
)
 
$
9,822,136

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Accounts payable
$

 
$

 
$
2,546

 
$
375,133

 
$

 
$
377,679

Accrued expenses and other
635,303

 
191,992

 
1,601,508

 
1,340,655

 
(2,760,526
)
 
1,008,932

Deferred revenues

 

 

 
159,150

 

 
159,150

Current portion of long-term debt
206,480

 

 
15,772

 
351,213

 

 
573,465

Total current liabilities
841,783

 
191,992

 
1,619,826

 
2,226,151

 
(2,760,526
)
 
2,119,226

Long-term debt
23

 
2,721,658

 
55,940

 
1,467,131

 

 
4,244,752

Deferred revenues

 

 

 
15,585

 

 
15,585

Deferred credits

 

 
48,253

 
58,643

 
(45,740
)
 
61,156

Other long-term liabilities
2,935,800

 

 
12,580

 
1,622,808

 
(4,327,853
)
 
243,335

Total liabilities
3,777,606

 
2,913,650

 
1,736,599

 
5,390,318

 
(7,134,119
)
 
6,684,054

Total stockholders’ equity
3,138,082

 
3,867,143

 
2,252,694

 
2,999,630

 
(9,119,467
)
 
3,138,082

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
6,915,688

 
$
6,780,793

 
$
3,989,293

 
$
8,389,948

 
$
(16,253,586
)
 
$
9,822,136




19




NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

 
NII Holdings,
Inc. (Parent)
 
NII Capital
Corp. (Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
Operating revenues
$

 
$

 
$
2,304

 
$
4,622,352

 
$
(3,787
)
 
$
4,620,869

Operating expenses
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of revenues (exclusive
  of depreciation and
  amortization included below)

 

 
72

 
1,960,312

 
(1,423
)
 
1,958,961

Selling, general and administrative
2,413

 
1

 
241,432

 
1,642,948

 
(8,982
)
 
1,877,812

Management fee and other

 

 
(127,356
)
 
190,795

 
(63,439
)
 

Depreciation and
  amortization

 

 
24,616

 
503,383

 

 
527,999

 
2,413

 
1

 
138,764

 
4,297,438

 
(73,844
)
 
4,364,772

Operating (loss) income
(2,413
)
 
(1
)
 
(136,460
)
 
324,914

 
70,057

 
256,097

Other (expense) income
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest expense, net
(180,092
)
 
(171,870
)
 
(1,612
)
 
(145,218
)
 
224,403

 
(274,389
)
Interest income
12,196

 
213,771

 
181

 
23,811

 
(224,403
)
 
25,556

Foreign currency transaction
  losses, net

 

 

 
(42,199
)
 

 
(42,199
)
Equity in (losses) income of
  affiliates
(83,644
)
 
70,100

 
73,598

 

 
(60,054
)
 

Other income (expense), net
48,309

 

 
22

 
301

 
(70,118
)
 
(21,486
)
 
(203,231
)
 
112,001

 
72,189

 
(163,305
)
 
(130,172
)
 
(312,518
)
(Loss) income before income
  tax benefit (provision)
(205,644
)
 
112,000

 
(64,271
)
 
161,609

 
(60,115
)
 
(56,421
)
Income tax benefit (provision)
33,304

 
(15,844
)
 
(39,384
)
 
(88,011
)
 
(5,984
)
 
(115,919
)
Net (loss) income
$
(172,340
)
 
$
96,156

 
$
(103,655
)
 
$
73,598

 
$
(66,099
)
 
$
(172,340
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive (loss) income, net
  of income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Foreign currency translation
     adjustment
$
(61,222
)
 
$
(61,222
)
 
$
(61,222
)
 
$
(61,222
)
 
$
183,666

 
$
(61,222
)
  Other
(2,319
)
 
(2,319
)
 
(2,319
)
 
(2,319
)
 
6,957

 
(2,319
)
  Other comprehensive loss
(63,541
)
 
(63,541
)
 
(63,541
)
 
(63,541
)
 
190,623

 
(63,541
)
  Net (loss) income
(172,340
)
 
96,156

 
(103,655
)
 
73,598

 
(66,099
)
 
(172,340
)
    Total comprehensive (loss)
       income
$
(235,881
)
 
$
32,615

 
$
(167,196
)
 
$
10,057

 
$
124,524

 
$
(235,881
)

20




NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS - RESTATED
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

 
NII Holdings,
Inc. (Parent)
 
NII Capital
Corp. (Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
Operating revenues
$

 
$

 
$
2,304

 
$
5,135,612

 
$
(2,304
)
 
$
5,135,612

Operating expenses
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of revenues (exclusive
  of depreciation and
  amortization included below)

 

 
124

 
2,002,730

 

 
2,002,854

Selling, general and administrative
2,596

 
179

 
221,552

 
1,620,745

 
(9,756
)
 
1,835,316

Management fee and other

 

 
(129,102
)
 
184,993

 
(55,891
)
 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 
7,484

 
485,369

 

 
492,853

 
2,596

 
179

 
100,058

 
4,293,837

 
(65,647
)
 
4,331,023

Operating (loss) income
(2,596
)
 
(179
)
 
(97,754
)
 
841,775

 
63,343

 
804,589

Other (expense) income
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest expense, net
(175,549
)
 
(118,962
)
 
(2,097
)
 
(150,025
)
 
173,796

 
(272,837
)
Interest income
14,267

 
161,180

 
155

 
23,163

 
(173,796
)
 
24,969

Foreign currency transaction
  losses, net
(4
)
 

 

 
(39,822
)
 

 
(39,826
)
Equity in income of affiliates
290,073

 
396,052

 
405,360

 

 
(1,091,485
)
 

Other income (expense), net
57,440

 

 
(6
)
 
(10,903
)
 
(63,298
)
 
(16,767
)
 
186,227

 
438,270

 
403,412

 
(177,587
)
 
(1,154,783
)
 
(304,461
)
Income before income tax
  benefit (provision)
183,631

 
438,091

 
305,658

 
664,188

 
(1,091,440
)
 
500,128

Income tax benefit (provision)
38,400

 
(12,002
)
 
(36,008
)
 
(258,872
)
 
(9,615
)
 
(278,097
)
Net income
$
222,031

 
$
426,089

 
$
269,650

 
$
405,316

 
$
(1,101,055
)
 
$
222,031

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive (loss) income, net
  of income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Foreign currency translation
     adjustment
$
(377,010
)
 
$
(377,010
)
 
$
(377,010
)
 
$
(377,010
)
 
$
1,131,030

 
$
(377,010
)
  Other
2,921

 
2,921

 
2,921

 
2,921

 
(8,763
)
 
2,921

  Other comprehensive loss
(374,089
)
 
(374,089
)
 
(374,089
)
 
(374,089
)
 
1,122,267

 
(374,089
)
  Net income
222,031

 
426,089

 
269,650

 
405,316

 
(1,101,055
)
 
222,031

    Total comprehensive (loss)
      income
$
(152,058
)
 
$
52,000

 
$
(104,439
)
 
$
31,227

 
$
21,212

 
$
(152,058
)

21




NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2012

 
NII Holdings,
Inc. (Parent)
 
NII Capital
Corp. (Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
Operating revenues
$

 
$

 
$
768


$
1,493,379

 
$
(2,251
)
 
$
1,491,896

Operating expenses
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of revenues (exclusive
  of depreciation and
  amortization included below)

 

 
13

 
633,050

 
(1,423
)
 
631,640

Selling, general and administrative
766

 

 
74,614

 
570,038

 
(3,067
)
 
642,351

Management fee and other

 

 
(41,813
)
 
65,026

 
(23,213
)
 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 
9,018

 
176,350

 

 
185,368

 
766

 

 
41,832

 
1,444,464

 
(27,703
)
 
1,459,359

Operating (loss) income
(766
)
 

 
(41,064
)
 
48,915

 
25,452

 
32,537

Other (expense) income
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest expense, net
(59,043
)
 
(57,632
)
 
(497
)
 
(62,690
)
 
75,415

 
(104,447
)
Interest income
4,082

 
71,762

 
58

 
12,837

 
(75,415
)
 
13,324

Foreign currency transaction
  gains, net

 

 

 
10,811

 

 
10,811

Equity in losses of
  affiliates
(69,451
)
 
(17,250
)
 
(15,332
)
 

 
102,033

 

Other income (expense), net
25,420

 

 
11

 
(6,922
)
 
(25,512
)
 
(7,003
)
 
(98,992
)
 
(3,120
)
 
(15,760
)
 
(45,964
)
 
76,521

 
(87,315
)
(Loss) income before income
  tax benefit (provision)
(99,758
)
 
(3,120
)
 
(56,824
)
 
2,951

 
101,973

 
(54,778
)
Income tax benefit (provision)
17,340

 
(8,768
)
 
(16,700
)
 
(18,283
)
 
(1,229
)
 
(27,640
)
Net loss
$
(82,418
)
 
$
(11,888
)
 
$
(73,524
)
 
$
(15,332
)
 
$
100,744

 
$
(82,418
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive (loss) income, net
  of income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Foreign currency translation
     adjustment
$
56,221

 
$
56,221

 
$
56,221

 
$
56,221

 
$
(168,663
)
 
$
56,221

  Other
(659
)
 
(659
)
 
(659
)
 
(659
)
 
1,977

 
(659
)
  Other comprehensive income
55,562

 
55,562

 
55,562

 
55,562

 
(166,686
)
 
55,562

  Net loss
(82,418
)
 
(11,888
)
 
(73,524
)
 
(15,332
)
 
100,744

 
(82,418
)
    Total comprehensive (loss)
       income
$
(26,856
)
 
$
43,674

 
$
(17,962
)
 
$
40,230

 
$
(65,942
)
 
$
(26,856
)



22




NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS - RESTATED
For the Three Months September 30, 2011

 
NII Holdings,
Inc. (Parent)
 
NII Capital
Corp. (Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
Operating revenues
$

 
$

 
$
768

 
$
1,754,213

 
$
(768
)
 
$
1,754,213

Operating expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenues (exclusive
  of depreciation and
  amortization included below)

 

 
39

 
691,038

 
(46
)
 
691,031

Selling, general and administrative
820

 
1

 
81,504

 
598,690

 
(3,741
)
 
677,274

Management fee and other

 

 
(64,552
)
 
83,077

 
(18,525
)
 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 
2,744

 
166,149

 

 
168,893

 
820

 
1

 
19,735

 
1,538,954

 
(22,312
)
 
1,537,198

Operating (loss) income
(820
)
 
(1
)
 
(18,967
)
 
215,259

 
21,544

 
217,015

Other (expense) income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense, net
(63,613
)
 
(43,752
)
 
(659
)
 
(51,121
)
 
64,255

 
(94,890
)
Interest income
5,061

 
59,348

 
52

 
8,952

 
(64,255
)
 
9,158

Foreign currency transaction
  losses, net
(4
)
 

 

 
(63,922
)
 

 
(63,926
)
Equity in income of affiliates
32,106

 
52,721

 
56,198

 

 
(141,025
)
 

Other income (expense), net
15,601

 

 

 
(2,511
)
 
(21,499
)
 
(8,409
)
 
(10,849
)
 
68,317

 
55,591

 
(108,602
)
 
(162,524
)
 
(158,067
)
(Loss) income before income tax
  benefit (provision)
(11,669
)
 
68,316

 
36,624

 
106,657

 
(140,980
)
 
58,948

Income tax benefit (provision)
11,366

 
(3,037
)
 
(12,280
)
 
(50,505
)
 
(4,795
)
 
(59,251
)
Net (loss) income
$
(303
)
 
$
65,279

 
$
24,344

 
$
56,152

 
$
(145,775
)
 
$
(303
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive loss, net
  of income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Foreign currency translation
     adjustment
$
(555,137
)
 
$
(555,137
)
 
$
(555,137
)
 
$
(555,137
)
 
$
1,665,411

 
$
(555,137
)
  Other
3,386

 
3,386

 
3,386

 
3,386

 
(10,158
)
 
3,386

  Other comprehensive loss
(551,751
)
 
(551,751
)
 
(551,751
)
 
(551,751
)
 
1,655,253

 
(551,751
)
  Net (loss) income
(303
)
 
65,279

 
24,344

 
56,152

 
(145,775
)
 
(303
)
    Total comprehensive loss
$
(552,054
)
 
$
(486,472
)
 
$
(527,407
)
 
$
(495,599
)
 
$
1,509,478

 
$
(552,054
)


23




NII HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
 
NII Holdings,
Inc. (Parent)
 
NII Capital
Corp. (Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net (loss) income
$
(172,340
)
 
$
96,156

 
$
(103,655
)
 
$
73,598

 
$
(66,099
)
 
$
(172,340
)
Adjustments to reconcile net
  (loss) income to net cash (used in)
  provided by operating activities
43,876

 
110,133

 
155,514

 
451,215

 
(285,407
)
 
475,331

Net cash (used in) provided by
  operating activities
(128,464
)
 
206,289

 
51,859

 
524,813

 
(351,506
)
 
302,991

Cash flows from investing activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Capital expenditures
(76,141
)
 

 

 
(752,033
)
 

 
(828,174
)
Purchases of long-term and
  short-term investments

 

 

 
(1,157,600
)
 

 
(1,157,600
)
Proceeds from sales of long-term
  and short-term investments
224,330

 

 

 
1,157,998

 

 
1,382,328

Intercompany borrowings, capital
  contributions and other, net
(59,000
)
 

 

 
(63,709
)
 
59,300

 
(63,409
)
Net cash provided by (used in)
  investing activities
89,189

 

 

 
(815,344
)
 
59,300

 
(666,855
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Borrowings under equipment financing

 

 

 
222,494

 

 
222,494

Repayments under syndicated
  loan facilities

 

 

 
(175,744
)
 

 
(175,744
)
Repayments of import financing

 

 

 
(137,858
)
 

 
(137,858
)
Repayments of convertible notes
(212,782
)
 

 

 

 

 
(212,782
)
Intercompany dividends

 
(151,186
)
 
(100,320
)
 
(100,000
)
 
351,506

 

Capital contributions and other, net
(3,225
)
 
(778
)
 
43,976

 
(72,857
)
 
(59,300
)
 
(92,184
)
Net cash flows used in financing
   activities
(216,007
)
 
(151,964
)
 
(56,344
)
 
(263,965
)
 
292,206

 
(396,074
)
Effect of exchange rate changes
  on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 
5,038

 

 
5,038

Net (decrease) increase in cash and
  cash equivalents
(255,282
)
 
54,325

 
(4,485
)
 
(549,458
)
 

 
(754,900
)
Cash and cash equivalents,
  beginning of period
1,042,358

 
956

 
8,416

 
1,271,189

 

 
2,322,919

Cash and cash equivalents, end
  of period
$
787,076

 
$
55,281

 
$
3,931

 
$
721,731

 
$

 
$
1,568,019


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS - RESTATED
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
 
NII Holdings,
Inc. (Parent)
 
NII Capital
Corp. (Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Consolidating
Adjustments
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
Cash flows from operating
  activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net income
$
222,031

 
$
426,089

 
$
269,650

 
$
405,316

 
$
(1,101,055
)
 
$
222,031

Adjustments to reconcile net
  income to net cash provided
  by (used in) operating activities
(170,415
)
 
(443,817
)
 
(250,160
)
 
614,124

 
877,777

 
627,509

Net cash provided by (used in)
  operating activities
51,616

 
(17,728
)
 
19,490

 
1,019,440

 
(223,278
)
 
849,540

Cash flows from investing
  activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Capital expenditures
(99,013
)
 

 

 
(633,544
)
 

 
(732,557
)
Purchases of long-term and
  short-term investments
(329,292
)
 

 

 
(1,531,091
)
 

 
(1,860,383
)
Purchases of licenses

 

 

 
(99,893
)
 

 
(99,893
)
Proceeds from sales of short-
  term investments
560,000

 

 

 
1,415,391

 

 
1,975,391

Transfers from restricted cash

 

 

 
89,360

 

 
89,360

Intercompany borrowings
(59,341
)
 
(736,860
)
 

 

 
796,201

 

Investments in subsidiaries
(124,202
)
 

 

 

 
124,202

 

Other, net
(276
)
 

 

 
(2,443
)
 

 
(2,719
)
Net cash used in investing
  activities
(52,124
)
 
(736,860
)
 

 
(762,220
)
 
920,403

 
(630,801
)
Cash flows from financing
  activities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Proceeds from issuance of
  senior notes

 
750,000

 

 

 

 
750,000

Proceeds from intercompany
  long-term loan
736,860

 

 

 
59,341

 
(796,201
)
 

Repayments of convertible notes
(214,488
)
 

 

 

 

 
(214,488
)
Repayments of syndicated
  loan facilities

 

 

 
(235,746
)
 

 
(235,746
)
Repayments of import financing

 

 

 
(91,378
)
 

 
(91,378
)
Capital contributions

 
103,202

 
21,000

 

 
(124,202
)
 

Intercompany dividends

 
(84,139
)
 
(139,139
)
 

 
223,278

 

Other, net
26,125

 
(14,500
)
 
(11,395
)
 
65,879

 

 
66,109

Net cash flows provided by
  (used in) financing activities
548,497

 
754,563

 
(129,534
)
 
(201,904
)
 
(697,125
)
 
274,497

Effect of exchange rate
  changes on cash and cash
  equivalents

 

 

 
(30,735
)
 

 
(30,735
)
Net increase (decrease) in cash
  and cash equivalents
547,989

 
(25
)
 
(110,044
)
 
24,581

 

 
462,501

Cash and cash equivalents,
  beginning of period
548,197

 
28

 
122,186

 
1,097,090

 

 
1,767,501

Cash and cash equivalents, end
  of period
$
1,096,186

 
$
3

 
$
12,142

 
$
1,121,671

 
$

 
$
2,230,002


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note 8.        Subsequent Event

In October 2012, Nextel Brazil entered into a Brazilian real-denominated bank loan agreement, under which Nextel Brazil borrowed the equivalent of approximately $196.9 million. This loan agreement has a floating interest rate equal to 113.9% of the local Brazilian borrowing rate. Borrowings under this loan agreement have a three-year borrowing period, a two-year repayment term beginning in 2015 and a final maturity of October 2017.

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Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

INDEX TO MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS



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Introduction
The following is a discussion and analysis of:
our consolidated financial condition as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and our consolidated results of operations for the nine- and three-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011; and
significant factors which we believe could affect our prospective financial condition and results of operations.
You should read this discussion in conjunction with our annual report on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012, including, but not limited to, the discussion regarding our critical accounting policies and estimates, as described below. Historical results may not indicate future performance. See "Forward Looking Statements" and "Item 1A. — Risk Factors" in our annual report on Form 10-K for risks and uncertainties that may impact our future performance.
We refer to our operating companies by the countries in which they operate, such as Nextel Brazil, Nextel Mexico, Nextel Argentina, Nextel Peru and Nextel Chile.
Business Overview
We provide wireless communication services under the NextelTM brand, primarily targeted at meeting the needs of customers who use our services to improve the productivity of their businesses and customers who make the individual decision to use our service for both professional and personal needs. Our customers generally value our broad set of value-added services, including our Nextel Direct Connect® feature, and our high level of customer service. As we deploy our next generation networks using wideband code division multiple access, or WCDMA, technology in our markets, we plan to extend our target market to include additional business customers and high-value consumers who exhibit above average usage, revenue and loyalty characteristics and who we believe will be attracted to the services supported by our new networks and the quality of our customer service.
We provide our services through operating companies located in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru and Chile with our principal operations located in major business centers and related transportation corridors of these countries. We provide our services in major urban and suburban centers with high population densities where we believe there is a concentration of the country’s business users and economic activity. We believe that the growing economic base, increase in the middle and upper classes, lower wireline service penetration and the expanded coverage of wireless networks in these business centers encourage the use of the mobile wireless communications services that we offer and plan to offer in the future. Our new WCDMA-based networks are expected to serve these major business centers and, in some instances, a broader geographic area in order to meet the requirements of our spectrum licenses.
Our original networks utilize integrated digital enhanced network, or iDEN, technology developed by Motorola, Inc. to provide our mobile services on our 800 MHz spectrum holdings in all of our markets. Our current and planned next generation networks utilize WCDMA technology, which is a standards-based technology that is being deployed by carriers throughout the world. These technologies allow us to use our spectrum efficiently and offer multiple wireless services integrated into a variety of handset and data devices.
The services we currently offer include:
mobile telephone service;
Nextel Direct Connect® and International Direct Connect® service, which allows subscribers to talk to each other instantly, on a “push-to-talk” basis, for private one-to-one calls or group calls;
value-added services, including text messaging services; mobile internet services; e-mail services; location-based services, which include the use of Global Positioning System, or GPS, technologies; digital media services; and a wide ranging set of applications available via our content management system, as well as the Android open application market;
business solutions, such as security, work force management, logistics support and other applications that help our business customers improve their productivity; and
international roaming services.
We have begun offering services on our new WCDMA-based networks in Mexico, Peru and Chile, and we are currently in the process of designing and building a new WCDMA-based network in Brazil. We expect to begin offering data services supported by this new network in select cities in Brazil later this year and to offer voice and data services more broadly in 2013.
In September 2012, the Argentine government announced its decision to cancel the auction of PCS and 850 band cellular spectrum and that this spectrum would be awarded to ARSAT, a government-owned telecommunications company. We are continuing to evaluate our spectrum options and response to this decision.

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Our goal is to generate increased revenues and grow our subscriber base, or the number of handsets and devices on our networks, by providing differentiated wireless communications services that are valued by our customers while improving our profitability and cash flow over the long term. Our strategy for achieving this goal is based on several core principles, including:
focusing on higher value customer segments such as segments that comprise the small, medium and large business markets, as well as certain targeted consumer market segments that value our differentiated wireless communications services;
offering a broad array of differentiated services and devices that build upon and complement our Nextel Direct Connect® service, the long range walkie-talkie service that allows instantaneous communication at the touch of a button;
building on the strength of the unique positioning of the Nextel brand;
capitalizing on the effectiveness and efficiency of our focused and dedicated distribution channels; and
offering a superior customer experience.
In pursuit of this goal, we are expanding our distribution and service channels to create more accessible and efficient ways for our customers to purchase our services and utilize our customer support teams.
We may also explore financially attractive opportunities to expand our network coverage in areas that we do not currently serve or plan to serve, for example by entering into roaming agreements with other wireless carriers and by participating in future spectrum auctions.
We believe that the wireless communications industry in the markets in which we operate has been and will continue to be highly competitive on the basis of price, the types of services offered, the diversity of handsets offered, speed of data access and the quality of service. In each of our markets, we compete with at least two large, well-capitalized competitors with substantial financial and other resources. Our competitors typically have more extensive distribution channels than ours or are able to use their scale advantages to acquire subscribers at a lower cost than we can, and most of them have implemented network technology upgrades that support high speed internet access and video telephony services, making it more difficult for us to compete effectively in areas where our new networks have not been fully deployed. Some of these competitors also have the ability to offer bundled telecommunications services that include local, long distance, subscription television and data services, and can offer a larger variety of handsets with a wide range of prices, brands and features. In addition, the financial strength and operating scale of some of these competitors allows them to offer aggressive pricing plans, including those targeted at attracting our existing customers.
We compete with other communications service providers, including other wireless communications companies and wireline telephone companies, based primarily on our high quality customer service and differentiated wireless service offerings and products, including our Direct Connect services that make it easier for our customers to communicate quickly and efficiently. Historically, our largest competitors have focused their marketing efforts on customers in the mass market retail and consumer segments who purchase services largely on the basis of price rather than quality of service, but recently those competitors have placed more emphasis on attracting postpaid customers within our target segments, which are considered the premium customer segments in our markets because they typically generate higher average monthly revenue per subscriber. Although competitive pricing of services and the variety and pricing of handsets are often important factors in a customer's decision making process, we believe that the users who primarily make up our targeted customer base are also likely to base their purchase decisions on quality of service and customer support, as well as on the availability of differentiated features and services, like our Direct Connect services, that make it easier for them to communicate quickly, efficiently and economically.
We have implemented a strategy that we believe will position us to achieve our long-term goal of generating profitable growth. Some of the key components of that strategy are as follows:
Targeting High Value Customers.  Our main focus is on high value customer segments such as segments that comprise the small, medium and large business markets, as well as certain targeted consumer market segments that value our differentiated wireless communications services, including our Direct Connect feature and our high level of customer service. As we deploy our planned WCDMA-based networks, we plan to extend our target market to additional corporate customers and high-value consumers who exhibit above average usage, revenue and loyalty characteristics and who we believe will be attracted to the services supported by our new networks and the quality of our customer service.
Providing Differentiated Services.  We differentiate ourselves from our competitors by offering unique services like our “push-to-talk” service, which we refer to as Direct Connect. This service, which is available throughout our service areas, provides significant value to our customers by allowing instantaneous communication at the touch of a button and the ability to communicate on a one-to-many basis. In 2011, we launched Direct Connect services utilizing our WCDMA-based network in Peru, and in 2012, we began offering these services on our WCDMA-based networks in Mexico and Chile as part of our effort to maintain this key point of differentiation. Our competitors have introduced competitive push-to-talk over cellular products, and while we do not

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believe that these services offer the same level of performance as our Direct Connect service in terms of latency, quality, reliability or ease of use, our competitors could deploy new or upgraded technologies in their networks that could enable them to implement new features and services that compete more effectively with our Direct Connect service. We add further value by designing customized business solutions that enhance the productivity of our customers based on their individualized business needs. These business solutions include fleet and workforce management services that utilize the unique capabilities of our data network, such as vehicle and delivery tracking, GPS technology, order entry processing and workforce monitoring applications.
Building on the Strength of the Nextel Brand. Since 2002, we have offered services under the Nextel brand. As a result of our efforts, the Nextel brand is recognized across our markets as standing for both quality of service and the differentiated services and customer support we provide. This positioning of our brand allowed us to successfully build our subscriber base of high value customers who are attracted to our differentiated services and our reputation for providing a high quality customer experience. To expand the value of that positioning, in 2011 we launched a new brand identity in each of our markets and at the corporate level, which we believe will enhance the recognition of our brand and unify our brand identity across our markets as we seek to expand our target market to include new customer segments.
Capitalizing on our Distribution Channels. We use a variety of distribution channels that include direct sales representatives, indirect sales agents, retail stores and kiosks, and other customer-convenient sales channels such as online purchasing, and we are targeting those channels at specific customer segments to deliver our service more efficiently and economically. Our direct sales channel primarily focuses on businesses that value our industry expertise and differentiated services, including our ability to design customized business solutions that meet their specific business needs. As we extend our target market to include more high-value consumers, we are expanding our distribution channels to make our services more widely accessible. Our distribution channel expansion will include more retail points-of-sales, including new Nextel stores that will provide not only sales, but also serve as additional points of customer care, collections and brand promotion. We are also expanding our other customer-convenient channels, which include telesales and online channels, to give our prospective and existing customers easier ways to purchase our services. We are making these investments to more efficiently serve our customers and improve the overall productivity of all of our distribution channels, and we expect to see our average sales and related costs to acquire customers decline over time.
Delivering a Superior Customer Experience.  In addition to our unique service offerings, we seek to further differentiate ourselves by providing a higher level of customer service than our competitors. We work proactively with our customers to match them with service plans that offer greater value based on the customer's usage patterns. After analyzing customer usage and expense data, we strive to minimize a customer's per minute costs while increasing overall usage of our array of services, thereby providing higher value to our customers while increasing our monthly revenues. This goal is also furthered by our efforts during and after the sales process to educate customers about our services, the features and services supported by our multi-function handsets and rate plans. We have also implemented proactive customer retention programs in an effort to increase customer satisfaction and retention. In addition, we are currently making investments to improve the quality and scalability of our customer relationship management systems as part of our ongoing effort to provide a simple, reliable and superior customer service to our growing customer base.
Focusing on Major Business Centers.  Because we target high value customers, our operations have focused primarily on large urban markets, which have a concentration of medium to high usage business customers and consumers and account for a high proportion of total economic activity in each of their respective countries. We believe these markets offer favorable long-term growth prospects for our wireless communications services while offering the cost benefits associated with providing services in more concentrated population centers. Our new WCDMA-based networks are expected to serve both these major business centers and, in some instances, a broader geographic area in order to meet the requirements of our spectrum licenses.
 
Deploying our New Networks.  Another key component in our overall strategy is to continue to expand and improve the innovative and differentiated services we offer, which requires that we continue to invest in, evaluate and, if appropriate, deploy new services and enhancements to our existing services. To support this effort, we have acquired additional spectrum rights and are deploying our new WCDMA-based networks that will enable us to offer a wider variety of applications and services, particularly applications and services that are supported by high speed internet access. Use of the WCDMA technology will also increase our network capacity and will reduce the cost of supporting the services we offer when compared to second generation and other prior technologies. These new networks will allow us to continue to offer the differentiated services that our current customers rely on while using the new handsets and devices, service offerings, applications and pricing plans made possible by the new networks to target an expanded customer base.
During 2009 and 2010, we participated in spectrum auctions in Chile, Mexico and Brazil and acquired spectrum required to support our planned next generation networks. We have begun offering services on our new networks in Mexico, Peru and Chile and are currently in the process of building our WCDMA-based network in Brazil using spectrum licensed to us. We expect to begin offering data services supported by this new network in select cities in Brazil later this year and to offer voice and data services more broadly in 2013.

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The following chart details our current material next generation spectrum holdings in each of our markets.
Country
 
Spectrum Band
 
Amount/Coverage
Brazil
 
1.9 GHz/2.1 GHz
 
20 MHz in 11 of 13 regions (includes all major metropolitan areas)
Mexico
 
1.7 GHz/2.1 GHz
 
30 MHz nationwide
Peru
 
1.9 GHz
 
35 MHz nationwide
Chile
 
1.7 GHz/2.1 GHz
 
60 MHz nationwide
In the future, we will consider opportunities to acquire additional next generation spectrum in our current markets. Our decision whether to acquire rights to use additional spectrum would likely be affected by a number of factors, including the spectrum bands available for purchase, the expected cost of acquiring that spectrum and the availability and terms of any financing that we would be required to raise in order to acquire the spectrum and build the networks that will provide services that use that spectrum.
Additionally, we have significant spectrum holdings in the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio, or SMR, spectrum band that support our iDEN networks. Our 800 MHz holdings in each of our markets are as follows:
Country
 
Amount/Coverage (1)
Brazil
 
15 MHz nationwide weighted average
Mexico
 
20 MHz nationwide weighted average
Argentina
 
20 - 22 MHz nationwide weighted average
Peru
 
22 MHz nationwide weighted average
Chile
 
15 MHz nationwide weighted average
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(1) Weighted average coverage is a function of the population in each country, as well as the amount of spectrum. Spectrum amounts vary greatly across regions and cities.
As we make the transition from our iDEN networks to our new WCDMA-based networks, we will evaluate ways in which we can use our 800 MHz spectrum to support existing or new services. In Brazil and Argentina, some of our current 800 MHz spectrum holdings are contiguous, making it possible to use that spectrum to support future technologies if certain technical, operational and regulatory requirements are met, including, for example, the availability of compatible network and subscriber equipment. The availability of that equipment will likely depend upon a number of things, including the technology decisions made by other wireless carriers and the willingness of infrastructure and device manufacturers to produce the required equipment. In Mexico, Chile and Peru, our 800 MHz spectrum is either partially contiguous or non-contiguous. As a result, while it may be feasible to use a portion of the spectrum that is contiguous to support future technologies, it will be necessary to reconfigure the spectrum band to increase the amount of contiguous spectrum for it to be used to efficiently support those technologies. It is likely that the implementation of such a reconfiguration would require support from and actions by the regulators in those markets to be effective.
Preserving Support for iDEN.  The iDEN networks that we operate allow us to offer differentiated services like Direct Connect and International Direct Connect while offering high quality voice telephony and other innovative services. The iDEN technology is unique in that it is the only widespread, commercially available technology that operates on non-contiguous spectrum and is optimal for operating efficiently on the 800 MHz SMR spectrum that we currently own. Because Motorola is the sole supplier of iDEN technology, we are dependent on Motorola's support of the evolution of the iDEN technology. In the past, we relied heavily on the development of new features for our iDEN networks and handsets and introduced updates and enhanced capabilities on a regular basis. In recent years, we have slowed the introduction of new updates, thereby relying less on new features and technology to support our iDEN business.
Sprint Nextel, which has historically been one of the largest purchasers of iDEN technology and provided significant support with respect to new product development for that technology, has announced plans to decommission its iDEN network in the United States in mid-2013. In October 2012, SoftBank Corp. announced that it entered into a series of definitive agreements to acquire about 70% of Sprint Nextel. At this point, we do not believe this acquisition will have any impact on Sprint Nextel's plans to decommission its iDEN network. Sprint Nextel's decision to deactivate its iDEN network could affect Motorola Mobility's ability or willingness to provide support for the development of new iDEN handset models or Motorola Solutions' ability or willingness to provide support for enhancements to the features and functionality of our iDEN networks outside of their contractual obligations. In the last several years, we have led the majority of all iDEN product and handset development activity in support of our customers' needs and therefore have limited the impact of declining iDEN purchases by Sprint Nextel.
When roaming in the United States, our existing iDEN subscribers currently have access to voice, data and Direct Connect

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services on Sprint Nextel's iDEN network pursuant to roaming arrangements we have with Sprint Nextel. In addition, our iDEN subscribers have the ability to use our International Direct Connect service to communicate with Sprint Nextel's customers in the United States who purchase services supported by Sprint Nextel's iDEN network and customers who purchase Sprint Nextel's Direct Connect services supported by their code division multiple access, or CDMA, network. Once Sprint Nextel completes the deactivation of its iDEN network, our existing iDEN customers will no longer have the ability to use their iDEN handsets in the United States and may have access to a smaller number of Sprint Nextel customers using our International Direct Connect services, although they will continue to be able to communicate with customers who use Direct Connect services on Sprint Nextel's CDMA-based network. This deactivation could affect the willingness of existing Nextel Mexico customers to remain on our network and negatively impact the willingness of potential customers to choose Nextel Mexico's service. We are continuing to review the impact of Sprint Nextel's deactivation plans.
In 2011, Motorola completed a separation of its mobile devices and home division into two separate public entities: Motorola Mobility, Inc., to which our iDEN handset supply agreements have been assigned; and Motorola Solutions, Inc., to which our iDEN network infrastructure supply agreements have been assigned. In addition, we have entered into arrangements with Motorola that have now been assigned to and assumed by Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility and that are designed to provide us with a continued source of iDEN network equipment and handsets. In May 2012, Google, Inc. completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, which is our primary supplier of iDEN handsets. We do not currently expect any change to Motorola's commitment to deliver iDEN handsets as a result of Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Examples of our existing arrangements with both Motorola entities include:
Agreements for the supply of iDEN network infrastructure, which are now held by Motorola Solutions, Inc. and are effective through December 31, 2014. Under these agreements, Motorola agreed to maintain an adequate supply of the iDEN equipment used in our business for the term of the agreement and to continue to invest in the development of new iDEN infrastructure features.

Agreements for the supply of iDEN handsets, which are now held by Motorola Mobility, Inc. and are effective through December 31, 2014. Under these agreements, Motorola agreed to maintain an adequate supply of the iDEN handsets used in our business and to continue to invest in the development of new iDEN devices. In addition, we agreed to handset volume purchase commitments with respect to certain handset models and pricing parameters linked to the volume of our handset purchases, and Motorola agreed to continue to develop and deliver new handsets using the iDEN platform as we develop our WCDMA-based networks in coming years.
 
The obligations of both Motorola entities under our existing agreements, including the obligation to supply us with iDEN handsets and network equipment, remain in effect.
Handsets and Devices in Commercial Service
The table below provides an overview of our total handsets and other devices in commercial service in the countries indicated as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. For purposes of the table, handsets and devices in commercial service represent all handsets and other devices with active customer accounts on the networks in each of the listed countries.
 
Brazil
 
Mexico
 
Argentina
 
Peru
 
Chile
 
Total
 
(in thousands)
Handsets and devices in commercial
  service — December 31, 2011
4,115

 
3,696

 
1,388

 
1,435

 
78

 
10,712

Net additions
23

 
165

 
304

 
80

 
75

 
647

Handsets and devices in commercial
  service — September 30, 2012
4,138

 
3,861

 
1,692

 
1,515

 
153

 
11,359


Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Although we believe that our estimates, assumptions and judgments are reasonable, they are based upon presently available information. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making those estimates, actual results reported in future periods could differ from those estimates.
As described in more detail in our annual report on Form 10-K under “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” we consider the following accounting policies to be the most important to our financial position and results of operations or policies that require us to exercise significant judgment and/or estimates:

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revenue recognition;
allowance for doubtful accounts;
depreciation of property, plant and equipment;
amortization of intangible assets;
asset retirement obligations;
foreign currency;
loss contingencies; and
income taxes.
There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the nine or three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to those discussed under “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K.

Results of Operations
Operating revenues primarily consist of wireless service revenues and revenues generated from the sale of handsets and accessories. Service revenues primarily include fixed monthly access charges for mobile telephone service and two-way radio and other services, including revenues from calling party pays programs and variable charges for airtime and two-way radio usage, long-distance charges, international roaming revenues derived from calls placed by our customers and revenues generated from broadband data services we provide on our next generation networks. Handset and accessory revenues represent revenues we earn on the sale of handsets and accessories to our customers.
In addition, we also have other less significant sources of revenues. These revenues primarily include revenues generated from our handset maintenance programs, roaming revenues generated from other companies' customers that roam on our networks and co-location rental revenues from third-party tenants that rent space on our towers.
Cost of revenues primarily includes the cost of providing wireless service and the cost of handset and accessory sales. Cost of providing service consists of:
costs of interconnection with local exchange carrier facilities;
costs relating to terminating calls originated on our network on other carriers' networks;
direct switch, transmitter and receiver site costs, including property taxes;
expenses related to our handset maintenance programs; and
insurance costs, utility costs, maintenance costs, spectrum license fees and rent for the network switches and transmitter sites used to operate our mobile networks.
 
Interconnection costs have fixed and variable components. The fixed component of interconnection costs consists of monthly flat-rate fees for facilities leased from local exchange carriers, primarily for circuits required to connect our transmitter sites to our network switches, to connect our switches and to connect our networks with those of other carriers and with internet service providers. The variable component of interconnection costs, which fluctuates in relation to the volume and duration of wireless calls, generally consists of per-minute use fees charged by wireline and wireless carriers relating to wireless calls from our handsets that terminate on their networks. Cost of handset and accessory sales consists largely of the cost of the handset and accessories, order fulfillment and installation-related expenses, as well as write-downs of handset and related accessory inventory for shrinkage or obsolescence.
Our service and other revenues and the variable component of our cost of service are primarily driven by the number of handsets in service. Our handset and accessory revenues and cost of handset and accessory sales are primarily driven by the number of new handsets placed into service, as well as handset upgrades provided to existing customers.
Selling and marketing expenses include all of the expenses related to acquiring subscribers to our services.
General and administrative expenses include expenses related to revenue-based taxes, billing, customer care, collections including bad debt, repairs and maintenance of management information systems, spectrum license fees, corporate overhead and share-based payment for stock options and restricted stock.
In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we translated the results of operations of our operating segments into U.S. dollars using the average exchange rates for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. The following table presents the average exchange rates we used to translate the results of operations of our operating segments, as well as changes from the average exchange rates utilized in prior periods. Because the U.S. dollar is the functional currency in Peru, Nextel Peru’s results of operations are not significantly impacted by changes in the U.S. dollar to

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Peruvian sol exchange rate.
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
Percent Change
Brazilian real
1.92

 
1.63

 
(18
)%
Mexican peso
13.24

 
12.02

 
(10
)%
Argentine peso
4.47

 
4.09

 
(9
)%
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
Percent Change
Brazilian real
2.03

 
1.64

 
(24
)%
Mexican peso
13.19

 
12.25

 
(8
)%
Argentine peso
4.61

 
4.17

 
(11
)%

Late in 2011 and continuing into 2012, foreign currency exchange rates in the countries where we operate depreciated in value relative to the U.S. dollar. The following table presents the currency exchange rates in effect at the end of each of the quarters in 2011, as well as at the end of the first three quarters of 2012. If the values of these exchange rates remain at levels similar to the end of the third quarter of 2012 or depreciate further relative to the U.S. dollar, our future operating results and the values of our assets held in local currencies will be adversely affected.
 
2012
 
2011
 
March
 
June
 
September
 
March
 
June
 
September
 
December
Brazilian real
1.82

 
2.02

 
2.03

 
1.63

 
1.56

 
1.85

 
1.88

Mexican peso
12.80

 
13.67

 
12.92

 
11.97

 
11.84

 
13.42

 
13.99

Argentine peso
4.38

 
4.53

 
4.70

 
4.05

 
4.11

 
4.21

 
4.30


To provide better insight into the results of our operating segments, we present the year-over-year percentage change in total operating revenues and operating income before depreciation and amortization expense on a consolidated basis and the year-over-year percentage change in total operating revenues and segment earnings for Nextel Brazil, Nextel Mexico and Nextel Argentina on a constant currency basis in the "Constant Currency Change from Previous Year" columns in the tables below. The comparison of results for these line items on a constant currency basis shows the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates (i) by adjusting the relevant measures for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 to amounts that would have resulted if the average foreign currency rates for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 were the same as the average foreign currency exchange rates that were in effect for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012; and (ii) by comparing the constant currency financial measures for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 to the actual financial measures for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012. This constant currency comparison applies consistent exchange rates to the operating revenues earned in foreign currencies and to the other components of operating income before depreciation and amortization expense and segment earnings for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011, other than certain components of those measures consisting of U.S. dollar-based operating expenses, which were not adjusted. The constant currency information reflected in the tables below is not a measurement under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information contained in our results of operations.


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a.
Consolidated
 
September 30, 2012
 
% of Consolidated
Operating Revenues
 
September 30, 2011
 
% of Consolidated
Operating Revenues
 
Actual Change from
Previous Year
 
Constant Currency Change from Previous Year
 
 
 
 
 
Dollars
 
Percent
 
Percent
 
 
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Service and other revenues
$
4,383,935

 
95
 %
 
$
4,884,114

 
95
 %
 
$
(500,179
)
 
(10
)%
 
 
Handset and accessory revenues
236,934

 
5
 %
 
251,498

 
5
 %
 
(14,564
)
 
(6
)%
 
 
 
4,620,869

 
100
 %
 
5,135,612

 
100
 %
 
(514,743
)
 
(10
)%
 
2%
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Cost of service (exclusive of
  depreciation and amortization
  included below)
1,263,069

 
27
 %
 
1,359,498

 
26
 %
 
(96,429
)
 
(7
)%
 
 
Cost of handset and accessory sales
695,892

 
15
 %
 
643,356

 
13
 %
 
52,536

 
8
 %
 
 
 
1,958,961

 
42
 %
 
2,002,854

 
39
 %
 
(43,893
)
 
(2
)%
 
 
Selling and marketing expenses
593,527

 
13
 %
 
617,465

 
12
 %
 
(23,938
)
 
(4
)%
 
 
General and administrative expenses
1,284,285

 
28
 %
 
1,217,851

 
24
 %
 
66,434

 
5
 %
 
 
Operating income before
  depreciation and amortization
784,096

 
17
 %
 
1,297,442

 
25
 %
 
(513,346
)
 
(40
)%
 
(25)%
Depreciation and amortization
527,999

 
11
 %
 
492,853

 
9
 %
 
35,146

 
7
 %
 
 
Operating income
256,097

 
6
 %
 
804,589

 
16
 %
 
(548,492
)
 
(68
)%
 
 
Interest expense, net
(274,389
)
 
(6
)%
 
(272,837
)
 
(5
)%
 
(1,552
)
 
1
 %
 
 
Interest income
25,556

 

 
24,969

 

 
587

 
2
 %
 
 
Foreign currency transaction losses,
  net
(42,199
)
 
(1
)%
 
(39,826
)
 
(1
)%
 
(2,373
)
 
6
 %
 
 
Other expense, net
(21,486
)
 

 
(16,767
)
 

 
(4,719
)
 
28
 %
 
 
(Loss) income before income tax
  provision
(56,421
)
 
(1
)%
 
500,128

 
10
 %
 
(556,549
)
 
(111
)%
 
 
Income tax provision
(115,919
)
 
(3
)%
 
(278,097
)
 
(6
)%
 
162,178

 
(58
)%
 
 
Net (loss) income
$
(172,340
)
 
(4
)%
 
$
222,031

 
4
 %
 
$
(394,371
)
 
(178
)%
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service and other revenues
$
1,419,093

 
95
 %
 
$
1,667,428

 
95
 %
 
$
(248,335
)
 
(15
)%
 
 
Handset and accessory revenues
72,803

 
5
 %
 
86,785

 
5
 %
 
(13,982
)
 
(16
)%
 
 
 
1,491,896

 
100
 %
 
1,754,213

 
100
 %
 
(262,317
)
 
(15
)%
 
(2)%
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Cost of service (exclusive of
  depreciation and amortization
  included below)
398,735

 
27
 %
 
465,887

 
26
 %
 
(67,152
)
 
(14
)%
 
 
Cost of handset and accessory sales
232,905

 
15
 %
 
225,144

 
13
 %
 
7,761

 
3
 %
 
 
 
631,640

 
42
 %
 
691,031

 
39
 %
 
(59,391
)
 
(9
)%
 
 
Selling and marketing expenses
202,760

 
14
 %
 
254,338

 
15
 %
 
(51,578
)
 
(20
)%
 
 
General and administrative expenses
439,591

 
29
 %
 
422,936

 
24
 %
 
16,655

 
4
 %
 
 
Operating income before
  depreciation and amortization
217,905

 
15
 %
 
385,908

 
22
 %
 
(168,003
)
 
(44
)%
 
(26)%
Depreciation and amortization
185,368

 
13
 %
 
168,893

 
10
 %
 
16,475

 
10
 %
 
 
Operating income
32,537

 
2
 %
 
217,015

 
12
 %
 
(184,478
)
 
(85
)%
 
 
Interest expense, net
(104,447
)
 
(7
)%
 
(94,890
)
 
(5
)%
 
(9,557
)
 
10
 %
 
 
Interest income
13,324

 
1
 %
 
9,158

 

 
4,166

 
45
 %
 
 
Foreign currency transaction gains
  (losses), net
10,811

 

 
(63,926
)
 
(4
)%
 
74,737

 
(117
)%
 
 
Other expense, net
(7,003
)
 

 
(8,409
)
 

 
1,406

 
(17
)%
 
 
(Loss) income before income tax
   provision
(54,778
)
 
(4
)%
 
58,948

 
3
 %
 
(113,726
)
 
(193
)%
 
 
Income tax provision
(27,640
)
 
(2
)%
 
(59,251
)
 
(3
)%
 
31,611

 
(53
)%
 
 
Net loss
$
(82,418
)
 
(6
)%
 
$
(303
)
 

 
$
(82,115
)
 
NM

 
 
_______________________________________
NM-Not Meaningful

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Our consolidated subscriber base continued to grow, leading to an 11% increase at the end of the third quarter of 2012 compared to the end of the same period in 2011. However, consolidated operating revenues on a reported basis for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 decreased 10% and 15% compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to the declines in local currency values relative to the U.S. dollar as described further below. On a constant currency basis, consolidated operating revenues increased 2% from the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2012 and decreased 2% from the third quarter of 2011 to the third quarter of 2012.
On a consolidated basis, our average revenue per subscriber on a constant currency basis declined for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011. During the third and fourth quarters of 2011, Nextel Brazil responded to an increasingly competitive environment by offering lower priced plans and implementing more aggressive customer retention programs. The combination of these factors, along with increased levels of migrations by our existing customers to lower rate service plans, resulted in a reduction in average revenue per subscriber in Brazil and on a consolidated basis that continued into the first nine months of 2012. Beginning in the second quarter of 2012, Nextel Brazil reduced its customer retention initiatives and modified its credit policy to better align its subscriber base with our value proposition, which resulted in an increase in customer turnover in Brazil and on a consolidated basis in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. Nextel Brazil is taking additional actions to more quickly realign its customer base, and these actions are expected to result in a significant increase in customer turnover and bad debt expense in Brazil and on a consolidated basis in the fourth quarter of 2012.
As we continue to build our WCDMA-based networks, we are incurring incremental expenses, particularly related to cost of service. We believe that our planned deployment of these networks will enable us to offer new and differentiated services to a larger base of customers, but we do not expect a significant increase in operating revenues until after the deployment phases are completed. As a result of the additional expenses related to building our WCDMA-based networks, weaker average foreign currency exchange rates, lower average revenue per subscriber and other factors described below, our consolidated cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 increased as a percentage of consolidated operating revenues compared to the same periods in 2011, and our consolidated operating income margin declined from 16% and 12% in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 to 6% and 2% in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012.
During the first nine months of 2012, we continued to make investments to build our WCDMA-based networks, resulting in consolidated capital expenditures of $980.4 million, which represents a 15% increase from the same period in 2011. Under our current business plan, we will invest more in capital expenditures for the remainder of 2012 as we continue to build our new network in Brazil and deploy and expand our WCDMA-based networks in Mexico, Chile and Peru. We also expect to continue to incur capital expenditures related to the improvement of the quality and capacity of our iDEN networks.
The average values of the local currencies in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011. As a result, the components of our consolidated results of operations for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, after translation into U.S. dollars, reflect lower U.S. dollar revenues and expenses than would have occurred if these currencies had not depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar. Late in 2011 and continuing into 2012, uncertainty in worldwide economic conditions drove a significant decline in the value of currencies relative to the U.S. dollar in the markets where we operate. Volatility in the global market persists, and current foreign currency exchange rates in effect at the end of the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 reflect a reduction in value from those experienced in the same periods in 2011. If the values of local currencies in the countries in which our operating companies conduct business remain at levels similar to the end of the third quarter of 2012 or depreciate further relative to the U.S. dollar, our future reported operating results may be adversely affected.

1.
Operating revenues

The $500.2 million, or 10%, and $248.3 million, or 15%, decreases in consolidated service and other revenues on a reported basis in the nine of three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 resulted from weaker average foreign currency exchange rates.

On a constant currency basis, consolidated operating revenues increased by 2% from the nine months ended September 30, 2011 to the same period in 2012 as a result of additional revenues generated from an 11% increase in our consolidated subscriber base, partially offset by a decrease in average revenue per subscriber due to an increase in the number of subscribers on lower rate service plans, as well as adjustments to commercial offers and increased retention efforts in Brazil in response to a more competitive environment.

2.
Cost of revenues

Consolidated cost of service decreased $96.4 million, or 7%, and $67.2 million, or 14%, in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 as a result of the following factors:

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$90.8 million, or 13%, and $44.1 million, or 19%, decreases in consolidated interconnect costs related to weaker average foreign currency exchange rates and reductions in mobile termination rates in Mexico and Brazil;

$39.0 million, or 18%, and $14.6 million, or 21%, decreases in consolidated service and repair costs resulting from weaker average foreign currency exchange rates, the utilization of more refurbished handsets and a lower number of overall repaired handsets; and

a $27.1 million refund of excess fees recognized by Nextel Mexico in the third quarter of 2012 due to the government's delay in granting spectrum license renewals.

Consolidated cost of handset and accessory sales increased in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 resulting from higher handset subsidies and, to a lesser extent, an increase in handset sales to new subscribers. The increase in consolidated cost of handset and accessory sales in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 was not material.

Consolidated cost of revenues as a percentage of consolidated operating revenues increased from 39% in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 to 42% in the same periods in 2012 primarily as a result of the year-over-year decline in operating revenues described above.

3.
Selling and marketing expenses

Significant factors contributing to the $23.9 million, or 4%, and $51.6 million, or 20%, decreases in consolidated selling and marketing expenses in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 included $10.9 million, or 7%, and $18.1 million, or 26%, decreases in consolidated advertising costs, primarily in Brazil, resulting from fewer advertising campaigns launched in 2012 compared to 2011, the launch of our new brand design across all markets in the third quarter of 2011 and weaker average foreign currency exchange rates.

4.
General and administrative expenses

Significant factors contributing to the $66.4 million, or 5%, increase in consolidated general and administrative expenses in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 included:

a $23.1 million, or 17%, increase in consolidated information technology expenses, principally related to the development and deployment of systems to support our WCDMA-based networks and other related technology initiatives;

$14.0 million in expenses related to the write-off of one of our web-based technology systems in the third quarter of 2012; and

an $11.1 million, or 9%, increase in consolidated bad debt expense, largely related to lower collection rates in Brazil resulting from an increase in the number of customers with weaker credit profiles and whose credit histories are less established; partially offset by

weaker average foreign currency exchange rates.

Consolidated general and administrative expenses as a percentage of consolidated operating revenues increased from 24% in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 to 28% and 29% in the same periods in 2012 primarily as a result of the year-over-year decline in operating revenues described above.

5.
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net

Foreign currency transaction losses of $42.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were principally the result of the impact of the depreciation in the values of the Brazilian real and the Mexican peso relative to the U.S. dollar on Nextel Brazil's and Nextel Mexico's U.S. dollar-denominated net liabilities.

Foreign currency transaction losses of $39.8 million and $63.9 million during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 were largely the result of the impact of the depreciation in the value of the Brazilian real relative to the U.S. dollar on Nextel Brazil's U.S. dollar-denominated net liabilities, primarily its syndicated loan facility.


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6.
Income tax provision

The $162.2 million, or 58%, and $31.6 million, or 53%, decreases in the consolidated income tax provision in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 primarily related to $556.5 million and $113.7 million decreases in consolidated income before income tax provision. These decreases were partially offset by increases in the U.S., Chilean and foreign holding companies' valuation allowances.

Segment Results
We evaluate performance of our segments and provide resources to them based on operating income before depreciation and amortization and impairment, restructuring and other charges, which we refer to as segment earnings. The results of Nextel Chile are included in “Corporate and other.” A discussion of the results of operations in each of our reportable segments is provided below.

b.
Nextel Brazil
 
September 30, 2012
 
% of
Nextel Brazil’s
Operating Revenues
 
September 30, 2011
 
% of
Nextel Brazil’s
Operating Revenues
 
Actual Change from
Previous Year
 
Constant Currency Change from Previous Year
 
 
 
 
 
Dollars
 
Percent
 
Percent
 
 
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Service and other revenues
$
2,116,143

 
95
%
 
$
2,518,748

 
95
%
 
$
(402,605
)
 
(16
)%
 
 
Handset and accessory revenues
113,867

 
5
%
 
122,366

 
5
%
 
(8,499
)
 
(7
)%
 
 
 
2,230,010

 
100
%
 
2,641,114

 
100
%
 
(411,104
)
 
(16
)%
 
(1)%
Cost of revenues
 

 


 
 

 
 
 


 


 
 
Cost of service (exclusive of
  depreciation and amortization)
699,137

 
32
%
 
778,375

 
29
%
 
(79,238
)
 
(10
)%
 
 
Cost of handset and accessory sales
163,950

 
7
%
 
188,131

 
7
%
 
(24,181
)
 
(13
)%
 
 
 
863,087

 
39
%
 
966,506

 
36
%
 
(103,419
)
 
(11
)%
 
 
Selling and marketing expenses
197,320

 
9
%
 
262,847

 
10
%
 
(65,527
)
 
(25
)%
 
 
General and administrative expenses
587,682

 
26
%
 
570,857

 
22
%
 
16,825

 
3
 %
 
 
Segment earnings
$
581,921

 
26
%
 
$
840,904

 
32
%
 
$
(258,983
)
 
(31
)%
 
(13)%
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
Service and other revenues
$
660,585

 
95
%
 
$
871,206

 
95
%
 
$
(210,621
)
 
(24
)%
 
 
Handset and accessory revenues
32,604

 
5
%
 
41,739

 
5
%
 
(9,135
)
 
(22
)%
 
 
 
693,189

 
100
%
 
912,945

 
100
%
 
(219,756
)
 
(24
)%
 
(6)%
Cost of revenues
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of service (exclusive of
  depreciation and amortization)
222,661

 
32
%
 
270,990

 
30
%
 
(48,329
)
 
(18
)%
 
 
Cost of handset and accessory sales
49,907

 
7
%
 
62,693

 
7
%
 
(12,786
)
 
(20
)%
 
 
 
272,568

 
39
%
 
333,683

 
37
%
 
(61,115
)
 
(18
)%
 
 
Selling and marketing expenses
61,698

 
9
%
 
116,466

 
12
%
 
(54,768
)
 
(47
)%
 
 
General and administrative expenses
198,225

 
29
%
 
210,990

 
23
%
 
(12,765
)
 
(6
)%
 
 
Segment earnings
$
160,698

 
23
%
 
$
251,806

 
28
%
 
$
(91,108
)
 
(36
)%
 
(12)%
Nextel Brazil contributed 48% of our consolidated operating revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 compared to 51% in the same period in 2011, and represented 36% of our consolidated subscriber base as of September 30, 2012.
Late in 2011 and continuing into 2012, Nextel Brazil experienced an increase in promotional activity, including price reductions, by its competitors. In response to these actions, Nextel Brazil made adjustments to some of its commercial offers in an effort to compete more effectively. These adjustments, along with increased retention efforts and increased levels of migrations by our existing customers to lower rate service plans, resulted in a reduction in Nextel Brazil's average revenue per subscriber in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. In addition, during the first three quarters of 2012, Nextel Brazil incurred increased expenses associated with the deployment phase of its WCDMA-based network. These factors resulted

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in a reduction in Nextel Brazil's segment earnings margin from 32% and 28% in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 to 26% and 23% in the same periods in 2012.
Beginning in the second quarter of 2012, Nextel Brazil reduced its customer retention initiatives, modified its commission structure and focused on better aligning its subscriber base with our value proposition, which resulted in an increase in customer turnover that continued into the third quarter of 2012. Nextel Brazil is taking additional actions to more quickly realign its customer base, and these actions are expected to result in a significant increase in customer turnover and bad debt expense in Brazil in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Nextel Brazil has introduced new rate plans designed to improve its average revenue per subscriber and made adjustments to its credit procedures, including the implementation of more stringent credit policies for new customers. As a result of these actions, Nextel Brazil's average revenue per subscriber began to stabilize in the third quarter of 2012. We expect Nextel Brazil's average revenue per subscriber to remain relatively stable throughout the remainder of 2012. In addition, we expect the incremental expenses relating to the deployment of the WCDMA-based network to continue, but we do not expect a corresponding increase in operating revenues until the deployment phase is completed and we begin to offer services using the new network.
During the third quarter of 2012, we continued to invest in the development of our planned WCDMA-based network and to improve the capacity and quality of our existing iDEN network in Brazil. As a result, Nextel Brazil's capital expenditures were $396.5 million and $171.5 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, which represented 40% and 44% of our consolidated capital expenditures, respectively. We will continue to make investments in capital expenditures in Brazil to build our planned WCDMA-based network. See “Future Capital Needs and Resources - Capital Expenditures” for more information.
The average value of the Brazilian real during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar by 18% and 24% compared to the average rate that prevailed during the same periods in 2011. As a result, the components of Nextel Brazil's results of operations for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, after translation into U.S. dollars, reflect lower revenues and expenses in U.S. dollars than would have occurred if the Brazilian real had not depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar. If the value of the Brazilian real remains at levels similar to the end of the third quarter of 2012 or depreciates further relative to the U.S. dollar, Nextel Brazil's future results of operations may be adversely affected.
Nextel Brazil’s segment earnings decreased $259.0 million, or 31%, and $91.1 million, or 36%, in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 and 13% and 12% on a constant currency basis over the same periods as a result of the following:

1.
Operating revenues

The $402.6 million, or 16%, and $210.6 million, or 24%, decreases in service and other revenues in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 are principally the result of weaker foreign currency exchange rates and lower average revenues per subscriber resulting from adjustments to commercial offers, migrations to lower rate service plans and increased retention expenses in response to the competitive environment in Brazil. These decreases were partially offset by additional revenues generated by Nextel Brazil's larger subscriber base.

2.
Cost of revenues

The $79.2 million, or 10%, and $48.3 million, or 18%, decreases in cost of service in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 are primarily due to decreases in service and repair costs caused by the utilization of more refurbished handsets in 2012 compared to 2011, decreases in interconnect costs related to lower mobile termination rates in 2012 compared to 2011 and weaker foreign currency exchange rates.

3.
Selling and marketing expenses

The $65.5 million, or 25%, and $54.8 million, or 47%, decreases in selling and marketing expenses in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 are largely due to the launch of Nextel Brazil's new brand design in the third quarter of 2011, decreases in commissions and payroll expenses as a result of lower gross subscriber additions, lower advertising costs and weaker foreign currency exchange rates.

4. General and administrative expenses

Nextel Brazil's general and administrative expenses as a percentage of its operating revenues increased from 22% and 23% in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 to 26% and 29% in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 primarily as a result of the year-over-year decline in operating revenues described above.

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c.
Nextel Mexico
 
September 30, 2012
 
% of
Nextel Mexico's
Operating Revenues
 
September 30, 2011
 
% of
Nextel Mexico’s
Operating Revenues
 
Change from
Previous Year
 
Constant Currency Change from Previous Year
 
 
 
 
 
Dollars
 
Percent
 
Percent
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Service and other revenues
$
1,528,044

 
96
%
 
$
1,667,114

 
96
%
 
$
(139,070
)
 
(8
)%
 
 
Handset and accessory revenues
60,741

 
4
%
 
65,402

 
4
%
 
(4,661
)
 
(7
)%
 
 
 
1,588,785

 
100
%
 
1,732,516

 
100
%
 
(143,731
)
 
(8
)%
 
1%
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Cost of service (exclusive of
  depreciation and
  amortization)
290,130

 
18
%
 
338,431

 
20
%
 
(48,301
)
 
(14
)%
 
 
Cost of handset and accessory sales
389,495

 
25
%
 
331,532

 
19
%
 
57,963

 
17
 %
 
 
 
679,625

 
43
%
 
669,963

 
39
%
 
9,662

 
1
 %
 
 
Selling and marketing expenses
221,251

 
14
%
 
217,073

 
12
%
 
4,178

 
2
 %
 
 
General and administrative expenses
243,211

 
15
%
 
255,014

 
15
%
 
(11,803
)
 
(5
)%
 
 
Segment earnings
$
444,698

 
28
%
 
$
590,466

 
34
%
 
$
(145,768
)
 
(25
)%
 
(15)%
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Service and other revenues
$
503,890

 
96
%
 
$
553,922

 
96
%
 
$
(50,032
)
 
(9
)%
 
 
Handset and accessory revenues
19,330

 
4
%
 
23,280

 
4
%
 
(3,950
)
 
(17
)%
 
 
 
523,220

 
100
%
 
577,202

 
100
%
 
(53,982
)
 
(9
)%
 
(2)%
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Cost of service (exclusive of
  depreciation and
  amortization)
83,347

 
16
%
 
110,494

 
19
%
 
(27,147
)
 
(25
)%
 
 
Cost of handset and accessory sales
128,540

 
25
%
 
120,737

 
21
%
 
7,803

 
6
 %
 
 
 
211,887

 
41
%
 
231,231

 
40
%
 
(19,344
)
 
(8
)%
 
 
Selling and marketing expenses
79,160

 
15
%
 
74,261

 
13
%
 
4,899

 
7
 %
 
 
General and administrative expenses
84,546

 
16
%
 
84,854

 
15
%
 
(308
)
 

 
 
Segment earnings
$
147,627

 
28
%
 
$
186,856

 
32
%
 
$
(39,229
)
 
(21
)%
 
(13)%
Nextel Mexico comprised 34% of our consolidated operating revenues for the first nine months of 2012 and represented 34% of our consolidated subscriber base as of September 30, 2012.
In September 2012, we began offering a variety of services on our WCDMA-based network in Mexico City and related cities across the country. Development and deployment of this new network and investments that we are making in improvements to the capacity and quality of our existing iDEN network in Mexico resulted in capital expenditures of $337.4 million and $137.8 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, which represented 34% and 35% of our consolidated capital expenditures, respectively. Continued deployment of the new network and other planned network expansions, including investments in other cities in Mexico where we currently only offer iDEN services, will require us to make additional investments in capital expenditures. See “Future Capital Needs and Resources - Capital Expenditures” for more information.
We also expect to continue to incur operating expenses in connection with the deployment of our new WCDMA-based network, including cost of service, general and administrative and selling and marketing expenses, but we do not expect a significant increase in operating revenues until the deployment phase is completed. As a result of these additional expenses, weaker average foreign currency exchange rates, higher cost of handset and accessory sales and other factors described below, Nextel Mexico's segment earnings margin declined from 34% and 32% in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 to 28% during each of the same periods in 2012.
The average value of the Mexican peso depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar by about 10% and 8% during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the average rates that prevailed during the same periods in 2011. As a result, the components of Nextel Mexico's results of operations for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 after translation into U.S. dollars reflect lower U.S. dollar-denominated revenues and expenses than would have occurred if it were not for the impact of the depreciation in the average values of the peso relative to the U.S. dollar. If the value of the Mexican peso remains

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at levels similar to the end of the third quarter of 2012 or depreciates further relative to the U.S. dollar, Nextel Mexico's results of operations may be adversely affected.
On a constant currency basis, Nextel Mexico's segment earnings decreased 16% and 13% in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011. Including the impact of the depreciation in the average values of the peso relative to the U.S. dollar, Nextel Mexico’s segment earnings decreased $145.8 million, or 25%, and $39.2 million, or 21%, over the same periods as a result of the following:

1.
Operating revenues

The $139.1 million, or 8%, and $50.0 million, or 9%, decreases in service and other revenues in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 are primarily due to the depreciation of the Mexican peso and slightly lower average revenue per subscriber resulting from the implementation of lower rate service plans in response to the competitive environment in Mexico. The decreases attributable to the decline in average revenue per subscriber were partially offset by additional revenues generated from Nextel Mexico's larger subscriber base. On a constant currency basis, Nextel Mexico's total operating revenues increased 1% from the nine months ended September 30, 2011 to the same period in 2012, primarily due to 7% growth in its subscriber base offset by a decline in average revenue per subscriber.

2.
Cost of revenues

The $48.3 million, or 14%, and $27.1 million, or 25%, decreases in cost of service in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 are primarily the result of a $27.1 million refund of excess fees recognized in the third quarter of 2012 due to the government's delay in granting spectrum license renewals. These decreases were partially offset by increases in cost of service related to a higher level of interconnect minutes of use.

The $58.0 million, or 17%, and $7.8 million, or 6%, increases in cost of handset and accessory sales in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 are primarily the result of increases in handset subsidies associated with promotions that use high-tier handset models to attract and retain customers, as well as increases in handset sales and upgrades to new and existing subscribers.





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d.
Nextel Argentina
 
September 30, 2012
 
% of
Nextel Argentina's
Operating Revenues
 
September 30, 2011
 
% of
Nextel Argentina’s
Operating Revenues
 
Actual Change from
Previous Year
 
Constant Currency Change from Previous Year
 
 
 
 
 
Dollars
 
Percent
 
Percent
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Service and other revenues
$
476,550

 
93
%
 
$
439,640

 
92
%
 
$
36,910

 
8
 %
 
 
Handset and accessory revenues
35,603

 
7
%
 
39,056

 
8
%
 
(3,453
)
 
(9
)%
 
 
 
512,153

 
100
%
 
478,696

 
100
%
 
33,457

 
7
 %
 
17%
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Cost of service (exclusive of
  depreciation and
  amortization)
144,475

 
28
%
 
138,696

 
29
%
 
5,779

 
4
 %
 
 
Cost of handset and
  accessory sales
59,317

 
12
%
 
65,044

 
14
%
 
(5,727
)
 
(9
)%
 
 
 
203,792

 
40
%
 
203,740

 
43
%
 
52

 

 
 
Selling and marketing expenses
50,982

 
10
%
 
45,868

 
9
%
 
5,114

 
11
 %
 
 
General and administrative
  expenses
125,410

 
24
%
 
101,914

 
21
%
 
23,496

 
23
 %
 
 
Segment earnings
$
131,969

 
26
%
 
$
127,174

 
27
%
 
$
4,795

 
4
 %
 
23%
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Service and other revenues
$
166,697

 
93
%
 
$
153,364

 
92
%
 
$
13,333

 
9
 %
 
 
Handset and accessory revenues
11,808

 
7
%
 
13,768

 
8
%
 
(1,960
)
 
(14
)%
 
 
 
178,505

 
100
%
 
167,132

 
100
%
 
11,373

 
7
 %
 
18%
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Cost of service (exclusive of
  depreciation and
  amortization)
46,497

 
26
%
 
47,108

 
28
%
 
(611
)
 
(1
)%
 
 
Cost of handset and
  accessory sales
18,951

 
11
%
 
23,950

 
15
%
 
(4,999
)
 
(21
)%
 
 
 
65,448

 
37
%
 
71,058

 
43
%
 
(5,610
)
 
(8
)
 
 
Selling and marketing expenses
16,374

 
9
%
 
19,462

 
12
%
 
(3,088
)
 
(16
)%
 
 
General and administrative
  expenses
46,638

 
26
%
 
35,712

 
21
%
 
10,926

 
31
 %
 
 
Segment earnings
$
50,045

 
28
%
 
$
40,900

 
24
%
 
$
9,145

 
22
 %
 
50%
Nextel Argentina comprised 11% of our consolidated operating revenues for the first nine months of 2012 and as of September 30, 2012, represented 15% of our consolidated subscriber base. Nextel Argentina generated a segment earnings margin of 26% in the first nine months of 2012, which is slightly lower than the segment earnings margin of 27% in the first nine months of 2011. Over the last several years, the inflation rate in Argentina has risen significantly, and we expect that it may continue to rise in future years. The higher inflation rate has affected costs that are incurred in Argentine pesos. If the higher inflation rates in Argentina continue, Nextel Argentina's results of operations may be adversely affected.
The average value of the Argentine peso for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar by 9% and 11% compared to the same periods in 2011. As a result, the components of Nextel Argentina's results of operations for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 after translation into U.S. dollars reflect lower U.S. dollar-denominated revenues and expenses than would have occurred if the Argentine peso had not depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar.
Nextel Argentina's segment earnings increased $4.8 million, or 4%, and $9.1 million, or 22%, in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 primarily as a result of the following:
increases in service and other revenues of $36.9 million, or 8%, and $13.3 million, or 9%, in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, primarily resulting from additional revenues generated from an increase in Nextel Argentina's subscriber base; partially offset by

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increases in general and administrative expenses of $23.5 million, or 23%, and $10.9 million, or 31%, in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, primarily resulting from higher inflation rates, which are causing increased costs, as well as increases in both customer care and billing operations expenses and bad debt expense largely related to Nextel Argentina's larger subscriber base.
On a constant currency basis, Nextel Argentina's segment earnings increased 24% and 50% from the nine and three months ended September 30, 2011 to the same periods in 2012.

e.
Nextel Peru
 
September 30, 2012
 
% of
Nextel Peru's
Operating Revenues
 
September 30, 2011
 
% of
Nextel Peru’s
Operating Revenues
 
Change from
Previous Year
 
 
 
 
 
Dollars
 
Percent
 
(dollars in thousands)
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Service and other revenues
$
237,050

 
91
 %
 
$
239,487

 
91
%
 
$
(2,437
)
 
(1
)%
Handset and accessory revenues
22,668

 
9
 %
 
24,584

 
9
%
 
(1,916
)
 
(8
)%
 
259,718

 
100
 %
 
264,071

 
100
%
 
(4,353
)
 
(2
)%
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and
  amortization)
86,231

 
33
 %
 
80,166

 
30
%
 
6,065

 
8
 %
Cost of handset and accessory sales
61,802

 
24
 %
 
55,404

 
21
%
 
6,398

 
12
 %
 
148,033

 
57
 %
 
135,570

 
51
%
 
12,463

 
9
 %
Selling and marketing expenses
49,896

 
19
 %
 
46,805

 
18
%
 
3,091

 
7
 %
General and administrative expenses
64,505

 
25
 %
 
55,297

 
21
%
 
9,208

 
17
 %
Segment (losses) earnings
$
(2,716
)
 
(1
)%
 
$
26,399

 
10
%
 
$
(29,115
)
 
(110
)%
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Service and other revenues
$
77,612

 
92
 %
 
$
82,282

 
91
%
 
$
(4,670
)
 
(6
)%
Handset and accessory revenues
6,917

 
8
 %
 
7,962

 
9
%
 
(1,045
)
 
(13
)%
 
84,529

 
100
 %
 
90,244

 
100
%
 
(5,715
)
 
(6
)%
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and
  amortization)
28,675

 
34
 %
 
27,808

 
31
%
 
867

 
3
 %
Cost of handset and accessory sales
23,626

 
28
 %
 
16,892

 
19
%
 
6,734

 
40
 %
 
52,301

 
62
 %
 
44,700

 
50
%
 
7,601

 
17
 %
Selling and marketing expenses
17,431

 
21
 %
 
15,432

 
17
%
 
1,999

 
13
 %
General and administrative expenses
21,530

 
25
 %
 
18,766

 
20
%
 
2,764

 
15
 %
Segment (losses) earnings
$
(6,733
)
 
(8
)%
 
$
11,346

 
13
%
 
$
(18,079
)
 
(159
)%
During the first nine months of 2012, Nextel Peru comprised 6% of our consolidated operating revenues and as of September 30, 2012, represented 13% of our consolidated subscriber base.
During the second quarter of 2012, we proceeded with a broader launch of our WCDMA-based services in Peru, including the launch of push-to-talk Android-based smartphones. This launch contributed to a 10% increase in Nextel Peru's subscriber base from the end of the third quarter of 2011 to the same period in 2012. A substantial portion of this subscriber growth related to promotional data card plans that were offered to facilitate subscriber growth on Nextel Peru's WCDMA-based network consistent with our regulatory commitments.
 
Because the U.S. dollar is Nextel Peru's functional currency, results of operations are not significantly impacted by changes in the U.S. dollar to Peruvian sol exchange rate.
Nextel Peru generated a 1% segment loss margin in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the 10% earnings margin reported in the first nine months of 2011. Segment earnings decreased $29.1 million, or 110%, and $18.1 million, or 159%, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011, primarily due to the costs associated with the launch of Nextel Peru's WCDMA-based services, and increases in information technology costs necessary to support these new services.

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f.
Corporate and other

 
September 30, 2012
 
% of
Corporate and other
Operating Revenues
 
September 30, 2011
 
% of
Corporate and other
Operating Revenues
 
Change from
Previous Year
 
 
 
 
 
Dollars
 
Percent
 
 
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Service and other revenues
$
29,734

 
82
%
 
$
22,552

 
100
%
 
$
7,182

 
32
 %
Handset and accessory revenues
6,481

 
18
%
 
90

 

 
6,391

 
NM

 
36,215

 
100
%
 
22,642

 
100
%
 
13,573

 
60
 %
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and
  amortization)
44,378

 
123
%
 
24,953

 
110
%
 
19,425

 
78
 %
Cost of handset and accessory sales
23,695

 
65
%
 
3,245

 
15
%
 
20,450

 
NM

 
68,073

 
188
%
 
28,198

 
125
%
 
39,875

 
141
 %
Selling and marketing expenses
74,086

 
205
%
 
44,872

 
198
%
 
29,214

 
65
 %
General and administrative expenses
272,451

 
NM

 
244,479

 
NM

 
27,972

 
11
 %
Segment losses
$
(378,395
)
 
NM

 
$
(294,907
)
 
NM

 
$
(83,488
)
 
28
 %
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Service and other revenues
$
11,805

 
76
%
 
$
7,734

 
100
%
 
$
4,071

 
53
 %
Handset and accessory revenues
3,627

 
24
%
 
36

 

 
3,591

 
NM

 
15,432

 
100
%
 
7,770

 
100
%
 
7,662

 
99
 %
Cost of revenues
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and
  amortization)
18,283

 
119
%
 
9,799

 
126
%
 
8,484

 
87
 %
Cost of handset and accessory sales
13,305

 
86
%
 
872

 
11
%
 
12,433

 
NM

 
31,588

 
205
%
 
10,671

 
137
%
 
20,917

 
196
 %
Selling and marketing expenses
28,105

 
182
%
 
28,717

 
NM

 
(612
)
 
(2
)%
General and administrative expenses
91,710

 
NM

 
76,355

 
NM

 
15,355

 
20
 %
Segment losses
$
(135,971
)
 
NM

 
$
(107,973
)
 
NM

 
$
(27,998
)
 
26
 %
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NM-Not Meaningful
The "Corporate and other" segment includes our Chilean operations and our corporate operations in the U.S. Corporate and other operating revenues and cost of revenues primarily represent the results of operations reported by Nextel Chile. Earlier this year, we began offering services on a WCDMA-based network in Chile, which is enabling us to offer new and differentiated services to a larger base of potential customers, and in July 2012, we began offering voice services on this network, which include Direct Connect services. Deployment and expansion of this network in Chile resulted in capital expenditures totaling $82.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, which represented 8% of our consolidated capital expenditures. We may make additional investments in capital expenditures as we expand our subscriber base in Chile.
Segment losses increased in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 compared to the same periods in 2011 primarily due to:
$39.9 million, or 141%, and $20.9 million, or 196%, increases in cost of revenues primarily as a result of higher handset and accessory costs in connection with the launch of Nextel Chile's WCDMA-based services, and higher direct switch and transmitter and receiver site costs resulting from a 77% increase in transmitter and receiver sites in service in Chile from September 30, 2011 to September 30, 2012;
$28.0 million, or 11%, and $15.4 million, or 20%, increases in general and administrative expenses largely due to the write-off of one of our web-based technology systems in the third quarter of 2012, as well as increases in information technology costs at the corporate level related to the planned launch of the new WCDMA-based networks and supporting systems in our markets; and
a $29.2 million, or 65%, increase in selling and marketing expenses from the nine months ended September 30, 2011 to

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the same period in 2012 primarily resulting from higher commissions and payroll expenses due to an increase in gross subscriber additions by Nextel Chile's sales personnel and higher advertising costs in Chile in connection with service offerings on its WCDMA-based network. Selling and marketing expenses remained relatively stable from the third quarter of 2011 to the third quarter of 2012.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
We derive our liquidity and capital resources primarily from a combination of cash flows from our operations and cash we raise in connection with external financings. As of September 30, 2012, we had working capital, which is defined as total current assets less total current liabilities, of $1,849.2 million, a $368.1 million decrease compared to working capital of $2,217.3 million as of December 31, 2011. As of September 30, 2012, our working capital includes $1,568.0 million in cash and cash equivalents, of which $204.4 million was held in currencies other than U.S. dollars, with 49% of that amount held in Mexican pesos and 44% of that amount held in Argentine pesos. As of September 30, 2012, our working capital also includes $117.1 million in short-term investments. A substantial portion of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term U.S. dollar investments are held in money market funds, bank deposits and U.S. treasury securities, and our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments held in local currencies are typically maintained in a combination of money market funds, highly liquid overnight securities and fixed income investments. The values of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments that are held in the local currencies of the countries in which we do business will fluctuate in U.S. dollars based on changes in the exchange rates of these local currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.

Our current sources of funding include our cash, cash equivalent and investment balances, our equipment financing facilities in Brazil, Mexico and Chile, and other anticipated future cash flows from our operations. In addition, in October 2012, we entered into a local currency financing in Brazil for the equivalent of approximately $196.9 million. We plan to continue to evaluate funding opportunities and, if appropriate, access the credit and capital markets in order to support our business plans, reduce our capital costs, optimize our capital structure, and maintain or enhance our liquidity position.
Cash Flows
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Change
 
2012
 
2011
 
 
 
 
(Restated)
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
$
2,322,919

 
$
1,767,501

 
$
555,418

Net cash provided by operating activities
302,991

 
849,540

 
(546,549
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(666,855
)
 
(630,801
)
 
(36,054
)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(396,074
)
 
274,497

 
(670,571
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
5,038

 
(30,735
)
 
35,773

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
1,568,019

 
$
2,230,002

 
$
(661,983
)
The following is a discussion of the primary sources and uses of cash in our operating, investing and financing activities.
Our operating activities provided us with $303.0 million of cash during the first nine months of 2012, a $546.5 million, or 64%, decrease from the same period in 2011, primarily due to a significant decrease in operating income in the first nine months of 2012 compared to the first nine months of 2011.

We used $666.9 million of cash in our investing activities during the first nine months of 2012, a $36.1 million, or 6% increase from the same period in 2011, driven by $828.2 million in cash capital expenditures, partially offset by $224.7 million in net proceeds received from maturities of our short-term investments in Brazil and at the corporate level. We used $630.8 million of cash in our investing activities during the first nine months of 2011 primarily due to:

$732.6 million in cash capital expenditures; and

$99.9 million in payments for the purchase of licenses, the majority of which was related to the spectrum licenses Nextel Brazil was granted in June 2011; partially offset by

$115.0 million in net proceeds we received from maturities of our short-term investments in both Brazil and at the corporate level, resulting from a reduction in our overall level of investments during the first nine months of 2011; and

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the return of $77.2 million in cash that secured performance bonds related to our spectrum acquisitions in Chile.

We used $396.1 million of cash in our financing activities during the first nine months of 2012, primarily due to the principal repayment of $175.7 million under our syndicated loan facilities in Brazil and Peru and the repayment of $212.8 million face amount of our 3.125% convertible notes in the United States. Our financing activities provided us with $274.5 million of cash during the first nine months of 2011, primarily due to $750.0 million in gross proceeds that we received from the issuance of our 7.625% senior notes in the United States, partially offset by the purchase of $211.7 million face amount of our 3.125% convertible notes, the principal repayment of $235.7 million under our syndicated loan facilities in Brazil, Mexico and Peru and debt financing costs related to our 7.625% senior notes.

Future Capital Needs and Resources
Our business strategy contemplates the deployment of new WCDMA-based networks and the ongoing expansion of the capacity of our iDEN networks. Consistent with this strategy, we have begun offering services on our new WCDMA-based networks in Mexico, Peru and Chile and are in the process of deploying a new WCDMA-based network in Brazil, with plans to begin offering data services supported by this new network in select cities in Brazil later this year and to offer voice and data services more broadly in 2013. We expect our capital expenditures will increase during the remainder of 2012 as we continue to invest in the deployment and ongoing expansion of these new networks. We have also expanded the capacity of our iDEN networks, particularly in Brazil, and expect to continue to make investments to improve the quality and capacity of those networks.
Capital Resources.    Our ongoing capital resources depend on a variety of factors, including our existing cash, cash equivalents and investment balances, our equipment financing agreements in Brazil, Mexico and Chile, cash flows generated by our operating companies and external financial sources.
Our ability to generate sufficient net cash from our operating activities is dependent upon, among other things:
the amount of revenue we are able to generate and collect from our customers;
the amount of operating expenses required to provide our services;
the cost of acquiring and retaining customers, including the subsidies we incur to provide handsets to both our new and existing customers;
our ability to continue to increase the size of our subscriber base; and
changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
Capital Needs and Contractual Obligations.  We currently anticipate that our future capital needs will principally consist of funds required for:
operating expenses and capital expenditures relating to our existing iDEN networks;
operating expenses and capital expenditures relating to the deployment of our WCDMA-based networks;
payments in connection with spectrum purchases, including ongoing spectrum license fees and the repayment of financing incurred in connection with spectrum purchases;
debt service requirements and obligations relating to our tower financing and capital lease obligations;
cash taxes; and
other general corporate expenditures.
In making assessments regarding our capital needs and the capital resources available to meet those needs, we do not consider events that have not occurred like success in any particular auction or the costs of the related network deployment, other than in Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Chile, and we do not assume the availability of external sources of funding that may be available for these future events, including potential equity investments, equipment financing or other available financing.
During the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, there were no material changes to our contractual obligations as described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
Capital Expenditures.  Our capital expenditures, including capitalized interest, were $980.4 million for the first nine months of 2012 and $852.7 million for the first nine months of 2011. In both periods, a substantial portion of our capital expenditures related to the deployment of our WCDMA-based networks in Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Chile and to the improvement of the quality and capacity of our iDEN networks.
Under our existing plan, our capital spending is expected to be driven by several factors, including:

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the amount we spend to deploy our WCDMA-based networks;
the extent to which we expand the coverage of our networks in new or existing market areas;
the number of additional transmitter and receiver sites we build in order to increase system coverage and capacity and to maintain system quality and meet the demands of our growing customer base, as well as the costs associated with the installation of related network infrastructure and switching equipment; and
the costs we incur in connection with non-network related information technology projects.
Our future capital expenditures may also be affected by future technology improvements and technology choices.
Future Outlook.  Our current sources of funding include $1,568.0 million in cash and cash equivalents, $117.1 million in short-term investments and $622.8 million in additional availability under our existing equipment financing facilities. In addition, in October 2012, we entered into a local currency financing in Brazil for the equivalent of approximately $196.9 million. We plan to use our available funding, together with cash provided by our operations, to finance our capital spending plan. Recently, our results of operations, including our operating cash flows, have been negatively affected by the depreciation of local currencies and continued competitive pressures. If we are unable to significantly improve our operating cash flows, we will need to seek additional sources of financing to complete the deployment of our new WCDMA-based networks and the related changes to our business strategy as contemplated by our current business plans. The timing and amount of our future funding needs will also be affected by the need to repay or refinance our existing indebtedness.
To meet our future funding needs, reduce our capital costs, optimize our capital structure, and maintain or enhance our liquidity position, we have pursued, and will continue to evaluate and pursue, various financing alternatives, including locally-based equipment and bank financing opportunities, U.S. capital market transactions, and other potential funding sources, which include a potential sale of certain towers and other transmitter sites. We expect to continue to obtain additional funding using one or more of these alternatives. Some of the agreements relating to our existing financing arrangements include terms that impose restrictions relating to, among other things, our ability to incur additional debt financing, and require us to maintain specified financial ratios that could affect the financing alternatives available to us at any given time. While these restrictions do not impair our ability to incur additional indebtedness at this time, they may limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness in the future depending upon our operating results. If that were to occur, we would need to consider changes to our business plan or other strategic alternatives in order to raise additional funding or reduce our funding needs, including by limiting our capital expenditures. In those circumstances, we would also consider seeking modifications to our financing agreements that would allow us to incur additional indebtedness. Any indebtedness that we may incur in the coming years may be significant.
In making this assessment of our funding needs under our current business plans, we have considered:
cash and cash equivalents on hand and short- and long-term investments available to fund our operations;
expected cash flows from our operations;
the cost and timing of spectrum payments, including ongoing fees for spectrum use;
the anticipated level of capital expenditures required to meet both minimum build-out requirements and our business plans for our planned deployment of new WCDMA-based networks;
our scheduled debt service and other contractual obligations; and
income taxes.
 In addition to the factors described above, the anticipated cash needs of our business, as well as the conclusions presented herein regarding our liquidity needs, could change significantly:
if our plans change;
if we decide to expand into new markets or expand our geographic coverage or network capacity in our existing markets beyond our current plans, as a result of the construction of additional portions of our networks or the acquisition of competitors or others;
if currency values in our markets depreciate relative to the U.S. dollar in a manner that is more significant than we currently expect and assume as part of our plans;
if economic conditions in any of our markets change;
if competitive practices in the mobile wireless telecommunications industry in our markets change materially from those currently prevailing or from those now anticipated; or
if other presently unexpected circumstances arise that have a material effect on the cash flow or profitability of our business.

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Any of these events or circumstances could result in significant funding needs beyond those contemplated by our current plans as described above, and could require us to raise even more capital than currently anticipated to meet those needs. Our ability to seek additional capital is subject to a variety of additional factors that we cannot presently predict with certainty, including:
the commercial success of our operations;
the volatility and demand of the capital markets; and
the future market prices of our securities.
From time to time in recent years, volatile market conditions in debt and equity markets in the United States and global markets have had an adverse impact on the amount of funding available to corporate borrowers as the global economic downturn affected both the availability and terms of financing. Volatility in the capital markets could result in declines in the availability of funding, which could make it more difficult or more costly for us to raise additional capital in order to meet our future funding needs, and the related additional costs and terms of any financing we raise could impose restrictions that limit our flexibility in responding to business conditions and our ability to obtain additional financing. If new indebtedness is added to our current levels of indebtedness, the related risks that we now face could intensify. See "Item 1A. Risk Factors" included in our annual report on Form 10-K.

Effect of New Accounting Standards
There were no new accounting standards issued during the nine or three months ended September 30, 2012 that materially impacted our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Forward-Looking Statements
We include certain estimates, projections and other forward-looking statements in our annual, quarterly and current reports, as well as in other publicly available material. Statements regarding expectations, including forecasts regarding operating results and 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, the economic and regulatory environment and the foreign currency exchange rates of currencies in the countries in which our operating companies conduct business relative to the U.S. dollar.
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 customers;
our ability to meet the operating goals established by our business plan;
general economic conditions in the United States or in Latin America and in the market segments that we are targeting for our services, including the impact of the current uncertainties in global economic conditions;
the political and social conditions in the countries in which we operate, including political instability, which may affect the economies of our markets and the regulatory schemes in these countries;
the impact of foreign currency exchange rate volatility in our markets when compared to the U.S. dollar and related currency depreciation in countries in which our operating companies conduct business;
our ability to access sufficient debt or equity capital to meet any future operating and financial needs;
reasonable access to and the successful performance of the technology being deployed in our service areas, and improvements thereon, including technology deployed in connection with the introduction of digital two-way mobile data or internet connectivity services in our markets;
the availability of adequate quantities of system infrastructure and subscriber equipment and components at reasonable pricing to meet our service deployment and marketing plans and customer demand;
Motorola’s ability and willingness to provide handsets and related equipment and software applications or to develop new technologies or features for us for use on our iDEN network, including the timely development and availability of new handsets with expanded applications and features;
the risk of deploying next generation networks, including the potential need for additional funding to support that

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deployment, the risk that new services supported by the new networks will not attract enough subscribers to support the related costs of deploying or operating the new networks, the need to significantly increase our employee base and the potential distraction of management;
our ability to successfully scale our billing, collection, customer care and similar back-office operations to keep pace with customer growth, increased system usage rates and growth or to successfully deploy new systems that support those functions;
the success of efforts to improve and satisfactorily address any issues relating to our network performance;
future legislation or regulatory actions relating to our SMR services, other wireless communications services or telecommunications generally and the costs and/or potential customer impacts of compliance with regulatory mandates;
the ability to achieve and maintain market penetration and average subscriber revenue levels sufficient to provide financial viability to our network business;
the quality and price of similar or comparable wireless communications services offered or to be offered by our competitors, including providers of cellular services and personal communications services;
market acceptance of our new service offerings;
equipment failure, natural disasters, terrorist acts or other breaches of network or information technology security; and
other risks and uncertainties described in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The words “may,” “could,” “estimate,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “believe,” “target,” “plan,” “providing guidance” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are found throughout this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and elsewhere in this report. The reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Except as otherwise provided by law, we are not obligated to publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events after the date of this report, including unforeseen events.

Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

During the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, there were no material changes to our market risk policies or our market risk sensitive instruments and positions as described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
 
Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements
 In connection with the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2012, we determined that certain previously issued financial statements contained errors. These errors resulted in adjustments and revisions to prior period financial statements that were reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements for the six and three months ended June 30, 2012. Subsequently, after discussions with the SEC staff regarding our assessment of the materiality of the identified errors, management and the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors concluded that the audited financial statements included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the unaudited financial statements included in our Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2012 should no longer be relied upon by investors. As a result, we will restate our audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. For the same reasons, we will also restate our unaudited interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. We also plan to amend our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the six and three months ended June 30, 2012 to reflect the restatement of the prior period financial statements referenced above and the correction of immaterial errors identified in the third quarter. As a result of these restatements, we are in the process of re-evaluating our internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011 and our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012, and expect to determine that the material weakness identified in the June 30, 2012 Form 10-Q also existed as of those dates.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods required by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and that such information

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is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As of September 30, 2012, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our management teams in the United States and in our operating companies, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to a material weakness in the Company's internal controls in Brazil over financial reporting related to the process by which we identify, document and manage system updates and review certain non-income based taxes as described below.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended September 30, 2012 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
Based on the evaluation conducted during the second quarter of 2012, we concluded that as of June 30, 2012, we did not have adequate design or operation of controls that provided reasonable assurance that the accounting for non-income based taxes and related disclosures were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as a result of control deficiencies in our Brazil operating segment. Specifically, the process by which we identify, document and manage the implementation of changes to our information systems to accommodate new business requirements was not effective. As a result, our information systems processed certain transactions incorrectly. In addition, the inadequate design of the monthly trend analysis of taxes that were non-income based and the lack of involvement of the tax function in this review resulted in the failure to identify the ineffectiveness of the process by which we manage information system updates. Accordingly, our management determined that these control deficiencies constituted a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting. These control deficiencies also contributed to our determination that it is necessary to restate the audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 and the unaudited interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. Due to the decision to restate prior period financial statements, we are in the process of re-evaluating our design and operation of controls as of December 31, 2011 and expect to conclude that the control deficiencies constituting a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2012 also existed as of December 31, 2011.
Remediation Plan. 
Management has begun to implement a number of remediation steps to address the material weakness in internal controls described above. Specifically, the following steps, which relate solely to Brazil, are in the process of being implemented: 
coordinate documentation, implementation and testing of non-income tax system requirements;
implement a finance change management process to ensure that changes to business requirements are documented, assessed, tracked, tested and monitored and that the impact of those changes on non-income based taxes are evaluated;
redesign the trend analysis to include additional account detail and develop an overall reasonableness test to evaluate known relationships for non-income based taxes; and
define the roles and responsibilities between our accounting and tax functions for the execution of the monthly variance analysis with respect to non-income based taxes.  
As part of our 2012 assessment of internal control over financial reporting, management and our internal audit department will conduct sufficient testing and evaluation of the controls to be implemented as part of this remediation plan to ascertain whether they operate effectively. Although management has taken steps consistent with its plan for remediation of the material weakness noted above, the material weakness has not been remedied as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
We are subject to claims and legal actions that may arise in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that any of these pending claims or legal actions will have a material effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
For information on our various loss contingencies, see Note 4 to our condensed consolidated financial statements above.

Item 1A.
Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K dated February 23, 2012.


Item 2.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

(b) Pursuant to a general authorization, which was not publicly announced, we are authorized to repurchase shares of our common stock to satisfy employee withholding tax obligations related to stock-based compensation. We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2012.

Item 6.
Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
 
Exhibit Description
 
 
 
12.1*
 
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
31.1*
 
Statement of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
31.2*
 
Statement of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
32.1*
 
Statement of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
32.2*
 
Statement of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
101*
 
The following materials from the NII Holdings, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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* Submitted electronically herewith.

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
                        
By:
/s/ DONALD NEFF
 
 
 
 
 
Vice President, Finance Operations and Controller
 
 
(on behalf of the registrant and as principal accounting officer)
Date: November 7, 2012

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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
 
Exhibit Description
 
 
 
12.1*
 
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
31.1*
 
Statement of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
31.2*
 
Statement of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
32.1*
 
Statement of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
32.2*
 
Statement of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
101*
 
The following materials from the NII Holdings, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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* Submitted electronically herewith.


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