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NII HOLDINGS INC - 10-K - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
[February 28, 2014]

NII HOLDINGS INC - 10-K - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations


(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) INDEX TO MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Forward Looking and Cautionary Statements 42 Introduction 43 A. Executive Overview 43 B. Results of Operations 53 1. Year Ended December 31, 2013 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2012 56 a. Consolidated 56 b. Nextel Brazil 60 c. Nextel Mexico 62 d. Nextel Argentina 64 e. Chile and Corporate 65 2. Year Ended December 31, 2012 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2011 66 a. Consolidated 66 b. Nextel Brazil 68 c. Nextel Mexico 70 d. Nextel Argentina 71 e. Chile and Corporate 72 C. Liquidity and Capital Resources 72 D. Future Capital Needs and Resources 73 E. Effect of Inflation and Foreign Currency Exchange 80 F. Effect of New Accounting Standards 80 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 80 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements This annual report on Form 10-K includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements regarding expectations, including forecasts regarding operating results, performance assumptions and estimates relating to capital requirements, as well as other statements that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements. When used in this annual report on Form 10-K, these forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words or phrases "would be," "will allow," "expects to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimate," "project" or similar expressions.

While we provide forward-looking statements to assist in the understanding of our anticipated future financial performance, we caution readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date that we make them. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly release any updates to forward-looking statements to reflect events after the date of this report, including unforeseen events.

We have included risk factors and uncertainties that might cause differences between anticipated and actual future results in Part I, Item 1A. "Risk Factors" of this annual report on Form 10-K. We have attempted to identify, in context, some of the factors that we currently believe may cause actual future experience and results to differ from our current expectations regarding the relevant matter or subject area. The operations and results of our wireless communications business also may be subject to the effects of other risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to: • beliefs and assumptions regarding our ability to continue as a going concern; • our ability to attract and retain customers; • our ability to satisfy the requirements of our debt obligations; • our ability to access sufficient debt or equity capital to meet any future operating and financial needs; • our ability to meet the operating goals established by our business plan and generate cash flow; • general economic conditions in the U.S. or in Latin America, including specifically in the countries in which we operate and in the market segments that we are targeting for our services, including the impact of 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; • 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 Mobility's ability and willingness to provide handsets and related equipment for use on our iDEN network, including the availability of iDEN handsets, particularly in Argentina where we do not have the spectrum resources to deploy a WCDMA network; • the risk of deploying WCDMA networks, including the potential need for additional funding to support that deployment, delays in deployment, cost over-runs, 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 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 issues relating to our network performance in Mexico and any similar future issues in Mexico or our other markets; • future legislation or regulatory actions relating to our services, other wireless communications services or telecommunications generally and the costs and/or potential customer impacts of compliance with regulatory mandates; 42 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------• 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 annual report on Form 10-K, including in Part I, Item 1A. "Risk Factors," and, from time to time, in our reports filed with the SEC.

Introduction The following is a discussion and analysis of: • our consolidated financial condition as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and our consolidated results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011; and • significant factors which we believe could affect our prospective financial condition and results of operations.

Historical results may not indicate future performance. See "Item 1A. - Risk Factors" 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 and Nextel Chile.

A. Executive Overview Business Overview We provide wireless communication services under the NextelTM brand, primarily targeted at meeting the needs of subscribers who use our services to improve the productivity of their businesses and subscribers who make the individual decision to use our service for both professional and personal needs. Our subscribers generally value our broad set of value-added services, including our push-to-talk services, which allow subscribers to talk to each other instantly, and our high level of customer service. As we expand our WCDMA networks in our markets, we are extending our target market to include additional business subscribers and consumers who exhibit above average usage, revenue and loyalty characteristics and who we believe will be attracted to the services and attractive pricing plans we offer, the quality of and data speeds provided by our WCDMA networks and the quality of our customer service.

We provide our services through operating companies located in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina 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 class and lower wireline service penetration encourage the use of the mobile wireless communications services that we offer and plan to offer in the future. Our WCDMA networks in Brazil, Mexico and Chile serve or 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 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; • push-to-talk services, including Direct Connect®, Prip and International Direct Connect® services, which allow subscribers to talk to each other instantly; • wireless data services, including text messaging services; mobile internet services; and e-mail services; • other value-added services, including 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 AndroidTM open application market; 43 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------• business solutions, such as security, work force management, logistics support and other applications that help our business subscribers improve their productivity; and • voice and data roaming services.

The deployment and expansion of our WCDMA networks in Brazil, Mexico and Chile enables us to offer a wider range of products and services that are supported by that technology, including data services provided at substantially higher speeds than can be delivered on our iDEN networks. These WCDMA networks also support our unique push-to-talk services that provide significant differentiation from our competitors' offerings. In the third quarter of 2013, our WCDMA network reached geographic coverage parity with our iDEN network in Mexico, and in Brazil we are currently offering services supported by our WCDMA network in over 250 cities, including cities in and around Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In December 2013, we signed agreements with Telefonica Moviles, or Telefonica, under which Telefonica agreed to provide Nextel Brazil and Nextel Mexico with nationwide roaming voice and data coverage services on Telefonica's networks.

When implemented, the agreements will allow us to enhance our service offerings by expanding the areas in which customers using our WCDMA services in Brazil and Mexico can access voice and data services. We plan to expand the coverage and quality of our networks in Brazil and Mexico in 2014. We also offer service on our iDEN network in Argentina. Our current spectrum holdings are sufficient to enable us to deploy networks that utilize long-term evolution, or LTE, technology in certain areas in Brazil and Mexico, and we currently plan to upgrade our WCDMA networks to support LTE services in select cities in Brazil and Mexico in 2014.

In light of our financial condition, our goal for 2014 is to expand our subscriber base on our WCDMA network in Brazil, stabilize our business in Mexico and achieve a partial to full reversal of the subscriber loss trends we experienced in 2013. More broadly, our goal is to generate higher revenues and increase the number of subscriber units operating on our networks, which we refer to as our subscriber base, by providing differentiated wireless communications services that are valued by our existing and potential 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 in our core markets, such as segments that comprise the small, medium and large business markets, as well as certain 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 push-to-talk services, which give our customers the ability to communicate with each other instantly; • offering new services supported by high quality WCMDA networks; • offering a superior customer experience; and • building on the strength of the unique positioning of the Nextel brand.

To enhance our service offerings, we have deployed and are continuing to enhance our networks that utilize WCDMA technology. These networks enable us to offer a wider variety of applications and services, particularly applications and services that are supported by high speed data and internet access; increase our network capacity; and ultimately reduce the costs of supporting the services we offer when compared to our original iDEN networks. We plan to continue to focus on our current high value subscriber base using the differentiated services available on both our networks and to expand our targeted subscriber base using the handsets and devices, service offerings, applications and pricing plans made possible by our WCDMA networks.

Historically, we have focused on postpaid rate plans. With the expansion of our target customer base, we have been offering more prepaid rate plans and hybrid rate plans that combine both postpaid and prepaid features and expect our sales of these types of service plans to increase over time.

We also expect to use domestic and international roaming agreements, including the roaming arrangements that will be implemented pursuant to the agreements we recently reached with Telefonica, to cost effectively expand our service to areas in our markets that we do not currently serve or plan to serve using our own networks and to provide our customers with services when they travel to other countries.

Business Update State of the Business. During the second half of 2013, we experienced a significant decline in subscribers in Mexico and a reduction in operating revenues and operating cash flows generated by Nextel Brazil and Nextel Mexico as a result of continued competitive pressure, the depreciation of the local currency in Brazil, and delays in the deployment and launch of services on our WCDMA networks. In Mexico, our subscriber base, operating revenues and operating cash flows were also negatively impacted by Sprint Corporation's, or Sprint's, deactivation of its iDEN network in the U.S. in mid-2013 and our failure to effectively deploy and optimize our WCDMA network to meet the needs of customers who were seeking new services to replace their iDEN services, particularly customers living in areas near the border of Mexico and the U.S. These factors contributed to negative market perception 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- of our brand and WCDMA network that developed in Mexico in late 2013. We believe iDEN subscriber losses will continue to outpace our ability to attract subscribers to services on our WCDMA network in Mexico into 2014. In addition, as a result of the delays in the deployment and optimization of our WCDMA network in Brazil, we proceeded with launches of our full voice and data services in that market late in 2013 that led to subscriber and revenue growth rates that were significantly lower than we had originally anticipated. These conditions, and their impact on our liquidity, in combination with the potential impact if we cannot satisfy certain financial covenants under our current debt obligations in 2014, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern under the applicable authoritative literature. See "- D. Future Capital Needs and Resources - Future Outlook, Liquidity Plans and Going Concern." and Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements. For additional discussion of these matters and their potential impact on us, see "Item 1A. - Risk Factors." Sale of Nextel Peru. In August 2013, we, together with our wholly-owned subsidiaries NII Mercosur Telecom, S.L. and NII Mercosur Moviles, S.L., completed the sale of all of the outstanding equity interests of our wholly-owned subsidiary, Nextel del Peru, S.A., or Nextel Peru, to Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. and one of its subsidiaries, Entel Inversiones, S.A., which we refer to collectively as Entel, for $405.5 million in cash, which includes $50.0 million that was deposited in escrow on our behalf to satisfy potential indemnification claims. In connection with the sale of Nextel Peru to Entel, we have reported Nextel Peru as a discontinued operation in this annual report on Form 10-K. Accordingly, we have reclassified Nextel Peru's results of operations for all periods presented to reflect Nextel Peru as discontinued operations. Unless otherwise noted, amounts included in this annual report on Form 10-K exclude amounts attributable to discontinued operations.

Competitive Environment.

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 data 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 subscribers.

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 push-to-talk services that make it easier for our subscribers to communicate quickly and efficiently. We expect to continue to focus on this differentiated approach as we offer services on our WCDMA networks and pursue our plans to extend our target market with an expanded message that focuses on the quality and speed of the data services supported by our new networks. Historically, our largest competitors have focused their marketing efforts on subscribers 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 subscribers within our target segments, which are considered the premium segments in our markets because they typically generate higher average monthly revenue per subscriber. With this shift in focus, some of our largest competitors have recently begun to concentrate on enhancing their network quality and their customer service and customer care functions, which may minimize the value of our network quality and speed (for our new networks) and the quality of our customer service as points of differentiation, enabling those competitors to compete more effectively with us. We believe that the users who primarily make up our targeted subscriber base are likely to base their purchase decisions on network quality and quality of customer support, as well as on the availability of differentiated features and services, like our push-to-talk services, that make it easier for them to communicate quickly, efficiently and economically. However, because pricing is one of a number of important factors in potential customers' purchase decisions, increased price competition in the customer segments we target could require us to decrease prices or increase service and product offerings, which would lower our revenues, increase our costs or both.

Strategic Approach.

Over the past year, we have experienced increased competition and operational challenges in our markets, particularly in Brazil and Mexico, as we have deployed our WCDMA networks. During the second half of 2013, these challenges proved to be more difficult than we anticipated, and in some cases, we did not effectively execute our plans to address those challenges. As a result, we experienced deteriorating operational metrics, including with respect to subscriber growth and customer retention. This deterioration was particularly significant in Mexico where Sprint's decision to deactivate its iDEN network in the U.S. and our failure to effectively deploy and optimize our WCDMA network and in transitioning iDEN subscribers to that network to address the deactivation of the U.S. iDEN network resulted in a significant subscriber loss and decline in revenues in the second half of 2013. To address these and other difficulties that we continue to face as a result of the delays in our deployment of our WCDMA networks, we are taking actions to improve the quality and coverage of those networks and have also implemented a set of initiatives 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- designed to generate growth, streamline our organization, improve our competitive agility and reduce costs that are not critical to our growth strategy.

We continue to implement a comprehensive strategy that we believe will best position us to achieve our long-term goal of generating profitable growth. Some of the key components of that strategy are as follows: Deploying Our Networks. We strive 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 have deployed and plan to continue to expand our WCDMA networks that will enable us to offer a wider variety of applications and services, particularly applications and services that are supported by high speed data services. 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 our iDEN technology. Our WCDMA networks will allow us to continue to offer the differentiated services that our current subscribers rely on while expanding our products and services using the new handsets and devices, service offerings, applications and pricing plans made possible by the new networks to target an expanded subscriber base. We also plan to deploy LTE in select cities in Brazil and Mexico in 2014.

The following chart details our significant spectrum holdings in each of our markets in spectrum bands that support both the WCDMA and LTE technologies: Country Spectrum Band Amount/Coverage 20 MHz in 11 of 13 regions (includes all Brazil 1.9 GHz/2.1 GHz major metropolitan areas) Mexico 1.7 GHz/2.1 GHz 30 MHz nationwide Chile 1.7 GHz/2.1 GHz 60 MHz nationwide 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) (2) Brazil 15 MHz nationwide weighted average Mexico 20 MHz nationwide weighted average Argentina 20 - 22 MHz nationwide weighted average Chile 15 MHz nationwide weighted average _______________________________________ (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.

(2) This band was recently standardized and is available for use with LTE technology. The implementation of LTE technology on our 800 MHz spectrum holdings would require support from and actions by the regulators in some of our markets.

We also have additional spectrum holdings in some of our markets, including 20 MHz of spectrum in the 1.8 GHz spectrum band in portions of Brazil, which we plan to use to support our planned deployment of LTE-based networks in Rio de Janeiro, and 10 MHz of spectrum in the 1.9 GHz spectrum band in Monterrey and 50 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band in Mexico.

As we make the transition from our iDEN networks to our new WCDMA networks, we will evaluate ways in which we can use our 800 MHz spectrum to support existing or new services. In Brazil and Argentina, our current 800 MHz spectrum holdings are largely contiguous, making it possible to use that spectrum to support future technologies, including LTE-based 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 factors, including the technology decisions made by other wireless carriers and the willingness of infrastructure and device manufacturers to produce the required equipment. In Mexico and Chile, 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.

Focusing on Our Core Markets. We operate our business with a focus on generating growth in operating income and cash flow over the long term and enhancing our profitability by attracting and retaining high value wireless customers while maintaining appropriate controls on costs. To support this goal, we plan to continue to expand the coverage of our WCDMA networks in our markets, focusing particularly on our key markets in Brazil and Mexico, with the goal of increasing our existing subscriber base 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- while managing our costs in a manner designed to support that growth and improve our operating results. We have also made significant capital and other investments as we pursue our plans to deploy new networks that utilize WCDMA and LTE technology, and we expect those investments to continue, particularly in Brazil and Mexico. While these investments have increased our costs and negatively impacted our profitability and are expected to continue to have that impact as we incur the costs of our new networks while building the subscriber base served by them, we believe that over the long term these investments in our new networks will enhance the competitiveness of our service offerings while continuing to support the differentiated services and superior customer service that have historically been significant factors supporting our growth.

Consistent with this strategy, we have implemented and will continue to implement changes in our business to support our planned growth and to better align our organization and costs with our operational and financial goals. These changes have included reductions in our headquarters staff in connection with the reorganization of the roles and responsibilities of our headquarters and market teams and staff reductions in our market operations designed to reduce costs while maintaining the support necessary to meet our customers' needs. We are continuing to evaluate our operations and expect to continue to realign and reduce personnel over the coming months as we seek to better align our costs and organizational structure with our growth strategy and improve our operating and financial results. We are also taking steps to improve the performance and efficiency of our supporting systems and functions, including implementing improvements to our information technology and related supporting systems and processes, that are designed to improve the overall quality and efficiency of the service we provide our customers.

Finally, as we implement changes to our business strategy that are designed to improve our results, we expect that we will allocate more of our financial and other resources to our operations in Brazil and Mexico, which, for 2013, collectively produced about 86% of our total consolidated operating revenues.

Consistent with this change in emphasis, in August 2013, we sold all of the outstanding equity interests of Nextel Peru to Entel. While we will also continue to support our operations in our other markets, recent results of operations and this change in emphasis make it appropriate for us to consider and explore a variety of strategic options for these markets, such as partnerships, service arrangements and asset sales in an effort to maximize the value of those businesses.

Focusing on Our Target Customers. Consistent with our historic approach, our target customers will continue to include high value customer segments such as segments that comprise the small, medium and large business markets, as well as certain consumer market segments that value our differentiated wireless communications services, including our push-to-talk services, quality networks and our high level of customer service. Our WCDMA networks will also give us the opportunity to extend our target market to include additional corporate and business customers and 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, the quality and speed of our data services and the quality of our customer service.

Providing Differentiated Services and a Superior Customer Experience. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors by offering unique services like our push-to-talk services. These services provide significant value, allowing our subscribers to communicate with each other instantaneously at the touch of a button. In 2012, we began offering Direct Connect push-to-talk service on our WCDMA networks as part of our effort to maintain this key point of differentiation. Also, in 2013, we began offering a new push-to-talk service, which we refer to as Prip, that operates on a wide range of standard smartphones, including the iPhone, enabling users to communicate using a push-to-talk solution with other subscribers across our networks. The Prip service, which is currently available in Mexico and Chile and will be available in Brazil in 2014, operates on WiFi, as well as on WCDMA- and LTE-based networks outside our markets where data roaming services are available, including in the U.S. Our competitors have introduced competitive push-to-talk products, and while we do not believe that these services offer the same level of performance as our push-to-talk services 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 services.

We have also historically added further value by designing customized business solutions that enhance the productivity of our subscribers 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.

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.

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 subscriber support we provide. This positioning of our brand allowed us to successfully build our subscriber base of high 47 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- value customers who are attracted to our differentiated services and our reputation for providing a high quality subscriber 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 enhances the recognition of our brand and unifies our brand identity across our markets as we deploy our WCDMA networks and seek to expand our target market to include new customer segments.

Expanding and Focusing 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 subscriber-convenient sales channels, and we are targeting those channels at specific subscriber 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 consumers, we are expanding our distribution channels to make our services more widely accessible while simultaneously shifting and rebalancing some of our locations and distribution structure. These changes to the structure of our distribution channels will continue to allow them to serve as additional points of customer care, collections and brand promotion. We are also expanding our other subscriber-convenient channels, which include telesales and online channels, to give our prospective and existing subscribers easier ways to purchase our services. We are making these investments to more efficiently serve our subscribers and improve the overall productivity of all of our distribution channels and, therefore, we expect to see our average sales and related costs to acquire subscribers decline over time.

Focusing on Major Business Centers. Because we target high value subscribers, our operations have focused primarily on large urban markets, which have a concentration of medium to high usage business subscribers 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 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. In addition, we expect to use domestic roaming agreements to cost effectively expand our service to network coverage in areas in our markets that we do not currently serve or plan to serve using our own networks.

Managing the iDEN Transition. The iDEN networks that we operate in all of our markets 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 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 Mobility and Motorola Solutions are the sole suppliers of iDEN technology, we are dependent on their support of the technology and the availability of subscriber devices.

As we make the transition to our WCDMA networks in our markets other than Argentina, and with Sprint no longer supporting iDEN in the U.S. following the deactivation of its iDEN network there, the reduction in demand for iDEN network equipment is expected to make it uneconomic for Motorola Solutions to continue to provide support for our iDEN network infrastructure, and it may become more costly for us to continue to support those networks. We also expect that this transition and the reduction in demand for iDEN handsets will affect Motorola Mobility's ability or willingness to continue to manufacture iDEN handsets beyond their contractual obligations, which could result in an increase in our costs for those handsets, including handsets that are capable of operating on both our iDEN and WCDMA networks.

Nextel Mexico experienced significant disruption to its business plans, and a decline in its subscriber base, operating revenues and operating cash flows, in connection with Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN network in the U.S. in mid-2013, which was compounded by our failure to take sufficient actions to address the impact of that event on our customers and delays in the deployment and optimization of our WCDMA network. As a result, Nextel Mexico experienced higher iDEN customer turnover and was not able to effectively offset the loss of iDEN subscribers with new WCDMA subscribers, in part because the coverage and capacity of its WCDMA network was not sufficient to support the significant subscriber loading and migration of subscribers resulting from the deactivation of Sprint's iDEN network. The deactivation of Sprint's iDEN network also resulted in changes to the connections previously available between our subscribers and their contacts in the U.S., as well as our customers' ability to roam in the U.S. These changes had an adverse impact on our customers' experience in using their services and created a negative perception of our services in Mexico, which has made it more difficult for us to attract and retain subscribers there.

Nextel Mexico has taken and continues to take actions designed to improve its WCDMA network performance and the quality of service experienced by our customers and to address the negative impact of Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN network in the U.S. on its subscribers, including by improving the capacity, coverage and quality of its WCDMA network and launching education and awareness campaigns, all of which are intended to help stabilize Nextel Mexico's business and improve market perceptions of the quality of its service so that it is positioned to deliver future growth.

In 2011, Motorola completed a separation of its mobile devices and home division into two separate public entities: Motorola Mobility, to which our iDEN handset supply agreements have been assigned; and Motorola Solutions, to which our iDEN network infrastructure supply agreements have been assigned. In addition, we are parties to arrangements and agreements with Motorola that have now been assigned to and assumed by Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility and that are designed to provide us 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- with a continued source of iDEN network equipment and handsets. In May 2012, Google, Inc., or Google, completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, which is our primary supplier of iDEN handsets, and in January 2014, Google announced that it has reached an agreement to sell a significant portion of the business that currently makes up Motorola Mobility to Lenovo. We do not currently expect any change to Motorola's commitment to deliver iDEN handsets as a result of Google's proposed sale of Motorola Mobility to Lenovo. 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 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, to which Motorola Mobility is now a party and which are effective through December 31, 2016. 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.

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.

Recent Foreign Currency Trends Late in 2011 and continuing throughout 2012 and 2013, uncertainty in worldwide economic conditions drove a significant decline in the value of the currencies relative to the U.S. dollar in Brazil and Argentina. This and other periods of high volatility in foreign currency exchange rates that have occurred in the past have had a significant effect on our reported results as nearly all of our revenues are earned in non-U.S. currencies, and a significant portion of our capital and operating expenditures, including expenditures to purchase imported network equipment and handsets, and a substantial portion of our outstanding debt, is denominated in U.S. dollars. Significant volatility in the global market persists, and foreign currency exchange rates in effect in Brazil and Argentina at the end of 2013 reflect a reduction in value from those experienced earlier in the year and a significant reduction in value compared to 2012. If the values of local currencies in the countries in which our operating companies conduct business depreciate further relative to the U.S. dollar, our future operating results and the value of our assets held in local currencies will be adversely affected.

Unrestricted Subsidiary In the first quarter of 2013, our Chilean operating segment, which we refer to as Nextel Chile, was designated as an unrestricted subsidiary under the terms of the indentures relating to our senior notes. For the year ended December 31, 2013, Nextel Chile had total operating revenues of $72.7 million, segment losses of $134.1 million and net losses of $209.4 million. As of December 31, 2013, Nextel Chile had total assets of $169.1 million and total liabilities of $273.2 million.

Subscriber Units in Commercial Service As we make the transition to our WCDMA networks, we will be able to offer a substantially broader range of services and subscriber units that support voice services, including our push-to-talk services, data services and, in many cases, both. In some instances, we offer customers the option of purchasing services by acquiring the subscriber identity module, or SIM, cards from us separately, providing the customer with the flexibility to use the SIM cards in one or more devices that they acquire from us or from other sources. In addition, certain subscriber units that we offer support two SIM cards, enabling subscribers to seamlessly transition between our iDEN and WCDMA networks on the same device.

Because these handsets include two SIM cards and require two contracts, they are reported as two subscribers for regulatory and external reporting purposes consistent with industry practice. Accordingly, each of these dual SIM handsets that are provisioned with two separate SIM cards is included in the table below as two "Subscriber Units in Commercial Service." We use the term "subscriber unit," which we also refer to as a subscriber, to represent an active SIM card, which is the level at which we have tracked and will continue to track subscribers.

The table below provides an overview of our subscriber units in commercial service on both our iDEN and WCDMA networks in the countries indicated as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.

49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brazil Mexico Argentina Chile Total (in thousands) iDEN subscriber units 3,846.3 3,842.7 1,755.6 53.2 9,497.8 WCDMA subscriber units - 59.0 - 145.2 204.2 Total subscriber units in commercial service - December 31, 2012 3,846.3 3,901.7 1,755.6 198.4 9,702.0 iDEN net subscriber (losses) additions (201.6 ) (974.2 ) 267.5 (16.7 ) (925.0 ) WCDMA net subscriber additions 313.5 337.0 - 61.8 712.3 Total net subscriber additions (losses) 111.9 (637.2 ) 267.5 45.1 (212.7 ) Migrations from iDEN to WCDMA 24.4 793.9 - 7.3 825.6 iDEN subscriber units 3,620.3 2,074.6 2,023.1 29.2 7,747.2 WCDMA subscriber units 337.9 1,189.9 - 214.3 1,742.1 Total subscriber units in commercial service - December 31, 2013 3,958.2 3,264.5 2,023.1 243.5 9,489.3 The following table shows our customer turnover rates for subscribers on both our iDEN and WCDMA networks in the countries indicated for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Brazil Mexico Argentina Chile Total Total customer turnover (1) 2.64 % 3.46 % 3.42 % 4.39 % 3.14 % iDEN customer turnover 2.70 % 3.63 % 3.42 % 3.94 % 3.20 % WCDMA customer turnover 0.95 % 2.21 % - 4.55 % 2.48 % _______________________________________ (1) Customer turnover is calculated by dividing subscriber deactivations for the period by the average number of subscriber units during that period.

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 also had contingencies related to certain regulatory, civil and labor-related matters as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, Nextel Brazil had accrued liabilities of $70.9 million and $73.0 million, respectively, related to contingencies, all of which were classified in accrued contingencies reported as a component of other long-term liabilities, of which $11.2 million and $20.7 million 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 $456.8 million and $460.8 million as of December 31, 2013. 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.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in those financial statements and accompanying notes. We consider the accounting policies and estimates addressed below to be the most important to our financial position and results of operations, either because of the significance of the financial statement item or because they require the exercise of significant judgment and/or use of significant estimates. Although we believe that the estimates we use are reasonable, due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making those estimates, actual results reported in future periods could differ from those estimates. For additional information, see Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included at the end of this annual report on Form 10-K.

50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenue Recognition. While our revenue recognition policy does not require the exercise of significant judgment or the use of significant estimates, we believe that our policy is significant as revenue is a key component of our results of operations.

Operating revenues primarily consist of wireless service revenues and revenues generated from the sale of handsets and accessories. We present our operating revenues net of value-added taxes, but we include certain revenue-based taxes that are our primary obligation.

Service revenues primarily consist of fixed monthly access charges. Other components of service revenue include revenues from calling party pays programs, where applicable, variable charges for airtime and two-way radio usage in excess of plan minutes, long-distance charges, international roaming revenues derived from calls placed by our subscribers on other carriers' networks and revenues generated from broadband data services we provide on our WCDMA networks. We recognize service revenue as service is provided, net of credits and adjustments for service discounts and value-added taxes. We recognize excess usage, local, long distance and calling party pays revenue at contractual rates per minute as minutes are used. We record cash received in excess of revenues earned as deferred revenues. We recognize handset revenue when title and risk of loss passes to the customer.

We bill excess usage to certain of our subscribers in arrears. In order to recognize the revenues originating from excess usage subsequent to subscriber invoicing, we estimate the unbilled portion based on the usage that the handset had during the part of the month already billed, and we use this actual usage to estimate the unbilled usage for the rest of the month taking into consideration working days and seasonality. Our estimates are based on our experience in each market. We periodically evaluate our estimates by comparing them to actual excess usage revenue billed the following month. While our estimates have been consistent with our actual results, actual usage in future periods could differ from our estimates.

Other revenues primarily include amounts generated from our handset maintenance programs, roaming revenues generated from other companies' subscribers that roam on our networks and co-location rental revenues from third party tenants that rent space on our transmitter and receiver sites, which we also refer to as communication towers or towers, although in some instances these towers are located on rooftops and other structures. We recognize revenue generated from our handset maintenance programs on a monthly basis at fixed amounts over the service period. We recognize roaming revenues at contractual rates per minute as minutes are used. We recognize co-location revenues from third party tenants on a monthly basis based on the terms set by the underlying agreements.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. We establish an allowance for doubtful accounts receivable sufficient to cover probable and reasonably estimated losses. We estimate this allowance based on historical experience, aging of accounts receivable and individual subscriber payment history. Actual write-offs in the future could be impacted by general economic and business conditions, as well as fluctuations in subscriber deactivations, that are difficult to predict and therefore may differ from our estimates.

Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment. We record at cost our network assets and other improvements that in our opinion, extend the useful lives of the underlying assets, and depreciate those assets over their estimated useful lives. We calculate depreciation using the straight-line method based on estimated useful lives ranging from 3 to 30 years for mobile network equipment and network software and 3 to 10 years for office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and other, which includes non-network internal use software. We depreciate our corporate aircraft under a capital lease using the straight-line method based on the lease term of 10 years. We amortize leasehold improvements over the shorter of the lease terms or the useful lives of the improvements. Our networks are highly complex and, due to constant innovation and enhancements, certain components of those networks may lose their utility sooner than anticipated. We periodically reassess the economic life of these components and make adjustments to their useful lives after considering historical experience and capacity requirements, consulting with the vendor and assessing new product and market demands and other factors. When our assessment indicates that the economic life of a network component is shorter than originally anticipated, we depreciate its remaining book value over its revised useful life. Further, the deployment of any new technologies could adversely affect the estimated remaining useful lives of our network assets, which could significantly impact future results of operations. During the fourth quarter of 2013, we reviewed the useful lives of our communication towers and determined that the useful lives of some of these towers should be increased to 30 years compared to the 10- or 15-year useful lives over which we were previously depreciating these sites.

Amortization of Intangible Assets. Intangible assets primarily consist of our telecommunications licenses. We calculate amortization on our licenses using the straight-line method based on estimated useful lives of 3 to 20 years. While the terms of our licenses, including renewals, range from 10 to 40 years, the political and regulatory environments in the markets we serve are continuously changing and, as a result, the cost of renewing our licenses could be significant. Therefore, we do not view the renewal of our licenses to be perfunctory. In addition, the wireless telecommunications industry is experiencing significant technological change, and the commercial life of any particular technology is difficult to predict. Many of our licenses give us the right to use 800 MHz spectrum that is non-contiguous, and the iDEN technology is the only commercially available technology that operates on non-contiguous spectrum. As a result, our ability to deploy new technologies using 800MHz spectrum may be limited. In light of these uncertainties we classify our licenses as finite lived intangible assets. Many of our licenses are subject to renewal after the initial term, provided that we have complied with applicable rules and policies in each of our markets. We 51 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- intend to comply, and believe we have complied, with these rules and policies in all material respects as they relate to licenses that are material to our business. However, because governmental authorities have discretion as to the renewal of licenses, our licenses may not be renewed or we may be required to pay significant renewal fees, either of which could have a significant impact on the estimated useful lives of our licenses, which could significantly impact future results of operations.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets. We review long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Long-lived asset groups were determined based on an assessment of the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities. If the total of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of our assets, we recognize a loss for the difference between the estimated fair value and carrying value of the assets. During 2013, we tested long-lived assets in our Nextel Brazil, Nextel Mexico, and Nextel Chile segments for recoverability and, based on our estimates of undiscounted cash flows, determined the carrying values to be recoverable. Our estimates of undiscounted cash flows for each asset group exceeded the carrying value of the respective asset groups. If we continue to have operational challenges, including obtaining and retaining subscribers, future cash flows may not be sufficient to recover the carrying values of our asset groups, and we could record asset impairments that are material to our consolidated results of operations and financial condition. In December 2012, we determined that the carrying value of the asset group within our Nextel Chile operating segment, which includes all operating assets and liabilities held at our Chilean operating segment, was not recoverable. As a result, we recorded a non-cash asset impairment charge of $298.8 million to reduce the carrying amount of the asset group to its fair value. We determined the estimated fair value of Nextel Chile's asset group using a discounted cash flow analysis in conjunction with a sum-of-the-parts cost approach, both of which are considered Level 3 inputs within the fair value hierarchy under the Financial Accounting Standards Board's, or the FASB's, authoritative guidance on fair value measurements. The discounted cash flows mentioned above were derived from a seven-year projection of revenues and expenses, plus a residual value, with the resulting projected cash flows discounted at an appropriate weighted average cost of capital. The sum-of-the-parts analysis was assembled using the estimated cost to construct a network with the related spectrum licenses.

Asset Retirement Obligations. We record an asset retirement obligation, or ARO, and an associated asset retirement cost, or ARC, when we have a legal obligation in connection with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets. Our obligations under the FASB's authoritative guidance on asset retirement obligations arise from certain of our leases and relate primarily to the cost of removing our network infrastructure and administrative assets from the leased space where these assets are located at the end of the lease. Estimating these obligations requires us to make certain assumptions that are highly judgmental in nature.

The significant assumptions used in estimating our asset retirement obligations include the following: the expected settlement dates; removal costs that are indicative of what third party vendors would charge us to remove the assets; expected inflation rates; and credit-adjusted risk-free interest rates. We periodically review these assumptions to ensure that the estimates are reasonable. Any change in the assumptions used could significantly affect the amounts recorded with respect to our asset retirement obligations.

Foreign Currency. We translate the results of operations for our non-U.S. subsidiaries from the designated functional currency to the U.S. dollar using average exchange rates for the relevant period. We translate assets and liabilities using the exchange rate in effect at the relevant reporting date. We report the resulting gains or losses from translating foreign currency financial statements as other comprehensive income or loss. Because we translate the operations of our non-U.S. subsidiaries using average exchange rates, our operating companies' trends may be impacted by the translation.

We report the effect of changes in exchange rates on U.S. dollar-denominated assets and liabilities as foreign currency transaction gains or losses. We report the effect of changes in exchange rates on intercompany transactions of a long-term investment nature as part of the cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment in our consolidated financial statements. The intercompany transactions that, in our view, are of a long-term investment nature include certain intercompany loans and advances from our U.S. subsidiaries to Nextel Brazil and Nextel Chile. In contrast, we report the effect of exchange rates on U.S. dollar-denominated intercompany loans and advances to our foreign subsidiaries that are due, or for which repayment is anticipated in the foreseeable future, as foreign currency transaction gains or losses in our consolidated statements of operations. As a result, our determination of whether intercompany loans and advances are of a long-term investment nature can have a significant impact on how we report foreign currency transaction gains and losses in our consolidated financial statements.

Loss Contingencies. We account for and disclose loss contingencies such as pending litigation and actual or possible claims and assessments in accordance with the FASB's authoritative guidance on accounting for contingencies. We accrue for loss contingencies if it is probable that a loss will occur and if the loss can be reasonably estimated. We disclose, but do not accrue for, loss contingencies if it is reasonably possible that a loss will occur or if the loss cannot be reasonably estimated. We do not accrue for or disclose loss contingencies if there is only a remote possibility that the loss will occur.

The FASB's authoritative guidance requires us to make judgments regarding future events, including an assessment relating to the likelihood that a loss may occur and an estimate of the amount of such loss. In assessing loss contingencies, we often seek the assistance of our legal counsel and in some instances, of third party legal counsel. As a result of the significant judgment required in assessing and estimating loss contingencies, actual losses realized in future periods could differ significantly from our estimates.

52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income Taxes. We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method, under which we recognize deferred income taxes for the tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities, as well as for tax loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards. We measure deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recoverable or settled. We recognize the effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates in income in the period that includes the enactment date. We provide a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets if, based upon the weight of available evidence, we do not believe it is "more-likely-than-not" that some or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized.

During 2013 the valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets increased by a net amount of $4.0 billion. This increase is due to a continuance of our prior position of recording a full valuation allowance with respect to the net deferred tax assets of Nextel Chile and the U.S., resulting in an additional $151.3 million valuation allowance for these entities. Our prior position of recording a full valuation allowance with respect to the net deferred tax assets of our holding companies in Luxembourg, Spain and Netherlands also continued in 2013, and we recorded in total a $3.3 billion valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets of these entities. Due to the nature of these companies and their tax status under local holding company rules, a full valuation allowance is necessary as the net operating loss carryforwards will never be utilized and add no value to the company. In addition, our prior position regarding the need for a valuation allowance on one of our Brazil subsidiaries and three of our Mexico subsidiaries changed in 2013, and we recorded valuation allowances of $382.9 million and $189.8 million against the net deferred tax assets of these Brazilian and Mexican subsidiaries, respectively. This change of position was primarily due to the significant decline in our current and recent cumulative earnings.

Realization of deferred tax assets in any of our markets depends on various factors, including continued future profitability in these markets. Our ability to generate the expected amounts of taxable income from future operations is dependent upon general economic conditions, technology trends, political uncertainties, competitive pressures and other factors beyond management's control. We will continue to evaluate the deferred tax asset valuation allowance balances in all of our foreign and U.S. companies throughout 2014 to determine the appropriate level of valuation allowances.

We continued to assert our prior position regarding the repatriation of historical foreign earnings back to the U.S. During the first quarter of 2010, we determined that we will repatriate an additional amount of $200.0 million of 2010 undistributed earnings back to the U.S. in a taxable manner. This amount was in addition to the $26.3 million that remained to be repatriated in accordance with our 2007 decision to repatriate foreign earnings to the U.S., for a total of $226.3 million to be repatriated. As of December 31, 2012, we included a $54.4 million provision in deferred tax liability for U.S. federal, state and foreign taxes with respect to future remittances of certain undistributed earnings (other than income that has been previously taxed in the U.S. under the subpart F rules) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. This deferred tax liability decreased slightly in 2013 due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates to $54.2 million as of December 31, 2013. Except for the earnings associated with this provision and income that has been previously taxed in the U.S. under the subpart F rules and can be remitted to the U.S. without incurring additional income taxes, we currently have no intention to remit any additional undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries in a taxable manner. Should additional amounts of our foreign subsidiaries' undistributed earnings be remitted to the U.S. as dividends, we may be subject to additional U.S. income taxes (net of allowable foreign tax credits) and foreign withholding taxes. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of any additional taxes which may be payable on the remaining undistributed earnings.

We are subject to income taxes in both the U.S. 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. 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.

We have only recorded financial statement benefits for tax positions which we believe reflect the "more-likely-than-not" criteria of the FASB's authoritative guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, and we have established income tax reserves in accordance with this guidance where necessary. Once a financial statement benefit for a tax position is recorded or a tax reserve is established, we adjust it only when there is more information available or when an event occurs necessitating a change. While we believe that the amount of the recorded financial statement benefits and tax reserves reflect the more-likely-than-not criteria, it is possible that the ultimate outcome of current or future examinations may result in a reduction to the tax benefits previously recorded on our consolidated financial statements or may exceed the current income tax reserves in amounts that could be material.

B. 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 subscribers and revenues generated from broadband data services we provide on our WCDMA networks. Handset and accessory revenues represent revenues we earn on the sale of handsets and accessories to our subscribers.

53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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' subscribers that roam on our networks and co-location rental revenues from third-party tenants that rent space on our towers.

See "Revenue Recognition" above and Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included at the end of this annual report on Form 10-K for a description of our revenue recognition methodology.

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. 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 subscriber units in commercial service and the rate plans applicable to, and the levels of usage of, those subscriber units. 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 subscribers.

Selling and marketing expenses include all of the expenses related to acquiring subscribers to our services, exclusive of costs to subsidize our handsets.

General and administrative expenses include expenses related to revenue-based taxes, billing, customer care, collections including maintenance of management information systems, corporate overhead and payroll, including share-based payments for stock options and restricted stock.

In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., we translated the results of operations of our operating segments using the average exchange rates for the years ended December 31, 2013, 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.

2012 to 2013 2011 to 2012 2013 2012 2011 Percent Change Percent Change Brazilian real 2.16 1.95 1.67 (10.8 )% (16.8 )% Mexican peso 12.77 13.17 12.42 3.0 % (6.0 )% Argentine peso 5.48 4.55 4.13 (20.4 )% (10.2 )% Chilean peso 495.31 486.49 483.67 (1.8 )% (0.6 )% Late in 2011 and continuing throughout 2012 and 2013, foreign currency exchange rates in the countries where we operate generally depreciated in value relative to the U.S. dollar. The following table presents the currency exchange rates in effect at the end of 2011, as well as the end of each of the quarters in 2012 and 2013. If the values of these exchange rates remain at levels similar to the end of 2013 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.

54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011 2012 2013 December March June September December March June September December Brazilian real 1.88 1.82 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.01 2.22 2.23 2.34 Mexican peso 13.99 12.80 13.67 12.92 13.01 12.35 13.19 13.01 13.08 Argentine peso 4.30 4.38 4.53 4.70 4.92 5.12 5.39 5.79 6.52 Chilean peso 519.20 487.44 501.84 473.77 479.96 472.03 507.16 504.20 524.61 To provide better insight into the results of some of our operating segments, we present the year-over-year percentage change in each of the line items presented on a consolidated basis and 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 year ended December 31, 2012 to amounts that would have resulted if the average foreign currency rates for the year ended December 31, 2012 were the same as the average foreign currency exchange rates that were in effect for the year ended December 31, 2013; and (ii) by comparing the constant currency financial measures for the year ended December 31, 2012 to the actual financial measures for the year ended December 31, 2013. This constant currency comparison applies consistent exchange rates to the operating revenues earned in foreign currencies and to the other components of segment earnings for the year ended December 31, 2012, 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 U.S. and should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information contained in our results of operations.

55 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Year Ended December 31, 2013 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2012 a. Consolidated Constant Currency Change from Change from Previous Year Ended % of Consolidated Year Ended % of Consolidated Previous Year Year December 31, 2013 Operating Revenues December 31, 2012 Operating Revenues Dollars Percent Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 4,573,879 96 % $ 5,465,120 95 % $ (891,241 ) (16 )% (11 )% Handset and accessory revenues 198,685 4 % 278,002 5 % (79,317 ) (29 )% (23 )% 4,772,564 100 % 5,743,122 100 % (970,558 ) (17 )% (12 )% Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization included below) 1,472,320 31 % 1,574,327 28 % (102,007 ) (6 )% (1 )% Cost of handset and accessory sales 911,635 19 % 829,859 14 % 81,776 10 % 9 % 2,383,955 50 % 2,404,186 42 % (20,231 ) (1 )% 3 % Selling and marketing expenses 614,059 13 % 730,469 13 % (116,410 ) (16 )% (12)% General and administrative expenses 1,299,395 27 % 1,437,219 25 % (137,824 ) (10 )% (4)% Provision for doubtful accounts 116,619 2 % 217,315 3 % (100,696 ) (46 )% (42)% Impairment and restructuring charges 171,047 4 % 329,767 6 % (158,720 ) (48 )% (48 )% Depreciation and amortization 698,347 15 % 649,545 11 % 48,802 8 % 13 % Operating loss (510,858 ) (11 )% (25,379 ) - (485,479 ) NM NM Interest expense, net (539,159 ) (11 )% (365,521 ) (6 )% (173,638 ) 48 % 51 % Interest income 43,379 1 % 33,862 - 9,517 28 % 33 % Foreign currency transaction losses, net (143,745 ) (3 )% (53,957 ) (1 )% (89,788 ) 166 % 185 % Other expense, net (12,982 ) - (28,340 ) (1 )% 15,358 (54 )% (54)% Loss from continuing operations before income tax provision (1,163,365 ) (24 )% (439,335 ) (8 )% (724,030 ) 165 % 165 % Income tax provision (446,052 ) (10 )% (158,144 ) (2 )% (287,908 ) 182 % 200 % Net loss from continuing operations (1,609,417 ) (34 )% (597,479 ) (10 )% (1,011,938 ) 169 % 174 % Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (40,182 ) (1 )% (167,770 ) (3 )% 127,588 (76 )% (76 )% Net loss $ (1,649,599 ) (35 )% $ (765,249 ) (13 )% $ (884,350 ) 116 % 181 % _______________________________________ NM-Not Meaningful During 2013 and particularly in the second half of the year, we continued to experience deteriorating financial and operational results due to a number of factors, including the economic and competitive environments in our markets, the impact of Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN-based network in the U.S., delays in the deployment and launch of services on our WCDMA networks and declining local currency values. As a result of these and other factors, our consolidated subscriber base decreased 2% from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013, and our consolidated operating revenues on a reported basis for 2013 decreased 17% compared to 2012. In particular, the decline in revenues reflects the combined impact of lower average revenue per subscriber in local currency, declines in local currency values relative to the U.S. dollar and the reduction in the subscriber base. From 2012 to 2013, our consolidated operating revenues decreased 12% on a constant currency basis.

Nextel Mexico experienced significant disruption to its business plans, and a decline in its subscriber base, operating revenues and operating cash flows, in connection with Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN network in the U.S. in mid-2013, which was compounded by our failure to take sufficient actions to address the impact of that event on our customers and delays in the deployment and optimization of our WCDMA network. As a result, Nextel Mexico experienced higher iDEN customer turnover and was not able to effectively offset the loss of iDEN subscribers with new WCDMA subscribers, in part because the coverage and capacity of its WCDMA network was not sufficient to support the significant subscriber loading and migration of subscribers resulting from the deactivation of Sprint's iDEN network. The deactivation of Sprint's iDEN network also resulted in changes to 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the connections previously available between our subscribers and their contacts in the U.S., as well as our customers' ability to roam in the U.S. These changes had an adverse impact on our customers' experience in using their services and created a negative perception of our services in Mexico, which has made it more difficult for us to attract and retain subscribers there.

Nextel Mexico has taken and continues to take actions designed to improve its WCDMA network performance and the quality of service experienced by our customers and to address the negative impact of Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN network in the U.S. on its subscribers, including by improving the capacity, coverage and quality of its WCDMA network and launching education and awareness campaigns, all of which are intended to help stabilize Nextel Mexico's business and improve market perceptions of the quality of its service so that it is positioned to deliver future growth.

Nextel Brazil began offering full voice and data services on its WCDMA network late in 2013, which reflects a delay from the service launch dates that we had originally planned. As a result, for most of 2013, Nextel Brazil was competing using its iDEN network, which does not support data services that are competitive with the higher speed data services offered by its competitors.

Nextel Brazil's focus during the majority of 2013 was on retaining customers on its iDEN network, which resulted in lower average revenue per subscriber, as some customers migrated to lower rate plans. Also, Nextel Brazil experienced higher customer turnover because the more limited features and services available on its iDEN network made it difficult to retain its customers who were targeted by competitors' aggressive offers that included a wider range of services. We believe that Nextel Brazil's launch of services on its WCDMA network and its plans to expand the coverage of its service, including through the use of roaming under the agreement recently reached with Telefonica, will allow us to enhance our service offerings by expanding the areas in which customers using our WCDMA services in Brazil can access voice and data services and will improve Nextel Brazil's competitive position.

As we continue to expand our WCDMA networks in Brazil and Mexico, 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 subscribers, but expect that our ability to attract customers and increase our operating revenues for services provided using the networks will be tied to our ability to change customer perceptions regarding the types and quality of services we offer and our ability to develop services and rate plans that differentiate us from our competition and meet our customers' needs. During 2013, when we had limited success in adding customers to our WCDMA networks due to the factors described above, the additional expenses related to building our WCDMA networks, combined with the impact of weaker average foreign currency exchange rates and lower average revenue per subscriber in local currency, led to an increase in our consolidated cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses as percentages of consolidated operating revenues compared to 2012. As a result, our operating loss increased $485.5 million from 2012 to 2013.

In 2013, our investments in consolidated capital expenditures were $882.9 million, which represents a 38% decrease from 2012. In 2014, we plan to continue to invest in the deployment of our WCDMA networks, with a particular focus on expanding those networks and improving results in our largest markets of Brazil and Mexico. We also plan to upgrade our WCDMA networks to support LTE services in select cities in Brazil and Mexico in 2014. Based on these plans, we currently expect our investments in capital expenditures in 2014, including our investments in our networks, to be lower than the levels of those investments in 2013.

We will also continue to support our operations in Argentina and Chile while exploring strategic options for these markets, such as partnerships, network sharing, and other service arrangements and asset sales to maximize the value of those businesses and generate additional liquidity. Consistent with this change in emphasis, in August 2013, we completed the sale of all of the outstanding equity interests of Nextel Peru to Entel.

1. Operating revenues As discussed above, the $970.6 million, or 17%, decrease in consolidated service and other revenues on a reported basis, and the 12% decrease on a constant currency basis, from 2012 to 2013 were primarily due to the decline in our consolidated subscriber base and a decrease in consolidated average revenue per subscriber in local currency caused by an increase in the number of subscribers on lower rate service plans in both Brazil and Mexico, adjustments to promotional offers in response to a more competitive environment in Brazil and retention credits offered to certain customers in Mexico. The decrease in consolidated service and other revenues on a reported basis also reflects weaker average foreign currency exchange rates in Brazil and Argentina, which were partially offset by a slightly stronger average foreign currency exchange rate in Mexico.

2. Cost of revenues Consolidated cost of revenues remained relatively stable on a reported basis from 2012 to 2013 despite the lower consolidated operating revenue levels primarily as a result of: 57 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------• a $110.9 million, or 23%, increase in consolidated direct switch and transmitter and receiver site costs due to a 31% increase in the number of sites in service from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013 in connection with the deployment of our WCDMA networks in Brazil and Mexico; and • an $81.8 million, or 10%, increase in cost of handset and accessory sales resulting from a change in the mix of handsets in Brazil and Mexico toward higher-tier handsets and losses related to inventory obsolescence that Nextel Brazil and Nextel Mexico recognized in the second half of 2013.

These increases were partially offset by: • a $158.3 million, or 22%, decrease in consolidated interconnect costs related to lower interconnect minutes of use in Brazil and Mexico as a result of the reduction in our consolidated subscriber base and lower usage levels per subscriber, as well as a decline in mobile termination rates in Brazil; • a $66.7 million, or 32%, decrease in consolidated service and repair costs resulting from the utilization of more refurbished handsets and a lower overall number of repaired handsets; and • weaker average foreign currency exchange rates in Brazil and Argentina that were partially offset by slightly stronger foreign currency exchange rates in Mexico.

On a constant currency basis, consolidated cost of revenues increased 3% for 2013 compared to 2012.

Consolidated cost of revenues as a percentage of consolidated operating revenues increased from 42% in 2012 to 50% in 2013 primarily as a result of an increase in direct switch and transmitter and receiver site costs, an increase in the cost of handset and accessory sales and the decline in operating revenues described above over the same period.

3. Selling and marketing expenses Significant factors contributing to the $116.4 million, or 16%, decrease in consolidated selling and marketing expenses on a reported basis in 2013 compared to 2012, and a 12% decrease on a constant currency basis, included a significant reduction in commissions generated through direct and indirect channels, mostly in Brazil and Mexico, and a $37.5 million, or 17%, decrease in consolidated advertising and other marketing expenses resulting from fewer advertising campaigns launched in 2013 compared to 2012.

4. General and administrative expenses The $137.8 million, or 10%, decrease in consolidated general and administrative expenses on a reported basis, and 4% on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012 was primarily the result of a decrease in consulting and information technology costs at the corporate level and a decrease in revenue-based taxes in Brazil associated with a decline in Nextel Brazil's operating revenues.

Consolidated general and administrative expenses as a percentage of consolidated operating revenues increased from 25% in 2012 to 27% in 2013 largely as a result of the decline in operating revenues over the same period.

5. Provision for doubtful accounts The $100.7 million, or 46%, decrease in the consolidated provision for doubtful accounts on a reported basis, and 42% decrease on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012 is mostly attributable to changes made to Nextel Brazil's collection and retention policy and other processes in the fourth quarter of 2012 in connection with efforts to deactivate unprofitable customers. These changes resulted in an increase in the consolidated provision for doubtful accounts in the fourth quarter of 2012 and improved customer credit quality in 2013, which led to a lower consolidated provision for doubtful accounts in 2013.

6. Impairment and restructuring charges Consolidated impairment and restructuring charges recognized in 2013 primarily related to the following: • a non-cash asset impairment charge of $85.3 million related to the discontinuation of software previously developed for use in multiple markets to support our customer relationship management systems, of which $42.8 million was recognized at the corporate level, $33.5 million was recognized by Nextel Chile and $9.0 million was recognized by Nextel Mexico; 58 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------• a $39.9 million non-cash charge in connection with the restructuring of our outsourcing agreements with NSN reflecting the write-off of a portion of the base contractual fees that we had classified as a prepayment and that were being recognized over the life of the NSN agreements prior to their restructuring; • $32.4 million in restructuring charges, the majority of which was at the corporate level and in Mexico, related to the separation of employees and other restructuring activities in conjunction with actions taken to realign staffing and other resources; • $6.8 million in contract termination costs incurred in connection with the sublease of certain excess space located in one of our corporate office buildings; and • $5.9 million in charges incurred at the corporate level related to the discontinuation of the development of certain network features.

Consolidated impairment and restructuring charges recognized in 2012 primarily related to a $298.8 million non-cash impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of Nextel Chile's asset group to its fair value.

7. Depreciation and amortization The $48.8 million, or 8%, increase in consolidated depreciation and amortization on a reported basis, and the 13% increase on a constant currency basis, from 2012 to 2013 is principally the result of an increase in consolidated property, plant and equipment in service resulting from continued investments in our WCDMA networks.

8. Interest expense, net The $173.6 million, or 48%, increase in consolidated net interest expense on a reported basis, and the 51% increase on a constant currency basis, from 2012 to 2013 is largely related to interest incurred in connection with the issuance of $900.0 million in 11.375% senior notes in February and April 2013 and $700.0 million in 7.875% senior notes in May 2013, as well as lower capitalized interest.

9. Foreign currency transaction losses, net The $89.8 million, or 166%, increase in consolidated foreign currency losses from 2012 to 2013 is primarily 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, partially offset by the slight appreciation in the value of the Mexican peso relative to the U.S. dollar on Nextel Mexico's U.S. dollar-denominated net liabilities.

10. Income tax provision The $287.9 million, or 182%, increase in the consolidated income tax provision from 2012 to 2013 is primarily due to the $572.8 million valuation allowance established with respect to the deferred tax assets of certain Brazilian and Mexican subsidiaries, partially offset by a reduction in withholding taxes, tax benefits associated with various tax planning strategies in our foreign markets and a reduction in the income from continuing operations before income taxes of our foreign markets.

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. Nextel Chile's results are included in "Chile and Corporate." A discussion of our segment results is provided below.

59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b. Nextel Brazil Constant Currency Change from % of % of Change from Previous Year Ended Nextel Brazil's Year Ended Nextel Brazil's Previous Year Year December 31, 2013 Operating Revenues December 31, 2012 Operating Revenues Dollars Percent Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 2,109,363 96 % $ 2,756,167 95 % $ (646,804 ) (23 )% (15 )% Handset and accessory revenues 98,671 4 % 146,183 5 % (47,512 ) (33 )% (25 )% 2,208,034 100 % 2,902,350 100 % (694,316 ) (24 )% (16 )% Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 767,908 35 % 909,908 32 % (142,000 ) (16 )% (7 )% Cost of handset and accessory sales 250,749 11 % 210,294 7 % 40,455 19 % 24 % 1,018,657 46 % 1,120,202 39 % (101,545 ) (9 )% (1 )% Selling and marketing expenses 207,646 9 % 262,620 9 % (54,974 ) (21 )% (12 )% General and administrative expenses 593,074 27 % 658,630 23 % (65,556 ) (10 )% (1 )% Provision for doubtful accounts 77,528 4 % 186,266 6 % (108,738 ) (58 )% (55 )% Segment earnings $ 311,129 14 % $ 674,632 23 % $ (363,503 ) (54 )% (46 )% Nextel Brazil contributed 46% of our consolidated operating revenues for 2013 compared to 51% in 2012, and comprised 42% of our total subscriber base at the end of 2013 compared to 40% at the end of 2012. Over the last two years, Nextel Brazil has operated in a competitive environment that reflected a significant increase in promotional activity, including price reductions and other special offers, by its competitors. These competitive drivers and their impact on pricing were the key factors in the $694.3 million decline in Nextel Brazil's operating revenues from 2012 to 2013 despite the relative increase in the portion of our subscriber base in Brazil.

Nextel Brazil began offering full voice and data services on its WCDMA network late in 2013, which reflects a delay from the service launch dates that we had originally planned. As a result, for most of 2013, Nextel Brazil was competing using its iDEN network, which does not support data services that are competitive with the higher speed data services offered by its competitors.

Nextel Brazil's focus during the majority of 2013 was on retaining customers on its iDEN network, which resulted in lower average revenue per subscriber, as some customers migrated to lower rate plans. Also, Nextel Brazil experienced higher customer turnover because the more limited features and services available on its iDEN network made it difficult to retain its customers who were targeted by competitors' aggressive offers that included a wider range of services. We believe that Nextel Brazil's launch of services on its WCDMA network and its plans to expand the coverage of its service, including through the use of roaming under the agreement recently reached with Telefonica, will allow us to enhance our service offerings by expanding the areas in which customers using our WCDMA services in Brazil can access voice and data services and will improve Nextel Brazil's competitive position.

Late in 2012, Nextel Brazil took steps to accelerate the deactivation of certain subscribers who were identified as being unprofitable, which resulted in about a 292,000 net subscriber loss during the fourth quarter of 2012. These steps included the implementation of changes to Nextel Brazil's collection and retention policy and other processes designed to accelerate the deactivation of certain subscribers who had not made timely payments for services. These measures helped to reduce Nextel Brazil's provision for doubtful accounts in 2013 compared to 2012.

During 2013, Nextel Brazil continued to invest in the development of its WCDMA network. As a result, Nextel Brazil incurred increased operating expenses, which partially offset a decline in other costs and led to a reduction in Nextel Brazil's segment earnings margin from 23% in 2012 to 14% in 2013. In addition, Nextel Brazil's capital expenditures were $461.5 million in 2013, which represented 52% of our consolidated capital expenditures, compared to 45% of our consolidated capital expenditures in 2012. We expect the incremental expenses relating to the deployment of the WCDMA network in Brazil to continue throughout 2014, but we do not expect a corresponding increase in operating revenues for services provided using the networks for some time.

60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The average value of the Brazilian real during 2013 depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar by 11% compared to the average rate that prevailed during the same period in 2012. As a result, the components of Nextel Brazil's results of operations for 2013, 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 2013 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 $363.5 million, or 54%, on a reported basis, and 46% on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012, as a result of the following: 1. Operating revenues The $646.8 million, or 23%, decrease in service and other revenues on a reported basis in 2013 compared to 2012 is primarily the result of lower average revenue per subscriber in local currency as described above and weaker foreign currency exchange rates. On a constant currency basis, Nextel Brazil's service and other revenues decreased 15% in 2013 compared to 2012.

2. Cost of revenues The $142.0 million, or 16%, decrease in cost of service on a reported basis from 2012 to 2013 is largely due to the $127.3 million, or 26%, decrease in interconnect costs related to a decrease in interconnect minutes of use and lower mobile termination rates, as well as a decrease in Nextel Brazil's service and repair costs caused primarily by the utilization of more refurbished handsets. The $40.5 million, or 19%, increase in cost of handset and accessory sales on a reported basis from 2012 to 2013 is largely related to a change in the mix of handsets toward higher-tier smartphones and other handsets, as well as losses related to inventory obsolescence.

On a constant currency basis, Nextel Brazil's total cost of revenues decreased 1% in 2013 compared to 2012. Despite these decreases, Nextel Brazil's cost of revenues increased as a percentage of operating revenues as a result of the more significant year-over-year decline in operating revenues described above and an increase in costs associated with the deployment of Nextel Brazil's WCDMA network.

In November 2012, Brazil's telecommunications regulatory agency approved the transition to a cost-based model for determining mobile termination rates beginning in 2016 and additional reductions in those rates for 2013 through 2015 as part of the transition to the cost-based rates. The transition rules also provide for a partial "bill and keep" settlement process that applies the settlement of mobile termination charges between smaller operators like Nextel Brazil and its larger competitors, which has the effect of further reducing the mobile termination charges of the smaller operators. The benefit of this partial bill and keep settlement process, which only applies to services provided on our WCDMA network, declines as mobile termination rates in Brazil transition to a cost-based model. We expect these changes will reduce the cost to provide wireless services to our customers as we transition subscribers to our WCDMA network in Brazil and will allow us to offer unique pricing plans that we believe will be attractive to our current and potential customers.

3. Selling and marketing expenses The $55.0 million, or 21%, decrease in selling and marketing expenses on a reported basis, and 12% on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012 is largely due to significantly lower advertising costs resulting from fewer advertising campaigns, as well as cost reduction initiatives in 2013 compared to 2012 and a decrease in direct and indirect commissions that resulted mostly from acquiring subscribers with lower average revenues.

4. General and administrative expenses The $65.6 million, or 10%, decrease in general and administrative expenses on a reported basis, and 1% on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012 is principally due to a significant decrease in revenue-based taxes associated with the decline in operating revenues described above and other cost reduction initiatives.

5. Provision for doubtful accounts The $108.7 million, or 58%, decrease in provision for doubtful accounts on a reported basis, and 55% on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012 is principally a result of the changes made to Nextel Brazil's collection and retention policy and other processes during the fourth quarter of 2012 in connection with the deactivation of unprofitable customers. These changes resulted in an increase in Nextel Brazil's provision for doubtful accounts in the fourth quarter of 2012 and improved customer credit quality in 2013.

61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c. Nextel Mexico Constant Currency % of % of Change from Nextel Nextel Change from Previous Mexico's Mexico's Previous Year Year Year Ended Operating Year Ended Operating December 31, 2013 Revenues December 31, 2012 Revenues Dollars Percent Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 1,832,737 98 % $ 2,033,255 96 % $ (200,518 ) (10 )% (13 )% Handset and accessory revenues 39,960 2 % 76,318 4 % (36,358 ) (48 )% (49 )% 1,872,697 100 % 2,109,573 100 % (236,876 ) (11 )% (14 )% Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 484,367 26 % 413,457 20 % 70,910 17 % 15 % Cost of handset and accessory sales 547,123 29 % 504,962 24 % 42,161 8 % 5 % 1,031,490 55 % 918,419 44 % 113,071 12 % 9 % Selling and marketing expenses 292,800 16 % 299,022 14 % (6,222 ) (2 )% (5 )% General and administrative expenses 344,345 18 % 315,325 15 % 29,020 9 % 6 % Provision for doubtful accounts 24,166 1 % 15,748 - 8,418 53 % 49 % Segment earnings $ 179,896 10 % $ 561,059 27 % $ (381,163 ) (68 )% (69 )% Nextel Mexico represented 39% of our consolidated operating revenues for 2013 compared to 37% for 2012, and comprised 34% of our total subscriber base at the end of 2013 compared to 40% at the end of 2012.

During the second half of 2013, Nextel Mexico experienced deteriorating financial and operational results due to a number of factors, including the economic and competitive environments in Mexico, the impact of Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN-based network in the U.S. and our failure to address the impact of that event, as described in more detail below, and issues relating to the quality of the service on our WCDMA networks. As a result of these and other factors, Nextel Mexico's subscriber base decreased 16% from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013, and its operating revenues decreased 11% on a reported basis compared to 2012. From 2012 to 2013, Nextel Mexico's operating revenues decreased 14% on a constant currency basis.

Nextel Mexico experienced significant disruption to its business plans, and a decline in its subscriber base, operating revenues and operating cash flows, in connection with Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN network in the U.S. in mid-2013, which was compounded by our failure to take sufficient actions to address the impact of that event on our customers and delays in the deployment and optimization of our WCDMA network. As a result, Nextel Mexico experienced higher iDEN customer turnover and was not able to effectively offset the loss of iDEN subscribers with new WCDMA subscribers, in part because the coverage and capacity of its WCDMA network was not sufficient to support the significant subscriber loading and migration of subscribers resulting from the deactivation of Sprint's iDEN network. The deactivation of Sprint's iDEN network also resulted in changes to the connections previously available between our subscribers and their contacts in the U.S., as well as our customers' ability to roam in the U.S. These changes had an adverse impact on our customers' experience in using their services and created a negative perception of our services in Mexico, which has made it more difficult for us to attract and retain subscribers there.

Nextel Mexico has taken and continues to take actions designed to improve its WCDMA network performance and the quality of service experienced by our customers and to address the negative impact of Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN network in the U.S. on its subscribers, including: • improving the capacity, coverage and quality of its WCDMA network; • launching new awareness campaigns to inform subscribers of the improvements to its WCDMA network; • educating subscribers on the impact of the network changes; • working to improve service along the border by entering into arrangements with U.S. carriers designed to enhance the ability of our customers to roam in the U.S.; • offering service plans designed to encourage our subscribers' migration to new WCDMA handsets; 62 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------• offering our Prip service; and • cooperating with Sprint to implement improvements to the solutions that allow our WCDMA subscribers to use push-to-talk services to communicate with Sprint's customers who use push-to-talk service in the U.S.

While we believe that all of these actions will help to stabilize Nextel Mexico's business, differences in the nature and quality of the services that we are able to provide using our WCDMA network compared to services historically available on our iDEN network, particularly in the area near the border of Mexico and the U.S., as well as the continued negative perception of our services in Mexico, may continue to have a negative impact on our existing subscribers' willingness to remain on our iDEN network or to make the transition to service on our WCDMA network, which could result in further increases in subscriber deactivations.

The average value of the Mexican peso appreciated relative to the U.S. dollar by 3% during 2013 compared to the average value that prevailed in 2012. As a result, the components of Nextel Mexico's results of operations for 2013, after translation into U.S. dollars, reflect slightly higher revenues and expenses in U.S. dollars than would have occurred if the Mexican peso had not appreciated relative to the U.S. dollar.

As a result of the increase in operating expenses in connection with the deployment of our WCDMA network, including cost of service, general and administrative expenses and other factors described below, Nextel Mexico's segment earnings decreased $381.2 million, or 68%, on a reported basis, and 69% on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012. Nextel Mexico's segment earnings margin declined from 27% in 2012 to 10% in 2013 as a result of the following: 1. Operating revenues The $200.5 million, or 10%, decrease in service and other revenues on a reported basis, and 13% on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012 is primarily due to a decline in average revenue per subscriber on a local currency basis resulting from the implementation of lower rate service plans in response to the competitive environment in Mexico, as well as the 16% reduction in Nextel Mexico's subscriber base from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013.

2. Cost of revenues The $70.9 million, or 17%, increase in cost of service on a reported basis, and 15% on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012 is primarily the result of a $101.7 million, or 71%, increase in direct switch and transmitter and receiver site costs resulting from a significant increase in transmitter and receiver sites in service from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013 related to the deployment and expansion of Nextel Mexico's WCDMA network. These amounts were partially offset by a $26.4 million, or 16%, decrease in interconnect expenses related to a decline in interconnect minutes of use and a reduction in mobile termination rates. The increase in Nextel Mexico's cost of revenues was also partially due to a $42.2 million, or 8%, increase in cost of handset and accessory sales resulting from a change in the mix of handsets toward higher tier smartphones and other handsets and losses related to inventory obsolescence.

3. General and administrative expenses The $29.0 million, or 9%, increase in general and administrative expenses on a reported basis, and 6% on a constant currency basis, in 2013 compared to 2012 is primarily the result of higher information technology and customer care expenses.

63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d. Nextel Argentina Constant Currency Change from % of % of Change from Previous Year Ended Nextel Argentina's Year Ended Nextel Argentina's Previous Year Year December 31, 2013 Operating Revenues December 31, 2012 Operating Revenues Dollars Percent Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 575,536 90 % $ 636,807 93 % $ (61,271 ) (10 )% 9 % Handset and accessory revenues 60,912 10 % 48,394 7 % 12,518 26 % 51 % 636,448 100 % 685,201 100 % (48,753 ) (7 )% 12 % Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 140,390 22 % 187,641 27 % (47,251 ) (25 )% (15 )% Cost of handset and accessory sales 90,879 14 % 79,563 12 % 11,316 14 % 16 % 231,269 36 % 267,204 39 % (35,935 ) (13 )% (5 )% Selling and marketing expenses 61,607 10 % 68,754 10 % (7,147 ) (10 )% 8 % General and administrative expenses 154,388 24 % 155,847 23 % (1,459 ) (1 )% 16 % Provision for doubtful accounts 9,766 2 % 12,440 2 % (2,674 ) (21 )% (5 )% Segment earnings $ 179,418 28 % $ 180,956 26 % $ (1,538 ) (1 )% 43 % Nextel Argentina comprised 13% of our consolidated operating revenues for 2013 compared to 12% for 2012, and represented 21% of our total subscriber base at the end of 2013 compared to 18% at the end of 2012. Nextel Argentina generated a segment earnings margin of 28% in 2013 compared to 26% in 2012. 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. In addition, Nextel Argentina continues to compete utilizing its iDEN network, which does not support data services that are competitive with the higher speed data services offered by some of its competitors. As a result, Nextel Argentina experienced a higher customer turnover rate in 2013 compared to 2012 as its customers were targeted by competitors' aggressive offers.

The average value of the Argentine peso during 2013 depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar by 20% compared to the same period in 2012. As a result, the components of Nextel Argentina's results of operations for 2013 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 decreased $1.5 million, or 1%, on a reported basis in 2013 compared to 2012 primarily as the result of a $48.8 million, or 7%, decrease in operating revenues caused by the impact of the decrease in value of the Argentine peso compared to the U.S. dollar during 2013, partially offset by a corresponding $47.2 million decrease in operating expenses that was also driven primarily by the decrease in value of the Argentine peso. On a constant currency basis, Nextel Argentina's segment earnings increased 43% in 2013 compared to 2012, primarily as a result of a 15% increase in Nextel Argentina's subscriber base from 2012 to 2013.

64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e. Chile and Corporate Change from Year Ended Year Ended Previous Year December 31, 2013 December 31, 2012 Dollars Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 59,839 $ 43,426 $ 16,413 38 % Handset and accessory revenues 15,952 9,533 6,419 67 % 75,791 52,959 22,832 43 % Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 80,180 64,784 15,396 24 % Cost of handset and accessory sales 39,693 37,466 2,227 6 % 119,873 102,250 17,623 17 % Selling and marketing expenses 52,006 100,081 (48,075 ) (48 )% General and administrative expenses 215,851 320,383 (104,532 ) (33 )% Provision for doubtful accounts 5,159 2,861 2,298 80 % Segment losses $ (317,098 ) $ (472,616 ) $ 155,518 (33 )% Although we determined that Nextel Chile was a reportable segment based on the segment reporting thresholds, this "Chile and Corporate" discussion includes our Chilean operations and our corporate operations in the U.S. For 2013 and 2012, the operating revenues and cost of revenues included in this discussion primarily represent the results of operations reported by Nextel Chile. During 2012, we began offering services on a WCDMA network in Chile, which is enabling us to offer new and differentiated services to a larger base of potential subscribers.

Segment losses decreased $155.5 million, or 33%, in 2013 compared to 2012 primarily due to a $104.5 million, or 33%, decrease in general and administrative expenses. This decrease in general and administrative expenses was largely the result of a $32.4 million, or 24%, decrease in consulting and other outside service costs at the corporate level, a $35.3 million, or 55%, decrease in information technology costs at the corporate level, a decrease in payroll expenses in both Chile and at the corporate level, and a decrease in stock-based compensation at the corporate level.

65 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. Year Ended December 31, 2012 vs. Year Ended December 31, 2011 a. Consolidated Constant Currency Change from Change from Previous Year Ended % of Consolidated Year Ended % of Consolidated Previous Year Year December 31, 2012 Operating Revenues December 31, 2011 Operating Revenues Dollars Percent Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 5,465,120 95 % $ 6,081,577 95 % $ (616,457 ) (10 )% 1 % Handset and accessory revenues 278,002 5 % 299,240 5 % (21,238 ) (7 )% 8 % 5,743,122 100 % 6,380,817 100 % (637,695 ) (10 )% 1 % Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization included below) 1,574,327 28 % 1,681,692 27 % (107,365 ) (6 )% 3 % Cost of handset and accessory sales 829,859 14 % 784,072 12 % 45,787 6 % 10 % 2,404,186 42 % 2,465,764 39 % (61,578 ) (2 )% 6 % Selling and marketing expenses 730,469 13 % 795,728 12 % (65,259 ) (8 )% 1 % General and administrative expenses 1,437,219 25 % 1,405,374 23 % 31,845 2 % 11 % Provision for doubtful accounts 217,315 3 % 159,201 2 % 58,114 37 % 57 % Impairment and restructuring charges 329,767 6 % - - 329,767 NM NM Depreciation and amortization 649,545 11 % 588,164 9 % 61,381 10 % 23 % Operating (loss) income (25,379 ) - 966,586 15 % (991,965 ) (103 )% (103 )% Interest expense, net (365,521 ) (6 )% (311,735 ) (4 )% (53,786 ) 17 % 22 % Interest income 33,862 - 34,096 1 % (234 ) (1 ) 11 % Foreign currency transaction losses, net (53,957 ) (1 )% (37,297 ) (1 )% (16,660 ) 45 % 77 % Other expense, net (28,340 ) (1 )% (37,750 ) (1 )% 9,410 (25 )% (18 )% (Loss) income from continuing operations before income tax provision (439,335 ) (8 )% 613,900 10 % (1,053,235 ) (172 )% (183 )% Income tax provision (158,144 ) (2 )% (351,206 ) (6 )% 193,062 (55 )% (52 )% Net (loss) income from continuing operations (597,479 ) (10 )% 262,694 4 % (860,173 ) NM NM Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (167,770 ) (3 )% (37,498 ) (1 )% (130,272 ) NM NM Net (loss) income $ (765,249 ) (13 )% $ 225,196 3 % $ (990,445 ) NM NM _______________________________________ NM-Not Meaningful The average values of the local currencies in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar during the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to 2011. As a result, the components of our consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 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.

1. Operating revenues The $616.5 million, or 10%, decrease in consolidated service and other revenues on a reported basis from 2011 to 2012 was due to weaker average foreign currency exchange rates.

On a constant currency basis, consolidated operating revenues increased by 1% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of additional revenues generated from a 5% increase in our consolidated ending 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 in response to a more competitive environment and customer retention efforts in Brazil.

66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Cost of revenues Consolidated cost of service decreased $107.4 million, or 6%, in 2012 compared to 2011 as a result of a $121.0 million, or 14%, decrease in consolidated interconnect costs related to weaker average foreign currency exchange rates, reductions in mobile termination rates in Mexico and Brazil and a $44.9 million, or 18%, decrease 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. This decrease was also partially attributable to 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 us spectrum license renewals. These decreases were partially offset by a $53.5 million, or 12%, increase in consolidated direct switch and transmitter and receiver site costs resulting from a 21% increase in consolidated transmitter and receiver sites in service from December 31, 2011 to December 31, 2012 as a result of the deployment of our WCDMA networks.

Consolidated cost of handset and accessory sales increased $45.8 million, or 6%, from 2011 to 2012 resulting from higher handset subsidies and, to a lesser extent, an increase in handset sales to new subscribers.

Consolidated cost of revenues as a percentage of consolidated operating revenues increased from 39% in 2011 to 42% in 2012 primarily as a result of the decline in operating revenues over the same period, as well as higher direct switch and transmitter and receiver site costs resulting from the deployment of our WCMDA-based networks described above.

3. Selling and marketing expenses Significant factors contributing to the $65.3 million, or 8%, decrease in consolidated selling and marketing expenses in 2012 compared to 2011 included a $40.1 million, or 19%, decrease in consolidated advertising costs, primarily in Brazil, resulting from fewer advertising campaigns launched in 2012 compared to 2011 and a $31.8 million, or 14%, decrease in consolidated indirect commissions, primarily in Brazil, resulting mostly from lower commissions per gross subscriber addition. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in consolidated direct commissions and payroll expenses.

4. General and administrative expenses The $31.8 million, or 2%, increase in consolidated general and administrative expenses from 2011 to 2012 was primarily attributable to an increase in consolidated customer care expenses necessary to support a larger subscriber base and an increase in information technology expenses, principally related to the development and deployment of systems to support our WCDMA networks and other related technology initiatives. Each of these increases was partially offset by weaker average foreign currency exchange rates.

Consolidated general and administrative expenses as a percentage of consolidated operating revenues increased from 23% in 2011 to 25% in 2012 primarily as a result of the decline in operating revenues over the same period described above, while consolidated customer care and information technology expenses increased.

5. Provision for doubtful accounts The $58.1 million, or 37%, increase in the consolidated provision for doubtful accounts is largely related to changes made to Nextel Brazil's credit policy and other processes in connection with efforts to deactivate unprofitable customers during the fourth quarter of 2012, as well as lower collection rates in Brazil throughout 2012 resulting from an increase in the number of customers with weaker credit profiles and whose credit histories were less established.

6. Impairment and restructuring charges The $329.8 million impairment and restructuring charge primarily relates to the $298.8 million non-cash asset impairment charge we recognized in December 2012 to reduce the carrying amount of Nextel Chile's assets to their fair value described above.

7. Depreciation and amortization The $61.4 million, or 10%, increase in consolidated depreciation and amortization from 2011 to 2012 is the result of an increase in consolidated property, plant and equipment in service resulting from investments in our new WCDMA networks, as well as from investments in our iDEN networks to increase capacity in order to meet the needs of our growing subscriber base.

67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Interest expense, net The $53.8 million, or 17%, increase in consolidated net interest expense from 2011 to 2012 is primarily related to higher interest incurred in connection with the issuance of an additional $700.0 million in 7.625% senior notes in December 2011, as well as higher interest incurred under certain of our bank loans in Brazil. These increases were partially offset by higher consolidated capitalized interest related to the construction of our WCDMA networks, primarily in Brazil, and a reduction in interest in connection with the maturity of our 3.125% convertible notes in June 2012.

9. Income tax provision The $193.1 million, or 55%, decrease in the consolidated income tax provision from 2011 to 2012 is primarily due to a significant decrease in the pre-tax book income in Brazil and Mexico, partially offset by an increase in the pre-tax book losses incurred in the U.S., Chile and certain holding companies for which no tax benefit can be recorded.

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. Nextel Chile's results are included in "Chile and Corporate." A discussion of our segment results is provided below.

b. Nextel Brazil Constant Currency Change from % of % of Change from Previous Year Ended Nextel Brazil's Year Ended Nextel Brazil's Previous Year Year December 31, 2012 Operating Revenues December 31, 2011 Operating Revenues Dollars Percent Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 2,756,167 95 % $ 3,293,921 95 % $ (537,754 ) (16 )% (2 )% Handset and accessory revenues 146,183 5 % 162,837 5 % (16,654 ) (10 )% 5 % 2,902,350 100 % 3,456,758 100 % (554,408 ) (16 )% (2 )% Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 909,908 32 % 1,024,685 30 % (114,777 ) (11 )% 1 % Cost of handset and accessory sales 210,294 7 % 254,767 7 % (44,473 ) (17 )% (16 )% 1,120,202 39 % 1,279,452 37 % (159,250 ) (12 )% (2 )% Selling and marketing expenses 262,620 9 % 365,791 11 % (103,171 ) (28 )% (17 )% General and administrative expenses 658,630 23 % 630,439 18 % 28,191 4 % 22 % Provision for doubtful accounts 186,266 6 % 133,779 4 % 52,487 39 % 63 % Segment earnings $ 674,632 23 % $ 1,047,297 30 % $ (372,665 ) (36 )% (20 )% The average value of the Brazilian real during the year ended December 31, 2012 depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar by 17% compared to the average rate that prevailed during the same period in 2011. As a result, the components of Nextel Brazil's results of operations for 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.

Nextel Brazil's segment earnings decreased $372.7 million, or 36%, on a reported basis, and 20% on a constant currency basis, in 2012 compared to 2011, as a result of the following: 1. Operating revenues The $537.8 million, or 16%, decrease in service and other revenues from 2011 to 2012 is primarily the result of weaker foreign currency exchange rates and lower average revenue per subscriber resulting from adjustments to commercial offers, 68 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------migrations to lower rate service plans and increased retention expenses in response to the competitive environment in Brazil. On a constant currency basis, Nextel Brazil's total operating revenues decreased 2% from 2011 to 2012.

2. Cost of revenues The $114.8 million, or 11%, decrease in cost of service from 2011 to 2012 is largely due to an $88.6 million, or 15%, decrease in interconnect costs related to lower mobile termination rates in 2012 compared to 2011, a decrease in service and repair costs caused by the utilization of more refurbished handsets in 2012 compared to 2011 and weaker foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, in November 2012, Brazil's telecommunications regulatory agency approved the transition to a cost-based model for determining mobile termination rates beginning in 2016 and additional reductions in those rates for 2013 through 2015 as part of the transition to the cost-based rates. We expect these changes will reduce the cost to provide wireless services to our customers over time as we transition subscribers to our new WCDMA network in Brazil.

The $44.5 million, or 17%, decrease in cost of handset and accessory sales from 2011 to 2012 is primarily the result of fewer handset sales to new subscribers over the same period.

3. Selling and marketing expenses The $103.2 million, or 28%, decrease in selling and marketing expenses from 2011 to 2012 is mostly due to significantly lower advertising costs and decreases in commissions and payroll expenses that resulted from lower gross subscriber additions and weaker foreign currency exchange rates.

4. General and administrative expenses The $28.2 million, or 4%, increase in general and administrative expenses from 2011 to 2012 is principally the result of an increase in customer care expenses due to an increase in customer care personnel, as well as an increase in information technology costs principally related to the development and deployment of systems to support our new WCDMA network in Brazil.

5. Provision for doubtful accounts The $52.5 million, or 39%, increase in provision for doubtful accounts from 2011 to 2012 is principally a result of the changes made to Nextel Brazil's credit policy and other processes during the fourth quarter of 2012 in connection with the deactivation of unprofitable customers described above, as well as lower collection rates throughout 2012 resulting from an increase in the number of customers with weaker credit profiles and whose credit histories were less established.

69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c. Nextel Mexico Constant Currency % of % of Change from Nextel Nextel Change from Previous Mexico's Mexico's Previous Year Year Year Ended Operating Year Ended Operating December 31, 2012 Revenues December 31, 2011 Revenues Dollars Percent Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 2,033,255 96 % $ 2,165,575 96 % $ (132,320 ) (6 )% - Handset and accessory revenues 76,318 4 % 83,872 4 % (7,554 ) (9 )% (3 )% 2,109,573 100 % 2,249,447 100 % (139,874 ) (6 )% - Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 413,457 20 % 435,964 19 % (22,507 ) (5 )% (1 )% Cost of handset and accessory sales 504,962 24 % 436,246 20 % 68,716 16 % 23 % 918,419 44 % 872,210 39 % 46,209 5 % 11 % Selling and marketing expenses 299,022 14 % 287,519 13 % 11,503 4 % 10 % General and administrative expenses 315,325 15 % 325,228 14 % (9,903 ) (3 )% 2 % Provision for doubtful accounts 15,748 - 17,243 1 % (1,495 ) (9 )% (3 )% Segment earnings $ 561,059 27 % $ 747,247 33 % $ (186,188 ) (25 )% (19 )% The average value of the Mexican peso depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar by about 6% during 2012 compared to the average rates that prevailed during 2011.

As a result, the components of Nextel Mexico's results of operations for 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.

Nextel Mexico's segment earnings decreased $186.2 million, or 25%, on a reported basis, and 19% on a constant currency basis, in 2012 compared to 2011, as a result of the following: 1. Operating revenues The $132.3 million, or 6%, decrease in service and other revenues from 2011 to 2012 is primarily due to the depreciation of the Mexican peso. On a constant currency basis, Nextel Mexico's total operating revenues remained flat from 2011 to 2012 due to a decline in average revenue per subscriber resulting from the implementation of lower rate service plans in response to the competitive environment in Mexico, offset by additional revenues generated from Nextel Mexico's larger subscriber base.

2. Cost of revenues The $22.5 million, or 5%, decrease in cost of service from 2011 to 2012 is 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 and a decrease in mobile termination rates in Mexico. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in cost of service related to a higher level of interconnect minutes of use.

The $68.7 million, or 16%, increase in cost of handset and accessory sales from 2011 to 2012 is primarily the result of an increase in handset subsidies associated with promotions that use high-tier handset models to attract and retain subscribers, as well as an increase in handset sales and upgrades to new and existing subscribers.

70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d. Nextel Argentina Constant Currency Change from % of % of Change from Previous Year Ended Nextel Argentina's Year Ended Nextel Argentina's Previous Year Year December 31, 2012 Operating Revenues December 31, 2011 Operating Revenues Dollars Percent Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 636,807 93 % $ 596,566 92 % $ 40,241 7 % 18 % Handset and accessory revenues 48,394 7 % 52,360 8 % (3,966 ) (8 )% 2 % 685,201 100 % 648,926 100 % 36,275 6 % 16 % Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 187,641 27 % 186,744 29 % 897 - 7 % Cost of handset and accessory sales 79,563 12 % 88,060 13 % (8,497 ) (10 )% (9 )% 267,204 39 % 274,804 42 % (7,600 ) (3 )% 2 % Selling and marketing expenses 68,754 10 % 64,332 10 % 4,422 7 % 17 % General and administrative expenses 155,847 23 % 134,492 21 % 21,355 16 % 27 % Provision for doubtful accounts 12,440 2 % 6,508 1 % 5,932 91 % 111 % Segment earnings $ 180,956 26 % $ 168,790 26 % $ 12,166 7 % 29 % The average value of the Argentine peso for the year ended December 31, 2012 depreciated relative to the U.S. dollar by 10% compared to the same period in 2011. As a result, the components of Nextel Argentina's results of operations for year ended December 31, 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 $12.2 million, or 7%, on a reported basis, and 29% on a constant currency basis, in 2012 compared to 2011, primarily as a result of the following: • an increase in service and other revenues of $40.2 million, or 7%, primarily resulting from additional revenues generated from Nextel Argentina's larger subscriber base; partially offset by • an increase in general and administrative expenses of $21.4 million, or 16%, primarily resulting from higher inflation rates, which are causing increased costs, as well as an increase in customer care expenses, an increase in the turnover tax rate and slightly higher bad debt expense related to Nextel Argentina's larger subscriber base.

71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e. Chile and Corporate Change from Year Ended Year Ended Previous Year December 31, 2012 December 31, 2011 Dollars Percent (dollars in thousands) Operating revenues Service and other revenues $ 43,426 $ 30,005 $ 13,421 45 % Handset and accessory revenues 9,533 171 9,362 NM 52,959 30,176 22,783 76 % Cost of revenues Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) 64,784 35,717 29,067 81 % Cost of handset and accessory sales 37,466 4,999 32,467 NM 102,250 40,716 61,534 151 % Selling and marketing expenses 100,081 78,113 21,968 28 % General and administrative expenses 320,383 329,618 (9,235 ) (3 )% Provision for doubtful accounts 2,861 1,671 1,190 71 % Segment losses $ (472,616 ) $ (419,942 ) $ (52,674 ) 13 % _______________________________________ NM-Not Meaningful The "Chile and Corporate" segment includes Nextel Chile and our corporate operations in the U.S. Chile and Corporate operating revenues and cost of revenues primarily represent the results of operations reported by Nextel Chile.

Segment losses increased in 2012 compared to 2011 primarily due to: • a $61.5 million, or 151%, increase 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 54% increase in transmitter and receiver sites in service in Chile from December 31, 2011 to December 31, 2012; and • a $22.0 million, or 28%, increase in selling and marketing expenses from 2011 to 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 network.

These segment losses were partially offset by a $22.8 million, or 76%, increase in operating revenues primarily resulting from additional revenues generated from Nextel Chile's larger subscriber base.

C. 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 and asset sales. As of December 31, 2013, we had working capital, which is defined as total current assets less total current liabilities, of $1,461.6 million, a $113.4 million decrease compared to working capital of $1,575.0 million as of December 31, 2012. As of December 31, 2013, our working capital included $1,733.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, of which $475.7 million was held in currencies other than U.S. dollars, with 67% of that amount held in Mexican pesos and 31% of that amount held in Argentine pesos. As of December 31, 2013, our working capital also included $585.8 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 short-term investment balances, up to $221.4 million available under our equipment financing facilities in Brazil and Mexico and anticipated future cash flows from our operations.

72 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash Flows Year Ended December 31, Change from Change from 2013 2012 2011 2012 to 2013 2011 to 2012 (in thousands) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year $ 1,371,173 $ 2,310,659 $ 1,703,977 $ (939,486 ) $ 606,682 Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities (192,451 ) 353,183 982,391 (545,634 ) (629,208 ) Net cash used in investing activities (177,612 ) (1,055,160 ) (910,283 ) 877,548 (144,877 ) Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 776,591 (238,295 ) 525,003 1,014,886 (763,298 ) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (56,236 ) 844 (41,693 ) (57,080 ) 42,537 Change in cash and cash equivalents held for sale 12,318 (58 ) 51,264 12,376 (51,322 ) Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 1,733,783 $ 1,371,173 $ 2,310,659 $ 362,610 $ (939,486 ) The following is a discussion of the primary sources and uses of cash in our operating, investing and financing activities.

We used $192.5 million of cash in our operating activities during 2013, a $545.6 million, or 154%, change from the net cash provided by operating activities in 2012, primarily due to increased operating losses and higher interest expense related to the senior notes we issued in 2013. Our operating activities provided us with $353.2 million of cash during 2012, a $629.2 million, or 64%, decrease from 2011, primarily due to a significant decrease in operating income in 2012 compared to 2011.

We used $177.6 million of cash in our investing activities during 2013, a $877.5 million, or 83%, decrease from 2012, driven by $721.4 million in proceeds received from the sale of towers in Brazil and Mexico in 2013, $355.5 million in proceeds from the sale of Nextel Peru, which excludes $50.0 million of cash received and held in escrow on our behalf in connection with this sale, a $377.6 million decrease in cash capital expenditures due to lower investments in our iDEN and WCDMA networks and a $129.1 million increase in proceeds from the sales of short-term investments, partially offset by a $681.6 million increase in purchases of investments.

We used $1,055.2 million of cash in our investing activities during 2012, a $144.9 million, or 16% increase from 2011, driven by $1,042.5 million in cash capital expenditures, partially offset by $134.9 million in net proceeds received from maturities of our short-term investments in Brazil and at the corporate level.

Our financing activities provided us with $776.6 million of cash during 2013, primarily due to $900.0 million in gross proceeds we received from the issuance of our 11.375% senior notes in February 2013 and April 2013 and $700.0 million in gross proceeds we received from the issuance of our 7.875% senior notes in May 2013, which we used to repay our bank loan in Mexico, certain bank loans in Brazil and all of our import financing facilities in Brazil. We also used $150.0 million to repay our equipment financing facility in Chile.

We used $238.3 million of cash in our financing activities during 2012, primarily due to the principal repayment of $97.4 million under our syndicated loan facility in Brazil, and the repayment of $212.8 million face amount of our 3.125% convertible notes in the U.S., partially offset by $212.8 million in borrowings under a Brazilian real-denominated loan agreement.

Our financing activities provided us with $525.0 million of cash during 2011, including $1,439.5 million in gross proceeds that we received from the issuance of our 7.625% senior notes and $693.0 million in borrowings from two Brazilian banks that we used to repay the remainder of the original spectrum license financing with the Brazilian telecommunications regulator, partially offset by the purchase of $890.2 million face amount of our 3.125% convertible notes, the repayment of $683.9 million under our Brazil spectrum license financing, the principal repayment of $237.8 million under our syndicated loan facilities in Mexico and Brazil and debt financing costs related to our 7.625% senior notes.

D. Future Capital Needs and Resources Our business strategy contemplates the continued expansion of our WCDMA networks and the maintenance and operation of our iDEN networks. Consistent with this strategy, we currently offer services on our WCDMA networks in Brazil, Mexico and Chile and continue to provide services on our iDEN networks in all of our markets. In the third quarter of 2013, our WCDMA network reached geographic coverage parity with our iDEN network in Mexico. In Brazil, we are currently offering services supported by our WCDMA network in over 250 cities, including cities in and around Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Our current spectrum holdings are sufficient to enable us to deploy networks that utilize LTE technology in certain areas in Brazil and Mexico, and we currently plan to upgrade our WCDMA networks to support LTE services in select cities in Brazil and 73 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mexico in 2014. We will also continue to expand the coverage and quality of our WCDMA networks in Brazil and Mexico in 2014 in addition to using the roaming arrangements under the agreements we recently reached with Telefonica to supplement the coverage of our services, particularly in Brazil, where our coverage is not yet comparable to that of our iDEN network.

While we intend to reduce our investment in capital expenditures for 2014, including our investments in our networks, below the $882.9 million we invested in 2013, we plan to maintain a significant level of capital expenditures in order to continue to pursue our business plans. Additionally, based on our current level of debt, we need to pay cash interest in excess of $550.0 million annually, which includes interest related to our sale of towers in Brazil and Mexico in 2013.

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 and Mexico, cash flows generated by our operating companies and external financial sources.

Our ability to generate sufficient net cash from our operating activities in the future is dependent upon, among other things: • the amount of revenue we are able to generate and collect from our subscribers; • 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 subscribers; • our ability to continue to increase the size of our subscriber base; and • changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

Recently, our results of operations, including our operating revenues and operating cash flows, have been negatively affected by a number of factors, including competitive pressure across all of our markets, and a series of events that first arose or started to affect us to an unexpected degree in the third quarter of 2013. These events included: • the impact of Sprint's decision to deactivate its iDEN network in the U.S.; • the depreciation of local currencies; • the impact of delays in the deployment and launch of services on our WCDMA networks, which delayed our ability to generate subscriber growth and revenues on those networks from what we had previously expected; and • the increased costs to support those networks.

These factors had a significant negative impact on our results during the second half of 2013, and as a result, we ended 2013 with a significantly smaller subscriber and revenue base than we had previously expected. We plan to use our available funding to finance our current business plan; however, with a smaller subscriber base in Mexico and Brazil, absent changes to our outlook, it is probable that we will not be able to generate sufficient growth in our operating revenues and operating cash flows to meet our obligations through 2015. See "- Future Outlook, Liquidity Plans and Going Concern." In addition, due to our recent and projected results of operations and other factors, our access to the capital markets is likely to be limited or nonexistent. See "Item 1A. Risk Factors - 5. We are dependent on external sources of capital to meet our long-term funding needs and debt service requirements, and our financial condition could negatively impact our access to funding. If we are unable to obtain funding when needed and on terms acceptable to us, our business and liquidity will be adversely affected and we may not be able to meet our debt obligations." Financing and Other Fundraising Activities. Over the last several years, we have been pursuing various alternatives to generate funding for our business, including U.S. capital market transactions, equipment financing and local bank financing, asset sales and sale/leaseback arrangements relation to our transmitter sites, to provide funding to support our planned deployment of new WCDMA networks, to pay for cash taxes and working capital and to meet our scheduled debt service obligations.

The following is a summary of the significant financing transactions we have executed over this time period.

In March 2011 and December 2011, we issued senior notes with aggregate principal amounts due at maturity of $750.0 million and $700.0 million, respectively, for total cash proceeds of $1,424.9 million, after deducting original issue and underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses. The notes, which were issued by NII Capital Corp., a subsidiary of NII Holdings, are guaranteed by NII Holdings and certain of its subsidiaries and bear interest at a rate of 7.625% per year, which is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1. The notes will mature on April 1, 2021 when the entire principal amount of $1,450.0 million will be due.

74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In June 2011, Nextel Brazil was granted spectrum licenses in the 1.8 GHz and 1.9/2.1 GHz spectrum bands in connection with its successful bids in the spectrum auction held in December 2010. The total purchase price of this spectrum, which was paid in Brazilian currency, was the equivalent of $910.5 million. Nextel Brazil paid 10% of the purchase price upon the grant of the license and financed the remaining amount through deferred payment terms made available by the Brazilian telecommunications regulator as part of the auction.

In December 2011, Nextel Brazil borrowed funds from two Brazilian banks and utilized the proceeds of those borrowings to repay the remaining unpaid purchase price relating to the spectrum acquired in Brazil. Both of the loans from the Brazilian banks are denominated in Brazilian reais. In the first of the two spectrum financing transactions, we issued the equivalent of $351.8 million in obligations that are required to be repaid semi-annually over a five-year period. We repaid all amounts outstanding under this spectrum financing transaction in the second quarter of 2013 utilizing the proceeds from the issuance of our 7.875% senior notes in May 2013. In the second transaction, we issued the equivalent of $341.2 million in obligations that are required to be repaid quarterly over a seven-year period. Principal of the borrowings under the second transaction is payable beginning in March 2014. Borrowings under the second transaction mature on December 8, 2018.

In July 2011, Nextel Mexico entered into a $375.0 million U.S. dollar-denominated loan agreement with the China Development Bank, under which Nextel Mexico will finance infrastructure equipment and certain other costs related to the deployment of its WCDMA network in Mexico. This financing has a final maturity of ten years, with a three-year borrowing period and a seven-year repayment term commencing in 2014. As of December 31, 2013, Nextel Mexico had borrowed $300.8 million under this facility.

In December 2011, Nextel Mexico entered into a Mexican peso-denominated term loan facility providing for borrowings of up to an equivalent of $300.0 million with three Mexican banks. We repaid all amounts outstanding under this term loan facility in the second quarter of 2013 utilizing the proceeds from the issuance of our 7.875% senior notes in May 2013.

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 to the deployment of its WCDMA network in Brazil. This financing has a final maturity of ten years, with a three-year borrowing period and a seven-year repayment term commencing in 2015. As of December 31, 2013, Nextel Brazil had borrowed $352.7 million under this facility.

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 for general corporate purposes. 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.

In February 2013, we issued $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 11.375% senior notes and received net cash proceeds of approximately $733.5 million, after deducting commissions and offering expenses. In April 2013, we issued an additional $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 11.375% notes at a premium with an issue price of 107.25% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued interest from February 19, 2013. In connection with this transaction, we received net cash proceeds of $159.8 million, after deducting commissions and offering costs. The 11.375% notes, which were issued by NIIT, an indirect subsidiary of NII Holdings, are guaranteed by NII Holdings and bear interest at a rate of 11.375% per year, which is payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15, beginning on August 15, 2013. The 11.375% notes will mature on August 15, 2019 when the entire principal amount of $750.0 million will become due.

In May 2013, we issued $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875% senior notes, for which we received $691.7 million in net cash proceeds, after deducting $8.3 million of initial purchasers' discounts, commissions and offering costs. The 7.875% notes, which were issued by NIIT, an indirect subsidiary of NII Holdings, are guaranteed by NII Holdings. The notes bear interest at a rate of 7.875% per year, which is payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15, beginning on August 15, 2013, and will mature on August 15, 2019 when the entire principal amount of $700.0 million will become due. In addition, both the 11.375% notes and the 7.875% notes include a covenant that should we be unable to refinance or repay our existing 10.0% senior notes due August 15, 2016 on or before May 15, 2016, we will be required to make an offer to repurchase the 11.375% and the 7.875% notes at par.

In August 2013, we, together with our wholly owned subsidiaries NII Mercosur Telecom, S.L. and NII Mercosur Moviles, S.L., completed the sale of all of the outstanding equity interests of our wholly owned subsidiary Nextel Peru to Entel for $405.5 million in cash, which includes $50.0 million that was deposited in escrow on our behalf to satisfy potential indemnification claims.

In August 2013, Nextel Brazil and Nextel Mexico agreed to sell 2,790 and 1,666 transmitter and receiver sites, respectively, to American Tower Corporation, or American Tower, in two separate transactions for total estimated proceeds based on foreign currency exchange rates at the time of $432.3 million and $391.2 million, respectively, subject to certain adjustments, including adjustments based on the actual number of transmitter and receiver sites sold. In November 2013, Nextel Mexico sold 1,483 transmitter and receiver sites to American Tower for proceeds based on foreign currency exchange rates at the time of $374.3 75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million. In December 2013, Nextel Brazil sold 1,940 transmitter and receiver sites to American Tower for proceeds based on foreign currency exchange rates at the time of $348.0 million. Once the applicable closing conditions are met, we expect to complete the sale of some or all of the remaining transmitter and receiver sites in Brazil and Mexico that were agreed to be sold.

We have also entered into a number of less significant local financing arrangements, including various other financings in Brazil.

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 networks; • operating expenses and capital expenditures relating to the planned deployment of LTE-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 arrangements and capital lease obligations; • cash taxes; and • other general corporate expenditures.

The following table sets forth the amounts and timing of contractual payments for our most significant contractual obligations determined as of December 31, 2013. The information in the table reflects future unconditional payments and is based upon, among other things, the current terms of the relevant agreements and certain assumptions, such as future interest rates. Future events could cause actual payments to differ significantly from these amounts. See "Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements." Payments due by Period Less than More than Contractual Obligations 1 Year 1-3 Years 3-5 Years 5 Years Total (in thousands) Senior notes (1) $ 392,438 $ 1,584,875 $ 624,875 $ 4,028,281 $ 6,630,469 2013 sale of towers (2) 109,887 226,410 235,557 2,458,376 3,030,230 Purchase obligations (3) 1,467,878 721,435 353,568 100,250 2,643,131 Spectrum fees (4) 130,363 260,343 257,862 1,250,645 1,899,213 Operating leases (5) 294,307 550,465 478,199 429,900 1,752,871 Capital leases and tower financing obligations (6) 114,017 227,293 197,991 388,373 927,674 Equipment financing (7) 36,546 181,582 198,953 328,279 745,360 Bank loans (8) 102,239 301,923 185,222 2 589,386Other long-term obligations (9) 10,936 18,055 11,032 484,818 524,841 Total contractual commitments $ 2,658,611 $ 4,072,381 $ 2,543,259 $ 9,468,924 $ 18,743,175 _______________________________________ (1) These amounts include estimated principal and interest payments over the full term of the obligation, assuming the current payment schedule.

(2) These amounts represent future minimum payments in connection with our sale of towers in Brazil and Mexico in 2013.

(3) These amounts include maximum contractual purchase obligations under various agreements with our vendors.

(4) These amounts are subject to increases in the Mexican Consumer Pricing Index.

(5) These amounts principally include future lease costs related to our transmitter and receiver sites and switches and office facilities.

(6) These amounts represent principal and interest payments due under our co-location agreements, our tower financing arrangements and our corporate aircraft lease. The amounts related to our aircraft lease exclude amounts that are contingently due in the event of our default under the lease, but do include remaining amounts due under the letter of credit provided for our corporate aircraft.

(7) These amounts include loan agreements with the China Development Bank in Brazil and Mexico to finance infrastructure equipment and assist in the deployment of the WCDMA networks in these markets. As of December 31, 2013, the aggregate amount that remains available for borrowing under these loan agreements in Brazil and Mexico is $221.4 million.

(8) These amounts represent principal and interest payments associated with certain banks loans in Brazil.

76 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------(9) These amounts include our current estimates of asset retirement obligations based on our expectations as to future retirement costs, inflation rates and timing of retirements, as well as amounts related to our uncertain income tax positions.

Capital Expenditures. Our capital expenditures, including capitalized interest, were $882.9 million for 2013, $1,421.1 million for 2012 and $1,344.7 million for 2011. Our business strategy contemplates the continued expansion of our WCDMA networks and the continued maintenance and operation of our iDEN networks, but we intend to reduce our investment in capital expenditures, including our investments in our networks, below the $882.9 million we invested in 2013.

Because of our recent and projected results of operations, non-investment grade credit rating, the going concern statement in the report of our independent registered public accounting firm, restrictions in our current debt and/or general conditions in the financial and credit markets, our access to the capital markets may be limited or nonexistent. As a result, we will likely need to fund our capital spending for our existing and future network using the most effective combination of cash on hand, cash from the sale or maturity of our short-term investments, borrowings under equipment financing facilities, including our financing facilities in Brazil and Mexico, and proceeds from asset sales. We may also consider entering into strategic relationships with third parties that will provide additional funding to support our business plans. Our capital spending and related expenses are expected to be driven by several factors, including: • the amount we spend to deploy our WCDMA networks and our planned LTE-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 subscriber base, as well as the costs associated with the installation of 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, technology choices and our available capital.

Future Outlook, Liquidity Plans and Going Concern. As of December 31, 2013, our current sources of funding include $1,733.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, $585.8 million in short-term investments and $221.4 million in additional availability under our existing equipment financing facilities.

Approximately $168.0 million in cash and cash equivalents was held by Nextel Argentina and remains subject to Argentina's foreign currency controls.

Recently, our results of operations, including our operating revenues and operating cash flows, have been negatively affected by a number of factors, including competitive pressure across all of our markets, and a series of events that first arose or started to affect us to an unexpected degree in the third quarter of 2013. These events included: • the impact of Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN network in the U.S.; • the depreciation of local currencies; • the impact of delays in the deployment and launch of services on our WCDMA networks, which delayed our ability to generate subscriber growth and revenues on those networks from what we had previously expected; and • the increased costs to support our WCDMA networks.

In particular, Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN network in the U.S., combined with competitive pressures and delays in our deployment and optimization of our WCDMA network in Mexico, resulted in a significant loss of subscribers on our iDEN network that we were unable to offset with new subscribers on our WCDMA network. This subscriber loss resulted in a significant decline in subscribers and a reduction in operating revenues and operating cash flows in Mexico during the second half of 2013. We currently expect this trend in Mexico to continue into 2014 as iDEN subscriber losses continue to outpace our ability to attract customers to our new network. In addition, negative market perceptions of our WCDMA service in Mexico developed in late 2013 due primarily to Sprint's deactivation of its iDEN network and delays in effectively deploying and optimizing our WCDMA networks to meet the needs of customers who were seeking to replace the iDEN services that no longer met their needs, particularly in the border area with the U.S. These negative perceptions, if they persist, could further hinder our ability to attract the level of customers to our new network that we had previously anticipated. Similarly, delays in the deployment and optimization of our WCDMA network in Brazil made it difficult to proceed with our scheduled launches of WCDMA services in that market. As a result, we proceeded with launches of full voice and data services in Brazil late in 2013, which led to subscriber and revenue growth rates that were significantly lower than originally anticipated.

77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These factors had a significant negative impact on our results during the second half of 2013, and as a result, we ended 2013 with a significantly smaller subscriber and revenue base than we had previously expected. We plan to use our available funding, together with cash provided by our operations, to finance our current business plan; however, with a smaller subscriber base in Mexico and Brazil, absent changes to our outlook, it is probable that we will not be able to generate sufficient growth in our operating revenues and operating cash flows to meet our obligations through 2015. These conditions, and their impact on our liquidity, in combination with the potential impact if we cannot satisfy certain financial covenants under our current debt obligations in 2014 as more fully discussed below, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern under the applicable authoritative literature.

Moreover, because of the combined impact of our recent and projected results of operations, our non-investment grade credit rating, the inclusion of the going concern statement in the report of our independent registered public accounting firm, restrictions in our current debt and/or general conditions in the financial and credit markets, if available, the cost of any funding could be both significant and higher than the cost of our existing financing arrangements. Additionally, the urgency of a capital-raising transaction may require us to pursue funding at an inopportune time. We may not be successful in obtaining capital for these or other reasons. If we fail to obtain suitable financing when it is required, it could, among other things, negatively impact our results of operations and liquidity, result in our inability to implement our current or future business plans, and prevent us from meeting our debt service obligations.

Taking the foregoing circumstances into account, and assuming that we are not required to repay the outstanding debt under our operating company financing agreements prior to their scheduled maturity dates as described below, we believe our current sources of funding will be adequate to allow us to execute our business plan and meet our obligations through 2014, but that we will likely not have sufficient funding to do so throughout 2015. To meet our funding needs in 2014, we expect operating cash flows to improve in the second half of 2014, and we intend to reduce our investment in capital expenditures, including our investments in our networks, below the $882.9 million we invested in 2013. Our current business plan assumes that customers will find our services attractive and that we will be able to expand our subscriber base on our WCDMA network in Brazil. We also assume that in 2014 we will be able to stabilize our business in Mexico and achieve a partial to full reversal of the subscriber loss trends we experienced in 2013. However, given the factors that have negatively affected our business and the difficulties associated with predicting our ability to overcome these factors, there can be no assurance that these assumptions will be correct.

In making the assessment of our funding needs under our current business plans and the adequacy of our current sources of funding for 2014, we have considered: • cash and cash equivalents on hand and short-term investments available to fund our operations; • expected cash flows from our operations; • expected cash from the closing of the sale of the remaining transmitter and receiver sites in Brazil and Mexico to American Tower; • 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 deployment of WCDMA networks and our planned deployment of LTE-based networks in certain markets; • our scheduled debt service and other contractual obligations; and • cash income and other 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 are not able to comply with certain financial covenants in our existing debt obligations (see "Maintenance Covenants Under Financing Agreements") • 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 or appreciate 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; 78 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------• 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.

In light of the liquidity issues we face, we continue to assess our ability to significantly improve our operating cash flows and are considering a number of options to do so, including: • reducing or delaying our investments in capital expenditures, including scaling back our network development and deployment efforts; • reducing the scope of our operations in one or more markets that we currently serve; • selling assets or operations; • restructuring, reorganizing or refinancing all or a portion of our existing debt obligations, including modifying the terms of those obligations to reduce or delay our debt service requirements; • seeking additional equity capital or borrowing additional funds; • creating partnerships or alliances; or • selling our company.

Some of these actions could have the effect of increasing our debt, negatively impacting the quality of our customer service or customer confidence in our ability to provide products and services, reducing our ability to raise additional capital, and further delaying our ability to operate profitability and generate operating cash flows. These actions could also have a significant adverse impact on the value of our business and the value of our outstanding debt and equity securities. There can be no assurance that any of these potential actions could, if necessary, be implemented on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, or that they would alone or in combination with other actions adequately preserve our liquidity or enable us to meet our ongoing funding requirements, including our debt service obligations. In addition, if we are able to and do incur additional debt, the risks associated with our substantial leverage, including the risk that we will be unable to service our debt or generate enough cash flow to fund our liquidity needs, could intensify.

As part of our current assessment or assessments in the future, if we believe we will be unable to significantly improve our cash flow from operations or implement measures to enable us to continue to satisfy our obligations, we may voluntarily commence reorganization proceedings, which could mean that debt and equity holders could lose all or part of their investment.

Maintenance Covenants Under Financing Agreements. The negative impact of the factors discussed above on our results of operations may also adversely affect our ability to comply with certain financial covenants in our existing debt obligations. Specifically, based on our current business plan projections, it is likely that we will be unable to satisfy one or more of the financial covenants currently included in the equipment financing arrangements for Nextel Brazil and Nextel Mexico in 2014. In addition, based on our current business plan projections, it is likely that we will be unable to satisfy the financial covenants currently included in Nextel Brazil's local bank financing arrangements in 2014. Each of these financing arrangements requires that we meet these financial covenants semi-annually, calculated as of June 30 and December 31. As of December 31, 2013, we were in compliance with these covenants and had $926.8 million principal amount outstanding under these financing arrangements.

If we are unable to comply with the relevant covenants in these arrangements, some of the available courses of action that we could pursue either separately or in combination in an effort to ensure that we satisfy the requirements of these financial covenants or resolve potential non-compliance with these covenants include: • negotiating amendments to the financing agreements to modify the relevant covenants; • securing waivers of the non-compliance from the lenders; • taking actions designed to enhance the creditworthiness of the borrowers, including moving cash or other assets to the relevant borrower; or 79 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------• repaying the relevant outstanding indebtedness in full.

While we believe we will be able to negotiate either amendments or waivers with these lenders, there can be no assurance that we will be able to negotiate such amendments or waivers on reasonable terms or at all. Accordingly, if we are required to repay these borrowings, which is not contemplated by our 2014 business plan, the repayment would have a significant negative impact on our liquidity and would further intensify the liquidity issues we face. In addition, if we are unable to remain in compliance with these financial covenants or to otherwise address that non-compliance, a default or acceleration of the debt under those agreements could occur. If the debt under any of these agreements were to be accelerated, the holders of 25% of each series of senior notes issued by Capital Corp. and NII International Telecom, S.C.A., or NIIT, would have the right to declare that an event of default has occurred under the related indentures and could then require the immediate repayment of all borrowings represented by the senior notes. As of December 31, 2013, we had approximately $4.4 billion principal amount of senior notes outstanding.

If we are unable to meet our debt service obligations or to comply with our other obligations under our existing financing arrangements: • the holders of our debt could declare all outstanding principal and interest to be due and payable; • the holders of our secured debt could commence foreclosure proceedings against our assets; • we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation; and • debt and equity holders could lose all or part of their investment in us.

E. Effect of Inflation and Foreign Currency Exchange Our net assets are subject to foreign currency exchange risks since they are primarily maintained in local currencies. Additionally, a significant portion of our long-term debt, including some long-term debt incurred by our operating subsidiaries, is denominated entirely in U.S. dollars, which exposes us to foreign currency exchange risks. We conduct business in countries in which the rate of inflation has historically been significantly higher than that of the U.S. We seek to protect our earnings from inflation and possible currency depreciation by periodically adjusting the local currency prices charged by each operating company for sales of handsets and services to its subscribers. We routinely monitor our foreign currency exposure and the cost effectiveness of hedging instruments.

Inflation is not currently a material factor affecting our business, although rates of inflation in some of the countries in which we operate have been historically volatile. In the last several years, the inflation rate in Argentina has risen significantly, and we expect that it may continue to rise, which will increase our costs and could reduce our profitability in Argentina.

General operating expenses such as salaries, employee benefits and lease costs are, however, subject to normal inflationary pressures. From time to time, we may experience price changes in connection with the purchase of system infrastructure equipment and handsets, but we do not currently believe that any of these price changes will be material to our business.

F. Effect of New Accounting Standards There were no new accounting standards issued during the year ended December 31, 2013 that materially impacted our consolidated financial statements or could materially impact our financial statements or related disclosures in a future period.

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