10-Q 1 a07-11330_110q.htm 10-Q

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 

 

 

 

x

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Or

 

o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the transition period from

to

 

 

Commission File Number 000-51844


 

iPCS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

 

36-4350876

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

organization)

 

 

 

 

 

1901 N. Roselle Road, Schaumburg, Illinois

 

60195

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

(847) 885-2833
(Registrant’s telephone number, including zip code)


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x  No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o

Accelerated filer x

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes o  No x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

Yes x  No o

 

As of May  7, 2007, there were 16,998,352 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.

 




 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

3

 

 

 

 

3

ITEM 1.

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

3

 

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF MARCH 31, 2007 AND DECEMBER 31, 2006 (UNAUDITED)

 

3

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2007 AND 2006 (UNAUDITED)

 

4

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2007 AND 2006 (UNAUDITED)

 

5

 

 

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

6

ITEM 2.

 

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

 

20

ITEM 3.

 

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

35

ITEM 4.

 

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

PART II

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1.

 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

36

ITEM 1A.

 

RISK FACTORS

 

36

ITEM 2.

 

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

39

ITEM 3.

 

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

39

ITEM 4.

 

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

40

ITEM 5.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

40

ITEM 6.

 

EXHIBITS

 

41

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

43

 

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

 

 

 




PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

iPCS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

March 31,
2007

 

December 3 1,
2006 (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

115,598

 

$

120,499

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,703 and $6,663, respectively

 

29,063

 

29,700

 

Receivable from Sprint (Note 3)

 

30,336

 

40,724

 

Inventories, net of reserves for excess/obsolescence of $189 and $243, respectively (Note 3)

 

5,359

 

4,291

 

Assets held for sale (Note 4)

 

1,800

 

-

 

Prepaid expenses

 

8,189

 

7,468

 

Other current assets

 

178

 

272

 

Total current assets

 

190,523

 

202,954

 

Property and equipment, net (Note 4)

 

132,794

 

139,641

 

Financing costs

 

7,368

 

7,724

 

Customer activation costs

 

3,862

 

3,252

 

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $76,218 and $68,624 respectively (Note 5)

 

123,759

 

131,353

 

Goodwill

 

141,783

 

141,783

 

Other assets

 

361

 

364

 

Total assets

 

$

600,450

 

$

627,071

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

4,328

 

$

7,387

 

Accrued expenses

 

12,516

 

14,340

 

Payable to Sprint (Note 3)

 

50,570

 

58,196

 

Deferred revenue

 

11,139

 

11,065

 

Accrued interest

 

10,947

 

9,758

 

Current maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations (Note 6)

 

25

 

24

 

Total current liabilities

 

89,525

 

100,770

 

Customer activation fee revenue

 

3,862

 

3,252

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

6,869

 

6,819

 

Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, excluding current maturities (Note 6)

 

301,519

 

302,045

 

Total liabilities

 

401,775

 

412,886

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity (Deficiency):

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, par value $.01 per share; 25,000,000 shares authorized; none issued

 

 

 

Common stock, par value $.01 per share; 75,000,000 shares authorized, 16,938,265 and 16,774,060 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

 

169

 

168

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

337,788

 

334,156

 

Accumulated deficiency

 

(139,282

)

(120,139

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

198,675

 

214,185

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

600,450

 

$

627,071

 


(a)             Derived from the Company’s audited financial statements as of December 31, 2006.

See Notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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iPCS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,
2007

 

March 31,
2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenue

 

$

85,021

 

$

75,406

 

Roaming revenue

 

32,961

 

33,627

 

Equipment and other

 

2,871

 

3,452

 

Total revenues

 

120,853

 

112,485

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of service and roaming (exclusive of depreciation, as shown separately below)

 

(73,415

)

(65,021

)

Cost of equipment

 

(13,179

)

(9,529

)

Selling and marketing

 

(20,574

)

(16,760

)

General and administrative

 

(6,927

)

(7,130

)

Depreciation

 

(11,838

)

(14,414

)

Amortization of intangible assets (Note 5)

 

(7,594

)

(9,489

)

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

 

(59

)

(237

)

Total operating expenses

 

(133,586

)

(122,580

)

Operating loss

 

(12,733

)

(10,095

)

Interest income

 

1,543

 

1,183

 

Interest expense

 

(7,970

)

(8,121

)

Other income

 

17

 

33

 

Loss before (provision for) benefit from income taxes

 

(19,143

)

(17,000

)

(Provision for) benefit from income taxes

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(19,143

)

$

(17,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per share of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

Loss available to common stockholders

 

$

(1.13

)

$

(1.02

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding

 

16,873,857

 

16,687,039

 

 

See Notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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iPCS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,
2007

 

March 31,
2006

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(19,143

)

$

(17,000

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

 

59

 

237

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

19,432

 

23,903

 

Non-cash interest expense, net of amortization of debt fair value adjustment

 

(162

)

(162

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

1,913

 

463

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

2,651

 

1,391

 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(2,013

)

2,282

 

Receivable from Sprint

 

10,389

 

8,044

 

Inventories, net

 

(1,068

)

258

 

Prepaid expenses, other current and long term assets

 

(1,235

)

(550

)

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other long term liabilities

 

(3,237

)

894

 

Payable to Sprint

 

(7,626

)

(9,421

)

Deferred revenue

 

684

 

935

 

Net cash flows from operating activities

 

644

 

11,274

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(7,262

)

(8,382

)

Proceeds from disposition of property and equipment

 

3

 

194

 

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

(7,259

)

(8,188

)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

 

1,720

 

990

 

Payments on capital lease obligations

 

(6

)

(3

)

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

1,714

 

987

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(4,901

)

4,073

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

120,499

 

110,837

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

115,598

 

$

114,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information- cash paid for interest

 

$

7,109

 

$

7,109

 

Supplemental disclosure for non-cash investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Capitalized interest

 

$

196

 

$

47

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses incurred for the acquisition of property, equipment and construction in progress

 

1,631

 

638

 

 

See Notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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iPCS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(1)  Business and Basis of Presentation

iPCS, Inc. (the “Company” or “iPCS”) is a holding company that operates as a PCS Affiliate of Sprint through three wholly owned subsidiaries: iPCS Wireless, Inc., Horizon Personal Communications, Inc. and Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC. Each of these subsidiaries is a party to a separate affiliation agreement with Sprint PCS, the operator of a 100% digital personal communications service (“PCS”) wireless network with licenses to provide voice and data service to the entire United States population using a single frequency band and a single technology.

iPCS, Inc. was formed in March 2000 as a holding company for iPCS Wireless. iPCS Wireless, as the successor to Illinois PCS, LLC, became a PCS affiliate of Sprint in 1999. Through this affiliation agreement, as amended, iPCS has the exclusive right to market and provide Sprint PCS products and services in 40 markets in Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and eastern Nebraska. On November 30, 2001, the Company was acquired by AirGate PCS, Inc. (“AirGate”), another PCS Affiliate of Sprint. iPCS was designated as an unrestricted subsidiary of AirGate and both companies operated as separate business entities. On February 23, 2003, the Company and its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On October 17, 2003, AirGate irrevocably transferred its ownership of iPCS to a trust, the beneficial owners of which trust were AirGate’s stockholders at the date of transfer. AirGate retained no ownership interest in the trust or the Company. Upon the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy on July 20, 2004, iPCS’s common stock held by the trust was cancelled and the trust terminated by its terms.

On July 1, 2005, iPCS completed a merger with Horizon PCS, Inc. (“Horizon PCS”), another PCS Affiliate of Sprint, in which Horizon PCS merged with and into iPCS, Inc., with iPCS, Inc. as the surviving corporation. Through its two affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS, two wholly owned subsidiaries of Horizon PCS have the exclusive right to market and provide Sprint PCS products and services in 40 markets in Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

The unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the unaudited consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the unaudited consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 and related footnotes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. The financial information presented herein should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K which includes information and disclosures not presented herein. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, the unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all of the adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly, in summarized form, the consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 are not indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year 2007.

The PCS market is characterized by significant risks as a result of rapid changes in technology and increasing competition. The Company’s continuing operations are dependent upon Sprint’s ability to perform its obligations under the affiliation agreements. In addition, the Company must be able to attract and maintain a sufficient customer base and achieve satisfactory growth while successfully managing operations to generate enough cash from operations to meet future obligations. Changes in technology, increased competition, or the inability to obtain required financing or achieve and maintain break-even operating cash flow, among other factors, could have an adverse effect on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.

(2)  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Loss Per Share:

Basic and diluted loss per share for the Company are calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock of the Company. The calculation was made in accordance with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” The basic and diluted loss per share are the same because the inclusion of the incremental potential common shares from any assumed exercise of stock options is antidilutive. Potential common shares excluded from the loss per share computations for each of the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 were 742,616 and 772,766, respectively.

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New Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS No. 159”), to permit all entities to choose to elect, at specified election dates, to measure eligible financial instruments at fair value. An entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date, and recognize upfront costs and fees related to those items in earnings as incurred and not deferred. SFAS No. 159 applies to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, with early adoption permitted for an entity that has also elected to apply the provisions of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” An entity is prohibited from retrospectively applying SFAS No. 159, unless it chooses early adoption. SFAS No. 159 also applies to eligible items existing at November 15, 2007 (or early adoption date). The Company is still evaluating the impact of the implementation of SFAS No. 159 on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement 157, Fair Value Measurements, which defines fair value, provides guidelines for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements.  Statement 157 does not require any new fair value measurement but applies to the accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurement.  Statement 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.  The Company does not anticipate that the implementation of Statement 157 will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operation, or cash flows.

In July 2006, FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”), which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”. FIN 48 prescribes a comprehensive model for how a company should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that the company has taken or expects to take on a tax return. The Company adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007 and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

(3)  Sprint Agreements

Under the Sprint agreements, Sprint provides the Company significant support services such as customer service, billing, long distance transport services, national network operations support, inventory logistics support, use of the Sprint and Sprint PCS brand name, national advertising, national distribution and product development. Additionally, the Company derives substantial roaming revenue when wireless customers of Sprint and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint incur minutes of use in the Company’s territories and incurs expense to Sprint and to other PCS Affiliates of Sprint when the Company’s customers incur minutes of use in the territories of Sprint and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint. Cost of service and roaming transactions with Sprint include the 8% affiliation fee, long distance, roaming expenses, billing support and customer care support. Cost of equipment relates to inventory sold by the Company that was purchased from Sprint under the Sprint agreements. Selling and marketing transactions relate to subsidized costs on wireless handsets and commissions under Sprint’s national distribution program.

The costs incurred by the Company for the support services provided by Sprint are determined on a per-average-monthly-subscriber rate and on a per-customer-addition rate. Pursuant to the Company’s affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS, the per-average-monthly-subscriber rate was set at $7.25 for 2004, $7.00 for 2005 and $6.75 for 2006 and the per-customer-addition rate was set at $23.00 in iPCS Wireless’s territory and $22.00 in the Horizon/Bright territory. The agreements also provide that, for each three-year period after December 31, 2006, these rates will be reset based on Sprint’s reasonable costs. In February 2007, Sprint notified the Company that the per average monthly cash cost per user rate (“CCPU”) would be $7.50 for 2007, $7.09 for 2008, and $6.81 for 2009, and the cost per gross customer addition (“CPGA”) rate would be $20.09 for 2007, $19.41 for 2008 and $18.58 for 2009. The Company strongly disagrees with Sprint’s new rates, and pursuant to the terms of its affiliation agreements with Sprint, has elected to submit the determination of the new rates to binding arbitration and continue to obtain the support services from Sprint at the amounts to be determined by the arbitration panel. If the arbitration panel imposes rates different than the ones proposed by Sprint, then the rates imposed by the panel would be retroactively applied to January 1, 2007. However, in the meantime, as required by the services agreements, beginning on January 1, 2007, the Company began paying the rates proposed by Sprint.

The Company derives substantial roaming revenue when wireless customers of Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint use the Company’s PCS network and incurs expense to Sprint PCS and to other PCS Affiliates of Sprint when the Company’s customers use the Sprint PCS network outside of the Company’s territories. The Company’s affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS set the reciprocal roaming rate with Sprint PCS through December 31, 2006 at $0.058 per minute for voice and 2G data, and $0.0020 per kilobyte for 3G data. Thereafter, the affiliation agreements provide that the reciprocal roaming rates are to be calculated based upon Sprint’s retail yield for the prior year. With respect to certain of the Company’s markets in western and eastern Pennsylvania, the Company receives the benefit of a special reciprocal rate for voice and 2G data of $0.10 per minute. This special rate will terminate, with respect to each of these two sets of markets, on

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the earlier of December 31, 2011 or the first day of the calendar month which follows the first calendar quarter during which the Company achieves a subscriber penetration rate of at least 7% of the Company’s covered populations in those markets. In February 2007, Sprint notified the Company that effective January 1, 2007, the reciprocal roaming rates are $0.0403 per minute for voice and 2G data and $0.001 per kilobyte for 3G data. The Company strongly disagrees with Sprint’s reciprocal roaming rates and intends to vigorously oppose them, including by submitting the matter to arbitration or litigation, if necessary. If the matter is submitted to an arbitration panel and the arbitration panel imposes rates different than the ones then in effect, the new rates would be retroactively applied to the appropriate period. However, in the meantime, the new rates went into effect on January 1, 2007.

For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, approximately 98% and 97%, respectively, of the Company’s revenue was derived from data provided by Sprint.  For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, approximately 68% and 67%, respectively, of the Company’s cost of service and roaming was derived from data provided by Sprint.  The Company reviews all charges from Sprint and disputes certain of these charges in cases where the Company does not receive enough supporting detail to validate the charges or it does not believe Sprint can charge the Company for certain expenses under the terms of the Sprint agreements.   The Company did not have any disputed charges at March 31, 2007 or December 31, 2006.

Amounts relating to the Sprint agreements for the three months ended  March 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,
2007

 

March 31,
2006

 

Amounts included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenue

 

$

85,021

 

$

75,406

 

Roaming revenue

 

$

32,961

 

$

33,627

 

Cost of service and roaming:

 

 

 

 

 

Roaming

 

$

24,204

 

$

23,087

 

Customer service

 

13,764

 

10,679

 

Affiliation fees

 

6,701

 

6,052

 

Long distance

 

3,249

 

2,962

 

Other

 

1,756

 

1,024

 

Total cost of service and roaming

 

$

49,674

 

$

43,804

 

Cost of equipment

 

$

13,179

 

$

9,529

 

Selling and marketing

 

$

5,433

 

$

5,157

 

 

 

 

March 31,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

Amounts included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:

 

 

 

 

 

Receivable from Sprint

 

$

30,336

 

$

40,724

 

Inventories, net

 

5,359

 

4,291

 

Payable to Sprint

 

50,570

 

58,196

 

 

(4)  Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consists of the following at March 31, 2007 and 2006 (in thousands):

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March 31,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

Network assets

 

$

218,076

 

$

214,348

 

Computer equipment

 

4,455

 

4,299

 

Furniture, fixtures, and office equipment

 

7,154

 

7,117

 

Vehicles

 

1,958

 

294

 

Construction in progress

 

11,006

 

16,143

 

Total property and equipment

 

242,649

 

242,201

 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

(109,855

)

(102,560

)

Total property and equipment, net

 

$

132,794

 

$

139,641

 

 

On March 21, 2006, the Company amended the payment terms of the letter of agreement with Nortel Networks to replace the Motorola equipment deployed in the Company’s Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Maryland markets with Nortel equipment. This amendment accelerated payments for equipment totaling $4.0 million from 2007 to 2006; thereby, reducing the original timeline to complete this project. Because of this amendment, the estimated remaining useful life of the Motorola equipment was shortened by approximately nine months, resulting in additional depreciation expense of approximately $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006.

The Company has engaged independent agents to sell the remaining Motorola equipment from the legacy Horizon markets on behalf of the Company. Pursuant to SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, during the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company reclassified $1.8 million from Property and equipment, net, to Assets held for sale for that portion of the Motorola equipment expected to be sold within the next twelve months.

(5)  Intangible Assets and Goodwill

As a result of the Company’s reorganization in 2004 and in accordance with fresh-start accounting under SOP 90-7, “Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code”, the Company revalued its assets to their estimated fair values and the Company recorded intangible assets of $19.0 million relating to the fair value of the customer base and $59.5 million relating to the fair value of the right to provide service under the Sprint affiliation agreements.

In connection with the merger with Horizon PCS in 2005, the Company allocated portions of the Horizon PCS purchase price to identifiable intangible assets consisting of the right to provide service under the Sprint affiliation agreements, the acquired customer base, and an FCC license for a small market in Ohio. The amount allocated to each of these items was $67.0 million, $53.0 million, and $1.5 million, respectively. In addition, the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired, including these identifiable intangible assets, which totaled $141.8 million, was recorded as goodwill. The goodwill is not deductible for income taxes.

The intangible assets relating to the customer base are being amortized over the estimated average life of a customer of 30 months. The intangible assets relating to the right to provide service under the Sprint affiliation agreements are being amortized over the remaining term of the respective agreements. The FCC license was determined to have an indefinite life as it is expected to be renewed with minimal effort and cost.

The weighted average amortization period, gross carrying amount, accumulated amortization and net carrying amount of intangible assets at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31, 2007

 

 

 

Weighted Average
Amortization
Period

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net
Carrying
Value

 

Non-amortized intangible asset:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FCC license

 

 

 

$

1,500

 

$

 

$

1,500

 

Amortized intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right to provide service under the Sprint affiliation agreements

 

167 months

 

126,521

 

(20,162

)

106,359

 

Customer base

 

30 months

 

71,956

 

(56,056

)

15,900

 

 

 

117 months

 

$

199,977

 

$

(76,218

)

$

123,759

 

 

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December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Weighted Average
Amortization
Period

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net
Carrying
Value

 

Non-amortized intangible asset:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FCC license

 

 

 

$

1,500

 

$

 

$

1,500

 

Amortized intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right to provide service under the Sprint affiliation agreements

 

167 months

 

126,521

 

(17,868

)

108,653

 

Customer base

 

30 months

 

71,956

 

(50,756

)

21,200

 

 

 

117 months

 

$

199,977

 

$

(68,624

)

$

131,353

 

 

The amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was $7.6 million and $9.5 million, respectively.  Aggregate amortization expense relative to intangible assets for the periods shown will be as follows:

Year Ended December 31

 

 

 

2007

 

$

30,376

 

2008

 

9,176

 

2009

 

9,176

 

2010

 

9,176

 

2011

 

9,176

 

Thereafter

 

62,773

 

Total

 

$

129,853

 

 

(6) Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,
2007

 

December 31,
2006

 

Senior notes 11-1/2% $165 million due 2012

 

$

165,000

 

$

165,000

 

Senior notes 11-3/8% $125 million due 2012

 

125,000

 

125,000

 

Unamortized fair value adjustment for 11-3/8% senior notes

 

11,059

 

11,577

 

Capital lease obligations

 

485

 

492

 

Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations

 

301,544

 

302,069

 

Less: current maturities

 

(25

)

(24

)

Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, excluding current maturities

 

$

301,519

 

$

302,045

 

 

In connection with the merger of Horizon PCS in 2005, the allocation of the purchase price resulted in an increase of the value of the 11-3/8% senior notes of approximately $14.7 million, which is recorded as long-term debt in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. This amount will be amortized over the remaining life of the 11-3/8% senior notes as a reduction to interest expense. For each of the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, the reduction to interest expense was approximately $0.5 million. This amortization will not increase the principal amount due to the 11-3/8% senior note holders or reduce the amount of interest owed to the 11-3/8% senior note holders.

The indentures governing the $165.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 11-1/2% senior notes and the $125.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 11-3/8% senior notes contain covenants which restrict the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, merge, pay dividends, dispose of its assets, and certain other matters as defined in the indentures. However, the senior notes are subordinated to all secured indebtedness of the Company to the extent of the assets securing such indebtedness, and to any indebtedness of subsidiaries of the Company that do not guarantee the senior notes. For the 11-1/2% senior notes, interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 to the holders of record on the immediately preceding April 15 and October 15. For the 11-3/8% senior notes, interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on July 15 and January 15, to the holders of record on the immediately preceding July 1 and January 1.  As discussed further in Note 11, the Company closed on a new $475 million senior note offering in April 2007, and repurchased at a premium all of the $290.0 million of the Company’s then outstanding senior notes.

(7)  Income Taxes

The Company’s effective income tax rate for the interim periods presented is based on management’s estimate of the Company’s effective tax rate for the applicable year and differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to nondeductible permanent differences, state income taxes and changes in the valuation allowance for deferred income taxes. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some

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portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. No benefit for federal income taxes has been recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 as the net deferred tax asset generated, primarily from temporary differences related to the net operating loss, was offset by a full valuation allowance because it is not considered more likely than not that these benefits will be realized due to the Company’s losses since inception.

(8)  Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has two long-term incentive plans currently in place.  The iPCS 2004 long-term incentive plan, as amended (the “iPCS Plan”), was approved by the Company’s board of directors as provided by the Company’s plan of reorganization. The Horizon PCS 2004 stock incentive plan, as amended (the “Horizon Plan”), was assumed by the Company in its merger with Horizon PCS in 2005.

iPCS Plan.  Under the iPCS Plan, the Company may grant to employees, directors and consultants of the Company or its subsidiaries incentive and non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted and unrestricted stock awards and cash incentive awards. All of the stock options and restricted stock awarded to date under the iPCS Plan have a ten-year life with vesting on a quarterly basis over four years for employees, and over one year for directors. The iPCS Plan has been amended twice to increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder.  On May 5, 2005, the iPCS Plan was amended to increase the number of shares available for issuance by 250,000 shares, and on September 28, 2006, the iPCS Plan was amended to increase the number of shares available for issuance by 500,000 shares.  In connection with the second amendment to the iPCS Plan, the Horizon Plan (discussed below) was amended to decrease the number of shares available for issuance thereunder by 211,227.  Each of these amendments was approved by the Company’s stockholders.  Giving effect to these amendments, the total number of shares that may be awarded under the iPCS Plan is 1.75 million shares of common stock, of which amount, 582,879 shares remain available for awards as of March 31, 2007.

Horizon Plan.  Under the Horizon Plan, the Company may grant to employees, directors and consultants of the Company or its subsidiaries incentive or non-qualified stock options or stock appreciation rights. All of the stock options issued to date under the Horizon Plan have a ten-year life and vest equally in six-month increments over three years from the date of grant. As discussed above, in connection with the most recent amendment to the iPCS Plan, the Horizon Plan was amended to decrease the number of shares available for issuance thereunder by 211,227.  This amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders.  Giving effect to this amendment, the total number of shares that may be granted under the Horizon Plan is 551,000 shares of common stock, which equals the number of shares underlying awards previously made under the Horizon Plan.

During the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company awarded 209,050 stock options to management and the board of directors at exercise prices of $50.41 and $52.60, which were the closing prices on the date of grants.  The fair value of each grant is estimated at the grant date using the Black Scholes option pricing method.  There were no grants awarded during the three months ended March 31, 2006.  The table below outlines the assumptions used for the options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2007:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2007

 

 

 

Range

 

Weighted Average

 

Risk free interest rate

 

4.45% to 4.81%

 

4.47

%

Volatility

 

 

 

38.00

%

Dividend yield

 

 

 

0.00

%

Expected life in years

 

 

 

5.92

 

Fair value price

 

 

 

$

22.33

 

 

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Effective January 24, 2007, Alan Morse ceased to be the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.  As a result of his separation, Mr. Morse received one additional year of vesting of his options.  With this agreement, the modification of his option awards resulted in a new measurement date.  The fair value of the options prior to the modification was zero. The fair value of the options subsequent to the modification resulted in an additional $0.6 million of stock-based compensation expense recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2007.  The table below outlines the weighted average assumptions used for the options modified:

 

For Three Months
Ended March 31,
2007

 

 

 

 

 

Risk free interest rate

 

5.13

%

Volatility

 

38.00

%

Dividend yield

 

0.00

%

Expected life in years

 

0.25

 

Fair value price

 

$

25.99

 

 

The following table shows stock-based compensation expense by type of share-based award for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 included in the consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2007

 

March 31, 2006

 

Restricted stock

 

$

201

 

$

25

 

Amortization of unearned compensation of stock option awards

 

207

 

91

 

Fair value expense of stock option awards

 

1,505

 

347

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

1,913

 

$

463

 

 

The following table shows the total remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to: restricted stock grants, unearned compensation of stock option awards, and fair value expense of stock option awards; as well as the weighted average remaining required service period over which such costs will be recognized:

 

Total Remaining
Unrecognized
Compensation Cost
(in millions)

 

Weighted Average
Remaining Required
Service Period
(in years)

 

Restricted stock

 

$

2.8

 

3.64

 

Unearned compensation of stock option awards

 

0.1

 

0.50

 

Fair value expense of stock option awards

 

5.7

 

3.06

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense is included in the consolidated statements of operations as follows (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,
2007

 

March 31,
2006

 

Cost of service and roaming

 

$

88

 

$

32

 

Sales and marketing

 

147

 

69

 

General and administrative

 

1,678

 

362

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

1,913

 

$

463

 

 

A summary of activity related to the Company’s stock option plans is as follows:

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Number of Shares

 

Weighted Average
Exercise Price

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(in years)

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(In thousands)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2006

 

650,603

 

$

15.57

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

209,050

 

50.54

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(108,505

)

(15.85

)

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(8,532)

 

(40.50

)

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2007

 

742,616

 

$

25.08

 

7.82

 

$

18,076

 

Exercisable at March 31, 2007

 

361,131

 

$

18.18

 

6.96

 

$

11,158

 

 

A summary of activity related to the Companys’ restricted shares is as follows:

 

 

Shares

 

Weighted Average
Fair Value Price

 

Restricted shares at December 31, 2006

 

7,552

 

$

22.67

 

Granted

 

55,700

 

50.53

 

Vested

 

(4,644

)

(43.23

)

Restricted shares at March 31, 2007

 

58,608

 

$

47.52

 

 

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(9)  Commitments and Contingencies

(a) Commitments

On December 29, 2006, the Company signed a letter of agreement with Nortel Networks to purchase EV-DO Rev. A equipment and services totaling $17.1 million in aggregate. The $17.1 million commitment consists of a non-cancelable purchase of $8.9 million of equipment and services and an option to purchase an additional $8.2 million of equipment and services.  As of December 31, 2006, the Company has submitted a non-cancelable purchase order for the $8.9 million, and therefore has no further commitment under this letter of agreement. However, if the Company elects to exercise its option to purchase any additional equipment and services from Nortel Networks under this letter of agreement, the Company will be required to purchase the entire additional $8.2 million of equipment and services.  In addition, if the Company elects to exercise this option after November 30, 2007, the Company will be required to pay an additional $1.0 million. As of March 31, 2007, the Company has paid $4.1 million of the $8.9 million commitment and has received equipment totaling $2.2 million.

(b) Litigation

On July 15, 2005, iPCS Wireless, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of iPCS, Inc., filed a complaint against Sprint and Sprint PCS in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. On July 22, 2005, Horizon Personal Communications, Inc. and Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC, wholly owned subsidiaries of iPCS, Inc., filed a complaint against Sprint and Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications, Inc. in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, New Castle County. The complaints allege, among other things, that Sprint’s conduct following the consummation of the merger between Sprint and Nextel, would breach its exclusivity obligations under the Company’s affiliation agreements, as amended. The Company sought, among other things, a temporary restraining order (a TRO), a preliminary injunction and a permanent injunction enjoining Sprint and those acting in concert with it from engaging in conduct that would violate the Company’s affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS.

On July 28, 2005, iPCS, Inc. and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into a Forbearance Agreement with Sprint relating to the complaints filed against Sprint. The Forbearance Agreement sets forth the Company’s agreement that it would not seek a TRO or a preliminary injunction against Sprint so long as Sprint operates subject to the limitations set forth in the Forbearance Agreement. Although the Forbearance Agreement expired on January 1, 2006 in the territory managed by iPCS Wireless and on August 4, 2006 in the territory managed by Horizon Personal Communications and Bright Personal Communications Services, Sprint committed to continue to abide by the terms of the Forbearance Agreement in the territory managed iPCS Wireless during the pendency of Sprint’s appeal of the Illinois court final order (discussed below).

The trial in the Delaware court occurred in January 2006. On August 4, 2006, the Delaware court issued its decision and, on September 7, 2006 issued a final order and judgment effecting its decision. The final order and judgment provides that:

·         Sprint will violate the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing if it offers iDEN products and services using the same Sprint brand and marks that plaintiffs (Horizon Personal Communications and Bright Personal Communications Services) have used or are using in connection with their sale of Sprint PCS Products and Services (the “Sprint pcs brand and/or marks”) or a brand or mark confusingly similar to the Sprint pcs brand or marks in plaintiffs’ Service Areas. Sprint may re-brand the legacy Nextel stores in plaintiffs’ Service Areas, but it must do so in a way that does not create a likelihood of confusion in the minds of consumers as to the sponsor of the store or which products and services are available in it, and it may not use the new Sprint logo.

·         Within plaintiffs’ Service Areas, Sprint and those acting in concert with it are enjoined from:

·        offering iDEN products and services that use the same or confusingly similar brands or marks as the Sprint pcs brand or marks; provided that Sprint is not enjoined or otherwise prohibited from conducting national advertising offering iDEN products and services that use the same or similar brands and marks as the Sprint pcs brands or marks, subject to appropriate disclaimers regarding availability in certain markets; and

·        re-branding the legacy Nextel stores with the new Sprint logo or the same or confusingly similar brands or marks as the Sprint pcs brand and marks.

· In light of certain operational and confidentiality representations made by Sprint, plaintiffs’ claims and requests for relief against such future Sprint behavior were deemed not ripe for adjudication and therefore denied. If, however, Sprint in the future breaches these representations, the court will promptly entertain a request for appropriate relief.

·         Plaintiffs’ claims for tortious interference and civil conspiracy against Nextel were dismissed with prejudice.

The trial in the Illinois court was held for 25 days between early March and early July 2006. On August 14, 2006, the Illinois court issued its decision and on September 20, 2006 issued a final order effecting its decision. The final order provides that:

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·         Within 180 days of the date of the final order, Sprint and those acting in concert with it must cease owning, operating, and managing the Nextel wireless network in iPCS Wireless’s territory.

·         Sprint shall continue to comply with all terms and conditions of the Forbearance Agreement.

On September 28, 2006, Sprint appealed the ruling of the Illinois trial court to the Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District. In early October 2006, Sprint requested a stay of the Illinois trial court’s order pending appeal and an accelerated appeal. On October 13, 2006, the Illinois appellate court denied Sprint’s request for an accelerated appeal and ordered a stay of the Illinois trial court’s order pending appeal on the condition that (i) Sprint continue to comply with the Forbearance Agreement and (ii) Sprint comply with the September 7, 2006 order of the Delaware court. Accordingly, Sprint must comply with the Forbearance Agreement, as well as the order of the Delaware court, in iPCS Wireless’s territory pending a decision from the Illinois appellate court.

As of the date hereof, the parties have completed the briefing stage of the appeal and are awaiting the scheduling of oral arguments followed by a decision.  The Company expects a decision from the appelate court as soon as later this year or early 2008.

In addition to the foregoing, from time to time, the Company is involved in various legal proceedings relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not currently a party to any such legal proceedings, the outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

(c)             FCC Licenses

Sprint PCS holds the licenses necessary to provide wireless services in the Company’s territory. The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) requires that licensees like Sprint PCS maintain control of their licensed spectrums and not delegate control to third-party operators or managers without FCC consent and are subject to renewal and revocation by the FCC. Certain Sprint PCS wireless licenses in the Company’s territory are scheduled to expire in April and June 2007.  Sprint has renewed licenses expiring in April 2007 and has filed renewal applications for those licenses expiring in June 2007. All licenses that were scheduled to expire in April 2007 were renewed for additional ten-year terms, except that one such license was renewed for an additional eight years. The FCC has adopted specific standards that apply to wireless personal communications services license renewals. Any failure by Sprint PCS or the Company to comply with these standards could result in the non-renewal of the Sprint PCS licenses for the Company’s territory. Additionally, if Sprint PCS does not demonstrate to the FCC that Sprint PCS has met the construction requirements for each of its wireless personal communications services licenses, it can lose those licenses. If Sprint PCS loses its licenses in the Company’s territory for any of these reasons, the Company would not be able to provide wireless services without obtaining rights to other licenses. If Sprint PCS loses its licenses in another territory, Sprint PCS or the applicable PCS Affiliate or Sprint would not be able to provide wireless services without obtaining rights to other licenses and the Company’s ability to offer nationwide calling plans would be dimished and potentially more costly.

(10) Consolidating Financial Information

The 11-1/2 % senior notes and the 11-3/8 % senior notes are fully, unconditionally and joint and severally guaranteed by the Company’s domestic restricted subsidiaries, including iPCS Wireless, Inc., iPCS Equipment, Inc., Horizon Personal Communications, Inc., and Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC, which are wholly owned subsidiaries of iPCS, Inc. The following consolidating financial information as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 and for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 is presented for iPCS, Inc., iPCS Wireless, Inc., iPCS Equipment, Inc., Horizon Personal Communications, Inc., and Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC (in thousands):

 

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iPCS, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
as of March 31, 2007

 

 

iPCS Inc.

 

iPCS
Wireless

 

iPCS
Equipment

 

Horizon
Per Com

 

Bright

 

Eliminations

 

iPCS
Consolidated

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

 

$

85,258

 

$

 

$

29,891

 

$

449

 

$

 

$

115,598

 

Other current assets

 

142,601

 

71,502

 

41,497

 

102,673

 

81,345

 

(364,693

)

74,925

 

Total current assets

 

142,601

 

156,760

 

41,497

 

132,564

 

81,794

 

(364,693

)

190,523

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

63,703

 

4,607

 

47,580

 

16,962

 

(58

)

132,794

 

Goodwill and intangible assets, net

 

 

48,233

 

 

161,595

 

55,714

 

 

265,542

 

Other non-current assets

 

4,565

 

1,955

 

 

4,390

 

681

 

 

11,591

 

Investment in subsidiaries

 

239,370

 

 

 

 

 

(239,370

)

 

Total assets

 

$

386,536

 

$

270,651

 

$

46,104

 

$

346,129

 

$

155,151

 

$

(604,121

)

$

600,450

 

Current liabilities

 

$

22,861

 

$

232,161

 

$

25

 

$

131,772

 

$

67,457

 

$

(364,751

)

$

89,525

 

Long-term debt

 

165,000

 

461

 

 

104,004

 

32,054

 

 

301,519

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

4,460

 

 

5,669

 

602

 

 

10,731

 

Total liabilities

 

187,861

 

237,082

 

25

 

241,445

 

100,113

 

(364,751

)

401,775

 

Stockholders’ equity (deficiency)

 

198,675

 

33,569

 

46,079

 

104,684

 

55,038

 

(239,370

)

198,675

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficiency)

 

$

386,536

 

$

270,651

 

$

46,104

 

$

346,129

 

$

155,151

 

$

(604,121

)

$

600,450

 

 

iPCS, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
as of December 31, 2006

 

 

iPCS Inc.

 

iPCS
Wireless

 

iPCS
Equipment

 

Horizon
Per Com

 

Bright

 

Eliminations

 

iPCS
Consolidated

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

 

$

85,474

 

$

 

$

34,823

 

$

202

 

$

 

$

120,499

 

Other current assets

 

139,294

 

73,621

 

38,200

 

94,771

 

72,499

 

(335,930

)

82,455

 

Total current assets

 

139,294

 

159,095

 

38,200

 

129,594

 

72,701

 

(335,930

)

202,954

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

64,773

 

6,375

 

51,960

 

16,597

 

(64

)

139,641

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

49,259

 

 

166,609

 

57,268

 

 

273,136

 

Other non-current assets

 

4,790

 

1,756

 

 

4,079

 

715

 

 

11,340

 

Investment in subsidiaries

 

253,001

 

 

 

 

 

(253,001

)

 

Total assets

 

$

397,085

 

$

274,883

 

$

44,575

 

$

352,242

 

$

147,281

 

$

(588,995

)

$

627,071

 

Current liabilities

 

$

17,900

 

$

232,247

 

$

42

 

$

127,688

 

$

58,887

 

$

(335,994

)

$

100,770

 

Long-term debt

 

165,000

 

468

 

 

104,400

 

32,177

 

 

302,045

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

4,088

 

 

5,402

 

581

 

 

10,071

 

Total liabilities

 

182,900

 

236,803

 

42

 

237,490

 

91,645

 

(335,994

)

412,886

 

Stockholders’ equity (deficiency)

 

214,185

 

38,080

 

44,533

 

114,752

 

55,636

 

(253,001

)

214,185

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficiency)

 

$

397,085

 

$

274,883

 

$

44,575

 

$

352,242

 

$

147,281

 

$

(588,995

)

$

627,071

 

 

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iPCS, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

 

 

iPCS Inc.

 

iPCS
Wireless

 

iPCS
Equipment

 

Horizon
Per Com

 

Bright

 

Eliminations

 

iPCS
Consolidated

 

Total revenues

 

$

 

$

65,511

 

$

686

 

$

35,981

 

$

19,361

 

$

(686

)

$

120,853

 

Cost of revenues

 

 

(47,429

)

 

(27,116

)

(12,735

)

686

 

(86,594

)

Selling and marketing

 

 

(11,005

)

 

(6,665

)

(2,904

)

 

(20,574

)

General and administrative

 

(549

)

(4,071

)

(1

)

(1,543

)

(763

)

 

(6,927

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(7,013

)

(851

)

(8,694

)

(2,874

)

 

(19,432

)

Gain (loss) on disposal of property and equipment

 

 

(711

)

680

 

(33

)

(1

)

6

 

(59

)

Total operating expenses

 

(549

)

(70,229

)

(172

)

(44,051

)

(19,277

)

692

 

(133,586

)

Other, net

 

(4,968

)

206

 

1,032

 

(1,998

)

(682

)

 

(6,410

)

Loss in subsidiaries

 

(13,632

)

 

 

 

 

13,632

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(19,149

)

$

(4,512

)

$

1,546

 

$

(10,068

)

$

(598

)

$

13,638

 

$

(19,143

)

 

iPCS, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2006

 

 

iPCS Inc.

 

iPCS
Wireless

 

iPCS
Equipment

 

Horizon
Per Com

 

Bright

 

Eliminations

 

iPCS
Consolidated

 

Total revenues

 

$

 

$

63,735

 

$

1,279

 

$

31,974

 

$

16,776

 

$

(1,279

)

$

112,485

 

Cost of revenues

 

 

(42,741

)

 

(22,685

)

(10,403

)

1,279

 

(74,550

)

Selling and marketing

 

 

(8,834

)

 

(5,260

)

(2,666

)

 

(16,760

)

General and administrative

 

(554

)

(3,729

)

(1

)

(2,673

)

(173

)

 

(7,130

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(8,672

)

(1,395

)

(11,012

)

(2,824

)

 

(23,903

)

Gain (loss) on disposal of property and equipment

 

 

(205

)

17

 

(55

)

 

6

 

(237

)

Total operating expenses

 

(554

)

(64,181

)

(1,379

)

(41,685

)

(16,066

)

1,285

 

(122,580

)

Other, net

 

(4,968

)

33

 

794

 

(2,037

)

(727

)

 

(6,905

)

Loss in subsidiaries

 

(11,484

)

 

 

 

 

11,484

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(17,006

)

$

(413

)

$

694

 

$

(11,748

)

$

(17

)

$

11,490

 

$

(17,000

)

 

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iPCS, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007

 

 

iPCS Inc.

 

iPCS
Wireless

 

iPCS
Equipment

 

Horizon
Per Com

 

Bright

 

Eliminations

 

iPCS
Consolidated

 

Operating activities

 

$

 

$

4,755

 

$

(1,596

)

$

(3,372

)

$

857

 

$

 

$

644

 

Investing activities

 

 

(6,685

)

1,596

 

(1,560

)

(610

)

 

 

(7,259

)

Financing activities

 

 

1,714

 

 

 

 

 

1,714

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(216

)

 

(4,932

)

247

 

 

(4,901

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

85,474

 

 

34,823

 

202

 

 

120,499

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

 

$

85,258

 

$

 

$

29,891

 

$

449

 

$

 

$

115,598

 

 

iPCS, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2006

 

 

iPCS Inc.

 

iPCS
Wireless

 

iPCS
Equipment

 

Horizon
Per Com

 

Bright

 

Eliminations

 

iPCS
Consolidated

 

Operating activities

 

$

 

 

$

10,355

 

$

150

 

$

326

 

$

443

 

$

 

$

11,274

 

Investing activities

 

 

(3,360

)

(150

)

(3,961

)

(717

)

 

(8,188

)

Financing activities

 

 

 

987

 

 

 

 

 

987

 

Increase in cash or cash equivalents

 

 

7,982

 

 

(3,635

)

(274

)

 

4,073

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

68,993

 

 

41,099

 

745

 

 

110,837

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

 

$

76,975

 

$

 

$

37,464

 

$

471

 

$

 

$

114,910

 

 

(11) Subsequent Events

On April 23, 2007, the Company closed its offering of $475 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured  notes, consisting of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of First Lien Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes (“First Lien Notes”) due 2013 and $175 million in aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes (“Second Lien Notes” and together with the First Lien Notes, the “Secured Notes”) due 2014 in a private placement transaction pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Secured Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company and are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by all the Company’s existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries.

Interest on the First Lien Notes will accrue at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 2.125% and will be payable quarterly in cash in arrears on February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1 of each year, commencing on August 1, 2007.  Interest on the Second Lien Notes will accrue at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 3.25% and will be payable quarterly in arrears on February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1 of each year, commencing on August 1, 2007.  Following the first interest payment on August 1, 2007, the Company may elect  to pay interest on the Second Lien Notes entirely in cash or entirely by increasing the principal amount of the Second Lien Notes (“PIK Interest”).  PIK Interest on the Second Lien Notes will accrue at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 4.0%.

The Company used a portion of the proceeds of the Secured Notes offering to repurchase all of its outstanding 11 ½% notes and 11 3/8% notes (see Note 6), as well as to pay the related fees and expenses of the offering.  In connection with Secured Notes offering, the Company will record additional expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2007, of approximately $34.2 million related to the tender offer premium and consent payments,  $7.4 million of additional interest expense to write off the remaining applicable deferred financing costs for the old notes and a reduction to interest expense of 

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approximately $10.9 million to write off the remaining outstanding unamortized balance of the purchase price fair value allocation to the 11 3/8% notes recorded in July 2005 related to the Horizon PCS merger (see Note 6).

The Company also intends to use the remaining net proceeds from the Secured Notes offering, together with approximately $58.0 million of its available cash, to pay a special cash dividend to common stockholders. On April 26, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a special cash dividend of $11.00 per share, or approximately $187.0 million in the aggregate, payable to all holders of record of the Company’s common stock on May 8, 2007.  The dividend will be paid on May 16, 2007.

On May 2, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved a resolution such that each stock option (collectively, the “Options”) that is outstanding under the iPCS Plan and the Horizon Plan  (see Note 8), on the trading day immediately preceding the trading day designated by The Nasdaq Stock Market as the ex-dividend date (the “Adjustment Date”) shall be adjusted as follows effective as of the opening of business on the ex-dividend date:

·                  The number of shares of stock then subject to each Option shall be adjusted by dividing the number of shares of stock then subject to the Option by the Adjustment Factor; and

·                  The exercise price of each Option shall be adjusted by multiplying the exercise price by the Adjustment Factor.

The “Adjustment Factor” was 0.78282 and is equal to one minus the percentage reduction in the closing sale price of a share of stock on the Adjustment Date reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market at the regular hours closing price (“Closing Price”) as compared to the Closing Price of a share of stock on the Adjustment Date minus $11.00.  In addition, on the Ex-Dividend Date, the Adjustment Factor will also be applied to the number of shares under the iPCS Plan and the Horizon Plan reserved for issuance; thereby increasing the number of shares available to issue by such Adjustment Factor.  With these modifications, the Company will record additional stock-based compensation expense of approximately $6.7 million, of which approximately $3.2 million will be recorded as of the date of modification and the remainder will be recognized over the remaining vesting period for the options.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

As used in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) ”Sprint PCS” refers to the affiliated entities of Sprint Nextel Corporation that are party to our affiliation agreements; (ii) ”Sprint” refers to Sprint Nextel Corporation and its affiliates; (iii) a “PCS Affiliate of Sprint” is an entity whose sole or predominant business is operating (directly or through one or more subsidiaries) a personal communications service business pursuant to affiliation agreements with Sprint Spectrum L.P. and/or its affiliates or their successors; (iv) ”Sprint PCS products and services” refers to digital wireless personal communications services, including wireless voice and data services, and related retail products, including handsets, in any case, offered under the Sprint brand name; and (v) ”our subscribers” refers to Sprint PCS subscribers who reside in our territory, excluding reseller subscribers.

Statements in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q regarding Sprint or Sprint PCS are derived from information contained in our affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS, periodic reports and other documents filed by Sprint with the SEC. This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains trademarks, service marks and trade names of companies and organizations other than us. Other than with respect to Sprint PCS, our use or display of other parties’ trade names, trademarks or products is not intended to and does not imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, the trade name or trademark owners.

The following is an analysis of our results of operations, liquidity and capital resources and should be read in conjunction with the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes related thereto included in this Form 10-Q. To the extent that the following Management’s Discussion and Analysis contains statements which are not of a historical nature, such statements are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. These risks include, but are not limited to the risk and uncertainties listed in the next section entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” and other factors discussed elsewhere herein and in our other filings with the SEC.

Forward-Looking Statements

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains statements about future events and expectations that are “forward-looking statements.” These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or the negative use of these terms or other comparable terminology. Any statement in this report that is not a statement of historical fact may be deemed to be a forward-looking statement. These forward-looking statements include:

·                     statements regarding our anticipated revenues, expense levels, liquidity and capital resources and operating losses; and

·                     statements regarding expectations or projections about markets in our territory.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Important factors with respect to any such forward-looking statements, including certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, include, but are not limited to:

·                     our dependence on our affiliation with Sprint;

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·                     the impact and final outcome of our litigation and arbitration against Sprint, Nextel and Sprint PCS, as well as the impact and outcome of the other litigation involving Sprint, Sprint PCS and another PCS Affiliate of Sprint;

·                     changes in Sprint’s affiliation strategy as a result of the Sprint/Nextel merger and Sprint’s acquisitions of other PCS Affiliates of Sprint;

·                     the ability of Sprint PCS to alter the terms of our affiliation agreements with it, including fees paid or charged to us and other program requirements;

·                     our dependence on back office services, such as billing and customer care, provided by Sprint PCS, and the costs we incur to obtain such services;

·                     changes or advances in technology in general, or specifically related to Sprint and its affiliates;

·                     competition in the industry and markets in which we operate;

·                     our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel;

·                     our potential need for additional capital or the need for refinancing any existing indebtedness;

·                     our potential inability to expand our services and related products in the event of substantial increases in demand for these services and related products;

·                     changes in government regulation;

·                     the competitiveness and impact of Sprint PCS’s pricing plans and PCS products and services on us;

·                     our subscriber credit quality;

·                     the potential for us to experience a continued high rate of subscriber turnover;

·                     inaccuracies in our financial information provided to us by Sprint PCS;

·                     our failure to maintain effective internal controls to satisfy the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires annual management assessments of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting;

·                     our rates of penetration in the wireless industry and in our territories;

·                     our significant level of indebtedness;

·                     adequacy of bad debt and other reserves;

·                     our anticipated future losses;

·                     our subscriber purchasing patterns;

·                     subscriber satisfaction with our network and operations, including with services provided to us by Sprint, such as billing and customer care;

·                     availability of an adequate supply of subscriber equipment to Sprint PCS and to us specifically;

·                     risks related to future growth and expansion, including subscriber growth;

·                     general economic and business conditions;

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·                     additional terrorist attacks; and

·                     effects of mergers and consolidations within the wireless telecommunications industry, particularly business combinations involving Sprint Nextel or affiliates of Sprint Nextel, and unexpected announcements or developments from others in the wireless telecommunications industry.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS No. 159”), to permit all entities to choose to elect, at specified election dates, to measure eligible financial instruments at fair value. An entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent reporting date, and recognize upfront costs and fees related to those items in earnings as incurred and not deferred. SFAS No. 159 applies to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, with early adoption permitted for an entity that has also elected to apply the provisions of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” An entity is prohibited from retrospectively applying SFAS No. 159, unless it chooses early adoption. SFAS No. 159 also applies to eligible items existing at November 15, 2007 (or early adoption date). We are still evaluating the impact of the implementation of SFAS No. 159 on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement 157, Fair Value Measurements, which defines fair value, provides guidelines for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements.  Statement 157 does not require any new fair value measurement but applies to the accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurement.  Statement 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We do not anticipate that the implementation of Statement 157 will have a material impact on our financial position, results of operation, or cash flows.

In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”), which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”. FIN 48 prescribes a comprehensive model for how a company should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that the company has taken or expects to take on a tax return. We adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007 and it did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Definitions of Operating Metrics

In this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section, we provide certain financial measures that are calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and as adjusted to GAAP (“non-GAAP”) to assess our financial performance. In addition, we use certain non-financial terms that are not measures of financial performance under GAAP. Terms such as net subscriber additions and churn are terms used in the wireless telecommunications industry. The non-GAAP financial measures of average revenue per user (“ARPU”) and cost per gross addition (“CPGA”) reflect standard measures of performance commonly used in the wireless telecommunications industry. The non-financial terms and the non-GAAP measures reflect wireless telecommunications industry conventions and are commonly used by the investment community for comparability purposes. The non-GAAP financial measures included in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are reconciled below in “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and, together with the non-financial terms, are summarized as follows:

·                     Net subscriber additions for the period represented is calculated as the gross new subscribers acquired in the period less the number of subscribers deactivated plus the net subscribers transferred in or out of our markets during the period.

·                     Average monthly churn is a measure of the rate at which subscribers based in our territory deactivate service on a voluntary or involuntary (credit-related) basis. We calculate average monthly churn based on the number of subscribers deactivated during the period (net of transfers out of our territory and those who deactivated within 30 days of activation) as a percentage of our average monthly subscriber base during the period divided by the number of months during the period.

·                     ARPU, or average revenue per user, is a measure of the average monthly service revenue earned from subscribers based in our territory. This measure is calculated by dividing subscriber revenues in our consolidated statement of operations by the number of our average monthly subscribers during the period divided by the number of months in the period.

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·                     CPGA, or cost per gross addition, is a measure of the average cost we incur to add a new subscriber in our territory. These costs include handset subsidies on new subscriber activations, commissions, rebates and other selling and marketing costs. We calculate CPGA by dividing (a) the sum of cost of products sold less product sales revenues associated with transactions with new subscribers, and selling and marketing expenses, net of stock-based compensation expense, during the measurement period, by (b) the total number of subscribers activated in our territory during the period.

·                     Licensed population represents the number of residents in the markets in our territory for which we have an exclusive right to provide wireless mobility communications services under the Sprint brand name. The number of residents located in our territory does not represent the number of wireless subscribers that we serve or expect to serve in our territory.

·                     Covered population represents the number of residents covered by our portion of the wireless network of Sprint. The number of residents covered by our network does not represent the number of wireless subscribers that we serve or expect to serve in our territory.

In this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” unless the context indicates otherwise, all references to “subscribers” or “customers” and other operating metrics mean subscribers or customers excluding subscribers of resellers known as Mobile Virtual Network Operators, or MVNOs, that use our network and resell wireless service under private brands.

Business Overview

As a PCS Affiliate of Sprint, we have the exclusive right to provide digital wireless personal communications services, or PCS, under the Sprint brand name in 80 markets including markets in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and Tennessee. The territory includes key markets such as Grand Rapids (MI), Fort Wayne (IN), the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee (Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol), Scranton (PA), Saginaw-Bay City (MI), and the Quad Cities region of Illinois and Iowa (Bettendorf and Davenport, IA, and Moline and Rock Island, IL). We own and are responsible for building, operating and managing the portion of the 100% digital, 100% PCS wireless network of Sprint PCS located in our territory. We offer national calling plans designed by Sprint PCS as well as local plans tailored to our markets. Our PCS network is designed to offer a seamless connection with the wireless network of Sprint PCS. We market Sprint PCS products and services through a number of distribution outlets located in our territory, including our company-owned retail stores, co-branded dealers, major national retailers and local third party distributors. As of March 31, 2007, our licensed territory had a total population of approximately 15.0 million residents, of which our wireless network covered approximately 11.4 million residents, and we had approximately 590,900 subscribers.

We recognize revenues from the provision of wireless telecommunications services to our subscribers, proceeds from the sale of handsets and accessories through channels controlled by us and roaming fees. Sprint PCS retains 8% of all service revenue collected from our subscribers (not including product sales or roaming charges billed to our subscribers) and 8% of all fees collected from other wireless service providers when their subscribers roam onto our network. We report the amount retained by Sprint PCS as an operating expense. In addition, Sprint PCS bills our subscribers for taxes, handset insurance and Universal Service Fund charges which we do not record. Sprint PCS collects these amounts from the subscribers and remits them to the appropriate entity.

Relationship with Sprint

Our relationship with Sprint is the most significant relationship we have. The terms of our relationship are set forth in our affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS. Pursuant to these affiliation agreements, we agreed to offer PCS services using Sprint’s spectrum under the Sprint brand name on a wireless network built and operated at our own expense. We believe that our strategic relationship with Sprint PCS provides significant competitive advantages. In particular, we believe that our affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS allow us to offer high quality, nationally branded wireless voice and data services for lower cost and lower capital requirements than would otherwise be possible.

Sprint’s merger with Nextel, which closed in August, 2005, has thrust our relationship with Sprint into a state of uncertainty, the resolution of which may have a material adverse effect on our business. As discussed in “—Commitments and Contingencies” below, Sprint’s merger with Nextel has been the subject of two separate lawsuits that we filed against Sprint in July 2005. Although we have received final orders in both lawsuits, Sprint has appealed the Illinois order.

 

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Accordingly, the final outcome of the dispute is still unknown pending appeal. In addition to our complaints, a number of other PCS Affiliates of Sprint also filed complaints against Sprint, Sprint PCS and Nextel, including AirGate PCS (a wholly owned subsidiary of Alamosa Holdings, Inc.), UbiquiTel, Inc., U.S. Unwired, Inc., Gulf Coast Wireless, Inc., Enterprise Communications Partnership and Northern PCS Services, LLC. With the exception of Northern PCS, whose complaint remains outstanding, Sprint has acquired each of these other PCS Affiliates of Sprint and the complaints have been dismissed.

We do not know the final outcome of our litigation against Sprint. If we do not prevail, Sprint may engage in conduct that has a material adverse effect on our business and operations. We intend to continue to enforce our rights to the fullest extent, but there is no assurance that we will prevail.

Effective January 1, 2007, Sprint increased its rates for certain back-office services Sprint provides to us.  We strongly disagree with these rates and have submitted the matter to arbitration.  Likewise, Sprint also decreased the reciprocal roaming rates we receive for voice and data when subscribers of Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint roam onto our network.  We strongly disagree with Sprint’s new roaming rates and plan to vigorously oppose them, including by submitting the matter to arbitration or litigation if necessary. See discussion below regarding both these rate issues with Sprint in “—Commitments and Contingencies.”

 Consolidated Results of Operations

Summary

For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, our net loss was $19.1 million and $17.0 million, respectively.  The higher net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was due primarily to higher subscriber acquisition costs and a 49% lower roaming margin from Sprint.  The higher subscriber acquisition costs of approximately $7.0 million reflected the substantial increase in gross additions for the quarter, growing from 57,400 for the three months ended March 31, 2006 to 75,700 for the three months ended March 31, 2007.  The lower roaming margin was due to the lower reciprocal roaming rates with Sprint and a $4.5 million increase in 3G roaming data expense paid to Sprint.  The increase in data expense was the result of higher kilobyte usage by our subscribers despite the lower reciprocal rate.  These increased costs were partially offset with lower depreciation and amortization costs.

 Presented below is more detailed comparative data and discussion regarding our consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 versus the three months ended March 31, 2006.

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2006

Results of operations for any period less than one year are not necessarily indicative of results of operations for a full year.

Management uses several key performance metrics to analyze the operations of our business. Below is a table setting forth the metrics that we use for the relevant time periods:

 

 

As of and For the
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2007

 

As of and For the
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2006

 

Total Subscribers

 

590,900

 

508,300

 

Net Subscriber Additions

 

29,700

 

13,000

 

Churn

 

2.3

%

2.6

%

ARPU

 

$

49.30

 

$

50.10

 

CPGA

 

$

371

 

$

369

 

 

Net Subscriber Additions.     Net subscriber additions increased by 16,700, or 129%, in the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006. In 2007, strong handset promotions, an increased number of net ported-in subscribers from other wireless carriers, and an increase of 29 exclusive co-branded dealer locations helped to drive new subscriber growth while the effectiveness of family add-a-phone plans helped to reduce churn, both of which contributed to the increase in net subscriber additions in the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.

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Churn.     Churn for the three months ended March 31, 2007 of 2.3% decreased from 2.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2006 due to improvements in both voluntary churn and churn from credit-related deactivations. At March 31, 2007 approximately 90% of our subscribers were under contract compared to 88% at March 31, 2006.

Average Revenue Per User.     ARPU for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same three months in 2006 decreased by $0.80.  We continue to experience decreasing voice revenue offset by increasing data revenue. Average monthly voice revenue per subscriber decreased 6% from $42.51 in the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to $40.10 in the three months ended March 31, 2007 which can be partially attributed to the continued growth of the family add-a-phone plans.  While these customers are not as likely to switch to another wireless company, or churn, their average revenue per user is lower due to the lower monthly recurring charge on add-a- phone rate plans.  Average monthly data revenue increased from $7.25 in the three months ended March 31, 2006 to $9.04 for the three months ended March 31, 2007. Data revenue continues to increase due to the popularity of our data products, including text messaging, downloading ringers, taking and receiving pictures, playing games and browsing the Internet.

Cost Per Gross Addition.     CPGA increased slightly from $369 for the three months ended March 31, 2006 to  $371 for the three months ended March 31, 2007.  Due to a 32% increase in gross additions in the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to this same period in 2006, fixed costs for gross additions dropped $31 per addition while the variable costs of commissions and subsidy costs increased $33 per gross addition in the three month period ended March 31, 2007 compared to 2006. At March 31, 2007, we operated 38 retail stores and managed 94 exclusive co-branded dealers compared to 38 retail stores and 65 exclusive co-branded dealers at March 31, 2006.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (All Revenues and Expenses in Thousands)

We utilize certain financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with GAAP to assess our financial performance. A non-GAAP financial measure is defined as a numerical measure of financial performance that (a) excludes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of excluding amounts, that are included in the comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the statement of income or statement of cash flows; or (b) includes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of including amounts, that are excluded from the comparable measure so calculated and presented. The non-GAAP financial measures discussed in “—Results of Operations” are ARPU and CPGA. A description of each of these non-GAAP financial measures is provided in “—Definition of Operating Metrics.” The following tables reconcile the non-GAAP financial measures with our consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, excluding subscriber data:

 

 

For the Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2007

 

For the Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2006

 

ARPU

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenue

 

$

85,021

 

$

75,406

 

Average subscribers

 

574,823

 

501,705

 

ARPU

 

$

49.30

 

$

50.10

 

 

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ARPU, which is utilized by most wireless companies to determine recurring monthly revenue on a per subscriber basis, is used by analysts and investors to compare relative subscriber revenue across the wireless industry. We use ARPU to assist in evaluating past selling performance and the success of specific rate plan promotions. We also use ARPU as a basis to forecast future service revenues.

 

 

For the Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2007

 

For the Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2006

 

CPGA

 

 

 

 

 

Selling and Marketing:

 

$

20,574

 

$

16,760

 

plus: Equipment costs, net of cost of upgrades

 

10,250

 

6,905

 

less: Equipment revenue, net of upgrade revenue

 

(2,577

)

(2,421

)

less: Stock-based compensation expense

 

(147

)

(69

)

CPGA costs

 

$

28,100

 

$

21,175

 

Gross adds

 

75,658

 

57,385

 

CPGA

 

$

371

 

$

369

 

 

CPGA is utilized by most wireless companies to determine their cost to acquire a new subscriber. CPGA is used by analysts and investors to compare us to other wireless companies. We use CPGA to evaluate past selling performance, the success of specific promotions and as a basis to determine the amount of time we must retain a new subscriber before we recover this cost. In addition, we use CPGA as a basis for budgeting.

Revenues.

The following table sets forth a breakdown of revenues by type:

 

 

For the Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2007

 

For the Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenue

 

$

85,021

 

$

75,406

 

Roaming revenue from subscribers of Sprint PCS and other PCS affiliates of Sprint

 

26,518

 

28,717

 

Roaming revenue from other wireless carriers

 

2,336

 

2,088

 

Reseller revenue

 

4,107

 

2,822

 

Equipment revenue

 

2,859

 

3,447

 

Other revenue

 

12

 

5

 

Total revenues

 

$

120,853

 

$

112,485

 

 

·                    Service revenue.   Service revenue is comprised of the monthly recurring charges for voice and data usage and the monthly non-recurring charges for voice and data minutes over plan, long distance, roaming usage charges, other feature revenues and late payment fee and early cancellation fee revenues. Deductions for billing adjustments and promotional credits are recorded as a reduction to service revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006, service revenue increased by $9.6 million, or 13%, with the increase in average subscribers contributing a $10.8 million increase in revenue offset with a decrease of $1.2 million due to the decrease in ARPU.

·                    Roaming revenue from subscribers of Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint.   We receive revenue on a per minute basis for voice traffic and per kilobyte basis for data traffic when subscribers of Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint use our network.  In addition, we receive toll revenue for any long distance calls made by these subscribers while roaming on our network. For the three months ended March 31, 2006, the reciprocal roaming rate for inbound and outbound roaming was $0.058 per minute for voice traffic ($0.10 per minute in certain markets in eastern and western Pennsylvania) and $0.0020 per kilobyte for data traffic. These rates were in effect through December 31, 2006; provided, however that the special rate for certain of our Pennsylvania markets will terminate on the earlier to occur of December 31, 2011 or the date that we achieve a subscriber penetration rate of at least 7% of our covered population in these markets. Effective January 1, 2007, these rates were reset to

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$.0403 per minute for voice traffic and $.001 per kilobyte for data traffic. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006, roaming revenue from subscribers of Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint decreased by $2.2 million, or 8%.  Voice roaming revenue decreased by $3.9 million due mainly to the decrease in the rate offset with a 3% increase in minutes of use.  Data roaming revenue increased by $1.7 millions due mainly to a 150% increase in data usage. We continue to experience increased growth in kilobyte data usage from subscribers of Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint as more subscribers utilize data products with their handsets. Roaming minutes and kilobytes from subscribers of Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint for the three months ended March 31, 2007 were 0.4 billion and 6.3 billion, respectively, compared to 0.4 billion and 2.5 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2006, respectively.

·                    Roaming revenue from other wireless carriers.   We receive roaming revenue from wireless carriers other than Sprint and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint when subscribers of such other wireless carriers roam in our territory. We do not have agreements with these other wireless carriers. Instead, we rely on roaming arrangements Sprint PCS has negotiated with them. We are paid on a per minute basis for voice traffic pursuant to these agreements.  For the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006, roaming revenue from other wireless carriers increased by $0.2 million, or 12%.  For the three months ended March 31, 2007, roaming minutes were 42.3 million compared to 19.0 million for the same period in 2006.  The average per minute rate decreased from $0.11 per minute for the three months ended March 31, 2006 to $0.06 per minute for the three months ended March 31, 2007.  Roaming minutes increased while the average per minute rate decreased due mainly to a new roaming agreement Sprint signed with Alltel in mid-2006.  This agreement has increased the number of roaming minutes we receive from Alltel, but at a rate significantly lower than what we had received in the first quarter of 2006.

·                    Reseller revenue.   Through Sprint PCS we allow resellers, known as MVNOs, such as Virgin Mobile, to use our network. Pursuant to these arrangements, we are paid on a per minute and per kilobyte basis. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006, reseller revenue increased $1.3 million, or 46%, due mainly to a 32% increase in reseller subscribers.  At March 31, 2007, we had approximately 245,200 reseller subscribers compared to approximately 185,500 at March 31, 2006.

·                     Equipment revenue.   Equipment revenue is derived from the sale of handsets and accessories to new customers and from current customers who upgrade their handsets through our retail and local distribution channels, in each case, net of sales incentives, rebates and an allowance for returns. Through June 18, 2006, our handset return policy allowed customers to return their handsets for a full refund within 14 days after the date of purchase. With respect to handsets sold after such date, we allow customers to return their handsets for a full refund within 30 days after the date of purchase.  For the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006, equipment revenue decreased by $0.6 million due mainly to lower equipment revenue related to upgrades.

·                     Other revenue.   For the three months ended March 31, 2007, other revenue consisted of equipment leasing revenue and restocking fees for handsets returned by our exclusive co-branded dealers.  For the three months ended March 31, 2006, other revenue consisted entirely of restocking fees for handsets returned by our exclusive co-branded dealers.

Cost of Service and Roaming.   Cost of service and roaming includes network operations expense, roaming expense relating to when our subscribers roam either on other Sprint PCS networks or other wireless carriers’ networks, back-office customer services provided by Sprint PCS, the provision for doubtful accounts, long distance expense, the 8% affiliation fee due to Sprint PCS for collected revenues and stock-based compensation expense. Network operations expenses include salaries and benefits for network personnel, cell site rent, utilities and maintenance expenses, fees relating to the connection of our cell sites to our switches and other transport and facility expenses. Roaming expense is our cost of our subscribers using Sprint PCS and other wireless carriers’ networks. Roaming expense on the Sprint PCS network is at the reciprocal rates as described above under “—Roaming revenue from subscribers of Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint.” Roaming expense when our subscribers use other wireless carriers networks is at rates as determined by the roaming agreements signed by Sprint PCS with these other wireless carriers. Cost of service and roaming was $73.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $65.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006. Of this $8.4 million increase, $2.8 million, or 34% of the total increase was due to higher average subscribers coupled with an increased  cash cost per user fee charged by Sprint.  Effective January 1, 2007, this rate increased from $6.75 per subscriber per month to $7.50 per subscriber per month. In the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to 2006, bad debt expense increased $1.3 million due to higher average write-offs and an overall deterioration of our customer aging. Roaming expense with

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Sprint increased $1.1 million; however voice roaming expense decreased $3.3 million due to the decrease in the reciprocal rate with Sprint, while data roaming expense increased $4.5 million due to a 285% increase in kilobyte usage in the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to this same period in 2006.  The remaining increase was due to the related costs of servicing a larger network and larger subscriber base.

At March 31, 2007, our network consisted of 1,621 leased cell sites and five switches.  At March 31, 2006, our network consisted of 1,515 cell sites and five switches.

Cost of Equipment.   Cost of equipment includes the cost of handsets and accessories sold or upgraded from our retail and local distribution channels. Cost of equipment for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and the three months ended March 31, 2006 was $13.2 million and $9.5 million, respectively, an increase of $3.7 million.  Cost of equipment for new activations increased $3.3 million, or 48%, in the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 due to a 48% increase in activations from our retail and local distribution channels. The remaining increase was due to higher equipment costs related to upgrades.

Selling and Marketing.   Selling and marketing expense includes the costs to operate our retail stores, advertising and promotional expenses, commissions, equipment subsidies and rebate expenses relating to new subscriber additions from national third parties and other Sprint-controlled channels and stock-based compensation expense. Selling and marketing expense for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2006 was $20.6 million and $16.8 million, respectively.   The increase of $3.8 million was due to higher variable costs related to handset subsidy, commissions and fees paid to Sprint for each new activation, all of which totaled $3.2 million.  This increase was a direct result of a 32% increase in subscriber additions in the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to 2006. For the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006, salaries and benefits increased $0.5 million due to 34 additional employees hired to support the growth in our retail and exclusive branded dealer channels.

General and Administrative.   General and administrative expenses include administrative salaries and benefits, legal fees, insurance expense, other professional expenses and stock-based compensation expenses.  For the three months ended March 31, 2007, general and administrative expenses totaled $6.9 million compared to $7.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, a decrease of $0.2 million or 3%.  Results for the three months ended March 31, 2006 included approximately $0.1 million in merger integration expenses and $3.1 million in Sprint litigation expenses.  This compares to $0 and $0.7 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2007.   Stock-based compensation expense included in general and administrative totaled approximately $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006.  Included in the stock-based compensation expense of $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was $0.6 million related to a modification to option award agreements held by our former chief operating officer in connection with his separation in January 2007.  In the three months ended March 31, 2007, we also incurred $0.4 million of severance expense related to this termination.

Depreciation and Amortization.   For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2006, depreciation and amortization expense totaled $19.4 million and $23.9 million, respectively. Of these amounts, amortization of intangibles totaled $7.6 million and $9.5 million for these same periods, respectively. At December 31, 2006, the intangible asset related to the iPCS Wireless subscriber base was fully amortized which decreased the amortization in 2007. Depreciation expense totaled $11.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to $14.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, a decrease of  $2.6 million.  During the three months ended March 31, 2006, we recorded additional depreciation expense of $2.1 million  due to a reduction in the remaining useful lives of Motorola equipment being replaced in the Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and New Jersey markets.

Interest Income.   For three months ended March 31, 2007 and the three months ended March 31, 2006, interest income totaled $1.5 million and $1.2 million, respectively. The increase was due to higher average invested cash balances and higher average yields earned on invested funds for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2006.

Interest Expense.   For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, interest expense was $8.0 million and $8.1 million, respectively.  Interest expense consists of interest on our 11-1/2% senior notes and 11-3/8% senior notes, net of capitalized interest. In the three months ended March 31, 2007, we capitalized interest of approximately $0.2 million compared to $47,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2006.

 

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`               Liquidity and Capital Resources

On April 23, 2007, we closed our offering of $475 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes, consisting of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of First Lien Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes (“First Lien Notes”) due 2013 and $175 million in aggregate principal amount of Second Lien Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes (“Second Lien Notes” and together with the First Lien Notes, the “Secured Notes”) due 2014 in a private placement transaction pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Secured Notes are senior secured obligations and are unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by all of our existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries.

Interest on the First Lien Notes will accrue at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 2.125% and will be payable quarterly in cash in arrears on February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1 of each year, commencing on August 1, 2007.  Interest on the Second Lien Notes will accrue at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 3.25% and will be payable quarterly in arrears on February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1 of each year, commencing on August 1, 2007.  Following the first interest payment on August 1, 2007, we may elect  to pay interest on the Second Lien Notes entirely in cash (“Cash Interest”) or entirely by increasing the principal amount of the Second Lien Notes (“PIK Interest”). PIK Interest on the Second Lien Notes will accrue at an annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus 4.0%.

We used a portion of the proceeds of the Secured Notes offering to repurchase all of our outstanding 11 ½% notes and 11 3/8% notes, as well as to pay the related fees and expenses of the offering.  We also intend to use the remaining net proceeds from the Secured Notes offering, together with approximately $58.0 million of our available cash, to pay a special cash dividend to common stockholders. On April 26, 2007, our Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of $11.00 per share, or approximately $187.0 million in the aggregate, payable to all holders of record  of our common stock on May 8, 2007.  The dividend will be paid on May 16, 2007.

After this dividend payment, we will be completely dependent on available cash on hand and operating cash flow to operate our business and fund our capital needs.  We believe our available cash and operating cash flow will be sufficient to operate our business and fund our capital needs for the foreseeable future.  However, our liquidity is dependent on a number of factors influencing our forecast of earnings and operating cash flows, including those discussed below in -“Recent Trends, Risks and Uncertainties That May Affect Operating Results, Liquidity and Capital Resources”.

Significant Sources of Cash

We generated $0.6 million in operating cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2007, compared to $11.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, a decrease of $10.6 million. The decrease was due to higher net losses and a decrease in non-cash items of $4.1 million, an increase in net working capital from Sprint of $4.1 million, offset with a decrease in other working capital items of $10.6 million.

For the three months ended March 31, 2007 we received $1.7 million in proceeds from the exercise of options representing approximately 108,500 shares.   This is compared to $1.0 million in proceeds from the exercise of options representing approximately 43,100 shares in the three months ended March 31, 2006  In addition, for the three months ended March 31, 2006, we received approximately $0.2 from the sale of used equipment.

Significant Uses of Cash

Cash flows used for investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2007 included $7.3 million for capital expenditures.  Included in this total was $5.7 million for new cell site construction and other network-related capital expenditures including $2.7 million for EVDO Rev. A equipment, and $1.6 million for new stores, store improvements,  IT and other corporate-related capital expenditures.

Cash flows used for investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2006 included $8.4 million for capital expenditures.  Included in this total was $5.1 million for the Nortel swap in our Horizon PCS markets, $1.5 million for new cell site construction and other related network capital expenditures, $0.8 million for new store and store improvements and $1.0 million for IT and other corporate-related capital expenditures.

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Principal payments on the Secured Notes discussed above  are not due until 2013 and 2014.  However, we expect that our annual cash interest payments will increase as a result of the larger principal amount of the Secured notes.  In addition, the interest rates on our new notes are variable, and the amount of our interest payments will be impacted by a change in interest rates.

Recent Trends, Risks and Uncertainties That May Affect Operating Results, Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have identified the following important trends and factors (as well as risks and uncertainties associated with such items) that could impact our future financial performance.  This section should be read in conjunction with the “Risks Related to Our Business, Strategy and Operations” section found in Item 1A of Part I of our annual report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2007 as updated by our risk factors included in Item 1A of Part II of this quarterly report.

·        To the extent that we continue to seek to accelerate our subscriber additions, we will incur significant upfront subscriber acquisition expenses (including the customer handset subsidy, commissions and promotional expenses) that initially will result in increased losses and reduced levels of cash flows from operating activities. In the three months ended March 31, 2007, we incurred $7.0 million more of subscriber acquisition costs compared to the same period in 2006 due to 32% more gross additions.  At the same time, competition in the wireless industry remains intense as more competitors enter the market via MVNO or other relationships with existing carriers, or through the acquisition of new wireless spectrum, such as the FCC’s Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum auction in 2006 and additional auctions of spectrum.  Unlimited minute and pre-paid plans, neither of which we currently offer, also continue to increase in popularity, offering consumers more alternatives.  Accordingly, we may incur higher per subscriber acquisition expenses and/or offer more aggressive rate plans in order to maintain or achieve our planned growth.  Alternatively, we may not be able to maintain or achieve our planned growth in subscribers or obtain sufficient revenue to achieve and sustain profitability.

·        We may experience a high churn rate, which may be increasing in the future due to credit-related deactivatons, increased competitive advertising, the relative attractiveness of competitors’ phones and pricing plans and continuing brand confusion related to the Sprint Nextel merger.   While our churn decreased in the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006, it is still higher than our competition.  If churn continues to remain high or increases over the long-term, we would lose the cash flows attributable to these subscribers and have greater than projected losses.

·         The voice portion of ARPU continues to decrease. The wireless industry is very competitive and continued pressure in pricing is expected in the future as a result of, among other things, increased focus on family plans. Although we believe that family plans should improve churn, these plans tend to lower voice revenue on a per subscriber basis. Although the data portion of ARPU continues to partially offset the decrease in voice ARPU, and is expected to continue to do so, declining voice ARPU resulting in lower overall ARPU will make it more difficult to obtain sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability.

·         We may experience higher costs to acquire subscribers. To the extent that we increase our distribution, we will increase the fixed costs in our sales and marketing organization. In addition, we may increase our marketing expenses and pay higher commissions in an effort to attract and acquire new subscribers. Also, more aggressive promotional efforts may lead to higher handset subsidies. With a higher CPGA, subscribers must remain our subscribers for a longer period of time at a stable ARPU for us to recover those acquisition costs.

·         Our operating costs continue to increase due to our larger number of subscribers served, the increased size of our PCS network, increases in roaming usage by subscribers based in our territory and an increase in collected revenue, upon which our 8% affiliation fee is calculated. If our subscriber base continues to increase, our operating costs will continue to increase. Our bad debt expense has been increasing and, to the extent that our subscriber base includes a higher number of sub-prime credit subscribers, may continue to increase in the future. In addition, we may incur significant wireless handset costs for existing subscribers who upgrade to a new handset as part of our promotional efforts to reduce churn. Outbound roaming kilobytes have been growing rapidly and are expected to continue to grow reflecting increased usage of data applications, thereby increasing our roaming expenses. As also discussed below in “—Commitments and Contingencies,” the costs we incur for certain back office services we obtain from Sprint increased on January 1, 2007. We expect to continue to incur

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substantial costs related to our litigation and arbitration with Sprint. At the same time, a large portion of our ongoing network and general and administrative expenses are fixed. We believe that we need to add more subscribers to recognize increased economies of scale in our business. If we are unable to add more subscribers or continue to improve the efficiencies in our operating costs, results will be negatively affected.

·         A substantial portion of our revenue (approximately 27% for the three  months ended March 31, 2007) is derived from roaming revenue from subscribers of Sprint PCS based outside our territory. Despite an increase in roaming voice minutes of use and roaming data kilobytes of use, our roaming revenue from Sprint PCS for the three months ended March 31, 2007 was negatively impacted by a lower reciprocal roaming rate that went into effect on January 1, 2007. In addition, there has been a significant slow down in Sprint PCS’s subscriber growth during the past 18 months which may adversely affect the growth in our roaming revenue from Sprint PCS, thereby reducing our ratio of  inbound to outbound roaming. This ratio declined in the first quarter of 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006 as well as a similar decrease in calendar year 2006, as compared to fiscal year 2005.  We expect it to continue to decline in the future, as well. If we receive less roaming traffic on our network, our results of operations will be negatively affected.

·        As we continue to add capacity and coverage and to upgrade our PCS network, we will incur significant capital expenditures. We incurred approximately $44.5 million in capital expenditures in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. In the three months ended March 31, 2007, we incurred $7.3 million in capital expenditures.  We anticipate that total capital expenditures for 2007 will be between $38.0 million and $42.0 million, of which, approximately $10.0 million will be spent for EVDO Rev. A deployment. Prior to 2007, we have deployed EV-DO technology in a small portion of our service area. During the first half of 2007 we will be selectively deploying additional EV-DO Rev. A technology but we may decide to expand our deployment during the year which may significantly increase our anticipated capital expenditures and operating expenses beyond our current plans. Unforeseen changes in technology and changes in our plans to upgrade or expand our network may require us to spend more money than we expected and have a negative effect on our cash flow.

·         We rely on Sprint for a number of important functions, including but not limited to, customer service, billing, long-distance transport services, national network operations, support, inventory logistics support, national advertising, product development, and financial information. Failure of Sprint to provide these and other services on a timely and cost efficient manner would negatively impact our results of operations. Sprint may also make decisions that could reduce our revenues, increase our expenses and/or our capital expenditure requirements and make our affiliate relationships with Sprint less advantageous than expected. For example, effective January 1, 2007, the rate that we pay for certain back-office functions that we purchase from Sprint increased by approximately 10%. See “—Commitments and Contingencies” below.

·         We may not be able to access the credit or equity markets for additional capital if the liquidity discussed above is not sufficient for the cash needs of our business. If the need for additional capital arises due to our actual results differing significantly from our business plan or for any other reason, we may be unable to raise additional capital.

Commitments and Contingencies

A substantial portion of our revenue is derived from roaming revenue when subscribers of Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint roam onto our network.  Effective January 1, 2007, the roaming rate paid to us by Sprint PCS and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint for voice is $0.043 per minute of use for the majority of our markets, and for data is $0.001 per kilobyte in all of our markets.  This compares with roaming rates in 2006 of $0.058 minute for voice and $.002 per kilobyte. These rates were fixed through December 31, 2006 and, now will change annually to equal 90% of Sprint PCS’s retail yield for voice usage and data usage from the prior year.   Such a reduction in the reciprocal roaming rates may have a material adverse effect on our business.  We expect to engage in discussions with Sprint about its proposed rates.  We strongly disagree with Sprint’s estimated new roaming rates and intend to vigorously oppose them, including by submitting the matter to arbitration or litigation if necessary.  If the matter is submitted to an arbitration panel and the arbitration panel imposes a rate different than the one then in effect, the new rate would be retroactively applied to the appropriate period. However, in the meantime, we began paying the new rates on January 1, 2007.

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We purchase certain customer-related back-office services, such as customer billing and customer care, from Sprint PCS pursuant to our affiliation agreement with Sprint PCS.  Depending on the type of service provided, we incur these costs on either a per user basis (these services are referred to as “CCPU services”) or on a per gross subscriber addition basis (these services are referred to as “CPGA services”).  The total cost for these services is recorded as an operating expense.  For the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, these expenses were approximately $13.0 million and $10.2 million, respectively.  Because we incur these costs on a per subscriber basis, we expect the aggregate cost for such services to increase as the number of our subscribers increases.  Our affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS set the monthly rate per subscriber charged to us by Sprint for the CCPU services at $7.25 during 2004, $7.00 for 2005 and $6.75 for 2006, and the per gross addition rate for the CPGA services at $23.00 for iPCS Wireless and $22.00 for Horizon.  Our affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS provide that beginning on January 1, 2007, the monthly rate for these services are reset by Sprint PCS to the amount necessary to recover Sprint PCS’s reasonable costs for providing such services.  Effective January 1, 2007, the costs we incur for the CCPU services increased from $6.75 per average monthly subscriber to $7.50 for 2007, $7.09 for 2008 and $6.81 for 2009, and the costs we incur for the CPGA services decreased to $20.09 for 2007, $19.41 for 2008 and $18.58 for 2009. Our affiliation agreements provide that, if we disagree with Sprint on its proposed new rates, we have the right to obtain the back-office services from a third party, self-provide the services or submit the determination of the new rates to arbitration.  We strongly disagree with Sprint’s new rates and intend to vigorously oppose them.  We have engaged in discussions with Sprint about its new rates; however, we have not been able to reach agreement on acceptable rates, and therefore, have submitted the matter to arbitration.  If the arbitration panel imposes a rate different than the one then in effect, the new rate would be retroactively applied to the appropriate period.  However, in the meantime, as of  January 1, 2007, we are required to pay the new higher rate.

Although Sprint PCS has not done so, it may elect to terminate any service provided under our services agreements upon nine months’ prior written notice, but if we would like to continue receiving such service, Sprint PCS has agreed that it will assist us in developing that function internally or locating a third-party vendor that will provide that service. Although Sprint PCS has agreed in such an event to reimburse us for expenses we incur in transitioning to any service internally or to a third-party, if Sprint PCS terminates a service for which we have not developed or are unable to develop a cost-effective alternative, our operating costs may increase beyond our expectations and our operations may be interrupted or restricted. We do not currently have a contingency plan if Sprint PCS terminates a service we currently receive from it.

On July 15, 2005, iPCS Wireless, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of iPCS, Inc., filed a complaint against Sprint and Sprint PCS in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. On July 22, 2005, Horizon Personal Communications, Inc. and Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC, wholly owned subsidiaries of iPCS, Inc., filed a complaint against Sprint and Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications, Inc. in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, New Castle County. The complaints allege, among other things, that following the consummation of the merger between Sprint and Nextel, Sprint will breach its exclusivity obligations under our affiliation agreements, as amended. We sought, among other things, a temporary restraining order (a TRO), a preliminary injunction and a permanent injunction enjoining Sprint and those acting in concert with it from engaging in certain conduct post-closing that would violate our affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS.

On July 28, 2005, iPCS, Inc. and certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries entered into a Forbearance Agreement with Sprint relating to the complaints filed against Sprint. The Forbearance Agreement sets forth our agreement that we would not seek a TRO or a preliminary injunction against Sprint so long as Sprint operates the Nextel business subject to the limitations set forth in the Agreement.  Although the Forbearance Agreement expired on January 1, 2006 in the territory managed by iPCS Wireless and on August 4, 2006 in the territory managed by Horizon Personal Communications and Bright Personal Communications Services, Sprint committed to continue to abide by the terms of the Forbearance Agreement in the territory managed iPCS Wireless during the pendency of Sprint’s appeal of the Illinois court (discussed below).

The trial in the Delaware court began in January 2006.  On August 4, 2006, the Delaware court issued its decision and, on September 7, 2006 issued a final order and judgment effecting its decision. The final order and judgment provides that:

·                  Sprint will violate the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing if it offers iDEN products and services using the same Sprint brand and marks that plaintiffs (Horizon Personal Communications and Bright Personal Communications Services) have used or are using in connection with their sale of Sprint PCS Products and Services (the “Sprint pcs brand and/or marks”) or a brand or mark confusingly similar to the Sprint pcs brand or marks in plaintiffs’ Service Areas.  Sprint may re-brand the legacy Nextel stores in plaintiffs’ Service Areas, but

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it must do so in a way that does not create a likelihood of confusion in the minds of consumers as to the sponsor of the store or which products and services are available in it, and it may not use the new Sprint logo.

·                  Within plaintiffs’ Service Areas, Sprint and those acting in concert with it are enjoined from:

·                  offering iDEN products and services that use the same or confusingly similar brands or marks as the Sprint pcs brand or marks; provided that Sprint is not enjoined or otherwise prohibited from conducting national advertising offering iDEN products and services that use the same or similar brands and marks as the Sprint pcs brands or marks, subject to appropriate disclaimers regarding availability in certain markets; and

·                  re-branding the legacy Nextel stores with the new Sprint logo or the same or confusingly similar brands or marks as the Sprint pcs brand and marks.

·                  In light of certain operational and confidentiality representations made by Sprint, plaintiffs’ claims and requests for relief against such future Sprint behavior were deemed not ripe for adjudication and therefore denied.  If, however, Sprint in the future breaches these representations, the court will promptly entertain a request for appropriate relief.

·                  Plaintiffs’ claims for tortious interference and civil conspiracy against Nextel were dismissed with prejudice.

The trial in the Illinois court was held for 25 days between early March and early July 2006.  On August 14, 2006, the Illinois court issued its decision and on September 20, 2006 issued a final order effecting its decision.  The final order provides that:

·                  Within 180 days of the date of the final order, Sprint and those acting in concert with it must cease owning, operating, and managing the Nextel wireless network in iPCS Wireless’s territory.

·                  Sprint shall continue to comply with all terms and conditions of the Forbearance Agreement.

On September 28, 2006, Sprint appealed the ruling of the Illinois trial court to the Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District.  In early October 2006, Sprint requested a stay of the Illinois trial court’s order pending appeal and an accelerated appeal.  On October 13, 2006, the Illinois appellate court denied Sprint’s request for an accelerated appeal and ordered a stay of the Illinois trial court’s order pending appeal on the condition that (i) Sprint continue to comply with the Forbearance Agreement and (ii) Sprint comply with the September 7, 2006 order of the Delaware court.  Accordingly, Sprint must comply with the Forbearance Agreement, as well as the order of the Delaware court, in iPCS Wireless’s territory pending a decision from the Illinois appellate court.

As of the date hearof, the parties have completed the briefing stage of the appeal and are awaiting the scheduling of oral arguments followed by a decision.  The Company expects a decision from the appellate court as soon as later this year or early 2008.

Nortel Networks Equipment Agreements

On December 29, 2006, we signed a letter of agreement with Nortel Networks to purchase EV-DO Rev. A equipment and services totaling up to $17.1 million in the aggregate. The $17.1 million commitment consists of a non-cancelable purchase of $8.9 million of equipment and services and an option to purchase an additional $8.2 million of equipment and services. Prior to December 31, 2006 we submitted a non-cancelable purchase order for $8.9 million of equipment and services and, therefore, have no further commitments under this letter of agreement. However, if we elect to exercise our option to purchase any additional equipment and services from Nortel Networks under this letter of agreement, then we are required to purchase the entire additional $8.2 million of equipment and services. In addition, if we elect to exercise this option after November 30, 2007, we will be required to pay an additional $1.0 million.  As of March 31, 2007, we have paid $4.1 million of the $8.9 million commitment and have received equipment totaling $2.2 million.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Other than the operating lease commitments included above, we have no off-balance sheet arrangements that would have a current or future material effect on the financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues, expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Seasonality

Our business is subject to seasonality because the wireless telecommunications industry historically has been dependent on fourth calendar quarter results. Among other things, the industry relies on moderately higher subscriber additions and handset sales in the fourth calendar quarter as compared to the other three calendar quarters. A number of factors contribute to this trend, including: the use of retail distribution, which is heavily dependent upon the year-end holiday shopping season; the timing of new product and service announcements and introductions; competitive pricing pressures; and aggressive marketing and promotions. In addition, our roaming revenue and roaming expense is subject to seasonality because of decreased travel of wireless subscribers into our territory during the winter months.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and require us to select appropriate accounting policies.  The assumptions and judgments we use in applying our accounting policies have a significant impact on our reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses.  While we believe that the assumptions and judgments used in our estimates are reasonable, actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We have identified the most critical accounting policies upon which our financial status depends.  The critical policies were determined by considering accounting policies that involve the most complex or subjective decisions or assessments. We also have other policies considered key accounting policies; however, these policies do not meet the definition of critical accounting policies because they do not generally require us to make estimates or judgments that are complex or subjective.  Our critical accounting policies include the following:

·                    Revenue recognition

·                    Allowance for doubtful accounts

·                    Long-lived asset recovery

·                    Intangible assets

·                    Income taxes

·                    Stock-based compensation expense

Additional information regarding these critical accounting policies can be found in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2007.

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ITEM 3.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We do not engage in commodity futures trading activities and do not enter into derivative financial instrument transactions for trading or other speculative purposes. We also do not engage in transactions in foreign currencies that could expose us to market risk.

ITEM 4.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Each of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Based on such evaluation, such officers have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in alerting them on a timely basis to material information relating to us (including our consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act.

We place reliance on Sprint PCS to adequately design its internal controls with respect to the processes established to provide financial information and other information to us and the other PCS Affiliates of Sprint. To address this issue, Sprint engages an independent registered public accounting firm to perform a periodic evaluation of these controls and to provide a “Report on Controls Placed in Operation and Tests of Operating Effectiveness for Affiliates” under guidance provided in Statement of Auditing Standards No. 70. This report is provided bi-annually to us.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II.   OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See  — “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —Commitments and Contingencies” of this report.

In addition to the above, from time to time, we are involved in various legal proceedings relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of business.  We are not currently a party to any such legal proceedings, the outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, is expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

ITEM 1A.   RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the other information in our subsequent filings with the SEC, including this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and stock price could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as updated by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties that are currently unknown to us or that we currently consider to be immaterial may also impair our business or adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and stock price.

Set forth below are updated versions of the following three risk factors that were included in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K:

·                  Our substantial leverage could adversely affect our ability to incur additional indebtedness if needed and could negatively affect our ability to service our debt.

·                  The merger between Sprint and Nextel and the outcome of our litigation relating thereto may have an adverse effect on us in ways that would be beyond our control.

·                  We may experience a high rate of subscriber turnover, which would adversely affect our financial performance.

Our substantial leverage could adversely affect our ability to incur additional indebtedness if needed and could negatively affect our ability to service our debt.

We are highly leveraged. In April 2007 we closed our offering of $475 million of new senior secured notes. The indentures governing these notes give us the flexibility to incur additional indebtedness secured on a pari passu basis with our first lien notes of up to $50.0 million without otherwise complying with any financial ratios. In addition, subject to the limits contained in the indentures governing our notes, we may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness from time to time, including additional first lien indebtedness and additional second lien indebtedness to finance working capital, capital expenditures, investments or acquisitions, or for other purposes. If we do so, the risks related to our high level of debt could intensify.

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial health by, among other things:

·   increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic conditions;

·        limiting our ability to obtain any additional financing we may need to operate, develop and expand our business;

·        limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate;

·        requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of any cash flow from our operating activities to service our debt, which reduces the funds available for operations and future business opportunities; and

·        potentially making us more highly leveraged than our competitors, which could decrease our ability to compete in our industry;

·        making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to the notes and our other debt; and

·        increasing our cost of borrowing.

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The ability to make payments on our debt will depend upon our future operating performance, which is subject to general economic and competitive conditions, the outcome of our litigation and arbitration proceedings against Sprint, and to financial, business and other factors, many of which we cannot control. If the cash flow from our operating activities is insufficient, we may take actions, such as delaying or reducing capital expenditures, attempting to restructure or refinance our debt, selling assets or operations or seeking additional equity capital. Any or all of these actions may not be sufficient to allow us to service our debt obligations. Further, we may be unable to take any of these actions on satisfactory terms in a timely manner or at all. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity. We may not be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Our failure to generate sufficient funds to pay our debts or to successfully undertake any of these actions could, among other things, result in our bankruptcy.

The merger between Sprint and Nextel and the outcome of our litigation relating thereto may have an adverse effect on us in ways that would be beyond our control.

We have been, and continue to be engaged in litigation with Sprint regarding its merger with Nextel. Although the Delaware ruling is final, the Illinois ruling is not, as Sprint has appealed the ruling.

The Delaware ruling does not protect us from all of the ways in which Sprint may operate the legacy Nextel business in a manner that would have a material adverse effect on us. To the extent that Sprint desires to exploit limitations of the Delaware ruling, our business may be adversely affected. For example, the ruling provides that Sprint may engage in limited re-branding of the legacy Nextel stores in our service area. We do not know how or if Sprint will attempt to re-brand the legacy Nextel stores in our service area. Additionally, in light of certain representations that Sprint made to the Delaware court, the ruling does not impose additional restrictions on Sprint’s use of our confidential information. It is difficult for us to monitor Sprint’s compliance with its representations as to confidentiality. If we believe that Sprint is violating the Delaware ruling, we may need to enforce the ruling through contempt proceedings in Delaware. On December 11, 2006, we filed a motion for contempt against Sprint in the Delaware court, which was denied without limiting our right to seek clarification of the final ruling or pursue additional relief with respect to Sprint’s use of certain brands and marks (such as “Fair & Flexible”) to offer iDEN products and services in the former Horizon PCS markets. We cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings.

With respect to the Illinois ruling, we cannot predict the outcome of the appeal. If we do not prevail on appeal, Sprint may be permitted to operate the legacy Nextel business in our territory in a manner that has an adverse effect on our business and operations. If we do not prevail on appeal, our stock price may be adversely affected. Additionally, the Illinois ruling has been stayed pending appeal. As a condition of the stay, Sprint must continue to comply with the Forbearance Agreement—which by its terms has expired—and the Delaware ruling in iPCS Wireless’s service area. As noted above, the Delaware ruling does not protect us from all of the ways in which Sprint may operate the legacy Nextel business in a manner that would have a material adverse effect on us. The protections afforded by the Forbearance Agreement are limited as well.

Notwithstanding the rulings and the Forbearance Agreement, Sprint’s ownership and operation of the legacy Nextel business in our territory has, among other things, caused customer confusion in our territory that is having an adverse effect on our business and operations.

On March 15, 2007, Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (“Shentel”) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, which is a PCS Affiliate of Sprint, entered into revised affiliation agreements with Sprint which settled all of its outstanding claims arising out of the Sprint Nextel merger and the subsequent acquisition by Sprint of Nextel Partners, Inc. Among other things, the revised affiliation agreements modify Shentel’s exclusivity in its service area, transfers to Shentel the Sprint operated Nextel stores located in its service area, allows Shentel to sell Sprint Nextel iDEN phones in its service area and requires Shentel to provide local iDEN customer service. In addition, the revised affiliation agreements provide Shentel and Sprint the right under certain circumstances to participate in future wireless service offerings within Shentel’s service area. The revised affiliation agreements with Shentel also substitute a new monthly Net Service Fee, which simplifies the methods used to settle revenue and expenses between Shentel and Sprint. In lieu of the current fees for voice and data roaming and CCPU and CPGA, Shentel is now required to pay Sprint a percentage of its billed revenue, which is currently 8.8%. The new Net Service Fee is designed to approximate the current settlements adjusted to reflect the new pricing for voice and data roaming and CCPU and CPGA. The Net Service Fee is also net of the expected annual cost to provide local customer service support to Sprint iDEN customers in its service area. The Net Service Fee is fixed until 2010, and can only be adjusted if the actual Net Service Fee (calculated by the same methods employed in setting the original rate) increases or decreases by more than two full percentage points. After 2010, either Shentel or Sprint may request a change if the Net Service Fee increases or decreases by more than one full percentage point. The Net Service Fee is capped at 12%, subject to certain exceptions.

We do not know whether it is possible to reach agreement on mutually satisfactory terms for revised affiliation agreements, particularly in light of our lawsuits. Any such revised affiliation agreements may require us to modify our exclusivity, make

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significant payments to lease or acquire assets relating to the legacy Nextel network in our territory, purchase legacy Nextel subscribers in our territory and/or commit to a further build-out and expansion of our PCS network beyond what is required under our existing affiliation agreements with Sprint PCS. There is no assurance that we will have adequate funds on hand or the ability to borrow such funds in order to acquire the network assets or subscribers or to otherwise modify our PCS network. In addition, any borrowing would increase our existing substantial leverage.

We believe that our stock price has been, and continues to be, affected by market speculation involving potential changes in our relationship with Sprint as a result of the Sprint-Nextel merger and the final outcome of our disputes with Sprint, including our pending litigation and arbitration proceedings against Sprint. We believe that the market speculation has been further fueled by changes in the relationships between Sprint and other PCS Affiliates of Sprint, including Sprint’s acquisition of six other PCS Affiliates of Sprint since August 2005. Accordingly, the price of our common stock has been, and may continue to be, volatile.

Moreover, as a result of Sprint’s acquisitions of PCS Affiliates, Sprint may not devote as much of its personnel and resources to us and the other three PCS Affiliates of Sprint, which may have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

We may experience a high rate of subscriber turnover, which would adversely affect our financial performance.

The wireless telecommunications industry in general, and Sprint PCS and the PCS Affiliates of Sprint in particular, including us, have experienced a high rate of subscriber turnover, commonly known as churn. We believe this higher churn rate has resulted from Sprint PCS’s programs for marketing its services to sub-prime credit subscribers and Sprint PCS’ focus on adding subscribers from the consumer segment of the industry, rather than the business segment. As a result, we have seen an increase in bad debt expense related to our subscribers which also leads to higher churn. Additionally, significant competition in our industry and general economic conditions may cause our future churn rate to be higher than our historical rate. Factors that may contribute to higher churn include:

·           inability or unwillingness of subscribers to pay, resulting in credit-related deactivations, which accounted for approximately 43% of our subscriber deactivations for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007;

·        subscriber mix and credit class, particularly sub-prime credit subscribers, which accounted for approximately 26% of our subscriber base as of March 31, 2007;

·        attractiveness of our competitors’ products, services and pricing, coupled with the wireless local number portability (“WLNP”) requirement enabling subscribers to keep their telephone numbers and thereby, making turnover easier;

·        network performance and coverage relative to our competitors;

·        customer service;

·        failure by Sprint or us to offer competitive rates, service offerings, handset pricing and customer retention benefits to existing customers;

·        any increased prices for services in the future;

·   customer confusion as a result of the Sprint-Nextel merger; and

·          any future changes by us in the products and services we offer or in the terms under which we offer our products or services, especially to sub-prime credit subscribers.

A high rate of subscriber turnover could adversely affect our competitive position, liquidity, financial position, results of operations and our costs of, or losses incurred in, obtaining new subscribers, especially because we subsidize most of the costs of initial purchases of handsets by subscribers. As a result of losses related to lower credit quality subscribers, our bad debt expense was $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 compared with $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006.

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ITEM 2.   UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

ITEM 3.   DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

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ITEM 4.   SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

None.

ITEM 5.   OTHER INFORMATION

None

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ITEM 6.   EXHIBITS

3.1

 

Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of iPCS, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on July 1, 2005)

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of iPCS, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 10-Q filed by iPCS, Inc. on February 14, 2006)

 

 

 

3.3

 

Certificate of Incorporation of iPCS Wireless, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Form S-4 filed by iPCS, Inc. on January 8, 2001)

 

 

 

3.4

 

Bylaws of iPCS Wireless, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Form S-4 filed by iPCS, Inc. on January 8, 2001)

 

 

 

3.5

 

Certificate of Incorporation of iPCS Equipment, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Form S-4 filed by iPCS, Inc. on January 8, 2001)

 

 

 

3.6

 

Bylaws of iPCS Equipment, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the Form S-4 filed by iPCS, Inc. on January 8, 2001)

 

 

 

3.7

 

Articles of Incorporation of Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the Form S-1 filed by iPCS, Inc. on August 11, 2005)

3.8

 

Bylaws of Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to the Form S-1 filed by iPCS, Inc. on August 11, 2005)

 

 

 

3.9

 

Articles of Incorporation of Horizon Personal Communications, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 to the Form S-1 filed by iPCS, Inc. on August 11, 2005)

 

 

 

3.10

 

Bylaws of Horizon Personal Communications, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to the Form S-1 filed by iPCS, Inc. on August 11, 2005)

 

 

 

4.1

 

Amended and Restated Common Stock Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2005, by and among iPCS, Inc., affiliates of Silver Point Capital, affiliates of AIG Global Investment Corp., the Timothy M. Yager 2001 Trust, Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P. and Apollo Overseas Partners IV, L.P. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. with the SEC on July 1, 2005)

 

 

 

4.2

 

Indenture dated as of April 30, 2004, by and among, iPCS Escrow Company, iPCS, Inc., iPCS Wireless, Inc., iPCS Equipment, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form S-4 filed by iPCS, Inc. with the SEC on August 5, 2004)

 

 

 

4.3

 

Indenture, dated as of July 19, 2004, by and among Horizon PCS Escrow Company, Horizon PCS, certain subsidiary guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form S-4 filed by Horizon PCS, Inc. with the SEC on March 19, 2005)

 

 

 

4.4

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2005, by and between U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and iPCS, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. with the SEC on July 1, 2005)

 

 

 

4.5

 

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2005, by and among iPCS, Inc., iPCS Wireless, Inc., iPCS Equipment, Inc., Bright PCS Holdings, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Form 10-Q filed by iPCS, Inc. on February 14, 2006)

 

 

 

4.6

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2005, by and among iPCS, Inc., Bright Personal Communications Services, LLC, Horizon Personal Communications, Inc., Bright PCS Holdings, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Form 10-Q filed by iPCS, Inc. on February 14, 2006)

 

 

 

 

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4.7

 

First Lien Indenture, dated as of April 23, 2007, by and among iPCS, Inc., the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

4.8

 

Second Lien Indenture, dated as of April 23, 2007, by and among iPCS, Inc., the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

4.9

 

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2007, by and among iPCS, Inc., the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.11 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

4.10

 

Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2007, by and among iPCS, Inc., the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.12 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

10.1

 

Purchase Agreement, dated April 11, 2007, by and among iPCS, Inc., the Guarantors, Banc of America Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Jefferies & Company, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

10.2

 

First Lien Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2007, by and among iPCS, Inc., the Guarantors, Banc of America Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Jefferies & Company, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

10.3

 

Second Lien Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2007, by and among iPCS, Inc., the Guarantors, Banc of America Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Jefferies & Company, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

10.4

 

First Lien Security Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2007, made by iPCS, Inc. and the Guarantors in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.7 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

10.5

 

Second Lien Security Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2007, made by iPCS, Inc. and the Guarantors in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.8 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

10.6

 

Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2007, between U.S. Bank National Association, as first lien collateral agent and U.S. Bank National Association, as second lien collateral agent agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.9 to the Form 8-K filed by iPCS, Inc. on April 25, 2007)

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

iPCS, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ TIMOTHY M. YAGER

 

 

Timothy M. Yager

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

Date:   May 10, 2007

 

 

 

By:

/s/ STEBBINS B. CHANDOR, JR.

 

 

Stebbins B. Chandor, Jr.

 

 

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

Date:   May 10, 2007

 

 

 

 

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