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Our patent portfolio may not be as successful in generating licensing income with respect to other technologies as it has been for CDMA-based technologies. Global economic conditions that impact the wireless communications industry could negatively affect our revenues and operating results. We derive a significant portion of our royalty revenues in our QTL segment from a limited number of licensees and our future success depends on the ability of our licensees to obtain market acceptance for their products. The enforcement and protection of our intellectual property rights may be expensive and could divert our valuable resources. Claims by other companies that we infringe their intellectual property or that patents on which we rely are invalid could adversely affect our business. Our industry is subject to competition that could result in decreased demand for our products and the products of our customers and licensees and/or declining average selling prices for our licensees products and our products, negatively affecting our revenues and operating results. Attempts by certain companies, if successful, to amend or modify Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) and other industry forums intellectual property policies could impact our licensing business. Our suppliers may also be our competitors, putting us at a disadvantage for pricing and capacity allocation. Currency fluctuations could negatively affect future product sales or royalty revenues, harm our ability to collect receivables, or increase the U.S. dollar cost of the activities of our foreign subsidiaries and international strategic investments. We may engage in acquisitions or strategic transactions or make investments that could result in significant changes or management disruption and fail to enhance stockholder value. FLO TV does not fully control promotional activities necessary to stimulate demand for our services that are offered through the wireless operator channel. Our stock price may be volatile. Changes in assumptions used to estimate the values of share-based compensation have a significant effect on our reported results. The high amount of capital required to obtain radio frequency licenses, deploy and expand wireless networks and obtain new subscribers could slow the growth of the wireless communications industry and adversely affect our business. Our business and operations would suffer in the event of system failures. Government regulation and policies of industry standards bodies may adversely affect our business.

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