Management believes analysts and investors use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure to evaluate
overall operating performance and facilitate comparisons with other wireless communications companies because it is indicative of T - Mobile's ongoing operating performance and trends by excluding the impact of interest expense from financing, non-cash depreciation and amortization from capital investments, non-cash stock - based
compensation, network decommissioning costs as they are not indicative of T - Mobile's ongoing operating performance and
certain other nonrecurring income and expenses.
Additionally, in the fourth quarter of 2009, based on recommendations from our CEO to the
Compensation Committee, the Compensation Committee reviewed certain officers» overall contribution and recommended additional equity option grants as a first step in modifying Executive Officer compensation — especially those with longer tenures with us — consistent with the
Compensation Committee, the
Compensation Committee reviewed certain officers» overall contribution and recommended additional equity option grants as a first step in modifying Executive Officer compensation — especially those with longer tenures with us — consistent with the
Compensation Committee reviewed
certain officers»
overall contribution and recommended additional equity option grants as a first step in modifying Executive Officer
compensation — especially those with longer tenures with us — consistent with the
compensation — especially those with longer tenures with us — consistent with the goals above.