To get an idea of this potential reduction in value, an increase of just 5% to our base manufacturing cost forecast can reduce our SunPower stock price estimate by almost 15%.

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And perhaps equally as important is the price, which many estimate is a mere fraction of the cost of building new radio networks from scratch and equipping all officials with new walkie-talkies.

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