Segment Reporting

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Segment Reporting

Segment Reporting

14.    Segment Reporting

Operating segments are components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available and regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker(s) of an enterprise. Operating income is the primary measure used by our chief operating decision maker to evaluate segment operating performance. We currently operate three primary business segments: (1) Pay-TV; (2) Retail Wireless and (3) 5G Network Deployment. See Note 1 for further information.

All other and eliminations primarily include intersegment eliminations related to intercompany debt and the related interest income and interest expense, which are eliminated in consolidation.

The total assets, revenue and operating income, and purchases of property and equipment (including capitalized interest related to Regulatory authorizations) by segment were as follows:

	As of December 31,
	2023		2022
	(In thousands)
Total assets:
Pay-TV	$	49,437,958	$	46,295,495
Retail Wireless		777,957		2,798,561
5G Network Deployment (1)		46,793,378		43,462,443
Eliminations (1)		(45,596,262)		(39,949,937)
Total assets	$	51,413,031	$	52,606,562

(1) The increase primarily resulted from intercompany advances for capital expenditures related to our 5G Network Deployment.

							All
					5G Network		Other &		Consolidated
	Pay-TV		Retail Wireless		Deployment		Eliminations		Total
	(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Total revenue	$	11,571,159	$	3,692,372	$	91,928	$	(60,371)	$	15,295,088
Depreciation and amortization		381,292		221,968		620,685		(42,024)		1,181,921
Operating income (loss)		2,699,810		(643,184)		(1,881,369)		—		175,257
Interest income		2,604,599		27		3,041		(2,502,251)		105,416
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized		(1,290,099)		(64,565)		(1,186,468)		2,502,251		(38,881)
Other, net		74,114		(1,793,387)		(22,603)		—		(1,741,876)
Income tax (provision) benefit, net		(578,739)		201,091		749,310		—		371,662
Net income (loss)		3,509,685		(2,300,018)		(2,338,089)		—		(1,128,422)
Year Ended December 31, 2022
Total revenue	$	12,505,392	$	4,135,129	$	65,768	$	(26,882)	$	16,679,407
Depreciation and amortization		428,471		177,914		131,566		(20,878)		717,073
Operating income (loss)		2,933,898		(77,264)		(810,968)		—		2,045,666
Interest income		1,872,645		5		—		(1,829,874)		42,776
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized		(1,036,829)		(49,123)		(766,703)		1,829,874		(22,781)
Other, net		1,264		1,012,147		25,571		—		1,038,982
Income tax (provision) benefit, net		(911,955)		(219,720)		399,939		—		(731,736)
Net income (loss)		2,859,023		666,045		(1,152,161)		—		2,372,907
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Total revenue	$	12,928,707	$	4,897,205	$	73,889	$	(18,695)	$	17,881,106
Depreciation and amortization		538,836		176,833		23,005		(13,822)		724,852
Operating income (loss)		3,075,579		343,785		(216,329)		—		3,203,035
Interest income		1,346,502		6		—		(1,335,170)		11,338
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized		(819,510)		(1,309)		(530,525)		1,335,170		(16,174)
Other, net		(2,917)		26,695		(3,221)		—		20,557
Income tax (provision) benefit, net		(853,362)		(95,982)		186,534		—		(762,810)
Net income (loss)		2,746,292		273,195		(563,541)		—		2,455,946

			Retail		5G Network
	Pay-TV		Wireless		Deployment		Total
	(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Purchases of property and equipment (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations)	$	242,736	$	—	$	3,748,624	$	3,991,360
Year Ended December 31, 2022
Purchases of property and equipment (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations)	$	131,093	$	—	$	3,580,518	$	3,711,611
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Purchases of property and equipment (including capitalized interest related to regulatory authorizations)	$	173,485	$	—	$	1,790,042	$	1,963,527

Geographic Information. Revenue is attributed to geographic regions based upon the customer billing location. Long-lived assets are associated with the geographic regions based upon the location where the asset resides.  All revenue was derived from North America, with all service revenue coming from the United States. Substantially all of our long-lived assets reside in the United States.

The revenue from external customers disaggregated by major revenue source was as follows:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
Category:	2023		2022		2021
	(In thousands)
Pay-TV subscriber and related revenue	$	11,385,961	$	12,360,601	$	12,787,485
Retail wireless services and related revenue		3,337,240		3,653,909		4,142,883
Pay-TV equipment sales and other revenue		185,198		144,791		141,222
Retail wireless equipment sales and other revenue		355,132		481,220		754,322
5G network deployment equipment sales and other revenue		91,928		65,768		73,889
Eliminations		(60,371)		(26,882)		(18,695)
Total	$	15,295,088	$	16,679,407	$	17,881,106