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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 27, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Net revenues $ 53,494,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 48,284,000us-gaap_Revenues    
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent 7,826,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 8,981,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss    
Feeney Wireless        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Net revenues     300,000us-gaap_Revenues
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Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent     (400,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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Feeney Wireless        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Total purchase price       24,777,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Cash payments       9,268,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Escrow amount and certain other pre-closing adjustments       1,500,000nvtl_PaymentstoAcquireBusinessesEscrowAmountandOtherPreClosingAdjustmentsPaid
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Other assumed liabilities       509,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred
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Future issuance of common stock       15,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
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Maximum contingent earn-out       25,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
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Period to pay contingent earn-out       4 years
Feeney Wireless | Accrued Liabilities        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Fair value of contingent consideration 100,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
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  100,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
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Feeney Wireless | General and Administrative Expense        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Acquisition costs $ 900,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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