Property and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Note 7. Property and Equipment, Net

As of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, property and equipment consisted of the following:


	Average
	Estimated
	Useful		December 31,		December 31,
Property and equipment	Lives		2019		2018
Furniture and fixtures		5	$	171	$	168
Computer, communication and network equipment		3 - 10		17,450		21,009
Software		5		4,150		5,311
Automobiles		5		13		13
Leasehold improvements		5		131		—
Software development		1		8,552		1,735
Total property and equipment				30,467		28,236

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization				(24,205)		(22,792)
Total property and equipment, net			$	6,262	$	5,444

Computers, communications and network equipment includes the capitalization of our systems engineering and software programming activities. Typically, these investments pertain to the Company’s:

Intelligent Network (IN) platform;

CRM provisioning Software;

Mediation, Rating & Pricing engine;

ValidSoft security software applications;

Operations and business support software; and

Network management tools.

The total amount of product development costs (internal use software costs) that are capitalized in property and equipment during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $6,363 and $1,282, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company amortized $3,269 and $901 of software development, respectively. Total property and equipment depreciation and software development amortization expenses were $5,919 and $4,165 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.