PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:

	As of December 31,
	2010			2011

Computer and transmission equipment	$	8,211,532		$	10,246,858
Furniture and office equipment		747,805			812,019
Motor vehicles		664,968			747,186
Leasehold improvements		2,210,221			2,327,099
Communication equipment		335,594			348,602
Office building		649,867			683,077
		12,819,987			15,164,841
Less: accumulated depreciation		(9,081,389	)		(11,544,562	)
	$	3,738,598		$	3,620,279

Depreciation expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011 are $1,809,788, $2,170,855 and $2,165,883 respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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