PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET [Abstract]

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:

	As of December 31,
	2011			2012
Computer and transmission equipment	$	10,246,858		$	11,277,560
Furniture and office equipment		812,019			824,806
Motor vehicles		747,186			783,060
Leasehold improvements		2,327,099			2,606,638
Communication equipment		348,602			292,188
Office building		683,077			684,305
		15,164,841			16,468,557
Less: accumulated depreciation		(11,544,562	)		(13,403,071	)
	$	3,620,279		$	3,065,486

Depreciation expenses for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2011 and 2012 are $2,170,855, $2,165,883 and $2,175,564 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.

+ References+ Details