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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]      
Federal statutory rate 35.00%spok_FederalStatutoryRate    
Decrease in current state income tax expense $ 100,000spok_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxExpense    
Federal net operating losses to be utilized 308,600,000spok_EstimatedOperatingLossCarryforwardsRemainingAfterUtilization    
Estimated net operating losses to be utilized in preparing the 2012 Federal income tax return 44,300,000spok_EstimatedOperatingLossCarryforwardsToBeUtilized    
Limited net operating losses under Section 382 6,100,000spok_OperatingLossCarryforwardsLimitAmountUnderInternalRevenueCode    
Net operating loss carry-forward under Section 382 264,300,000spok_EstimatedOperatingLossToBeUtilizedPerYearAsPerInternalRevenueCode    
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance 114,190,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 119,277,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Reduction of deferred income tax assets 17.50%spok_ValuationAllowancePercentageOfNetDeferredTaxAssetsRealized 19.50%spok_ValuationAllowancePercentageOfNetDeferredTaxAssetsRealized  
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance 5,100,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesPeriodIncreaseDecrease    
Federal income tax at statutory rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Uncertain income tax positions 0us-gaap_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsCurrent 0us-gaap_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsCurrent  
Unrecognized tax benefits 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits  
Foreign operations [Member]      
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]      
Foreign NOLs available for future years 700,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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Foreign tax credits $ 500,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
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Minimum [Member] | State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]      
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]      
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Applicable Statute of Limitations 3 years    
Maximum [Member] | State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]      
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]      
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Applicable Statute of Limitations 4 years