Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

4. Discontinued Operations

On August 5, 2010, Stellar Satellite Communications, Ltd. (“Stellar”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Quake Global, Inc., a manufacturer of satellite communicators to purchase Stellar. Under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company will receive royalty payments contingent on future product sales of inventory as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement. The Company will recognize the future royalty payments when they are received and the contingency is resolved in accordance with FASB Topic ASC 450 “Contingencies”. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company received royalty payments totaling $12 and $111, respectively, which are included in continuing operations in its condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company did not recognize any royalty payments in its condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company had no discontinued operations.

A summary of discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 is as follows:

	Three months ended			Nine months ended
	September 30, 2010			September 30, 2010
Revenues- Product sales	$	119		$	548
Loss from discontinued operations	$	(113	)	$	(3,683	)