Goodwill and Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Note 10. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired business over the estimated fair values of the underlying net tangible and intangible assets.

Goodwill consisted of the following:


Balance at January 1, 2013	$	14,740
Addition resulting from the acquisition of MobileNet		2,900
Addition resulting from the acquisition of GlobalTrak		2,464
Addition resulting from the acquisition of SENS		231

Balance at December 31, 2013	$	20,335

Goodwill is allocated to the Company’s one reportable segment which is its only reporting unit.

The Company’s intangible assets consisted of the following:


	Useful life (years)		December 31, 2013							December 31, 2012
	Useful life (years)		Cost		Accumulated amortization			Net		Cost		Accumulated amortization			Net
Customer lists		5, 7 and 10	$	7,450	$	(1,183	)	$	6,267	$	3,820	$	(776	)	$	3,044
Patents and technology		5 and 10		5,980		(1,398	)		4,582		4,610		(563	)		4,047
Trade names and trademarks		3, 5 and 10		1,090		(303	)		787		860		(160	)		700

			$	14,520	$	(2,884	)	$	11,636	$	9,290	$	(1,499	)	$	7,791

The weighted-average amortization period for the intangible assets is 9.5 years. The weighted-average amortization periods for customer lists, patents and technology and trademarks are 9.5, 9.5 and 8.7 years, respectively.

Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $1,385, $1,024 and $1,589, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense for intangible assets is as follows:


Years ending December 31,
2014	$	1,591
2015		1,591
2016		1,588
2017		1,439
2018		1,401
Thereafter		4,026

	$	11,636

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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