Number of customers represented greater than sixteen percent of gross accounts receivable.

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Number of customers represented greater than twenty one percent of gross accounts receivable.

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Number of customers that represent more than 10% of the Company's total revenue.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
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Number of customers representing 21% or more of gross accounts receivable			1
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Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
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Number of customers representing 10% or more of revenue		0
Accounts Receivable \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
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