Goodwill, Regulatory Authorizations and Other Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

GOODWILL, REGULATORY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

GOODWILL, REGULATORY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill

The excess of the cost of an acquired business over the fair values of net tangible and identifiable intangible assets at the time of the acquisition is recorded as goodwill. Goodwill is assigned to the reporting units within our operating segments and is subject to impairment testing annually, or more frequently when events or changes in circumstances indicate the fair value of a reporting unit is more likely than not less than its carrying amount.

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, all of our goodwill was assigned to reporting units of our Hughes segment. We test this goodwill for impairment annually in the second quarter. Based on our impairment testing in the second quarter of 2018, our goodwill is considered to be not impaired.

Regulatory Authorizations

Regulatory authorizations included amounts with both finite and indefinite useful lives. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, regulatory authorization balances, net of accumulated amortization, were $494 million and $496 million, respectively.

Other Intangible Assets

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, accumulated amortization for our other intangible assets was $321 million and $317 million, respectively.