Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities.

Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

6. Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities

Accrued expenses consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

	December 31,
	2017		2016
Salaries and benefits	$	7,875	$	11,662
Interest		2,890		2,583
Other taxes		971		1,048
	$	11,736	$	15,293

Other current liabilities consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

	December 31,
	2017		2016
Other postretirement benefits, current	$	3,226	$	3,332
Installment financing contracts, current		2,978		2,157
Other		570		838
	$	6,774	$	6,327

Other liabilities, noncurrent, consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

	December 31,
	2017		2016
Deferred revenue, noncurrent	$	28,036	$	7,453
Installment financing contracts, noncurrent		8,982		8,692
Other		1,909		2,094
	$	38,927	$	18,239

Deferred revenue includes advance billings of capacity and other services related to the Company’s trans-Pacific cable as more fully described in Note 13.