Organization (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Taxation Textual [Abstract]

Schedule of variable interest entities

Entity	Date of incorporation/ Acquisition	Place of incorporation	Percentage of direct or indirect ownership by the Company	Principal activities
			Direct
Subsidiaries:
BORQS International	July 27, 2007	Cayman	100%	Holding company
BORQS Hong Kong Limited ("Borqs HK")	July 19, 2007	Hong Kong	100%	Provision of software and service solutions and hardware products sales
BORQS Beijing Ltd. ("Borqs Beijing") (1)	September 4, 2007	PRC	100%	Provision of software and service solutions and hardware products sales
BORQS Software Solutions Private Limited ("Borqs India")	July 17, 2009	India	100%	Provision of software and service solutions
VIE:
Beijing Big Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd. ("Big Cloud Network") (1) / (2)	April 18, 2014	PRC	Nil	Holding company
Subsidiaries of the VIE:
Yuantel (Beijing) Investment Management Co., Ltd. ("Yuantel") (2) / (3)	July 11, 2014	PRC	79%	Holding company
Yuantel (Beijing) Telecommunications Technology Co., Ltd. ("Yuantel Telecom") (2) / (3)	July 11, 2014	PRC	75.05%	Provision of MVNO and other services

(1) Collectively, the "PRC Subsidiaries".

(2) Collectively, the "Consolidated VIEs".

(3) On July 11, 2014, Borqs International through Big Cloud Network acquired the controlling interest in Yuantel and its subsidiary.

Schedule of wholly owned consolidated VIEs and the subsidiaries

	As of December 31,
	2017		2018
	$		$
Carrying amounts of major classes of assets included as part of the assets held for sale
Cash and cash equivalents		51		336
Restricted cash		3,459		708
Accounts receivable		2,565		97
Receivable from MVNO franchisees		3,514		377
Inventories		221		154
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		423		883
Current assets held for sale		10,233		2,555
Property and equipment, net		858		637
Intangible assets, net		8,330		7,175
Goodwill		736		701
Deferred tax assets		940		-
Other non-current assets		81		1,908
Non-current assets held for sale		10,945		10,421
Total assets of the Consolidated VIEs classified as held for sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheets		21,178		12,976
Carrying amounts of major classes of liabilities included as part of liabilities held for sale
Accounts payable		4,143		1,739
Accrued expenses and other payables		4,038		4,055
Amounts due to continuing operations		14,279		9,354
Advances from customers		-		50
Deferred revenues		5,904		3,491
Short-term bank borrowings		-		36
Current liabilities held for sale		28,364		18,725
Deferred tax liabilities		1,500		1,779
Non-current liabilities held for sale		1,500		1,779
Total liabilities of the Consolidated VIEs classified as held for sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheets		29,864		20,504

	For the years ended December 31,
	2016			2017			2018
	$			$			$
Net revenues		35,138			32,074			27,359
Cost of revenues		(30,493	)		(23,647	)		(18,587	)
Total gross profit		4,645			8,427			8,772
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing expenses		(4,322	)		(4,979	)		(5,067	)
General and administrative expenses		(3,479	)		(2,702	)		(3,691	)
Research and development expenses		(347	)		(249	)		(1,320	)
Total operating expenses		(8,148	)		(7,930	)		(10,078	)
Other operating income		38			-			-
Operating (loss) income		(3,465	)		497			(1,306	)
Interest income (expense), net		102			(35	)		10
Other (expense) income, net		(58	)		(54	)		(4	)
(Loss) income from discontinued operation, before income taxes		(3,421	)		408			(1,300	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		585			23			(1,641	)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations		(2,836	)		431			(2,941	)

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2016			2017			2018
	$			$			$
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net (loss) income		(2,836	)		431			(2,941	)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities:
Provision on prepaid expenses and other current assets		-			-			2,617
Depreciation of property and equipment		220			232			269
Amortization of intangible assets		1,134			1,108			975
Deferred income tax benefits		(585	)		(23	)		1,641
Changes in operating assets and liabilities		(61	)		1,241			(3,972	)
Net cash (used in) generated from operating activities		(2,128	)		2,989			(1,411	)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of property and equipment		(353	)		(204	)		(80	)
Purchases of intangible assets		(281	)		(77	)		(1,011	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(634	)		(281	)		(1,091	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from short-term bank and other borrowings		721			-			36
Repayments of short-term bank and other borrowings		-			(765	)		-
Net cash generated from (used in) financing activities		721			(765	)		36
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash		(2,041	)		1,943			(2,466	)
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year		3,608			1,567			3,510
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year		1,567			3,510			1,044