Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Selected Financial Data for Segments

Three months ended March 31, 2017

(in thousands)

	Wireless		Cable		Wireline		Other			Eliminations			Consolidated Totals
External revenues
Service revenues	$	108,186	$	26,411	$	5,048	$	—		$	—		$	139,645
Other	6,042		2,035		6,158		—			—			14,235
Total external revenues	114,228		28,446		11,206		—			—			153,880
Internal revenues	1,235		567		7,948		—			(9,750		)	—
Total operating revenues	115,463		29,013		19,154		—			(9,750		)	153,880
Operating expenses
Costs of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below	38,318		15,228		9,273		—			(9,058		)	53,761
Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below	28,464		4,858		1,676		5,847			(692		)	40,153
Integration and acquisition expenses	3,792		—		—		697			—			4,489
Depreciation and amortization	35,752		5,788		3,132		132			—			44,804
Total operating expenses	106,326		25,874		14,081		6,676			(9,750		)	143,207
Operating income (loss)	$	9,137	$	3,139	$	5,073	$	(6,676	)	$	—		$	10,673

Three months ended March 31, 2016

 (in thousands)

	Wireless		Cable		Wireline		Other			Eliminations			Consolidated Totals
External revenues
Service revenues	$	52,179	$	24,340	$	4,960	$	—		$	—		$	81,479
Other	3,203		1,846		6,043		—						11,092
Total external revenues	55,382		26,186		11,003		—			—			92,571
Internal revenues	1,136		260		7,376					(8,772		)	—
Total operating revenues	56,518		26,446		18,379		—			(8,772		)	92,571
Operating expenses
Costs of goods and services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below	16,578		14,647		8,643		—			(8,106		)	31,762
Selling, general and administrative, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below	11,514		5,108		1,605		3,865			(666		)	21,426
Integration and acquisition expenses	—		—		—		332			—			332
Depreciation and amortization	8,494		6,095		3,033		117			—			17,739
Total operating expenses	36,586		25,850		13,281		4,314			(8,772		)	71,259
Operating income (loss)	$	19,932	$	596	$	5,098	$	(4,314	)	$	—		$	21,312

Reconciliation of Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations from Segments to Consolidated

A reconciliation of the total of the reportable segments’ operating income (loss) to consolidated income (loss) before taxes is as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2017			2016
Total consolidated operating income	$	10,673		$	21,312
Interest expense	(9,100		)	(1,619		)
Non-operating income, net	1,375			556
Income before income taxes	$	2,948		$	20,249

Assets by Segment

The Company’s assets by segment are as follows:

(in thousands)	March 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
Wireless	$	1,039,211		$	1,101,716
Cable	220,519			218,471
Wireline	116,390			115,282
Other	1,070,204			1,059,898
Combined totals	2,446,324			2,495,367
Inter-segment eliminations	(993,335		)	(1,010,960		)
Consolidated totals	$	1,452,989		$	1,484,407