Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The Company earns revenue primarily through the sale of our wireless telecommunications services, wireless equipment, and business, residential, and enterprise cable and wireline services that include video, internet, voice, and data services. Revenue earned for the three months ended September 30, 2018 was as follows:

(in thousands)	Wireless			Cable			Wireline			Consolidated
Wireless service	$	96,299		$	—		$	—		$	96,299
Equipment	15,666			234			63			15,963
Business, residential and enterprise	—			29,334			10,702			40,036
Tower and other	4,134			2,614			8,857			15,605
Total revenue	116,099			32,182			19,622			167,903
Internal revenue	(1,263		)	(1,266		)	(6,643		)	(9,172		)
Total operating revenue	$	114,836		$	30,916		$	12,979		$	158,731

Revenue earned for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was as follows:

(in thousands)	Wireless			Cable			Wireline			Consolidated
Wireless service	$	284,154		$	—		$	—		$	284,154
Equipment	48,859			537			155			49,551
Business, residential and enterprise	—			87,931			31,906			119,837
Tower and other	10,643			7,536			26,380			44,559
Total revenue	343,656			96,004			58,441			498,101
Internal revenue	(3,746		)	(3,394		)	(21,591		)	(28,731		)
Total operating revenue	$	339,910		$	92,610		$	36,850		$	469,370

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

The cumulative effect of the changes made to the consolidated January 1, 2018 balance sheet for the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard were as follows:

(in thousands)	Balance at December 31, 2017		Adjustments due to Topic 606			Balance at January 1, 2018
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other	$	17,111	$	29,876		$	46,987
Deferred charges and other assets, net	13,690		31,071			44,761
Liabilities
Advanced billing and customer deposits	21,153		(14,302		)	6,851
Deferred income taxes	100,879		20,352			121,231
Other long-term liabilities	15,293		(1,200		)	14,093
Retained earnings	297,205		56,097			353,302

The impact of the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) and condensed consolidated balance sheets was as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands)	As Reported		Balances without Adoption of Topic 606		Effect of Change Higher/(Lower)
Operating revenue:
Service revenue and other	$	142,768	$	161,076	$	(18,308	)
Equipment revenue	15,963		2,178		13,785
Operating expenses:
Cost of services	47,886		48,001		(115		)
Cost of goods sold	15,036		7,870		7,166
Selling, general and administrative	27,452		44,164		(16,712		)

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands)	As Reported		Balances without Adoption of Topic 606		Effect of Change Higher/(Lower)
Operating revenue:
Service revenue and other	$	419,819	$	471,155	$	(51,336	)
Equipment revenue	49,551		6,036		43,515
Operating expenses:
Cost of services	146,362		146,199		163
Cost of goods sold	46,007		20,316		25,691
Selling, general and administrative	86,117		132,711		(46,594		)

	As of September 30, 2018
(in thousands)	As Reported		Balances without Adoption of Topic 606		Effect of Change Higher/(Lower)
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other	$	63,383	$	27,765	$	35,618
Deferred charges and other assets, net	53,723		17,496		36,227
Liabilities
Advanced billing and customer deposits	7,415		23,744		(16,329		)
Deferred income taxes	120,846		97,029		23,817
Other long-term liabilities	14,567		15,759		(1,192		)
Retained earnings	385,045		319,496		65,549