Nature of Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of Operations

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) is organized into three reporting segments, which provide the following telecommunication services:

– Our Wireless segment operates as a Sprint affiliate. We provide wireless network services to Sprint through our affiliate agreement in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S.

– Our Broadband segment provides broadband, video and voice services to residential and commercial customers in portions of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky, via fiber optic and hybrid fiber coaxial (“HFC”) cable. The Broadband segment also leases dark fiber and provides Ethernet and Wavelength fiber optic services to enterprise and wholesale customers throughout the entirety of our service area. The Broadband segment also provides voice and digital subscriber line (“DSL”) telephone services to customers in Virginia’s Shenandoah County as a Rural Local Exchange Carrier (“RLEC”). These integrated networks are connected by a fiber network. This fiber optic network also supports our Wireless segment operations and these intercompany transactions are reported at their market value.

– Our Tower segment leases space on 225 owned cell towers to the Company’s Wireless segment and to other wireless communications providers.

Refer to Note 14, Segment Reporting, for additional information.