Segment Reporting (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Selected Financial Data for Segments

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020: 

(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
External revenue
Postpaid	$	74,928	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	74,928
Prepaid	13,109		—		—		—			13,109
Tower lease	—		—		1,797		—			1,797
Cable, residential and SMB (1)	—		34,943		—		—			34,943
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale	—		5,488		—		—			5,488
Rural local exchange carrier	—		4,756		—		—			4,756
Travel, installation, and other	3,351		1,816		—		—			5,167
Service revenue and other	91,388		47,003		1,797		—			140,188
Equipment	12,750		250		—		—			13,000
Total external revenue	104,138		47,253		1,797		—			153,188
Revenue from other segments	—		2,533		1,933		(4,466		)	—
Total revenue	104,138		49,786		3,730		(4,466		)	153,188
Operating expenses
Cost of services	33,439		19,243		939		(4,056		)	49,565
Cost of goods sold	12,528		143		—		—			12,671
Selling, general and administrative	9,428		9,499		526		11,538			30,991
Depreciation and amortization	25,299		10,871		470		271			36,911
Total operating expenses	80,694		39,756		1,935		7,753			130,138
Operating income (loss)	$	23,444	$	10,030	$	1,795	$	(12,219	)	$	23,050

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(1)  SMB refers to Small and Medium Businesses.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019: 

(in thousands)	Wireless		Broadband		Tower		Corporate & Eliminations			Consolidated
External revenue
Postpaid	$	76,182	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	76,182
Prepaid	13,130		—		—		—			13,130
Tower lease	—		—		1,763		—			1,763
Cable, residential and SMB	—		32,426		—		—			32,426
Fiber, enterprise and wholesale	—		4,828		—		—			4,828
Rural local exchange carrier	—		5,238		—		—			5,238
Travel, installation, and other	8,018		1,646		—		—			9,664
Service revenue and other	97,330		44,138		1,763		—			143,231
Equipment	15,291		321		—		—			15,612
Total external revenue	112,621		44,459		1,763		—			158,843
Revenue from other segments	—		2,422		1,270		(3,692		)	—
Total revenue	112,621		46,881		3,033		(3,692		)	158,843
Operating expenses
Cost of services	32,532		19,061		946		(3,021		)	49,518
Cost of goods sold	14,427		211		—		(1		)	14,637
Selling, general and administrative	11,079		7,569		283		9,791			28,722
Depreciation and amortization	30,370		9,991		680		138			41,179
Total operating expenses	88,408		36,832		1,909		6,907			134,056
Operating income (loss)	$	24,213	$	10,049	$	1,124	$	(10,599	)	$	24,787

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated

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

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Total consolidated operating income	$	23,050		$	24,787
Interest expense	(6,211		)	(7,954		)
Other	733			1,287
Income before income taxes	$	17,572		$	18,120