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Information by Segment and Geographic Region
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Information by Segment and Geographic Region
Information by Segment and Geographic Region
The Company conducts its business globally and manages it through the following two segments:
Products: The Products segment is comprised of Devices and Systems. Devices includes two-way portable and vehicle-mounted radios, accessories, software features, and upgrades. Systems includes the radio network core and central processing software, base stations, consoles, repeaters, and software applications and features. The primary customers of the Products segment are government, public safety and first-responder agencies, municipalities, and commercial and industrial customers who operate private communications networks and manage a mobile workforce. In 2016, the segment’s net sales were $3.6 billion, representing 60% of the Company's consolidated net sales.
Services: The Services segment provides a full set of offerings for government, public safety and commercial communication networks including: (i) Integration services, (ii) Managed & Support services, and (iii) iDEN services. Integration services includes implementation, optimization, and integration of networks, devices, software, and applications. Managed & Support services includes a continuum of service offerings beginning with repair, technical support and hardware maintenance. More advanced offerings include network monitoring, software maintenance and cyber security services. Managed service offerings range from partial or full operation of customer owned networks to operation of Motorola Solutions owned networks. Services and SaaS offerings are provided across all radio network technologies, Command Center Consoles, and Smart Public Safety Solutions. iDEN services consists primarily of hardware and software maintenance services for our legacy iDEN customers. In 2016, the segment’s net sales were $2.4 billion, representing 40% of the Company's consolidated net sales.
For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's net sales.
Segment Information
The following table summarizes Net sales and Operating earnings by segment: 
 
Net Sales
 
Operating Earnings (Loss)
Years ended December 31
2016
 
2015
 
2014
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Products
$
3,649

 
$
3,676

 
$
3,807

 
$
734

 
$
704

 
$
(667
)
Services
2,389

 
2,019

 
2,074

 
333

 
290

 
(339
)
 
$
6,038

 
$
5,695

 
$
5,881

 
1,067

 
994

 
(1,006
)
Total other expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
(223
)
 
(77
)
 
(155
)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
844

 
$
917

 
$
(1,161
)

The following table summarizes the Company's capital expenditures and depreciation expense by segment: 
 
Capital Expenditures
 
Depreciation Expense
Years ended December 31
2016
 
2015
 
2014
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Products
$
104

 
$
76

 
$
87

 
$
68

 
$
82

 
$
94

Services
167

 
99

 
94

 
114

 
60

 
75

 
$
271

 
$
175

 
$
181

 
$
182

 
$
142

 
$
169


The Company's "chief operating decision maker" does not review or allocate resources based on segment assets.
Geographic Area Information 
 
Net Sales
 
Assets
Years ended December 31
2016
 
2015
 
2014
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
United States
$
3,566

 
$
3,473

 
$
3,354

 
$
5,653

 
$
6,213

 
$
8,468

United Kingdom
528

 
96

 
128

 
2,300

 
1,127

 
966

Other, net of eliminations
1,944

 
2,126

 
2,399

 
510

 
1,006

 
989

 
$
6,038

 
$
5,695

 
$
5,881

 
$
8,463

 
$
8,346

 
$
10,423