Business Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Selected financial data for the Company’s business segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(dollars in millions)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenue
Wireline	$	184.7		$	181.6		$	368.3		$	361.3
IT Services and Hardware	101.6			86.0			203.5			170.5
Wireless	41.2			51.7			85.9			105.0
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			15.6
Intersegment	(7.6		)	(7.3		)	(15.3		)	(14.7		)
Total revenue	$	319.9		$	312.0		$	642.4		$	637.7
Intersegment revenue
Wireline	$	4.0		$	4.2		$	8.1		$	8.6
IT Services and Hardware	3.0			2.5			6.1			4.5
Wireless	0.6			0.6			1.1			1.2
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			0.4
Total intersegment revenue	$	7.6		$	7.3		$	15.3		$	14.7
Operating income
Wireline	$	50.5		$	48.9		$	103.1		$	99.0
IT Services and Hardware	2.8			0.3			8.2			2.2
Wireless	(13.1		)	11.4			(7.8		)	12.1
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			3.2
Corporate	(4.6		)	(13.8		)	(11.0		)	(50.5		)
Total operating income	$	35.6		$	46.8		$	92.5		$	66.0
Expenditures for long-lived assets
Wireline	$	38.1		$	39.3		$	64.3		$	73.1
IT Services and Hardware	2.5			3.7			5.0			4.9
Wireless	0.6			2.0			6.2			10.2
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			7.7
Total expenditures for long-lived assets	$	41.2		$	45.0		$	75.5		$	95.9
Depreciation and amortization
Wireline	$	28.2		$	27.3		$	56.3		$	54.1
IT Services and Hardware	2.8			2.5			5.6			5.0
Wireless	29.3			7.3			45.1			23.3
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			5.2
Corporate	—			0.1			0.2			0.2
Total depreciation and amortization	$	60.3		$	37.2		$	107.2		$	87.8
	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Assets
Wireline	$	791.2		$	780.8
IT Services and Hardware	46.6			48.9
Wireless	202.9			247.5
Corporate and eliminations	1,136.2			1,030.1
Total assets	$	2,176.9		$	2,107.3