Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(dollars in millions)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Revenue
Wireline	$	184.0		$	181.4		$	552.3		$	542.7
IT Services and Hardware	120.0			87.5			323.5			258.0
Wireless	30.1			49.1			116.0			154.1
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			15.6
Intersegment	(6.6		)	(7.2		)	(21.9		)	(21.9		)
Total revenue	$	327.5		$	310.8		$	969.9		$	948.5
Intersegment revenue
Wireline	$	3.9		$	4.2		$	12.0		$	12.8
IT Services and Hardware	2.3			2.5			8.4			7.0
Wireless	0.4			0.5			1.5			1.7
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			0.4
Total intersegment revenue	$	6.6		$	7.2		$	21.9		$	21.9
Operating income (loss)
Wireline	$	43.9		$	47.8		$	147.0		$	146.8
IT Services and Hardware	8.1			4.4			16.3			6.6
Wireless	(33.0		)	7.0			(40.8		)	19.1
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			3.2
Corporate	(3.0		)	(1.5		)	(14.0		)	(52.0		)
Total operating income	$	16.0		$	57.7		$	108.5		$	123.7
Expenditures for long-lived assets
Wireline	$	41.8		$	41.2		$	106.1		$	114.3
IT Services and Hardware	3.5			2.7			8.5			7.6
Wireless	0.3			2.2			6.5			12.4
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			7.7
Total expenditures for long-lived assets	$	45.6		$	46.1		$	121.1		$	142.0
Depreciation and amortization
Wireline	$	29.3		$	29.7		$	85.6		$	83.8
IT Services and Hardware	3.0			2.5			8.6			7.5
Wireless	29.1			7.4			74.2			30.7
Data Center Colocation	—			—			—			5.2
Corporate	—			0.2			0.2			0.4
Total depreciation and amortization	$	61.4		$	39.8		$	168.6		$	127.6
	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Assets
Wireline	$	819.7		$	780.8
IT Services and Hardware	58.2			48.9
Wireless	148.0			247.5
Corporate and eliminations	926.7			1,030.1
Total assets	$	1,952.6		$	2,107.3