Business Combination, Additional Convertible Rights Acquired, Total Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage

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Contractual Obligation Forgiven if Conditions Met

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FM Enabled Smartphones

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Payment for Contractual Obligation

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying amount of debt identified as being convertible into another form of financial instrument (typically the entity's common stock) as of the balance sheet date, which originally required full repayment more than twelve months after issuance or greater than the normal operating cycle of the company.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16(a)(2))
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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Including the current and noncurrent portions, this element represents the carrying value of loans payable which were initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer, and which are not otherwise defined in the taxonomy.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)				9 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2017	Dec. 22, 2016	Dec. 08, 2016	Nov. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 16, 2014	Aug. 09, 2013
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
FM Enabled Smartphones				30,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Other Loans Payable					$ 4,000,000
Digonex [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Business Combination, Additional Convertible Rights Acquired, Total Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage				79.00%
Digonex [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Convertible Debt	$ 500,000.0
Business Combination, Additional Convertible Rights Acquired, Total Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage	80.00%
Digonex Non-recourse debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate during period						5.00%
Digonex Non-recourse debt \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Interest rate during period					5.00%
Sprint/NextRadio Agreement
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Contractual Obligation							$ 15,000,000
Payment For Contractual Obligation				$ 33,200,000
Sprint/NextRadio Agreement \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Contractual Obligation			$ 6,000,000
Payment For Contractual Obligation		$ 1,400,000	600,000
Contractual Obligation Forgiven if Conditions Met			$ 5,800,000