The Company operates with one reportable segment whose results are regularly reviewed by the Company's CEO, its chief operating decision maker as to operating performance and the allocation of resources. External customer revenues in the tables below were attributed to a particular country based on whether the customer had a direct contract with the Company which was executed in that particular country for the sale of the Company's products/services with an Ebix subsidiary located in that country.

During 2017 India's revenue increased $47.7 million of which $5.3 million is due to the various new e-governance contracts with a number of large clients and $42.9 million due to its 2017 acquisitions of ItzCash, YouFirst, Wall Street, Paul Merchants, and Via. Latin America's revenues increased $12.9 million due primarily to the November 2016 acquisition of Wdev and a $1.4 million increase due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Australia's revenues increased by $3.2 million due to a combination of increased professional services and transaction fees, and a $1.1 million increase due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Canada's revenues increased by $1.2 million due primarily to increased professional services. Increases in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and United Arab Emirates are due to the November 2017 acquisition of Via.

During 2016 the change in foreign currency exchange rates decreased reported Australian and Latin America operating revenues by $(410) thousand and $(300) thousand, respectively. India's 2016 operating revenues increased $10.6 million or 300% due primarily to the various new e-governance contracts with a number of large clients. Europe's revenues increased $8.8 million, net of $(2.2) million decrease due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, due primarily to the execution and commencement of certain significant contracts.

The following enterprise wide information relates to the Company's geographic locations:



	Year Ended December 31, 2017				Year Ended December 31, 2016				Year Ended December 31, 2015
	External Revenues		Long-lived assets		External Revenues		Long-lived assets		External Revenues		Long-lived assets
	in thousands
United States	$	211,895	$	394,112	$	213,516	$	385,723	$	205,210	$	374,432
Canada	7,522		6,601		6,328		6,411		4,490		6,632
Latin America	21,128		22,300		8,179		26,648		5,715		6,091
Australia	34,366		1,174		31,156		1,245		30,634		199
Singapore	6,330		17,475		5,848		17,467		5,317		68,852
New Zealand	1,933		247		1,903		215		2,153		221
India	61,857		338,130		14,153		83,082		3,538		74,693
Europe	17,062		25,687		17,211		21,766		8,425		28,039
Dubai	—		53,599		—		54,152		—		—
Indonesia	1,055		110		—		—		—		—
Philippines	623		616		—		—		—		—
United Arab Emirates	200		30		—		—		—		—
	$	363,971	$	860,081	$	298,294	$	596,709	$	265,482	$	559,159

In the geographical information table above the significant changes to long-lived assets from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2017 were comprised of an increase in India of $255.0 million primarily due to $249.5 million increase associated with the 2017 acquisitions of ItzCash, YouFirst, Wall Street, Paul Merchants, and Via, and an increase in deferred tax assets of $4.1 million associated with the payments and accruals of Minimum Alternative Tax. The Europe increase of $3.9 million is primarily due to a 9.3% strengthening of the British Pound Sterling versus the U.S. Dollar which caused a $2.0 million increase in the translation of long-lived assets, an increase in deferred tax assets of $3.2 million due to the release of valuation allowances of operating loss carryforwards, partially offset by the amortization of intangible assets and capitalized software development costs.

In the geographical information table above the significant changes to long-lived assets from December 31, 2015 to December 31, 2016 are explained as follows: the U.S. increase of $11.3 million is primarily comprised of a $14.6 million net increase due to the consolidation of the EbixHealth JV commensurate with the step up in ownership to 51%, partially offset by a $(4.7) million decrease of intangibles due to amortization; the Latin America increase of $17.7 million is due to the Wdev acquisition (for which the valuation and purchase accounting is preliminary); the Singapore decrease of $51.4 million and the Dubai increase of $54.2 million are due to the transfer of certain intangible assets between these locations (net of deferred taxes); the India increase of $8.4 million is primarily due an increase in deferred tax assets of $4.8 million associated with the payments and accruals of Minimum Alternative Tax, and $3.5 million of fixed assets additions associated with the continued build out of our product development facilities, and the growth of the Ebix-Vayam JV; the Europe decrease of $6.3 million is primarily due to a 16.6% weakening of British Pound Sterling versus the U.S. Dollar which caused a $4.3 million decrease in the translation of long-lived assets, partially offset by the amortization of intangible assets and capitalized software development costs.