Inventories

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories, which are all within the Telco segment, at March 31, 2021 and September 30, 2020 are as follows, in thousands:

	March 31, 2021		September 30, 2020
New equipment	$	1,241	$	1,311
Refurbished and used equipment	7,635		7,319
Allowance for excess and obsolete inventory	(3,168)		(3,054)
Total inventories, net	$	5,708	$	5,576

New equipment includes products purchased from manufacturers plus “surplus-new,” which are unused products purchased from other distributors or multiple system operators. Refurbished and used equipment include factory refurbished, Company refurbished and used products.