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Government Assistance
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Government Assistance [Abstract]  
Government Assistance
4.
Government Assistance

FCC Reimbursement Program

On July 15, 2022, the Company was notified that it was approved for participation in the FCC Reimbursement Program, designed to reimburse providers of advanced communications services for reasonable costs incurred in the required removal, replacement, and disposal of covered communications equipment or services, that have been deemed to pose a national security risk, from their networks. Pursuant to the FCC Reimbursement Program, the FCC approved up to approximately $334 million in reimbursements to the Company to cover documented and approved costs to (i) remove and securely destroy all ZTE communications equipment and services in the Company’s terrestrial U.S. networks and replace such equipment and (ii) remove and replace certain equipment installed on aircraft operated by the Company’s ATG customers that is not compatible with the terrestrial equipment that will replace ZTE equipment. Due to a shortfall in the amount appropriated by Congress to fund the FCC Reimbursement Program, approximately $132 million of the approved amount is currently allocated to the Company under the program. If Congress appropriates additional funds for this purpose, the allocations of the Company and other approved applicants will be increased pro rata. Program participants are subject to a number of conditions and requirements under the FCC’s rules including a requirement that they submit their first reimbursement request by July 17, 2023 and certify that they have developed a plan to permanently remove, replace and dispose of covered equipment or services within one year following the first reimbursement request. The rules permit

participants to petition the FCC for one or more six-month extensions of the completion deadline. The Company, with the assistance of an advisor engaged to help administer the program, submitted and received its first reimbursement claim in July 2023. The Company’s original one year term to complete the program was set for July 21, 2024. On March 29, 2024 the Company was granted its first six-month extension by the FCC extending the program completion deadline to January 21, 2025. Based on discussions with our vendors supporting the program regarding lead times for network equipment, we plan to petition the FCC for multiple extensions, as outlined in our application for the FCC Reimbursement Program.

As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we have recorded a $17.5 million and $18.3 million receivable from the FCC, respectively, which is included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following are the deductions to the carrying value of asset balances in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

As of June 30,

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

 

$

(5,430

)

 

$

(4,970

)

Prepaids expenses and other current assets

 

 

 

 

(2,540

)

 

 

(1,542

)

Property and equipment, net

 

 

 

 

(5,277

)

 

 

(2,094

)

Intangible assets, net

 

 

 

 

(296

)

 

 

(58

)

Other non-current assets

 

 

 

 

(8,542

)

 

 

(5,542

)

An immaterial amount was recorded to Net income during the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2023. The following are the increases to Net income in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2024 (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended June 30,

 

 

For the Six Months
Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

2024

 

Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenue

 

$

756

 

 

$

1,443

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of service revenue

 

 

398

 

 

 

510

 

Cost of equipment revenue

 

 

4,484

 

 

 

6,768

 

General and administrative

 

 

 

 

 

181