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Revenue from Contracts with Customers | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Revenue from Contracts with Customers | Revenue from Contracts with Customers The Company earns revenue primarily through the sale of our wireless telecommunications services, wireless equipment, and business, residential, and enterprise cable and wireline services that include video, internet, voice, and data services. Revenue earned was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
(in thousands) |  | Wireless |  | Cable |  | Wireline |  | Consolidated
Wireless service |  | $ | 97,075 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 97,075 |
Equipment |  | 15,291 |  |  | 270 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 15,612 |
Business, residential and enterprise |  | — |  |  | 30,518 |  |  | 10,562 |  |  | 41,080 |
Tower and other |  | 3,288 |  |  | 2,921 |  |  | 8,296 |  |  | 14,505 |
Total revenue |  | 115,654 |  |  | 33,709 |  |  | 18,909 |  |  | 168,272 |
Internal revenue |  | (1,270 | ) |  | (1,469 | ) |  | (6,690 | ) |  | (9,429 | )
Total operating revenue |  | $ | 114,384 |  |  | $ | 32,240 |  |  | $ | 12,219 |  |  | $ | 158,843 |
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
(in thousands) |  | Wireless |  | Cable |  | Wireline |  | Consolidated
Wireless service |  | $ | 92,165 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 92,165 |
Equipment |  | 17,374 |  |  | 159 |  |  | 46 |  |  | 17,579 |
Business, residential and enterprise |  | — |  |  | 29,131 |  |  | 10,691 |  |  | 39,822 |
Tower and other |  | 3,265 |  |  | 2,421 |  |  | 8,970 |  |  | 14,656 |
Total revenue |  | 112,804 |  |  | 31,711 |  |  | 19,707 |  |  | 164,222 |
Internal revenue |  | (1,239 | ) |  | (1,031 | ) |  | (7,814 | ) |  | (10,084 | )
Total operating revenue |  | $ | 111,565 |  |  | $ | 30,680 |  |  | $ | 11,893 |  |  | $ | 154,138 |
Wireless service The majority of the Company's revenue is earned through providing network access to Sprint under the affiliate agreement. Wireless service revenue is variable based on billed revenue to Sprint’s subscribers in the Company's affiliate area, less applicable fees retained by Sprint. The Company's revenue related to Sprint’s postpaid customers is the amount that Sprint bills its postpaid subscribers, reduced by customer credits, write-offs of receivables, and 8% management and 8.6% service fees. The Company is also charged for the costs of subsidized handsets sold through Sprint’s national channels as well as commissions paid by Sprint to third-party resellers in the Company's service territory. The Company's revenue related to Sprint’s prepaid customers is the amount that Sprint bills its prepaid subscribers, reduced by costs to acquire and support the customers, based on national averages for Sprint’s prepaid programs, and a 6% management fee. The Company considers Sprint, rather than Sprint's subscribers, to be the customer and the Company's performance obligation is to provide Sprint a series of continuous network access services. The reimbursement to Sprint for the costs of handsets sold through Sprint’s national channels, as well as commissions paid by Sprint to third-party resellers in our service territory represent consideration payable to a customer. These reimbursements are initially recorded as a contract asset and are subsequently recognized as a reduction of revenue over the expected benefit period between 21 and 53 months. On January 1, 2018, the Company recorded a wireless contract asset of approximately $51.1 million. As of December 31, 2018, the wireless contract asset balance was $65.7 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, payments that increased the wireless contract asset balance totaled $18.2 million and amortization reflected as a reduction of revenue totaled approximately $13.5 million. The wireless contract asset balance as of March 31, 2019 was approximately $70.4 million. Wireless equipment The Company owns and operates Sprint-branded retail stores within its geographic territory from which the Company sells equipment, primarily wireless handsets, and service to Sprint subscribers. The Company's equipment is predominantly sold to subscribers through Sprint's equipment financing plans. Under the equipment financing plans, Sprint purchases the equipment from the Company and resells the equipment to their subscribers. The Company is the principal in these equipment financing transactions, as it controls and bears the risk of ownership of the inventory prior to sale, and accordingly, revenue and handset costs are recorded on a gross basis, and the corresponding cost of the equipment is recorded separately to cost of goods sold. Business, residential and enterprise The Company earns revenue in the Cable and Wireline segments from business, residential, and enterprise customers where the performance obligations are to provide cable and telephone network services, sell and lease equipment and wiring services, and lease fiber-optic cable capacity. The Company's arrangements are generally composed of contracts that are cancellable at the customer’s discretion without penalty at any time. As there are multiple performance obligations in these arrangements, the Company recognizes revenue based on the standalone selling price of each distinct good or service. The Company generally recognizes this revenue over time as customers simultaneously receive and consume the benefits of the service, with the exception of equipment sales and home wiring which are recognized as revenue at a point in time when control transfers and when installation is complete, respectively. Installation fees are allocated to services and are recognized ratably over the longer of the contract term or the period the unrecognized portion of the fee remains material to the contract, typically 10 and 11 months for Cable and Wireline customers, respectively. Additionally, the Company incurs commission and installation costs related to in-house employees and third-party vendors which are capitalized and amortized over the expected benefit period which is approximately 44 months and 72 months for Cable and Wireline, respectively. Tower / Other Tower revenue consists primarily of tower space leases accounted for under Topic 842, Leases, and Other revenue includes network access-related charges for service provided to customers across the segments. Future performance obligations On March 31, 2019, the Company had approximately $3.5 million allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations, which is exclusive of contracts with original expected duration of one year or less. The Company expects to recognize approximately $0.6 million of this amount as revenue during the remainder of 2019, $0.7 million in 2020, an additional $0.7 million by 2021 and the balance thereafter. Contract acquisition costs and costs to fulfill contracts Capitalized contract costs represent contract fulfillment costs and contract acquisition costs which include commissions and installation costs in our Cable and Wireline segments. Capitalized contract costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the contract term plus expected renewals. The Company elected to apply the practical expedient to expense contract acquisition costs when incurred, if the amortization period would be twelve months or less. The amortization of these costs is included in cost of services, and selling, general and administrative expenses. Amortized and capitalized costs for Cable and Wireline contracts are as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Prepaid expenses and other |  | $ | 4,721 |  |  | $ | 4,580 |
Deferred charges and other assets |  | 5,689 |  |  | 5,155 |
Total capitalized contract costs |  | $ | 10,410 |  |  | $ | 9,735 |
Amortization of contract costs |  | $ | 1,380 |  |  | $ | 1,338 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure of revenue from contract with customer to transfer good or service and to transfer nonfinancial asset. Includes, but is not limited to, disaggregation of revenue, credit loss recognized from contract with customer, judgment and change in judgment related to contract with customer, and asset recognized from cost incurred to obtain or fulfill contract with customer. Excludes insurance and lease contracts. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=49130388 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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