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ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS | 12 Months Ended
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ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS |
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS | 1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS The Company is a holding company that, through its operating subsidiaries, (i) provides wireless and wireline telecommunications services in North America, Bermuda and the Caribbean, (ii) owns and operates commercial distributed generation solar power systems in the United States, and (iii) owns and operates terrestrial and submarine fiber optic transport systems in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively. The Company offers the following principal services:
• | Wireless. In the United States, the Company offers wholesale wireless voice and data roaming services to national, regional, local and selected international wireless carriers in rural markets located principally in the Southwest and Midwest United States. The Company also offers wireless voice and data services to retail customers in Guyana, Bermuda, and in other smaller markets in the Caribbean and the United States.
• | Wireline. The Company's local telephone and data services include its operations in Guyana and the mainland United States. The Company is the exclusive licensed provider of domestic wireline local and long-distance telephone services in Guyana and international voice and data communications into and out of Guyana. The Company also offers facilities-based integrated voice and data communications services and wholesale transport services to enterprise and residential customers in New England, primarily in Vermont, and in New York State. In addition, the Company offers wholesale long-distance voice services to telecommunications carriers.
• | Renewable Energy. In the United States, the Company provides distributed generation solar power to corporate, utility and municipal customers in Massachusetts, California and New Jersey.
The following chart summarizes the operating activities of the Company's principal subsidiaries, the segments in which it reports its revenue and the markets it served as of December 31, 2014:
Services |  | Segment |  | Markets |  | Tradenames
Wireless |  | U.S. Wireless |  | United States (rural markets) |  | Commnet, Choice
|  | Island Wireless |  | Aruba, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos, U.S. Virgin Islands |  | Mio, CellOne, Islandcom, Choice
|  | International Integrated Telephony |  | Guyana |  | Cellink
Wireline |  | International Integrated Telephony |  | Guyana |  | GT&T
|  | U.S. Wireline |  | United States (New England and New York State) |  | Sovernet, ION, Essextel
Renewable Energy |  | Renewable Energy |  | United States (Massachusetts, California and New Jersey) |  | Ahana Renewables
The Company is actively evaluating potential acquisitions, investment opportunities and other strategic transactions, both domestic and international, that meet its return-on-investment and other criteria. The Company provides management, technical, financial, regulatory, and marketing services to its subsidiaries and typically receives a management fee equal to a percentage of their respective revenue. Management fees from subsidiaries are eliminated in consolidation. For information about the Company's business segments and geographical information about its revenue, operating income and long-lived assets, see Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

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