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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2015
Net revenues: |  |
Hardware | $ 54,161 | $ 53,011
SaaS, software and services | 12,783 | 483
Cost of net revenues: |  |
Hardware | 40,869 | 40,823
SaaS, software and services | 4,892 | 37
Gross profit | 21,183 | 12,634
Operating costs and expenses: |  |
Research and development | 8,025 | 10,758
Sales and marketing | 7,753 | 4,224
General and administrative | 10,199 | 5,364
Amortization of purchased intangible assets | 928 | 167
Restructuring charges | 622 | (164)
Total operating costs and expenses | 27,527 | 20,349
Operating loss | (6,344) | (7,715)
Other income (expense): |  |
Interest expense, net | (3,928) | (74)
Other expense, net | (1,296) | (17)
Loss before income taxes | (11,568) | (7,806)
Income tax provision | 331 | 20
Net loss | (11,899) | (7,826)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | 5 | 0
Net loss attributable to Novatel Wireless, Inc. | $ (11,904) | $ (7,826)
Net loss per share: |  |
Basic and diluted ($ per share) | $ (0.22) | $ (0.17)
Weighted average shares used in computation of basic and diluted net loss per share: |  |
Basic and diluted (in shares) | 53,251 | 46,262

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