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Segment, Customer Concentration and Geographical Information - Additional Information (Detail) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 Location | Sep. 30, 2013 Location | Sep. 30, 2014 Business_Unit Location Customer | Sep. 30, 2013 Customer Location
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of primary business units |  |  | 2 |
Number of customers that contribute more than 10% of revenue |  |  | 3 | 3
Number of geographic locations | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3
Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Accounts receivable [Member] | Sprint, Verizon Wireless and Fast Spring [Member] |  |  |  |
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Percentage of concentration |  |  | 94.00% | 88.00%

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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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