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Summary of significant accounting policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Summary of significant accounting policies |
Schedule of estimated useful lives for property and equipment |
Software |  | 2 to 5 years
Computer equipment |  | 3 to 5 years
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment |  | 3 to 5 years
Leasehold improvements |  | The shorter of the estimated useful life or the remaining term of the agreements, generally ranging from 2 to 18 years
Schedule of weighted average assumptions used to calculate the grant date fair values of employee stock option grants |
|  | 2014 |
Expected term (years) |  |  | 6.25 |
Expected volatility |  |  | 48.6 | %
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 1.8 | %
Dividend yield |  |  | 0 | %
Summary of the entity's revenue by primary revenue source |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
DAS |  | $ | 58,182 |  | $ | 46,455 |  | $ | 38,259 |
Military |  |  | 39,975 |  |  | 19,898 |  |  | 4,486 |
Retail |  |  | 26,636 |  |  | 31,763 |  |  | 40,336 |
Wholesale—Wi-Fi |  |  | 22,221 |  |  | 21,923 |  |  | 15,209 |
Advertising and other |  |  | 12,330 |  |  | 19,587 |  |  | 21,007 |
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Total revenue |  | $ | 159,344 |  | $ | 139,626 |  | $ | 119,297 |
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