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Summary of significant accounting policies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Summary of the entity's revenue disaggregated by product offerings |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017(1) |  | 2018 |  | 2017(1) |
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
DAS |  | $ | 24,410 |  | $ | 21,755 |  | $ | 69,940 |  | $ | 56,563 |
Military/multifamily |  | 21,745 |  | 13,946 |  | 54,334 |  | 40,029 |
Wholesale—Wi-Fi |  | 11,749 |  | 8,307 |  | 36,428 |  | 22,438 |
Retail |  | 4,088 |  | 6,234 |  | 13,964 |  | 19,007 |
Advertising and other |  | 3,261 |  | 3,413 |  | 8,347 |  | 8,984 |
Total revenue |  | $ | 65,253 |  | $ | 53,655 |  | $ | 183,013 |  | $ | 147,021 |
| (1) |  | As noted above, prior period amounts have not been adjusted upon adoption of ASC 606 under the modified retrospective method.
ASC 606 |
Summary of changes to condensed consolidated balance sheet and statement of operations | In addition, adoption of the standard resulted in the following changes to the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2018:
|  | January 1, 2018 (Per ASC 605) |  | Adjustment for Adoption |  | January 1, 2018 (Per ASC 606) |
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 26,148 |  | $ | (1,069 | ) | $ | 25,079 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | $ | 6,369 |  | $ | 170 |  | $ | 6,539 |
Other assets |  | $ | 10,082 |  | $ | (2,179 | ) | $ | 7,903 |
Deferred revenue, current |  | $ | 61,708 |  | $ | 14,176 |  | $ | 75,884 |
Deferred revenue, net of current portion |  | $ | 149,168 |  | $ | (20,580 | ) | $ | 128,588 |
The below table summarizes the changes to our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2018 as a result of the adoption of ASC 606:
|  | September 30, 2018 (Per ASC 605) |  | Adjustment for Adoption |  | September 30, 2018 (Per ASC 606) |
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 31,367 |  | $ | (708 | ) | $ | 30,659 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | $ | 8,522 |  | $ | 491 |  | $ | 9,013 |
Other assets |  | $ | 10,213 |  | $ | (2,214 | ) | $ | 7,999 |
Deferred revenue, current |  | $ | 79,738 |  | $ | (913 | ) | $ | 78,825 |
Deferred revenue, net of current portion |  | $ | 140,040 |  | $ | (12,129 | ) | $ | 127,911 |
Non-controlling interests |  | $ | 228 |  | $ | 1,953 |  | $ | 2,181 |
The below table summarizes the changes to our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2018 as a result of the adoption of ASC 606:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 (Per ASC 605) |  | Adjustment for Adoption |  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 (Per ASC 606) |
Revenue |  | $ | 63,884 |  | $ | 1,369 |  | $ | 65,253 |
Income tax expense |  | $ | 258 |  | $ | (204 | ) | $ | 54 |
Non-controlling interests |  | $ | 270 |  | $ | 326 |  | $ | 596 |
The below table summarizes the changes to our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as a result of the adoption of ASC 606:
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 (Per ASC 605) |  | Adjustment for Adoption |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 (Per ASC 606) |
Revenue |  | $ | 176,168 |  | $ | 6,845 |  | $ | 183,013 |
Income tax expense |  | $ | 638 |  | $ | (440 | ) | $ | 198 |
Non-controlling interests |  | $ | (437 | ) | $ | 1,884 |  | $ | 1,447 |

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