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Summary of significant accounting policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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
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 consolidated balance sheet as of January 1, 2018:
|  | January 1, 2018 |  | Adjustment for |  | January 1, 2018
|  | (Per ASC 605) |  | Adoption |  | (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 consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 as a result of the adoption of ASC 606:
|  | December 31, 2018 |  | Adjustment for |  | December 31, 2018
|  | (Per ASC 605) |  | Adoption |  | (Per ASC 606)
|  | (in thousands)
Accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 43,410 |  | $ | (644) |  | $ | 42,766
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | $ | 7,603 |  | $ | 212 |  | $ | 7,815
Other assets |  | $ | 12,224 |  | $ | (2,288) |  | $ | 9,936
Deferred revenue, current |  | $ | 82,731 |  | $ | (2,348) |  | $ | 80,383
Deferred revenue, net of current portion |  | $ | 147,785 |  | $ | (10,580) |  | $ | 137,205
Non-controlling interests |  | $ | 408 |  | $ | 1,803 |  | $ | 2,211
The below table summarizes the changes to our consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 as a result of the adoption of ASC 606 with income taxes calculated excluding the tax effect on the equity component of the Convertible Notes:
|  | Year Ended |  |  |  |  | Year Ended
|  | December 31, 2018 |  | Adjustment for |  | December 31, 2018
|  | (Per ASC 605) |  | Adoption |  | (Per ASC 606)
|  | (in thousands)
Revenue |  | $ | 244,307 |  | $ | 6,514 |  | $ | 250,821
Income tax benefit |  | $ | (4,785) |  | $ | (368) |  | $ | (5,153)
Non-controlling interests |  | $ | (245) |  | $ | 1,734 |  | $ | 1,489
Summary of the entity's revenue disaggregated by product offerings |
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 (1) |  | 2016 (1)
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
DAS |  | $ | 95,216 |  | $ | 80,552 |  | $ | 58,182
Military/multifamily |  |  | 77,721 |  |  | 55,129 |  |  | 39,975
Wholesale-Wi-Fi |  |  | 47,481 |  |  | 31,529 |  |  | 22,221
Retail |  |  | 17,630 |  |  | 24,926 |  |  | 26,636
Advertising and other |  |  | 12,773 |  |  | 12,233 |  |  | 12,330
Total revenue |  | $ | 250,821 |  | $ | 204,369 |  | $ | 159,344
| (1) |  | As noted above, prior period amounts have not been adjusted upon adoption of ASC 606 under the modified retrospective method.

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