Segment Reporting

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting

Segment Reporting

11.          Segment Reporting

Operating segments are components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available and regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker(s) of an enterprise.  Operating income is the primary measure used by our chief operating decision maker to evaluate segment operating performance.  We currently operate two primary business segments, DISH and Wireless.  See Note 1 for further discussion.

The total assets, revenue and operating income by segment were as follows:

	As of
	September 30,			December 31,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Total assets:
DISH	$	20,635,838		$	19,694,655
Wireless (1)	5,937,093			4,625,505
Eliminations	(5,449,500		)	(4,041,934		)
Total assets from continuing operations	21,123,431			20,278,226
Assets from discontinued operations	—			78,204
Total assets	$	21,123,431		$	20,356,430

	For the Three Months						For the Nine Months
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Revenue:
DISH	$	3,679,419		$	3,504,626		$	10,961,402		$	10,364,718
Wireless	4			395			338			1,607
Eliminations	(72		)	—			(72		)	—
Total revenue	$	3,679,351		$	3,505,021		$	10,961,668		$	10,366,325
Operating income (loss):
DISH	$	402,223		$	441,843		$	1,342,413		$	1,461,682
Wireless (2)	(13,714		)	(21,449		)	(52,862		)	(564,460		)
Total operating income (loss)	$	388,509		$	420,394		$	1,289,551		$	897,222

(1) This increase in assets is primarily related to the acquisition of our H Block wireless spectrum licenses.  See Note 10 for further discussion.

(2) The nine months ended September 30, 2013 included a $438 million impairment charge for the T2 and D1 satellites, $53 million of additional depreciation expense related to the accelerated depreciable lives of certain assets designed to support the TerreStar MSS business and $18 million of legal and financial advisory fees related to our proposed merger with Sprint.

Geographic Information.  Revenues are attributed to geographic regions based upon the location where the products are delivered and services are provided.  All revenue from continuing operations was derived from the United States.