Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The Company earns revenue primarily through the sale of our wireless telecommunications services, wireless equipment, and business, residential, and enterprise cable and wireline services that include video, internet, voice, and data services. Revenue earned for the three months ended June 30, 2018 was as follows:

(in thousands)	Wireless			Cable			Wireline			Consolidated
Wireless service	$	93,219		$	—		$	—		$	93,219
Wireless equipment	15,819			—			—			15,819
Business, residential and enterprise	—			29,466			10,513			39,979
Tower and other	3,244			2,645			8,599			14,488
Total revenue	112,282			32,111			19,112			163,505
Internal revenues	(1,244		)	(1,097		)	(7,134		)	(9,475		)
Total operating revenue	$	111,038		$	31,014		$	11,978		$	154,030

Revenues earned for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was as follows:

(in thousands)	Wireless			Cable			Wireline			Consolidated
Wireless service	$	182,978		$	—		$	—		$	182,978
Wireless equipment	33,193			—			—			33,193
Business, residential and enterprise	—			58,597			21,204			79,801
Tower and other	6,509			5,225			17,615			29,349
Total revenue	222,680			63,822			38,819			325,321
Internal revenues	(2,483		)	(2,128		)	(14,948		)	(19,559		)
Total operating revenue	$	220,197		$	61,694		$	23,871		$	305,762

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

The cumulative effect of the changes made to our consolidated January 1, 2018 balance sheet for the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard were as follows:

(in thousands)	Balance at December 31, 2017		Adjustments due to Topic 606			Balance at January 1, 2018
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other	$	17,111	$	36,577		$	53,688
Deferred charges and other assets, net	13,690		16,107			29,797
Liabilities
Advanced billing and customer deposits	21,153		(14,302		)	6,851
Deferred income taxes	100,879		18,151			119,030
Other long-term liabilities	15,293		(1,200		)	14,093
Retained earnings	297,205		50,035			347,240

The impact of the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard on our consolidated income statement and balance sheet was as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
(in thousands)	As Reported		Balances without Adoption of Topic 606		Effect of Change Higher/(Lower)
Operating revenues:
Service revenues and other	$	138,021	$	156,267	$	(18,246	)
Equipment revenues	16,009		1,799		14,210
Operating expenses:
Cost of services	49,134		48,999		135
Cost of goods sold	15,166		6,328		8,838
Selling, general and administrative	29,915		45,579		(15,664		)

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
(in thousands)	As Reported		Balances without Adoption of Topic 606		Effect of Change Higher/(Lower)
Operating revenues:
Service revenues and other	$	272,174	$	310,079	$	(37,905	)
Equipment revenues	33,588		3,858		29,730
Operating expenses:
Cost of services	98,476		98,198		278
Cost of goods sold	30,971		12,446		18,525
Selling, general and administrative	58,665		88,547		(29,882		)

	As of June 30, 2018
(in thousands)	As Reported		Balances without Adoption of Topic 606		Effect of Change Higher/(Lower)
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other	$	64,163	$	26,215	$	37,948
Deferred charges and other assets, net	34,021		18,094		15,927
Liabilities
Advanced billing and customer deposits	6,668		22,704		(16,036		)
Deferred income taxes	111,125		92,190		18,935
Other long-term liabilities	15,080		16,259		(1,179		)
Retained earnings	359,893		307,738		52,155