Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

Revenue earned for the year ended December 31, 2018 was as follows:

(in thousands)	Wireless			Cable			Wireline			Consolidated
Wireless service	$	380,818		$	—		$	—		$	380,818
Equipment	67,510			695			193			68,398
Business, residential and enterprise	—			117,836			42,445			160,281
Tower and other	14,327			10,372			34,504			59,203
Total revenue	462,655			128,903			77,142			668,700
Internal revenue	(5,016		)	(4,706		)	(28,124		)	(37,846		)
Total operating revenue	$	457,639		$	124,197		$	49,018		$	630,854

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

The cumulative effect of the changes made to the 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	$	29,876		$	46,987
Deferred charges and other assets, net	13,690		31,071			44,761
Liabilities
Advanced billing and customer deposits	21,153		(14,302		)	6,851
Deferred income taxes	100,879		20,352			121,231
Other long-term liabilities	15,293		(1,200		)	14,093
Retained earnings	297,205		56,097			353,302

The impact of the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income and consolidated balance sheets was as follows:

	Year Ended December, 31 2018
(in thousands)	As Reported		Balances without Adoption of Topic 606		Effect of Change Higher/(Lower)
Operating revenue:
Service revenue and other	$	562,456	$	632,340	$	(69,884	)
Equipment revenue	68,398		8,298		60,100
Operating expenses:
Cost of services	194,022		193,860		162
Cost of goods sold	63,959		28,377		35,582
Selling, general and administrative	113,222		175,753		(62,531		)

	As of December 31, 2018
(in thousands)	As Reported		Balances without Adoption of Topic 606		Effect of Change Higher/(Lower)
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other	$	60,162	$	22,204	$	37,958
Deferred charges and other assets, net	49,891		12,083		37,808
Liabilities
Advanced billing and customer deposits	7,919		24,414		(16,495		)
Deferred income taxes	127,453		103,404		24,049
Other long-term liabilities	14,364		15,550		(1,186		)
Retained earnings	386,511		319,926		66,585