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Industry Segments Data
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Condensed Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)  
Segment Reporting Disclosure Text Block

(7)       Industry Segments Data

Our reportable segments are business units that offer different products and are each managed separately.

 

A description of our reportable segments follows:

 

Consumer - We offer a full range of voice, video, data and wireless services to residential customers.

 

Network Access - We offer a full range of voice, data and wireless services to common carrier customers.

 

Commercial - We offer a full range of voice, video, data and wireless services to small businesses, local, national and global businesses, governmental entities and public and private educational institutions.

 

Managed Broadband - We offer data services to rural school districts, hospitals and health clinics through our SchoolAccess® and ConnectMD® initiatives and managed video conferencing.

 

Regulated Operations - We offer voice and data services to residential, business, and governmental customers in areas of rural Alaska.

       

Corporate related expenses including engineering, information technology, accounting, legal and regulatory, human resources, and other general and administrative expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 are allocated to our segments using segment margin for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Bad debt expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 is allocated to our segments using a combination of specific identification and allocations based upon segment revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Corporate related expenses and bad debt expense are specifically identified for our Regulated Operations segment and therefore, are not included in the allocations.

 

We evaluate performance and allocate resources based on earnings before depreciation and amortization expense, net interest expense, income taxes, share-based compensation expense, accretion expense and non-cash contribution adjustment (“Adjusted EBITDA”). Management believes that this measure is useful to investors and other users of our financial information in evaluating operating profitability as an analytical indicator of income generated to service debt and fund capital expenditures. In addition, multiples of current or projected EBITDA are used to estimate current or prospective enterprise value. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in note 1 in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” included in Part II of our December 31, 2010 annual report on Form 10-K. Intersegment sales are recorded at cost plus an agreed upon intercompany profit.

 

We earn all revenues through sales of services and products within the United States. All of our long-lived assets are located within the United States of America, except approximately 82% of our undersea fiber optic cable systems which transit international waters and all of our satellite transponders.

 

Summarized financial information for our reportable segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 follows (amounts in thousands):

 

 Three months ended June 30, Consumer Network Access Commercial Managed Broadband Regulated Operations Total Reportable Segments
 2011            
 Revenues:            
  Intersegment$ -  -  1,416  -  44  1,460
  External  88,554  25,151  34,216  14,639  5,529  168,089
   Total revenues$ 88,554  25,151  35,632  14,639  5,573  169,549
 Adjusted EBITDA$ 28,258  12,344  7,401  5,709  1,221  54,933
                
 2010            
 Revenues:            
  Intersegment$ -  (5)  1,326  -  48  1,369
  External  87,149  27,112  32,071  10,387  5,607  162,326
   Total revenues$ 87,149  27,107  33,397  10,387  5,655  163,695
 Adjusted EBITDA$ 31,255  13,187  8,044  3,148  1,717  57,351

 Six months ended June 30, Consumer Network Access Commercial Managed Broadband Regulated Operations Total Reportable Segments
 2011            
 Revenues:            
  Intersegment$ -  -  2,825  -  113  2,938
  External  176,971  50,248  66,045  28,634  10,968  332,866
   Total revenues$ 176,971  50,248  68,870  28,634  11,081  335,804
 Adjusted EBITDA$ 56,651  24,224  14,063  11,420  1,921  108,279
                
 2010            
 Revenues:            
  Intersegment$ -  1  2,656  -  88  2,745
  External  167,517  53,295  59,794  22,472  11,667  314,745
   Total revenues$ 167,517  53,296  62,450  22,472  11,755  317,490
 Adjusted EBITDA$ 57,207  25,178  14,401  8,063  3,560  108,409

A reconciliation of reportable segment revenues to consolidated revenues follows (amounts in thousands):

 

    Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
    June 30, June 30,
    20112010 20112010
 Reportable segment revenues$ 169,549 163,695  335,804 317,490
 Less intersegment revenues eliminated in consolidation  1,460 1,369  2,938 2,745
  Consolidated revenues$ 168,089 162,326  332,866 314,745

A reconciliation of reportable segment Adjusted EBITDA to consolidated income (loss) before income taxes follows (amounts in thousands):

 

    Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
    June 30, June 30,
    20112010 20112010
 Reportable segment Adjusted EBITDA$ 54,933 57,351  108,279 108,409
 Less depreciation and amortization expense  (30,632) (30,820)  (62,352) (61,946)
 Less share-based compensation expense  (1,670) (1,643)  (2,840) (2,446)
 Plus other expense  9 160  33 160
 Less accretion expense  (194) -  (266) -
  Consolidated operating income  22,446 25,048  42,854 44,177
 Less other expense, net  (26,410) (17,653)  (43,882) (35,272)
  Consolidated income (loss) before income tax (expense) benefit$ (3,964) 7,395  (1,028) 8,905