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ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS  
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

 

The Company is a telecommunications holdings company that, through its operating subsidiaries, provides wireless and wireline telecommunications services in North America, Bermuda and the Caribbean.

 

The Company offers the following principal services:

 

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Wireless.  In the United States, the Company offers wholesale wireless voice and data roaming services to national, regional, local and selected international wireless carriers in rural markets located principally in the Southwest and Midwest. The Company also offers wireless voice and data services to retail customers in Bermuda, Guyana, the Caribbean and smaller markets in the United States.

 

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Wireline.  The Company’s local telephone and data services include its operations in Guyana and the mainland United States. The Company is the exclusive licensed provider of domestic wireline local and long-distance telephone services in Guyana and international voice and data communications into and out of Guyana. The Company also offers facilities-based integrated voice and data communications services to enterprise and residential customers in New England, primarily in Vermont, and wholesale transport services in Vermont and New York State. In addition, the Company offers wholesale long-distance voice services to telecommunications carriers.

 

The following chart summarizes the operating activities of the Company’s principal subsidiaries, the segments in which the Company reports its revenue and the markets it served as of September 30, 2014:

 

Services

 

Segment

 

Markets

 

Tradenames

Wireless

 

U.S. Wireless

 

United States

 

Commnet, Choice

 

 

Island Wireless

 

Aruba, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos, U.S. Virgin Islands

 

Mio, CellOne, Islandcom, Choice

 

 

International Integrated Telephony

 

Guyana

 

Cellink

Wireline

 

International Integrated Telephony

 

Guyana

 

GT&T, eMagine

 

 

U.S. Wireline

 

United States (New England and New York State)

 

Sovernet, ION, EssexTel

 

The Company is actively evaluating potential acquisitions, investment opportunities or other strategic transactions, both domestic and international, that meet its return-on-investment and other criteria.  The Company provides management, technical, financial, regulatory, and marketing services to its subsidiaries and typically receives a management fee equal to a percentage of their respective revenue. Management fees from subsidiaries are eliminated in consolidation. For information about the Company’s business segments and geographical information about its revenue, operating income and long-lived assets, see Note 11 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.