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| Industry Segments Data [Text Block]   | (10)       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 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 years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, are allocated to our segments using segment margin for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  Bad debt expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, is allocated to our segments using a combination of specific identification and allocations based upon segment revenue for the years ended December 31, 2012, 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, loss attributable to non-controlling interests, 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 earnings before depreciation and amortization, net interest expense, and income taxes (“EBITDA”) are used to estimate current or prospective enterprise value.  The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 1, “Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of this 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 years ended December 31, 2012,2011and 2010follows (amounts in thousands):
                         ConsumerNetwork AccessCommercialManaged BroadbandRegulated OperationsTotal Reportable Segments 2012        Revenues:         Intersegment$ - 259 5,760 - 246 6,265  External  352,972 105,447 143,575 86,562 21,625 710,181   Total revenues  352,972 105,706 149,335 86,562 21,871 716,446 Cost of Goods Sold:         Intersegment  146 114 2,253 - 265 2,778  External  128,324 24,356 66,895 21,298 6,628 247,501   Total Cost of Goods Sold  128,470 24,470 69,148 21,298 6,893 250,279 Contribution:         Intersegment  (146) 145 3,507 - (19) 3,487  External  224,648 81,091 76,680 65,264 14,997 462,680   Total contribution  224,502 81,236 80,187 65,264 14,978 466,167 Less SG&A  139,191 26,841 42,014 24,087 11,115 243,248 Plus share-based  compensation  2,586 790 1,041 595 28 5,040 Plus non-cash contribution expense  533 169 156 102 - 960 Plus loss attributable to  non-controlling interests  - - - 867 - 867 Plus net income attributable  to equity investment  - - - 2 - 2 Plus accretion  282 89 83 54 - 508 Adjusted EBITDA$ 88,858 55,298 35,946 42,797 3,910 226,809            2011        Revenues:         Intersegment$ - - 5,710 - 607 6,317  External  352,574 105,456 136,101 63,248 22,002 679,381   Total revenues  352,574 105,456 141,811 63,248 22,609 685,698 Cost of Goods Sold:         Intersegment  - 600 2,283 - 561 3,444  External  110,693 28,744 65,170 17,021 5,771 227,399   Total Cost of Goods Sold  110,693 29,344 67,453 17,021 6,332 230,843 Contribution:         Intersegment  - (600) 3,427 - 46 2,873  External  241,881 76,712 70,931 46,227 16,231 451,982   Total contribution  241,881 76,112 74,358 46,227 16,277 454,855 Less SG&A  134,951 27,837 41,085 18,246 13,402 235,521 Plus share-based  compensation  3,457 1,214 1,276 657 16 6,620 Plus loss attributable to  non-controlling interest  - - - 238 - 238 Less loss attributable to  equity investment  - - - (297) - (297) Plus accretion  347 120 100 52 - 619 Adjusted EBITDA$ 110,734 50,209 31,222 28,631 2,845 223,641            2010        Revenues:         Intersegment$ - - 5,442 - 176 5,618  External  342,898 107,227 128,458 49,962 22,705 651,250   Total revenues  342,898 107,227 133,900 49,962 22,881 656,868 Cost of Goods Sold:         Intersegment  - 600 2,515 - 176 3,291  External  104,481 25,030 59,885 14,012 4,409 207,817   Total Cost of Goods Sold  104,481 25,630 62,400 14,012 4,585 211,108 Contribution:         Intersegment  - (600) 2,927 - - 2,327  External  238,417 82,197 68,573 35,950 18,296 443,433   Total contribution  238,417 81,597 71,500 35,950 18,296 445,760 Less SG&A  127,130 33,566 38,838 17,338 11,936 228,808 Plus share-based  compensation  3,361 1,598 1,117 651 6 6,733 Plus non-cash contribution  expense  (81) (41) (24) (14) - (160) Plus accretion  149 71 43 26 - 289 Adjusted EBITDA$ 114,716 50,259 30,871 19,275 6,366 221,487
A reconciliation of reportable segment revenues to consolidated revenues follows (amounts in thousands):
 Years Ended December 31, 201220112010 Reportable segment revenues$ 716,446 685,698 656,868 Less intersegment revenues eliminated in   consolidation  6,265 6,317 5,618  Consolidated revenues$ 710,181 679,381 651,250
A reconciliation of reportable segment Adjusted EBITDA to consolidated income before income taxes follows (amounts in thousands):
 Years Ended December 31, 201220112010 Reportable segment Adjusted EBITDA$ 226,809 223,641 221,487 Less depreciation and amortization  expense  (130,452) (125,937) (126,699) Less share-based compensation  expense  (5,040) (6,620) (6,733) Plus (less) non-cash contribution expense  (960) - 160 Less net loss attributable to  non-controlling interests  (867) (238) - Plus net loss (income) attributable to  equity investment  (2) 297 - Less accretion expense  (508) (619) (289)  Consolidated operating income  88,980 90,524 87,926 Less other expense, net  (67,730) (77,633) (70,068)  Consolidated income before  income tax expense$ 21,250 12,891 17,858
Assets at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, and capital expenditures for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 are not allocated to reportable segments as our Chief Operating Decision Maker does not review a balance sheet or capital expenditures by segment to make decisions about resource allocations or to evaluate segment performance.

 

We did not have any major customers for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010. |

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The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.
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