Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Equity Method Investments

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Equity Method Investments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Equity Method Investments
Equity Method Investments

In connection with the EMC Acquisition, the Company acquired 49% equity interests in each of its Wireless Maritime Services, LLC (“WMS”) and Santander Teleport S.L. (“Santander”) joint ventures (which equity interests EMC owned at the time of the EMC Acquisition). These investments are accounted for using the equity method of accounting, under which our results of operations include our share of the income of WMS and Santander in Income from equity method investments in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Following is the summarized balance sheet information for these equity method investments on an aggregated basis as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands):

 
September 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Current assets
$
41,615

 
$
35,859

Non-current assets
24,229

 
21,009

Current liabilities
16,228

 
15,151

Non-current liabilities
2,769

 
1,056


Following is the summarized results of operations information for these equity method investments on an aggregated basis for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):    

 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Revenue
$
35,690

 
$
36,696

 
$
100,596

 
$
104,141

Net income
7,440

 
6,658

 
17,538

 
17,636


The carrying values of the Company’s equity interests in WMS and Santander as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were as follows (in thousands):
 
September 30, 2018
 
December 31, 2017
Carrying value in our equity method investments
$
135,975

 
$
137,299



As of September 30, 2018 there was an aggregate difference of $113.2 million between the carrying amounts of these investments and the amounts of underlying equity in net assets in these investments. The difference was determined by applying the acquisition method of accounting in connection with the EMC Acquisition and is being amortized ratably over the life of the related acquired intangible assets. The weighted-average life of the intangible assets at the time of the EMC Acquisition in total was 14.9 years.