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Description of Business and History

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Description of Business and History
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
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Description of Business and History

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND HISTORY

 

Overview

 

FTE Networks, Inc., and its businesses provide end-to-end design, build, and support solutions for state-of-the-art network and commercial properties, creating the most advanced and transformative smart platforms and buildings. Working with some of the world’s leading Fortune 500 corporations and communications service providers, FTE’s businesses are predicated on smart design and consistent standards that reduce deployment costs and accelerate delivery of innovative projects and services. FTE Networks and its subsidiaries operate 8 Lines of Business, including: Data Center Infrastructure, Fiber Optics, Wireless Integration, Network Engineering, Internet Service Provider, Construction Management, General Contracting, & Pre-Construction Services. With approximately 200+ employees, FTE and its entities have operations in 17 states and Europe. FTE Network Services and FTE Wireless Service, LLC are reported in the Company’s telecommunications segment. FVP Worx represents the Company’s staffing segment. The Company will not include segment reporting per Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 280 as the revenue, profit and loss, and assets of the staffing segment are immaterial for both the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016. On April 20, 2017, FTE expanded its product offering with the consummation of an acquisition of Benchmark Builders, Inc. (“Benchmark” or “Predecessor”). Benchmark is a full-service construction management and general contracting firm incorporated in 2008 as a New York State S-Corporation. Benchmark is a construction manager and general contractor serving a diverse and sophisticated corporate client base in the telecommunications, commercial, industrial, broadcast, technology, infrastructure, financial services, healthcare, and education industries, primarily in the New York area. Management believes that the historical operations of the Company and those or Benchmark operate under the same segment. Any assets outside of the continental U.S. are immaterial.