Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) |
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Oct. 11, 2017
USD ($)
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Jul. 11, 2017
USD ($)
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Apr. 11, 2017
USD ($)
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Mar. 07, 2017
USD ($)
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Feb. 11, 2017
USD ($)
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Jan. 11, 2017
USD ($)
Installments
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Jun. 30, 2013
USD ($)
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Jan. 31, 2017
USD ($)
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Jan. 31, 2016
USD ($)
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Jan. 31, 2017
USD ($)
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Jan. 31, 2016
USD ($)
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Feb. 07, 2017
USD ($)
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| Subsequent Event [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) | ||||||||||||
| Payment of installment | $ 4,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Description of legal settlement agreement | The Company will provide for a $2.25 million initial payment (the "Initial Payment") and a $7.2 million additional payment (the "Additional Payment"). The Initial Payment will be paid into an escrow account within 15 days following preliminary court approval of the settlement, and will be fully covered by insurance policies maintained by the Company. The Additional Payment of $7.2 million will be paid within 60 days after the closing of a transaction to sell the Company's spectrum licenses as specified in the Consent Decree with the Federal Communications Commission dated January 11, 2017 (the "Consent Decree"), or, in the event that the Company pays the non-transfer penalty specified in the Consent Decree, within 60 days after that payment is paid. | |||||||||||
| Settlement of initial payment | $ 2,250,000 | |||||||||||
| Additional settlement payment | $ 7,200,000 | |||||||||||
| Minimum [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) | ||||||||||||
| Recoverable contingency patents allegedly infringed, percentage | 0.00% | |||||||||||
| Maximum [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) | ||||||||||||
| Recoverable contingency patents allegedly infringed, percentage | 40.00% | |||||||||||
| Subsidiaries [Member] | Former Chief Executive Officer [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) | ||||||||||||
| Payments to be made from revenue, percentage | 50.00% | |||||||||||
| Amount of maximum future payment for wireless spectrum licenses | $ 3,250,000 | |||||||||||
| Amount incurred for obligation | $ 22,000 | $ 30,000 | $ 39,000 | $ 30,000 | ||||||||
| Straight Path IP Group [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) | ||||||||||||
| Settlement of litigation, description | Straight Path IP Group generally pays law firms that represent it in litigation against alleged infringers of its intellectual property rights a percentage of the amounts recovered ranging from 0% to 40% depending on several factors. | |||||||||||
| Straight Path Spectrum'S Spectrum Licenses [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) | ||||||||||||
| Payments to be made from revenue, percentage | 20.00% | |||||||||||
| Payments of initial civil penalty | $ 15,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Number of instalments | Installments | 4 | |||||||||||
| Payments of additional penalty | $ 85,000,000 | |||||||||||
| Straight Path Spectrum'S Spectrum Licenses [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | ||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Textual) | ||||||||||||
| Installment value | $ 3,500,000 | $ 3,500,000 | $ 4,000,000 | $ 4,000,000 | ||||||||