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| Network | 039 - Disclosure - PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER ASSETS (Tables) (http://www.numerex.com/role/PrepaidExpensesAndOtherAssetsTables) |
| Table | (Implied) |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000870753 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] | Period [Axis] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule of components of prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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Schedule of components of other noncurrent assets |
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