Supplemental Data - Statements of Cash Flows (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
6 Months Ended | |
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Jun. 30, 2023 |
Jun. 30, 2022 |
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| Supplemental Data - Statements of Cash Flows | ||
| Cash paid for interest (including capitalized interest) | $ 670,379 | $ 528,058 |
| Cash received for interest | 8,454 | 5,840 |
| Cash paid for income taxes | 17,562 | 34,324 |
| Capitalized interest (1) | 648,488 | 532,494 |
| Employee benefits paid in Class A common stock | 14,671 | 26,326 |
| Vendor financing | 57,930 | 49,407 |
| FCC licenses reclassification (2) | 122,657 | |
| Asset retirement obligation | 54,351 | 81,737 |
| Unsettled repurchases of senior notes | 35,000 | |
| Wireless equipment | ||
| Supplemental Data - Statements of Cash Flows | ||
| Accrued wireless equipment purchases | $ 467,040 | $ 448,130 |
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- Definition The amount of repurchase of unsettled notes. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of expense for employee benefit and equity-based compensation. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of cash paid for interest, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest and payment to settle zero-coupon bond attributable to accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount; classified as operating and investing activities. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of cash paid for interest capitalized, classified as investing activity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition The amount of fixed assets that an Entity acquires in a noncash (or part noncash) acquisition. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Interest received on loans and other debt instruments during the current period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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