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Long-lived Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-lived Assets Long-lived Assets
Impairment Charges
The following table sets forth the details of our impairment charges:
Liberty CaribbeanC&W PanamaLiberty NetworksLiberty Puerto RicoLiberty Costa RicaTotal
 in millions
Year ended December 31, 2025:
Spectrum (a)$— $— $— $494.0 $— $494.0 
Property and equipment and other (b)56.8 6.0 0.1 1.7 0.3 64.9 
Total impairment charges$56.8 $6.0 $0.1 $495.7 $0.3 $558.9 
Year ended December 31, 2024:
Goodwill (c)$— $— $— $515.7 $— $515.7 
Property and equipment and other8.1 7.8 4.5 2.0 0.3 22.7 
Total impairment charges$8.1 $7.8 $4.5 $517.7 $0.3 $538.4 
Year ended December 31, 2023:
Total impairment charges - property and equipment and other (d)$4.1 $51.9 $0.8 $9.4 $0.8 $67.0 
(a)During 2025, we recorded an impairment of $494 million on spectrum license intangible assets recorded at Liberty Puerto Rico. See further details of our intangible assets not subject to amortization below.
(b)During October 2025, our operations in Jamaica were significantly impacted by Hurricane Melissa resulting in extensive damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure. Based on estimates of the impacts on our Jamaica operations, we recorded impairment charges of $56 million to reduce the carrying values of our property and equipment. This impairment charge is based on our assessment of currently available information and, accordingly, it is possible that further impairment charges could be required if the adverse impacts of the hurricane or estimated costs of recovery are greater than expected. For additional information regarding the impacts of Hurricane Melissa and the fair value method and related assumptions used in our impairment assessments, see note 4.
(c)During 2024, we recorded a $516 million impairment of goodwill at our Liberty Puerto Rico reporting unit. This impairment was mainly driven by declines in revenue, primarily from mobile subscriber losses, increased bad debt and other adverse impacts largely associated with (i) the migration of customers acquired from AT&T to our mobile network and (ii) various network challenges that have impacted these mobile customers.
(d)During 2023, C&W Panama recognized impairment of certain operating lease right-of-use assets, predominantly related to decommissioned tower leases. As of December 31, 2023, these operating lease right-of-use assets were fully amortized.
Based on the results of our impairment test over intangible assets not subject to amortization and impairment test over goodwill, if, among other factors, (i) our equity values were to decline significantly, (ii) we experience additional adverse impacts associated with macroeconomic factors, including increases in our estimated weighted average cost of capital, or (iii) the adverse impacts stemming from competition, economic, regulatory or other factors were to cause our results of operations or cash flows to be worse than currently anticipated, we could conclude in future periods that additional impairment charges of certain reporting units are required in order to reduce the carrying values of goodwill and intangible assets not subject to amortization. Any such impairment charges could be significant.
For additional information regarding the fair value methods and related assumptions used in our impairment assessments, see note 4.
Goodwill
Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2025 are set forth below:
Liberty CaribbeanC&W PanamaLiberty NetworksLiberty Costa RicaTotal
 in millions
January 1, 2025$1,211.6 $617.1 $652.2 $500.1 $2,981.0 
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other(3.7)— 17.1 13.1 26.5 
December 31, 2025$1,207.9 $617.1 $669.3 $513.2 $3,007.5 
Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2024 are set forth below:
Liberty CaribbeanC&W PanamaLiberty NetworksLiberty Puerto RicoLiberty Costa RicaTotal
 in millions
January 1, 2024$1,218.1 $617.1 $655.9 $501.1 $491.2 $3,483.4 
Acquisition— — — 14.6 — 14.6 
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other(6.5)— (3.7)— 8.9 (1.3)
Impairment— — — (515.7)— (515.7)
December 31, 2024$1,211.6 $617.1 $652.2 $— $500.1 $2,981.0 
Our accumulated goodwill impairments were $3,300 million at both December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Property and Equipment, Net
The details of our property and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation are set forth below:
Estimated useful
life at
December 31, 2025
December 31,
20252024
 in millions
Distribution systems
3 to 25 years
$5,280.3 $5,181.1 
Support equipment and buildings
3 to 40 years
1,403.2 1,292.6 
CPE
3 to 5 years
965.4 948.6 
7,648.9 7,422.3 
Accumulated depreciation(4,105.2)(3,767.4)
Total depreciable assets3,543.7 3,654.9 
CIP and land
304.1 407.5 
Total property and equipment, net$3,847.8 $4,062.4 
Depreciation expense related to our property and equipment was $809 million, $833 million and $840 million during 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
We recorded non-cash increases to our property and equipment related to vendor financing arrangements of $124 million $155 million and $144 million during 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Intangible Assets Not Subject to Amortization
The details of our intangible assets not subject to amortization are set forth below:
December 31,
20252024
 in millions
Spectrum licenses (a)$777.5 $1,271.5 
Cable television franchise rights and other541.8 541.8 
Total intangible assets not subject to amortization$1,319.3 $1,813.3 
(a)The 2024 amount includes $215 million of spectrum licenses attributable to the LPR Acquisition. For additional information regarding the assets acquired as part of the LPR Acquisition, see note 5.
Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization, Net
The details of our intangible assets subject to amortization, which had estimated useful lives ranging from 4 to 25 years at December 31, 2025, are set forth below:
December 31,
20252024
 in millions
Customer relationships$616.4 $898.9 
Licenses and other299.9 259.3 
916.3 1,158.2 
Accumulated amortization(555.3)(743.9)
Total intangible assets subject to amortization, net$361.0 $414.3 
Amortization expense related to intangible assets with finite useful lives was $96 million, $136 million and $168 million during 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Based on our amortizable intangible assets balance at December 31, 2025, we expect that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years and thereafter (in millions):
2026$71.8 
202762.4 
202857.0 
202952.1 
203034.8 
Thereafter82.9 
Total$361.0