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T-Mobile
(NASDAQ:TMUS) 

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T-Mobile US, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile communications services in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The company offers voice, messaging, and data services to 102.1 million customers in the postpaid, prepaid, and wholesale markets. It al...

Founded: 1999
Full Time Employees: 71,000 (Dec 2022)
Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Telecom Services

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At a glance:
  • Postpaid Momentum Remains a Core Growth Driver: T-Mobile continues to emphasize postpaid phone and account net additions, leveraging strong value positioning and network perception to support subscriber growth.
  • Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Broadband Expands Addressable Market: 5G Home Internet growth broadens T-Mobile’s revenue mix beyond mobile service, with capacity management and churn control as key execution watchpoints.
  • Synergy Capture and Scale Benefits Support Margins: Scale efficiencies and integration synergies (including legacy Sprint consolidation) remain important contributors to EBITDA and operating margin resilience.
  • Capital Allocation Centers on Shareholder Returns and Deleveraging: With a maturing capex cycle, free cash flow is increasingly directed toward share repurchases and debt reduction, balancing return of capital with balance-sheet targets.
  • Competitive and Regulatory Dynamics Remain Key Risks: Pricing intensity, promotional activity, spectrum needs, and regulatory scrutiny (including broadband and wireless market competition) can influence ARPU, churn, and long-term growth.
Bull Thesis:
  • 5G Network Leadership & Market Share Gains: T-Mobile continues to leverage its superior 5G network coverage and speed advantage to attract and retain high-value postpaid phone subscribers, consistently outperforming competitors in net additions and gaining market share.
  • Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Expansion: The company's Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) offering is a significant growth engine, successfully capturing market share in the home internet segment and diversifying revenue streams beyond traditional mobile services, with substantial room for further expansion.
  • Synergy Realization & Margin Expansion: T-Mobile is on track to fully realize the remaining cost synergies from the Sprint merger, leading to significant operational efficiencies, improved profitability, and expanding free cash flow margins as integration efforts mature.
  • Shareholder Returns & Capital Allocation: The company's commitment to substantial share buyback programs signals strong confidence in future cash flow generation and a focus on enhancing shareholder value, which can boost EPS and investor sentiment.
Bear Thesis:
  • Intensifying Competition & Pricing Pressure: Increased promotional activity and aggressive competition from AT&T, Verizon, and cable companies (e.g., Comcast, Charter) could lead to slower subscriber growth, higher churn, and pressure on average revenue per user (ARPU).
  • Slowing Postpaid Phone Growth: As the wireless market matures and T-Mobile's market share grows, the pace of postpaid phone net additions may naturally decelerate, making it harder to sustain historical growth rates and impacting top-line revenue expansion.
  • Regulatory & Spectrum Challenges: Potential for increased regulatory scrutiny on spectrum holdings, network build-out requirements, or future strategic moves could limit operational flexibility, impose additional costs, or hinder future growth opportunities.
  • Debt Levels & Interest Rate Sensitivity: The company's significant debt load, largely from the Sprint merger, makes it vulnerable to rising interest rates, which could increase interest expenses, reduce financial flexibility, and potentially impact future investment capacity.
Main Competitors:
  • AT&T Inc. ($T) (AT&T Wireless), AT&T is another major direct competitor, offering nationwide 5G and 4G LTE wireless services. It competes on network coverage, speed, bundled services (e.g., internet, streaming), and device promotions, aiming to attract customers with a balance of network quality and value, often leveraging its broader telecommunications portfolio.
  • DISH Network Corporation ($DISH) (Boost Mobile, Project Genesis (DISH 5G Network)), DISH is an emerging direct competitor actively building its own greenfield nationwide 5G network. It competes through its Boost Mobile MVNO brand and aims to disrupt the market with its new O-RAN based 5G network, potentially offering innovative services and competitive pricing as it expands its infrastructure.
  • Comcast Corporation ($CMCSA) (Xfinity Mobile), Comcast competes as a significant Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) by leveraging Verizon's network. It primarily targets its existing Xfinity internet customers, offering highly competitive wireless plans, often with substantial discounts for bundling, focusing on value, convenience, and integrated services for its broadband subscriber base.
  • Charter Communications, Inc. ($CHTR) (Spectrum Mobile), Similar to Comcast, Charter operates as an MVNO on Verizon's network. It competes by offering attractive wireless plans, especially to its existing Spectrum internet customers, emphasizing cost savings and integrated billing for bundled services, leveraging its extensive broadband customer base.
Moat:
T-Mobile's competitive advantages (moat) include its strong 5G network leadership (often cited for speed and coverage), its value-oriented 'Un-carrier' pricing strategy, and a brand perception of innovation and customer-friendliness. The competitive landscape is intense, with Verizon and AT&T directly challenging on network performance, coverage, and bundled services. Emerging competitor DISH Network aims to disrupt with a new 5G network build, while MVNOs like Comcast's Xfinity Mobile and Charter's Spectrum Mobile leverage existing broadband customer bases and other carriers' networks to offer competitive bundled wireless services, primarily focusing on value and convenience for their existing subscribers. Competition is fierce across pricing, network quality, customer service, and device promotions in a largely saturated market.
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      revenues
                                                                
      postpaid revenues
    14,882,000,000 14,078,000,000 13,594,000,000 13,502,000,000 13,308,000,000 12,899,000,000 12,631,000,000 12,472,000,000 12,288,000,000 12,070,000,000 11,862,000,000 11,725,000,000 11,548,000,000 11,445,000,000 11,201,000,000 10,963,000,000 10,804,000,000 10,492,000,000 10,303,000,000 10,251,000,000 10,209,000,000 9,959,000,000                                       
      prepaid revenues
    2,625,000,000 2,643,000,000 2,643,000,000 2,688,000,000 2,716,000,000 2,592,000,000 2,403,000,000 2,433,000,000 2,473,000,000 2,444,000,000 2,417,000,000 2,449,000,000 2,484,000,000 2,469,000,000 2,455,000,000 2,474,000,000 2,481,000,000 2,427,000,000 2,351,000,000 2,354,000,000 2,383,000,000 2,311,000,000                                       
      wholesale and other service revenues
    734,000,000 717,000,000 688,000,000 738,000,000 701,000,000 938,000,000 1,062,000,000 1,138,000,000 1,153,000,000 1,224,000,000 1,267,000,000 1,344,000,000 1,329,000,000 1,402,000,000 1,472,000,000                                              
      total service revenues
    18,241,000,000 17,438,000,000 16,925,000,000 16,928,000,000 16,725,000,000 16,429,000,000 16,096,000,000 16,043,000,000 15,914,000,000 15,738,000,000 15,546,000,000 15,518,000,000 15,361,000,000 15,316,000,000 15,128,000,000 14,963,000,000 14,722,000,000 14,492,000,000 14,192,000,000 14,180,000,000 14,139,000,000 13,230,000,000 8,713,000,000 8,708,000,000 8,583,000,000 8,426,000,000 8,277,000,000 8,189,000,000 8,066,000,000 7,931,000,000 7,806,000,000 7,757,000,000 7,629,000,000 7,445,000,000 7,245,000,000 7,133,000,000 6,888,000,000 6,578,000,000 6,556,000,000 6,302,000,000 6,144,000,000 5,819,000,000 5,870,000,000 5,684,000,000 5,484,000,000 5,337,000,000 5,169,000,000 5,138,000,000 4,756,000,000 1,101,031,000 1,100,099,000 1,121,957,000 1,158,942,000 1,158,779,000 1,133,645,000 1,131,054,000 1,113,292,000 1,050,217,000 972,024,000 942,251,000 
      yoy
    9.06% 6.14% 5.15% 5.52% 5.10% 4.39% 3.54% 3.38% 3.60% 2.76% 2.76% 3.71% 4.34% 5.69% 6.60% 5.52% 4.12% 9.54% 62.88% 62.84% 64.73% 57.01% 5.27% 6.34% 6.41% 6.24% 6.03% 5.57% 5.73% 6.53% 7.74% 8.75% 10.76% 13.18% 10.51% 13.19% 12.11% 13.04% 11.69% 10.87% 12.04% 9.03% 13.56% 10.63% 15.31% 384.73% 369.87% 357.95% 310.37% -4.98% -2.96% -0.80% 4.10% 10.34% 16.63% 20.04%     
      qoq
    4.60% 3.03% -0.02% 1.21% 1.80% 2.07% 0.33% 0.81% 1.12% 1.24% 0.18% 1.02% 0.29% 1.24% 1.10% 1.64% 1.59% 2.11% 0.08% 0.29% 6.87% 51.84% 0.06% 1.46% 1.86% 1.80% 1.07% 1.52% 1.70% 1.60% 0.63% 1.68% 2.47% 2.76% 1.57% 3.56% 4.71% 0.34% 4.03% 2.57% 5.59% -0.87% 3.27% 3.65% 2.75% 3.25% 0.60% 8.03% 331.96% 0.08% -1.95% -3.19% 0.01% 2.22% 0.23% 1.60% 6.01% 8.04% 3.16%  
      equipment revenues
    3,465,000,000 3,439,000,000 3,704,000,000 4,699,000,000 3,207,000,000 3,106,000,000 3,251,000,000 4,174,000,000 3,076,000,000 3,169,000,000 3,719,000,000 4,451,000,000 3,855,000,000 4,130,000,000 4,694,000,000 5,506,000,000 4,660,000,000 5,215,000,000 5,346,000,000 5,973,000,000 4,953,000,000 4,269,000,000 2,117,000,000 2,875,000,000 2,186,000,000 2,263,000,000 2,516,000,000 2,940,000,000 2,391,000,000 2,325,000,000 2,353,000,000 2,708,000,000 2,118,000,000 2,506,000,000 2,740,000,000 1,948,000,000 2,188,000,000 1,851,000,000 1,536,000,000 1,416,000,000 1,915,000,000         186,030,000 184,249,000 137,203,000 122,238,000 117,811,000 104,520,000 74,334,000 96,161,000 144,160,000 93,502,000 78,538,000 
      other revenues
    251,000,000 255,000,000 257,000,000 245,000,000 230,000,000 237,000,000 247,000,000 261,000,000 262,000,000 289,000,000 367,000,000 304,000,000 261,000,000 255,000,000 298,000,000 316,000,000 242,000,000 243,000,000 221,000,000 188,000,000 180,000,000 172,000,000 283,000,000 295,000,000 292,000,000 290,000,000 287,000,000 316,000,000 382,000,000 315,000,000 296,000,000 294,000,000 272,000,000 262,000,000 190,000,000 165,000,000 146,000,000 170,000,000 155,000,000 131,000,000 120,000,000 108,000,000 104,000,000 105,000,000 101,000,000 90,000,000 77,000,000 83,000,000 93,000,000            
      total revenues
    21,957,000,000 21,132,000,000 20,886,000,000 21,872,000,000 20,162,000,000 19,772,000,000 19,594,000,000 20,478,000,000 19,252,000,000 19,196,000,000 19,632,000,000 20,273,000,000 19,477,000,000 19,701,000,000 20,120,000,000 20,785,000,000 19,624,000,000 19,950,000,000 19,759,000,000 20,341,000,000 19,272,000,000 17,671,000,000 11,113,000,000 11,878,000,000 11,061,000,000 10,979,000,000 11,080,000,000 11,445,000,000 10,839,000,000 10,571,000,000 10,455,000,000 10,759,000,000 10,019,000,000 10,213,000,000 10,175,000,000 9,246,000,000 9,222,000,000 8,599,000,000 8,247,000,000 7,849,000,000 8,179,000,000 7,778,000,000 8,154,000,000 7,350,000,000 7,185,000,000 6,875,000,000 6,827,000,000 6,688,000,000 6,228,000,000 1,287,061,000 1,284,348,000 1,259,160,000 1,281,180,000 1,276,590,000 1,238,165,000 1,205,388,000 1,209,453,000 1,194,377,000 1,065,526,000 1,020,789,000 
      operating expenses
                                                                
      cost of services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below
    2,873,000,000 2,717,000,000 2,602,000,000 2,697,000,000 2,722,000,000 2,664,000,000 2,688,000,000 2,792,000,000 2,886,000,000 2,916,000,000 3,061,000,000 3,167,000,000 3,712,000,000 4,060,000,000 3,727,000,000 3,521,000,000 3,538,000,000 3,491,000,000 3,384,000,000 3,827,000,000 3,314,000,000 3,098,000,000 1,639,000,000 1,694,000,000 1,733,000,000 1,649,000,000 1,546,000,000 1,602,000,000 1,586,000,000 1,530,000,000 1,589,000,000 1,580,000,000 1,594,000,000 1,518,000,000 1,445,000,000 1,436,000,000 1,429,000,000 1,421,000,000 1,384,000,000 1,378,000,000 1,397,000,000 1,395,000,000 1,383,000,000 1,488,000,000 1,453,000,000 1,464,000,000               
      cost of equipment sales, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below
    4,853,000,000 4,659,000,000 4,798,000,000 6,088,000,000 4,307,000,000 4,088,000,000 4,399,000,000 5,608,000,000 4,249,000,000 4,088,000,000 4,588,000,000 5,504,000,000 4,982,000,000 5,108,000,000 5,946,000,000 6,931,000,000 5,145,000,000 5,453,000,000 5,142,000,000 5,825,000,000 4,367,000,000 3,667,000,000 2,529,000,000 3,518,000,000 2,704,000,000 2,661,000,000 3,016,000,000                                  
      selling, general and administrative
    6,015,000,000 5,397,000,000 5,488,000,000 5,352,000,000 5,186,000,000 5,142,000,000 5,138,000,000 5,280,000,000 5,334,000,000 5,272,000,000 5,425,000,000 5,577,000,000 5,118,000,000 5,856,000,000 5,056,000,000 5,398,000,000 5,212,000,000 4,823,000,000 4,805,000,000 4,758,000,000 4,876,000,000 5,604,000,000 3,688,000,000 3,656,000,000 3,498,000,000 3,543,000,000 3,442,000,000 3,498,000,000 3,314,000,000 3,185,000,000 3,164,000,000 3,291,000,000 3,098,000,000 2,915,000,000 2,959,000,000 2,898,000,000 2,772,000,000 2,749,000,000 2,755,000,000 2,624,000,000 2,438,000,000 2,372,000,000 2,333,000,000 2,283,000,000 2,151,000,000 2,096,000,000               
      impairment expense
    278,000,000             477,000,000        418,000,000                                       
      depreciation and amortization
    3,408,000,000 3,146,000,000 3,198,000,000 3,149,000,000 3,151,000,000 3,248,000,000 3,371,000,000 3,318,000,000 3,187,000,000 3,110,000,000 3,203,000,000 3,262,000,000 3,313,000,000 3,491,000,000 3,585,000,000 3,872,000,000 4,145,000,000 4,077,000,000 4,289,000,000 4,219,000,000 4,150,000,000 4,064,000,000 1,718,000,000 1,776,000,000 1,655,000,000 1,585,000,000 1,600,000,000 1,640,000,000 1,637,000,000 1,634,000,000 1,575,000,000 1,485,000,000 1,416,000,000 1,519,000,000 1,548,000,000 1,568,000,000 1,575,000,000 1,552,000,000 1,369,000,000 1,157,000,000 1,075,000,000 1,087,000,000 1,090,000,000 1,138,000,000 1,129,000,000 1,055,000,000 997,000,000 987,000,000 888,000,000 173,167,000 172,167,000 163,089,000 153,351,000 152,819,000 136,307,000 139,309,000 134,525,000 128,695,000 118,826,000 113,804,000 
      total operating expenses
    17,427,000,000 15,919,000,000 16,086,000,000 17,286,000,000 15,366,000,000 15,142,000,000 15,596,000,000 16,998,000,000 15,656,000,000 15,403,000,000 16,235,000,000 17,526,000,000 18,196,000,000 18,992,000,000 18,314,000,000 19,722,000,000 18,040,000,000 17,844,000,000 17,620,000,000 18,629,000,000 16,707,000,000 16,851,000,000 9,574,000,000            9,233,000,000 8,257,000,000 8,454,000,000 7,496,000,000 7,409,000,000 7,336,000,000 7,582,000,000 7,661,000,000 7,721,000,000 7,301,000,000 6,223,000,000 6,903,000,000 6,688,000,000 6,391,000,000 6,047,000,000 1,179,233,000 1,162,833,000 966,922,000 969,232,000 1,178,323,000 1,023,050,000 1,028,557,000 999,198,000 1,049,040,000 858,205,000 812,855,000 
      operating income
    4,530,000,000 5,213,000,000 4,800,000,000 4,586,000,000 4,796,000,000 4,630,000,000 3,998,000,000 3,480,000,000 3,596,000,000 3,793,000,000 3,397,000,000 2,747,000,000 1,281,000,000 709,000,000 1,806,000,000 1,063,000,000 1,584,000,000 2,106,000,000 2,139,000,000 1,712,000,000 2,565,000,000 820,000,000 1,539,000,000 1,234,000,000 1,471,000,000 1,541,000,000 1,476,000,000 1,137,000,000 1,440,000,000 1,450,000,000 1,282,000,000 1,112,000,000 1,323,000,000 1,416,000,000 942,000,000 989,000,000 768,000,000 1,103,000,000 838,000,000 513,000,000 597,000,000 117,000,000 433,000,000 49,000,000 962,000,000 -28,000,000 139,000,000 297,000,000 181,000,000            
      yoy
    -5.55% 12.59% 20.06% 31.78% 33.37% 22.07% 17.69% 26.68% 180.72% 434.98% 88.10% 158.42% -19.13% -66.33% -15.57% -37.91% -38.25% 156.83% 38.99% 38.74% 74.37% -46.79% 4.27% 8.53% 2.15% 6.28% 15.13% 2.25% 8.84% 2.40% 36.09% 12.44% 72.27% 28.38% 12.41% 92.79% 28.64% 842.74% 93.53% 946.94% -37.94% -517.86% 211.51% -83.50% 431.49%                
      qoq
    -13.10% 8.60% 4.67% -4.38% 3.59% 15.81% 14.89% -3.23% -5.19% 11.66% 23.66% 114.44% 80.68% -60.74% 69.90% -32.89% -24.79% -1.54% 24.94% -33.26% 212.80% -46.72% 24.72% -16.11% -4.54% 4.40% 29.82% -21.04% -0.69% 13.10% 15.29% -15.95% -6.57% 50.32% -4.75% 28.78% -30.37% 31.62% 63.35% -14.07% 410.26% -72.98% 783.67% -94.91% -3535.71% -120.14% -53.20% 64.09%             
      operating margin %
    24.83% 29.89% 28.36% 27.09% 28.68% 28.18% 24.84% 21.69% 22.60% 24.10% 21.85% 17.70% 8.34% 4.63% 11.94% 7.10% 10.76% 14.53% 15.07% 12.07% 18.14% 6.20% 17.66% 14.17% 17.14% 18.29% 17.83% 13.88% 17.85% 18.28% 16.42% 14.34% 17.34% 19.02% 13.00% 13.87% 11.15% 16.77% 12.78% 8.14% 9.72% 2.01% 7.38% 0.86% 17.54% -0.52% 2.69% 5.78% 3.81% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 
      other expense
               2,000,000 -3,000,000                                                
      interest expense
    -924,000,000 -922,000,000 -916,000,000 -841,000,000 -836,000,000 -854,000,000 -880,000,000 -849,000,000 -790,000,000 -861,000,000 -835,000,000 -822,000,000 -827,000,000 -851,000,000 -864,000,000 -797,000,000 -780,000,000 -820,000,000 -792,000,000 -757,000,000 -765,000,000 -776,000,000 -185,000,000 -182,000,000 -184,000,000 -182,000,000 -179,000,000 -194,000,000 -194,000,000 -196,000,000 -251,000,000 -254,000,000 -253,000,000 -265,000,000 -335,000,000 -376,000,000 -368,000,000 -339,000,000 -305,000,000 -262,000,000 -257,000,000 -261,000,000 -266,000,000 -260,000,000 -271,000,000 -276,000,000 -234,000,000 -151,000,000 -109,000,000 76,346,000 69,270,000 66,655,000 69,486,000 70,083,000 68,022,000 69,511,000 66,980,000 56,561,000 64,415,000 65,726,000 
      other income
    -78,000,000 -11,000,000 -46,000,000 94,000,000 7,000,000 -8,000,000 20,000,000 12,000,000 41,000,000 6,000,000 9,000,000   -21,000,000 -11,000,000 -13,000,000 -60,000,000 -1,000,000 -125,000,000 -101,000,000 -99,000,000 -195,000,000 -10,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 -22,000,000 7,000,000 -3,000,000 3,000,000 -64,000,000 10,000,000 16,000,000 1,000,000 -92,000,000  -1,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -1,000,000 1,000,000 -8,000,000 21,000,000 -14,000,000 -12,000,000 -6,000,000 -16,000,000 -7,000,000 118,000,000 -84,000 -4,462,000 -105,000 -210,000 -103,000 -165,000 -93,000 -186,000 -255,000 411,000 462,000 
      total other expense
    -1,002,000,000 -933,000,000 -962,000,000 -747,000,000 -829,000,000 -862,000,000 -860,000,000 -837,000,000 -749,000,000 -855,000,000 -826,000,000 -820,000,000 -830,000,000              -273,000,000                                  
      income before income taxes
    3,528,000,000 4,280,000,000 3,838,000,000 3,839,000,000 3,967,000,000 3,768,000,000 3,138,000,000 2,643,000,000 2,847,000,000 2,938,000,000 2,571,000,000 1,927,000,000 451,000,000 -163,000,000 931,000,000    1,179,000,000    1,257,000,000 965,000,000 1,195,000,000 1,240,000,000 1,203,000,000 838,000,000 1,130,000,000 1,068,000,000 881,000,000 714,000,000 906,000,000 934,000,000 606,000,000 598,000,000 372,000,000 751,000,000 481,000,000 238,000,000 363,000,000 -104,000,000 200,000,000 -211,000,000 677,000,000 -253,000,000 -139,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000            
      income tax expense
    -814,000,000 -1,058,000,000 -885,000,000 -858,000,000 -908,000,000 -843,000,000 -764,000,000    -631,000,000    -218,000,000   -277,000,000 -246,000,000 -71,000,000 -407,000,000 -2,000,000 -306,000,000 -230,250,000 -325,000,000 -301,000,000 -295,000,000 -207,750,000 -335,000,000 -286,000,000  -154,500,000 -356,000,000 -353,000,000 -216,000,000 -232,000,000         286,000,000  33,750,000 42,000,000 21,000,000            
      net income
    2,714,000,000 3,222,000,000 2,953,000,000 2,981,000,000 3,059,000,000 2,925,000,000 2,374,000,000 2,014,000,000 2,142,000,000 2,221,000,000 1,940,000,000 1,477,000,000 508,000,000 -108,000,000 713,000,000 422,000,000 691,000,000 978,000,000 933,000,000 750,000,000 1,253,000,000 110,000,000 951,000,000 751,000,000 870,000,000 939,000,000 908,000,000 640,000,000 795,000,000 782,000,000 671,000,000 2,707,000,000 550,000,000 581,000,000 390,000,000 366,000,000 225,000,000 479,000,000 297,000,000 138,000,000 361,000,000 -63,000,000 101,000,000 -94,000,000 391,000,000 -151,000,000 -20,000,000 -36,000,000 -16,000,000 19,396,000 31,665,000 192,667,000 148,835,000 21,004,000 91,270,000 69,326,000 84,335,000 56,378,000 13,551,000 77,287,000 
      yoy
    -11.28% 10.15% 24.39% 48.01% 42.81% 31.70% 22.37% 36.36% 321.65% -2156.48% 172.09% 250.00% -26.48% -111.04% -23.58% -43.73% -44.85% 789.09% -1.89% -0.13% 44.02% -88.29% 4.74% 17.34% 9.43% 20.08% 35.32% -76.36% 44.55% 34.60% 72.05% 639.62% 144.44% 21.29% 31.31% 165.22% -37.67% -860.32% 194.06% -246.81% -7.67% -58.28% -605.00% 161.11% -2543.75% -878.51% -163.16% -118.69% -110.75% -7.66% -65.31% 177.91% 76.48% -62.74% 573.53% -10.30%     
      qoq
    -15.77% 9.11% -0.94% -2.55% 4.58% 23.21% 17.87% -5.98% -3.56% 14.48% 31.35% 190.75% -570.37% -115.15% 68.96% -38.93% -29.35% 4.82% 24.40% -40.14% 1039.09% -88.43% 26.63% -13.68% -7.35% 3.41% 41.87% -19.50% 1.66% 16.54% -75.21% 392.18% -5.34% 48.97% 6.56% 62.67% -53.03% 61.28% 115.22% -61.77% -673.02% -162.38% -207.45% -124.04% -358.94% 655.00% -44.44% 125.00% -182.49% -38.75% -83.56% 29.45% 608.60% -76.99% 31.65% -17.80% 49.59% 316.04% -82.47%  
      net income margin %
    14.88% 18.48% 17.45% 17.61% 18.29% 17.80% 14.75% 12.55% 13.46% 14.11% 12.48% 9.52% 3.31% -0.71% 4.71% 2.82% 4.69% 6.75% 6.57% 5.29% 8.86% 0.83% 10.91% 8.62% 10.14% 11.14% 10.97% 7.82% 9.86% 9.86% 8.60% 34.90% 7.21% 7.80% 5.38% 5.13% 3.27% 7.28% 4.53% 2.19% 5.88% -1.08% 1.72% -1.65% 7.13% -2.83% -0.39% -0.70% -0.34% 1.76% 2.88% 17.17% 12.84% 1.81% 8.05% 6.13% 7.58% 5.37% 1.39% 8.20% 
      other comprehensive income, net of tax
                                          -500,000 -2,000,000    1,000,000   1,000,000              
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 16, 15, 48 and 45
    48,000,000                                                            
      losses on fair value hedges, net of tax effect of
    -20,000,000                                                            
      unrealized loss on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 0, 0, 0 and 0
     -1,000,000                                                           
      amortization of actuarial gain, net of tax effect of 0,
    -1,000,000                                                            
      other comprehensive income
    27,000,000 81,000,000 -132,000,000 32,000,000 28,000,000 9,000,000 38,000,000 -15,000,000 8,000,000 47,000,000 42,000,000 217,000,000 32,000,000 34,000,000 36,000,000 113,000,000 32,000,000 35,000,000 36,000,000 -188,250,000 37,000,000     -292,000,000    3,000,000 -3,000,000 4,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  2,000,000 3,000,000                        
      total comprehensive income
    2,741,000,000 3,303,000,000 2,821,000,000 3,013,000,000 3,087,000,000 2,934,000,000 2,412,000,000 1,999,000,000 2,150,000,000 2,268,000,000 1,982,000,000 1,694,000,000 540,000,000 -74,000,000 749,000,000 535,000,000 723,000,000 1,013,000,000 969,000,000 790,000,000 1,290,000,000 112,000,000 159,000,000 953,000,000 613,000,000 647,000,000 719,000,000 308,000,000 795,000,000 785,000,000 668,000,000 2,711,000,000 551,000,000 582,000,000 390,000,000 368,000,000 228,000,000 476,000,000 297,000,000 136,000,000 361,000,000 -63,000,000 101,000,000 -93,000,000 391,000,000 -154,000,000 -19,000,000 -36,000,000 -54,000,000            
      earnings per share
                                                                
      basic
    2.42 2.84 2.59 2.58 2.62 2.5 1.74 1.83 1.86 1.59 0.223 0.4 -0.09 0.57    0.75    1.11 0.88 1.02 1.1 1.07 0.75 0.94 0.92 0.78 3.24 0.65 0.68 0.46 0.43 0.26 0.57 0.34 0.15 0.43  0.13 -0.12 0.49 -0.19 -0.04 -0.05 -0.02            
      diluted
    2.41 2.84 2.58 2.56 2.61 2.49 1.67 1.82 1.86 1.58 0.22 0.4 -0.09 0.57    0.74    1.1 0.87 1.01 1.09 1.06 0.74 0.93 0.92 0.78 3.1 0.63 0.67 0.45 0.42 0.25 0.56 0.34 0.15 0.42  0.12 -0.12 0.48 -0.19 -0.04 -0.05 -0.02            
      weighted-average shares outstanding
                                                                
      basic
    1,123,754,096 1,132,760,465 1,140,537,935 1,169,195,373 1,166,961,755 1,170,025,862 1,185,298,497 1,185,121,562 1,171,336,373 1,193,078,891 1,219,608,362 1,249,763,934 1,253,873,429 1,253,932,986 1,250,505,999 1,247,154,988 1,248,189,719 1,247,563,331 1,243,520,026 1,144,206,326 1,238,450,665 1,236,528,444 858,148,284 854,143,751 854,578,241 854,368,443 851,223,498 849,744,152 847,087,120 847,660,488 855,222,664 831,850,073 831,189,779 830,971,528 822,470,275 822,998,697 822,434,490 819,431,761 812,994,028 815,069,272 811,605,031 808,605,526 805,284,712 807,221,761 803,923,913 802,520,723 672,955,980 726,877,458 664,603,682 364,999,137,000 363,449,061,000 363,584,552,000 363,263,805,000 362,718,613,000 360,410,168,000 362,019,205,000 360,226,487,000 356,988,270,000 353,711,045,000 353,954,532,000 
      diluted
    1,126,627,708 1,134,846,966 1,144,655,297 1,173,213,898 1,170,649,561 1,172,447,353 1,189,092,019 1,200,286,264 1,174,390,472 1,195,533,499 1,224,604,698 1,255,376,769 1,259,210,271 1,253,932,986 1,255,368,592 1,254,769,926 1,253,661,245 1,253,718,122 1,252,783,564 1,154,749,428 1,249,798,740 1,236,528,444 865,998,532 863,433,511 862,690,751 860,135,593 858,643,481 858,290,174 853,852,764 852,040,670 862,244,084 871,787,450 871,420,065 870,456,447 833,054,545 832,257,819 829,752,956 859,382,827 822,617,938 822,017,220 821,122,537 808,605,526 815,922,258 807,221,761 813,556,137 802,520,723 676,885,215 726,877,458 664,603,682 366,556,369,000 364,880,303,000 365,019,836,000 363,514,983,000 364,283,160,000 363,837,940,000 364,865,226,000 365,390,280,000 361,406,194,000 356,135,089,000 356,423,216,000 
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 16, 15, 32 and 30
     47,000,000                                                           
      gains on fair value hedges, net of tax effect of 13,
     37,000,000                                                           
      amortization of actuarial gain, net of tax effect of
     -2,000,000  -3,250,000 -4,000,000                                                        
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 16 and 15
      46,000,000                                                          
      losses on fair value hedges, net of tax effect of (61) and 0
      -177,000,000                                                          
      amortization of actuarial gain, net of tax effect of 0 and
      -1,000,000                                                          
      gain on disposal group held for sale
              -42,000,000                                                  
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 15, 15, 45 and 42
       32,500,000 44,000,000                                                        
      net unrealized loss on fair value hedges, net of tax effect of (5), 0, (15) and 0
       -10,500,000 -12,000,000                                                        
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 0, 0, 0 and 0
                                                                
      loss on disposal group held for sale
             17,000,000  16,000,000 1,071,000,000                                                
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 15, 13, 30 and 27
         43,000,000                                                       
      net unrealized loss on fair value hedges, net of tax effect of (10), 0, (10) and 0
         -30,000,000                                                       
      amortization of actuarial gain, net of tax effect of (1), 0, (3) and 0
         -4,000,000                                                       
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 15 and 14
          43,000,000                                                      
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 0, and 0
                                                                
      amortization of actuarial gain, net of tax effect of (2) and 0
          -5,000,000                                                      
      income tax benefit
           -513,250,000 -705,000,000 -717,000,000  -26,500,000 57,000,000 55,000,000  -130,000,000 3,000,000              -210,000,000      -147,000,000 -272,000,000 15,250,000 100,000,000 2,000,000 -41,000,000 16,750,000 -117,000,000  -102,000,000               
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 15, 13, 42 and 39
           30,250,000 41,000,000                                                    
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 0, 0, 0 and
           2,250,000                                                     
      amortization of actuarial gain, net of tax effect of (11), 0, (11) and 0
           -8,250,000 -33,000,000                                                    
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 13, 13, 27 and 26
             40,000,000                                                   
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 0,
             7,000,000                                                   
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 14 and 13
              40,000,000                                                  
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 0 and 0
              2,000,000    -1,000,000                                              
      reclassification of loss from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 13, 12, 39, and 36
               28,250,000 39,000,000                                                
      unrealized loss on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 0, 0, (1), and 0
               -2,750,000 -7,000,000                                                
      total other income
                 -872,000,000 -875,000,000 -834,000,000 -896,000,000 -851,000,000 -960,000,000 -891,000,000 -905,000,000 -1,028,000,000 -282,000,000 -269,000,000 -276,000,000 -301,000,000  -299,000,000 -310,000,000 -382,000,000 -401,000,000 -398,000,000 -417,000,000 -482,000,000 -336,000,000 -391,000,000 -396,000,000 -352,000,000 -357,000,000 -275,000,000 -234,000,000 -221,000,000 -233,000,000 -260,000,000 -285,000,000 -225,000,000 -278,000,000 -291,000,000 -176,000,000 75,889,000 64,413,000 13,590,000 68,902,000 69,605,000 67,386,000 68,887,000 75,819,000 55,791,000 192,261,000 81,281,000 
      reclassification of income from cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 13, 12, 26, and 24
                 37,000,000                                               
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of , 0, , and 0
                 -3,000,000                                               
      unrealized gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 13 and 12
                  37,000,000                                              
      wholesale revenues
                   975,000,000 944,000,000 935,000,000 897,000,000 927,000,000 930,000,000 408,000,000 325,000,000 341,000,000 321,000,000 313,000,000 304,000,000 304,000,000 338,000,000 275,000,000 266,000,000 324,000,000 274,000,000 234,000,000 258,000,000 238,000,000 207,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 170,000,000 164,000,000 158,000,000 214,000,000 171,000,000 172,000,000 174,000,000 164,000,000 157,000,000 143,000,000            
      other service revenues
                   551,000,000 493,000,000 638,000,000                                           
      interest expense to affiliates
                   -37,000,000 -58,000,000 -32,000,000 -46,000,000 -41,000,000 -44,000,000 -63,000,000 -99,000,000 -98,000,000 -100,000,000 -101,000,000 -109,000,000 -104,000,000 -124,000,000 -128,000,000 -166,000,000 -162,000,000 -167,000,000 -131,000,000 -64,000,000 -76,000,000 -93,000,000 -79,000,000 -134,000,000 -121,000,000 -92,000,000 -64,000,000 -92,000,000 -83,000,000 -85,000,000 -18,000,000 -92,000,000 -183,000,000 -225,000,000            
      interest income
                   13,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 8,000,000 3,000,000 6,000,000 12,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 8,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 6,000,000 63,000,000 62,000,000 68,000,000 68,000,000 85,000,000 109,000,000 114,000,000 112,000,000 104,000,000 97,000,000 83,000,000 75,000,000 64,000,000 50,000,000 40,000,000 -373,000 -395,000 -460,000 -374,000 -375,000 -471,000 -531,000 -511,000 -515,000 -601,000 -497,000 
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                   229,000,000 688,000,000 1,255,000,000  821,000,000 1,660,000,000 -208,000,000                                       
      income from continuing operations
                   422,000,000 691,000,000 978,000,000  750,000,000 1,253,000,000 -210,000,000                                       
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                         320,000,000                                       
      unrealized gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 12, 12, 36, and
                   25,750,000 35,000,000                                            
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 0, 1, 0, and 1
                    -3,000,000                                            
      earnings per share
                                                                
      basic earnings per share:
                                                                
      continuing operations
                   0.33 0.55 0.78  0.61 1.01 -0.17                                       
      discontinued operations
                       -0.01  0.26                                       
      basic
                   0.33 0.55 0.78  0.6 1.01 0.09                                       
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                                
      diluted
                   0.34 0.55 0.78  0.59 0.09                                       
      unrealized gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 12, 3, 24, and
                     34,000,000                                           
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 0, 0, 0, and 0
                     1,000,000                                           
      roaming and other service revenues
                      641,000,000 648,000,000 617,000,000 552,000,000 128,000,000 153,000,000 131,000,000 121,000,000 94,000,000 102,000,000 89,000,000 90,000,000 68,000,000 79,000,000 59,000,000 57,000,000 80,000,000 66,000,000 53,000,000 51,000,000 63,000,000 41,000,000 44,000,000 45,000,000 80,000,000 53,000,000 65,000,000 68,000,000 82,000,000 85,000,000 87,000,000            
      unrealized gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 12 and
                      34,000,000                                          
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of — and —
                      2,000,000                                          
      other comprehensive loss, net of tax
                                                 -3,000,000   -38,000,000            
      unrealized gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 12,
                       -189,250,000 33,000,000                                        
      unrealized gain on foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax effect of 1, 0, 1, and 0
                       1,000,000 4,000,000                                        
      unrealized gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 3,
                         2,000,000                                       
      branded postpaid revenues
                          5,887,000,000 5,821,000,000 5,746,000,000 5,613,000,000 5,493,000,000 5,384,000,000 5,244,000,000 5,164,000,000 5,070,000,000 4,983,000,000 4,920,000,000 4,820,000,000 4,680,000,000 4,647,000,000 4,509,000,000 4,302,000,000 4,337,000,000 4,197,000,000 4,075,000,000 3,774,000,000 3,764,000,000 3,670,000,000 3,511,000,000 3,447,000,000 3,317,000,000 3,302,000,000 3,284,000,000            
      branded prepaid revenues
                          2,373,000,000 2,393,000,000 2,385,000,000 2,379,000,000 2,386,000,000 2,399,000,000 2,395,000,000 2,402,000,000 2,402,000,000 2,371,000,000 2,376,000,000 2,334,000,000 2,227,000,000 2,182,000,000 2,119,000,000 2,025,000,000 1,956,000,000 1,894,000,000 1,861,000,000 1,842,000,000 1,812,000,000 1,790,000,000 1,736,000,000 1,648,000,000 1,606,000,000 1,594,000,000 1,242,000,000            
      unrealized loss on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of
                          -792,000,000                                      
      other comprehensive loss
                          -792,000,000 -184,500,000 -257,000,000  -189,000,000           -3,000,000                       
      total operating expense
                           7,158,000,000 9,590,000,000 9,438,000,000 9,604,000,000 10,308,000,000 9,399,000,000 9,121,000,000 9,173,000,000 9,647,000,000 8,696,000,000 8,797,000,000                           
      unrealized loss on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of 88, 0, 256, and 0
                           -184,500,000 -257,000,000                                    
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 0, 1, 0 and 0
                                                                
      unrealized loss on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of (102), 0, (168), and 0
                             -292,000,000                                   
      unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 0 and
                                                                
      unrealized loss on cash flow hedges, net of tax effect of (66) and 0
                              -189,000,000                                  
      cost of equipment sales
                               3,568,000,000 2,862,000,000 2,772,000,000 2,845,000,000 3,459,000,000 2,617,000,000 2,846,000,000 3,287,000,000 2,539,000,000 2,619,000,000 2,374,000,000 2,019,000,000 1,985,000,000 2,661,000,000 2,679,000,000 2,812,000,000 2,308,000,000 2,215,000,000 2,286,000,000 2,139,000,000 2,015,000,000 1,936,000,000            
      gains on disposal of spectrum licenses
                                   -168,000,000 -29,000,000 -1,000,000  -199,000,000  -636,000,000 -139,000,000 -1,000,000 -23,000,000  -70,000,000 -13,000,000                 
      dividends on preferred stock
                                   -14,000,000 -13,000,000 -14,000,000 -14,000,000 -13,000,000 -14,000,000 -14,000,000 -14,000,000 -13,000,000 -14,000,000 -14,000,000                   
      net income attributable to common stockholders
                               640,000,000 795,000,000 782,000,000 671,000,000 2,693,000,000 537,000,000 567,000,000 376,000,000 353,000,000 211,000,000 465,000,000 283,000,000 125,000,000 347,000,000 -77,000,000                   
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 0, 0, 0 and 2
                                                                
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 1, 1, 0 and 2
                                 3,000,000                               
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of and 1
                                  -3,000,000                              
      cost of metropcs business combination
                                      -6,000,000 15,000,000 59,000,000 36,000,000 21,000,000 193,000,000 34,000,000 128,000,000 168,000,000 97,000,000                 
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect 0, 1, 2 and 1
                                   750,000 1,000,000                            
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect 1, 2, 2 and 0
                                     1,000,000                           
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 1, , 1 and
                                      500,000 2,000,000                         
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 2, 0, 0 and 0
                                        3,000,000                        
      unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of and 0
                                         -3,000,000        -3,000,000               
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of
                                          -500,000 -2,000,000                     
      unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 0, 0, 0 and
                                                                
      equipment sales
                                             1,851,000,000 2,180,000,000 1,561,000,000 1,600,000,000 1,448,000,000 1,581,000,000 1,467,000,000 1,379,000,000            
      loss per share
                                                                
      basic
                                             -0.09                   
      diluted
                                             -0.09                   
      other
                                                -747,000,000 -10,000,000               
      net gain on cross currency interest rate swaps, net of tax effect of 0, 0, 0, and 13
                                                                
      net income on foreign currency translation, net of tax effect of 0, 0, 0 and
                                                                
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 0, 0, and 0
                                              -500,000 1,000,000                 
      metropcs transaction and integration costs
                                                22,000,000 12,000,000 57,000,000 12,000,000             
      restructuring costs
                                                    23,000,000            
      net gain on cross currency interest rate swaps, net of tax effect of 0, 39, 0, and 13
                                                                
      net income on foreign currency translation, net of tax effect of 0,
                                                                
      unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 0, 0, and 0
                                                                
      net income on cross currency interest rate swaps, net of tax effect of 0 and
                                                                
      net gain on foreign currency translation, net of tax effect of 0 and 25
                                                                
      network costs
                                                  970,000,000 1,444,000,000 1,327,000,000            
      customer acquisition
                                                  701,000,000 1,039,000,000 1,028,000,000            
      general and administrative
                                                  620,500,000 894,000,000 819,000,000            
      impairment charges
                                                                
      net gain on cross currency interest rate swaps, net of tax effect of 0, 36, 13 and 10
                                                  5,750,000              
      net gain on foreign currency translation, net of tax effect of 0, (22), (37) and 2
                                                  -15,500,000              
      unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of 0, 0, 0 and 0
                                                                
      metropcs transaction-related costs
                                                    26,000,000            
      net gain on cross currency interest rate swaps, net of tax effect of 39,
                                                    66,000,000            
      net gain on foreign currency translation, net of tax effect of (62), 50, (37) and 23
                                                    -104,000,000            
      revenues:
                                                                
      operating expenses:
                                                                
      cost of service
                                                     372,978,000 359,850,000 373,032,000 368,418,000 388,927,000 384,356,000 382,033,000 366,030,000 341,417,000 317,423,000 313,688,000 
      cost of equipment
                                                     437,969,000 437,098,000 265,940,000 277,922,000 458,864,000 344,326,000 343,473,000 342,534,000 409,262,000 288,587,000 256,265,000 
      selling, general and administrative expenses
                                                     194,611,000 189,292,000 163,409,000 167,494,000 176,593,000 157,173,000 162,459,000 154,556,000 169,771,000 155,720,000 147,431,000 
      loss on disposal of assets
                                                     508,000 1,154,500 1,452,000 2,047,000    1,553,000    
      income from operations
                                                     107,828,000 121,515,000 292,238,000 311,948,000 98,267,000 215,115,000 176,831,000 210,255,000 145,337,000 207,321,000 207,934,000 
      other income:
                                                                
      income before benefit from income taxes
                                                     31,939,000 57,102,000 278,648,000 243,046,000 28,662,000 147,729,000 107,944,000 134,436,000 89,546,000 15,060,000 126,653,000 
      benefit from income taxes
                                                     -12,543,000 -25,437,000 -85,981,000 -94,211,000 -7,658,000 -56,459,000 -38,618,000 -50,101,000 -33,168,000 -1,509,000 -49,366,000 
      other comprehensive income:
                                                                
      unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of 4 and 9, respectively
                                                     6,000           
      unrealized losses on cash flow hedging derivatives, net of tax benefit of 71 and 1,572, respectively
                                                     -115,000           
      reclassification adjustment for gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax of 53 and 12, respectively
                                                     -85,000           
      reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging derivatives included in net income, net of tax benefit of 1,378 and 1,448, respectively
                                                     2,225,000           
      total other comprehensive income
                                                     2,031,000 -4,977,000 3,962,000 962,000 -254,000 3,652,000 -5,365,000 -9,639,000 3,473,000 8,860,000 -512,000 
      comprehensive income
                                                     21,427,000 26,688,000 196,629,000 149,797,000 20,750,000 94,922,000 63,961,000 74,696,000 59,851,000 22,411,000 76,775,000 
      net income per common share:
                                                                
      basic
                                                     50 90 530 410 60 250 190 230 160 30 220 
      diluted
                                                     50 80 520 410 60 250 190 230 150 40 220 
      weighted-average shares:
                                                                
      basic
    1,123,754,096 1,132,760,465 1,140,537,935 1,169,195,373 1,166,961,755 1,170,025,862 1,185,298,497 1,185,121,562 1,171,336,373 1,193,078,891 1,219,608,362 1,249,763,934 1,253,873,429 1,253,932,986 1,250,505,999 1,247,154,988 1,248,189,719 1,247,563,331 1,243,520,026 1,144,206,326 1,238,450,665 1,236,528,444 858,148,284 854,143,751 854,578,241 854,368,443 851,223,498 849,744,152 847,087,120 847,660,488 855,222,664 831,850,073 831,189,779 830,971,528 822,470,275 822,998,697 822,434,490 819,431,761 812,994,028 815,069,272 811,605,031 808,605,526 805,284,712 807,221,761 803,923,913 802,520,723 672,955,980 726,877,458 664,603,682 364,999,137,000 363,449,061,000 363,584,552,000 363,263,805,000 362,718,613,000 360,410,168,000 362,019,205,000 360,226,487,000 356,988,270,000 353,711,045,000 353,954,532,000 
      diluted
    1,126,627,708 1,134,846,966 1,144,655,297 1,173,213,898 1,170,649,561 1,172,447,353 1,189,092,019 1,200,286,264 1,174,390,472 1,195,533,499 1,224,604,698 1,255,376,769 1,259,210,271 1,253,932,986 1,255,368,592 1,254,769,926 1,253,661,245 1,253,718,122 1,252,783,564 1,154,749,428 1,249,798,740 1,236,528,444 865,998,532 863,433,511 862,690,751 860,135,593 858,643,481 858,290,174 853,852,764 852,040,670 862,244,084 871,787,450 871,420,065 870,456,447 833,054,545 832,257,819 829,752,956 859,382,827 822,617,938 822,017,220 821,122,537 808,605,526 815,922,258 807,221,761 813,556,137 802,520,723 676,885,215 726,877,458 664,603,682 366,556,369,000 364,880,303,000 365,019,836,000 363,514,983,000 364,283,160,000 363,837,940,000 364,865,226,000 365,390,280,000 361,406,194,000 356,135,089,000 356,423,216,000 
      gain on settlement
                                                       -52,500,000         
      loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                            9,536,000  128,036,000 15,590,000 
      unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of 49, 25, 100 and 127, respectively
                                                      898,250 3,512,000         
      unrealized losses on cash flow hedging derivatives, net of tax benefit of 1,002, 5,790, 3,608 and 13,713, respectively
                                                      -1,478,250 -1,748,000         
      reclassification adjustment for gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax of 33, 47, 58 and 169, respectively
                                                      -24,000 -56,000         
      reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging derivatives included in net income, net of tax benefit of 1,301, 2,468, 4,324 and 6,587, respectively
                                                      1,771,500 2,254,000         
      unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of 42, 40, 51 and 102, respectively
                                                        64,000        
      unrealized losses on cash flow hedging derivatives, net of tax benefit of 1,034, 8,299, 2,606 and 7,923, respectively
                                                        -1,032,000        
      reclassification adjustment for gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax of 12, 57, 25 and 122, respectively
                                                        -15,000        
      reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging derivatives included in net income, net of tax benefit of 1,575, 2,319, 3,023 and 4,118, respectively
                                                        1,945,000        
      gain on disposal of assets
                                                         1,120,000 888,000 1,283,000  -105,000   
      unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of 9 and 62, respectively
                                                         17,000       
      unrealized gains on cash flow hedging derivatives, net of tax benefit of 1,572 and tax of 376, respectively
                                                         -3,133,000       
      reclassification adjustment for gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax of 12 and 65, respectively
                                                         -25,000       
      reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging derivatives included in net income, net of tax benefit of 1,448 and 1,780, respectively
                                                         2,887,000       
      unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of 25, 89, 127 and 167, respectively
                                                          51,000 40,000     
      unrealized losses on cash flow hedging derivatives, net of tax benefit of 5,790, 2,237, 13,713 and 8,674, respectively
                                                          -5,515,000 -9,286,000     
      reclassification adjustment for gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax of 47, 49, 169 and 132, respectively
                                                          -68,000 -75,000     
      reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging derivatives included in net income, net of tax benefit of 2,468, 1,884, 6,587 and 9,320, respectively
                                                          2,649,000 3,956,000     
      unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of 40, 58, 102 and 78, respectively
                                                            66,000    
      unrealized losses on cash flow hedging derivatives, net of tax benefit of 8,299, 2,658, 7,923 and 6,437, respectively
                                                            -13,374,000    
      reclassification adjustment for gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax of 57, 34, 122 and 83, respectively
                                                            -93,000    
      reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging derivatives included in net income, net of tax benefit of 2,319, 3,214, 4,118 and 7,436, respectively
                                                            3,762,000    
      unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of 62 and 20, respectively
                                                             99,000   
      unrealized gains on cash flow hedging derivatives, net of tax of 376 and tax benefit of 3,779, respectively
                                                             600,000   
      reclassification adjustment for gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax of 65 and 50, respectively
                                                             -103,000   
      reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging derivatives included in net income, net of tax benefit of 1,780 and 4,222, respectively
                                                             2,877,000   
      (gain) loss on disposal of assets
                                                              -22,351,000 -18,333,000 
      impairment loss on investment securities
                                                                
      unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax
                                                              65,250 137,000 
      unrealized losses on cash flow hedging derivatives, net of tax
                                                              -3,393,250 -3,355,000 
      reclassification adjustment for gains on available-for-sale securities included in net income, net of tax
                                                              -51,750 -74,000 
      reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging derivatives included in net income, net of tax
                                                              3,646,000 2,780,000 
    Balance Sheets:
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        assets
                                                               
        current assets
                                                               
        cash and cash equivalents
      3,310,000,000 10,259,000,000 12,003,000,000 5,409,000,000 9,754,000,000 6,417,000,000 6,708,000,000 5,135,000,000 5,030,000,000 6,647,000,000 4,540,000,000 4,507,000,000 6,888,000,000 3,151,000,000 3,245,000,000 6,631,000,000 4,055,000,000 7,793,000,000 6,677,000,000 10,385,000,000 6,571,000,000 11,076,000,000 1,112,000,000 1,528,000,000 1,653,000,000 1,105,000,000 1,439,000,000 1,203,000,000 329,000,000 215,000,000 2,527,000,000 739,000,000 181,000,000 5,500,000,000 5,352,000,000 5,538,000,000 3,647,000,000 4,582,000,000 2,633,000,000 2,642,000,000 3,032,000,000 5,315,000,000 5,787,000,000 3,080,000,000 5,471,000,000 5,891,000,000 2,365,000,000 2,701,281,000 2,368,302,000 2,057,339,000 1,901,168,000 1,886,238,000 1,321,550,000 1,840,761,000 1,855,994,000 796,531,000 889,784,000 
        accounts receivable
      5,084,000,000 4,598,000,000 4,392,000,000 4,276,000,000 4,286,000,000 4,563,000,000 4,253,000,000 4,692,000,000 4,500,000,000 4,592,000,000 4,366,000,000 4,445,000,000 4,324,000,000 4,466,000,000 4,016,000,000 4,167,000,000 4,109,000,000 4,528,000,000 3,592,000,000 4,254,000,000 4,313,000,000 3,355,000,000 1,836,000,000 1,888,000,000 1,822,000,000 1,817,000,000 1,749,000,000 1,769,000,000 1,652,000,000 1,630,000,000 1,689,000,000 1,734,000,000 1,719,000,000 1,896,000,000 1,885,000,000 1,866,000,000 1,880,000,000 1,788,000,000 1,810,000,000 1,827,000,000 1,933,000,000 1,865,000,000     3,370,000,000 87,810,000 98,653,000 95,263,000 87,860,000 80,973,000 56,640,000 65,048,000 62,506,000 58,056,000 46,737,000 
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 646 and 656
      4,599,000,000                                                         
        inventory
      2,370,000,000 1,690,000,000 1,937,000,000 1,607,000,000 1,789,000,000 1,319,000,000 1,521,000,000 1,678,000,000 1,685,000,000 1,373,000,000 1,741,000,000 1,884,000,000 2,247,000,000 2,243,000,000 2,715,000,000 2,567,000,000 1,762,000,000 1,707,000,000 2,209,000,000 2,527,000,000 1,931,000,000 1,549,000,000 1,225,000,000 964,000,000 801,000,000 998,000,000 1,261,000,000                674,000,000 791,000,000 676,000,000 586,000,000 761,000,000           
        prepaid expenses
      1,128,000,000 1,125,000,000 980,000,000 880,000,000 953,000,000 1,059,000,000 715,000,000 702,000,000 712,000,000 814,000,000 674,000,000 673,000,000 711,000,000 776,000,000 727,000,000 746,000,000 943,000,000 818,000,000 670,000,000 624,000,000 659,000,000 627,000,000                          97,361,000 65,069,000 80,040,000 88,087,000 70,644,000 60,769,000 66,763,000 64,982,000 50,477,000 60,043,000 
        other current assets
      5,212,000,000 4,874,000,000 3,835,000,000 1,853,000,000 2,154,000,000 2,163,000,000 2,039,000,000 2,352,000,000 2,272,000,000 2,032,000,000 2,543,000,000 2,435,000,000 2,209,000,000 1,711,000,000 1,691,000,000 2,005,000,000 1,576,000,000 1,642,000,000 1,770,000,000 2,496,000,000 2,889,000,000 2,586,000,000 2,882,000,000 2,305,000,000 1,737,000,000 1,730,000,000 1,814,000,000 1,676,000,000 1,969,000,000 1,929,000,000 1,788,000,000 1,817,000,000 1,580,000,000 1,537,000,000 1,336,000,000 1,415,000,000 1,263,000,000 1,813,000,000 1,890,000,000 1,019,000,000 1,063,000,000 1,593,000,000 1,369,000,000 1,179,000,000 905,000,000 1,252,000,000 676,000,000 70,238,000 69,458,000 52,349,000 22,709,000 35,434,000 58,848,000 42,795,000 49,887,000 63,135,000 40,721,000 
        total current assets
      21,703,000,000 26,772,000,000 27,441,000,000 18,404,000,000 22,531,000,000 19,297,000,000 19,295,000,000 19,015,000,000 18,669,000,000 20,237,000,000 18,876,000,000 19,067,000,000 21,427,000,000 17,476,000,000 17,455,000,000 20,891,000,000 16,772,000,000 20,570,000,000 18,779,000,000 23,885,000,000 19,465,000,000 24,321,000,000 9,487,000,000 9,305,000,000 8,458,000,000 8,114,000,000 8,745,000,000 8,281,000,000 7,286,000,000 7,091,000,000 9,609,000,000 7,449,000,000 6,780,000,000 14,217,000,000 13,530,000,000 14,280,000,000 13,344,000,000 14,890,000,000 12,656,000,000 11,657,000,000 11,635,000,000 13,984,000,000 13,295,000,000 9,896,000,000 12,957,000,000 12,228,000,000 7,964,000,000 6,772,704,000 3,187,303,000 3,184,822,000 2,895,800,000 2,767,350,000 2,229,510,000 2,549,818,000 2,568,302,000 1,593,885,000 2,245,754,000 
        property and equipment
      38,718,000,000 37,481,000,000 37,897,000,000 38,533,000,000 37,603,000,000 38,222,000,000 39,286,000,000 40,432,000,000 41,080,000,000 41,804,000,000 42,053,000,000 42,086,000,000 41,034,000,000 40,245,000,000 40,006,000,000 39,803,000,000 39,355,000,000 39,752,000,000 40,549,000,000 41,175,000,000 38,567,000,000 38,801,000,000 22,149,000,000 21,984,000,000 22,098,000,000 21,847,000,000 21,464,000,000 23,359,000,000 22,502,000,000 22,375,000,000 22,308,000,000 21,570,000,000 21,423,000,000 20,943,000,000 20,574,000,000 20,570,000,000 20,625,000,000 20,000,000,000 18,101,000,000 16,910,000,000 16,483,000,000 16,245,000,000 15,798,000,000 15,537,000,000 15,427,000,000 15,349,000,000 15,370,000,000 4,177,500,000 4,292,061,000 4,197,399,000 4,069,340,000 4,007,177,000 3,738,733,000 4,009,265,000 3,856,869,000 3,659,445,000 3,423,533,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      26,070,000,000 24,735,000,000 25,025,000,000 25,398,000,000 25,833,000,000 26,240,000,000 26,766,000,000 27,135,000,000 27,568,000,000 27,891,000,000 28,146,000,000 28,715,000,000 29,264,000,000 30,110,000,000 31,449,000,000 26,959,000,000 27,446,000,000 27,511,000,000 27,793,000,000 28,021,000,000 27,999,000,000 17,246,000,000 10,956,000,000 10,933,000,000 10,914,000,000 10,439,000,000 9,509,000,000                               
        financing lease right-of-use assets
      2,955,000,000 3,105,000,000 2,977,000,000 3,091,000,000 3,352,000,000 3,271,000,000 3,180,000,000 3,270,000,000 3,390,000,000 3,365,000,000 3,282,000,000 3,257,000,000 3,619,000,000 3,588,000,000 3,287,000,000 3,322,000,000 3,396,000,000 3,072,000,000 2,899,000,000 3,028,000,000 3,038,000,000 3,288,000,000 2,749,000,000 2,715,000,000 2,855,000,000 2,589,000,000 2,339,000,000                               
        goodwill
      13,690,000,000 13,460,000,000 13,467,000,000 13,005,000,000 13,015,000,000 13,015,000,000 12,234,000,000 12,234,000,000 12,234,000,000 12,234,000,000 12,234,000,000 12,234,000,000 12,234,000,000 12,234,000,000 12,234,000,000 12,188,000,000 12,188,000,000 11,152,000,000 11,158,000,000 11,117,000,000 10,906,000,000 10,910,000,000 1,930,000,000 1,930,000,000 1,930,000,000 1,901,000,000 1,901,000,000 1,901,000,000 1,901,000,000 1,901,000,000 1,901,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000 1,683,000,000           
        spectrum licenses
      97,749,000,000 95,928,000,000 98,733,000,000 100,558,000,000 98,736,000,000 98,661,000,000 97,154,000,000 96,707,000,000 96,689,000,000 95,889,000,000 95,878,000,000 95,798,000,000 95,767,000,000 95,632,000,000 92,661,000,000 92,606,000,000 92,589,000,000 82,917,000,000 82,901,000,000 82,828,000,000 82,891,000,000 82,870,000,000 36,471,000,000 36,465,000,000 36,442,000,000 36,430,000,000 35,618,000,000 35,559,000,000 35,553,000,000 35,532,000,000 35,504,000,000 35,007,000,000 35,060,000,000 27,014,000,000 26,590,000,000 25,536,000,000 25,495,000,000 23,955,000,000 23,646,000,000 24,272,000,000 24,062,000,000 21,955,000,000 21,689,000,000 21,828,000,000 17,383,000,000 18,122,000,000 18,414,000,000           
        other intangible assets
      4,117,000,000 2,438,000,000 2,618,000,000 2,512,000,000 2,762,000,000 2,978,000,000 2,445,000,000 2,618,000,000 2,824,000,000 3,032,000,000 3,245,000,000 3,508,000,000 3,763,000,000 4,140,000,000 4,448,000,000 4,733,000,000 5,047,000,000 4,600,000,000 4,892,000,000 5,298,000,000 5,660,000,000 6,038,000,000 91,000,000 115,000,000 144,000,000 157,000,000 174,000,000 198,000,000 229,000,000 260,000,000 291,000,000 256,000,000 296,000,000 376,000,000 431,000,000 486,000,000 541,000,000 594,000,000 662,000,000 735,000,000 805,000,000 870,000,000                
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 186 and 158
      2,316,000,000                                                         
        other assets
      9,862,000,000 6,749,000,000 4,364,000,000 4,325,000,000 5,158,000,000 5,093,000,000 4,000,000,000 4,229,000,000 4,246,000,000 4,184,000,000 4,209,000,000 4,127,000,000 3,877,000,000 3,433,000,000 6,276,000,000 3,232,000,000 3,052,000,000 12,266,000,000 12,140,000,000 2,779,000,000 2,519,000,000 2,326,000,000 2,026,000,000 1,891,000,000 1,799,000,000 1,707,000,000 1,661,000,000 1,623,000,000 1,488,000,000 1,311,000,000 1,157,000,000 858,000,000 815,000,000 674,000,000 625,000,000 582,000,000 471,000,000 467,000,000 351,000,000 320,000,000 307,000,000 288,000,000 1,694,000,000 1,680,000,000 1,596,000,000 1,367,000,000 948,000,000 141,239,000 141,036,000 123,618,000 194,193,000 184,628,000 120,739,000 173,023,000 126,585,000 123,433,000 140,746,000 
        total assets
      217,180,000,000 212,643,000,000 214,633,000,000 208,035,000,000 210,742,000,000 208,557,000,000 206,268,000,000 207,682,000,000 208,579,000,000 210,602,000,000 210,173,000,000 211,338,000,000 213,499,000,000 209,463,000,000 210,653,000,000 206,563,000,000 202,125,000,000 204,124,000,000 203,332,000,000 200,162,000,000 192,443,000,000 187,199,000,000 87,226,000,000 86,921,000,000 86,109,000,000 84,788,000,000 83,073,000,000 72,468,000,000 70,182,000,000 69,692,000,000 72,004,000,000 67,923,000,000 67,159,000,000 65,891,000,000 64,272,000,000 63,968,000,000 63,063,000,000 62,436,000,000 58,473,000,000 57,188,000,000 56,558,000,000 56,653,000,000 55,115,000,000 51,664,000,000 50,169,000,000 49,953,000,000 45,767,000,000 13,662,546,000 10,189,415,000 10,071,909,000 9,729,632,000 9,509,207,000 8,648,307,000 9,279,601,000 9,101,027,000 7,918,580,000 8,320,613,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                               
        current liabilities
                                                               
        accounts payable and accrued liabilities
      9,193,000,000 7,802,000,000 7,900,000,000 8,463,000,000 7,496,000,000 7,591,000,000 7,720,000,000 10,373,000,000 9,665,000,000 9,872,000,000 11,091,000,000 12,275,000,000 11,971,000,000 11,182,000,000 11,134,000,000 11,405,000,000 8,735,000,000 8,411,000,000 8,712,000,000 10,196,000,000 8,389,000,000 9,348,000,000 6,003,000,000 6,746,000,000 6,406,000,000 7,260,000,000 7,330,000,000 7,741,000,000 6,500,000,000 6,686,000,000 7,157,000,000 6,071,000,000 6,225,000,000 7,152,000,000 6,146,000,000 6,985,000,000 7,431,000,000 8,084,000,000 7,474,000,000 6,645,000,000 6,793,000,000 7,364,000,000 6,057,000,000 5,555,000,000 4,792,000,000 4,567,000,000 4,324,000,000           
        short-term debt
      6,333,000,000 6,408,000,000 8,214,000,000 4,068,000,000 5,851,000,000 5,867,000,000 5,356,000,000 3,619,000,000 3,437,000,000 7,731,000,000 5,215,000,000 5,164,000,000 7,398,000,000 2,942,000,000 2,865,000,000 3,378,000,000 2,096,000,000 4,648,000,000 4,423,000,000 4,579,000,000 3,713,000,000 3,818,000,000  25,000,000 475,000,000 300,000,000 250,000,000 841,000,000 783,000,000 1,004,000,000 3,320,000,000 558,000,000 522,000,000 354,000,000 325,000,000 258,000,000 365,000,000 182,000,000 114,000,000 386,000,000 467,000,000 87,000,000 1,168,000,000 272,000,000 151,000,000 244,000,000 195,000,000           
        deferred revenue
      1,487,000,000 1,217,000,000 1,193,000,000 1,222,000,000 1,125,000,000 1,098,000,000 846,000,000 825,000,000 830,000,000 810,000,000 804,000,000 780,000,000 777,000,000 810,000,000 842,000,000 856,000,000 914,000,000 939,000,000 972,000,000 1,030,000,000 1,078,000,000 1,185,000,000 619,000,000 631,000,000 608,000,000 620,000,000 665,000,000 698,000,000 696,000,000 722,000,000 791,000,000 790,000,000 851,000,000 986,000,000 980,000,000 936,000,000 895,000,000 717,000,000 649,000,000 574,000,000 584,000,000 459,000,000 452,000,000 447,000,000 459,000,000 445,000,000 447,000,000 241,341,000 237,635,000 232,307,000 244,390,000 261,655,000 242,013,000 243,696,000 235,461,000 224,471,000 198,128,000 
        short-term operating lease liabilities
      3,550,000,000 3,343,000,000 3,305,000,000 3,281,000,000 3,328,000,000 3,202,000,000 3,443,000,000 3,555,000,000 3,545,000,000 3,289,000,000 3,441,000,000 3,512,000,000 3,367,000,000 3,348,000,000 3,252,000,000 3,425,000,000 3,077,000,000 3,577,000,000 3,498,000,000 3,868,000,000 3,658,000,000 4,164,000,000 2,187,000,000 2,287,000,000 2,232,000,000 2,268,000,000 2,202,000,000                               
        short-term financing lease liabilities
      1,157,000,000 1,157,000,000 1,136,000,000 1,175,000,000 1,252,000,000 1,252,000,000 1,265,000,000 1,260,000,000 1,286,000,000 1,220,000,000 1,180,000,000 1,161,000,000 1,239,000,000 1,220,000,000 1,121,000,000 1,120,000,000 1,154,000,000 1,045,000,000 1,013,000,000 1,063,000,000 1,050,000,000 1,040,000,000 918,000,000 957,000,000 1,013,000,000 963,000,000 911,000,000                               
        other current liabilities
      2,581,000,000 2,175,000,000 1,881,000,000 1,965,000,000 1,903,000,000 4,028,000,000 1,933,000,000 1,296,000,000 2,948,000,000 1,647,000,000 2,115,000,000 1,850,000,000 1,610,000,000 1,120,000,000 959,000,000 967,000,000 939,000,000 877,000,000 769,000,000 810,000,000 1,817,000,000 1,669,000,000 2,801,000,000 1,673,000,000 1,883,000,000 1,564,000,000 1,129,000,000 787,000,000 367,000,000 359,000,000 353,000,000 396,000,000 395,000,000 405,000,000 355,000,000 370,000,000 425,000,000 410,000,000 410,000,000 558,000,000 589,000,000 635,000,000 613,000,000 621,000,000 399,000,000 353,000,000 243,000,000 23,870,000 71,599,000 66,144,000 30,263,000 29,743,000 25,015,000 26,458,000 29,874,000 34,165,000 33,546,000 
        total current liabilities
      24,301,000,000 22,102,000,000 23,629,000,000 20,174,000,000 20,955,000,000 23,038,000,000 20,563,000,000 20,928,000,000 21,711,000,000 24,569,000,000 23,846,000,000 24,742,000,000 26,362,000,000 20,622,000,000 21,423,000,000 23,499,000,000 19,247,000,000 21,837,000,000 19,495,000,000 21,703,000,000 19,840,000,000 23,191,000,000 14,756,000,000 12,506,000,000 12,869,000,000 13,173,000,000 13,327,000,000 10,267,000,000 8,572,000,000 9,281,000,000 12,357,000,000 8,103,000,000 8,828,000,000 9,022,000,000 8,119,000,000 8,752,000,000 9,369,000,000 9,528,000,000 8,843,000,000 8,264,000,000 8,649,000,000 8,776,000,000 8,605,000,000 7,131,000,000 6,110,000,000 5,808,000,000 5,514,000,000 3,189,125,000 847,803,000 784,650,000 741,878,000 778,033,000 903,724,000 779,338,000 725,673,000 802,420,000 689,008,000 
        long-term debt
      76,365,000,000 75,018,000,000 76,033,000,000 72,700,000,000 72,522,000,000 70,203,000,000 71,361,000,000 69,903,000,000 70,365,000,000 68,646,000,000 68,035,000,000 65,301,000,000 64,834,000,000 66,552,000,000 66,861,000,000 67,076,000,000 66,645,000,000 65,897,000,000 66,395,000,000 61,830,000,000 58,345,000,000 62,783,000,000 10,959,000,000 10,958,000,000 10,956,000,000 10,954,000,000 10,952,000,000 12,124,000,000 11,993,000,000 12,065,000,000 12,127,000,000 13,163,000,000 13,206,000,000 21,832,000,000 21,825,000,000 21,574,000,000 20,505,000,000 20,484,000,000 16,442,000,000 16,386,000,000 16,261,000,000 16,273,000,000 16,284,000,000 14,369,000,000 14,331,000,000 14,345,000,000 6,761,000,000 5,807,170,000 4,724,112,000 4,731,174,000 4,726,434,000 4,726,077,000 4,255,064,000 4,710,992,000 4,714,512,000 3,757,287,000 4,314,105,000 
        long-term debt to affiliates
      1,498,000,000 1,497,000,000 1,497,000,000 1,497,000,000 1,497,000,000 1,496,000,000 1,496,000,000 1,496,000,000 1,496,000,000 1,495,000,000 1,495,000,000 1,495,000,000 1,495,000,000 1,495,000,000 1,494,000,000 1,494,000,000 1,494,000,000 2,490,000,000 4,721,000,000 4,716,000,000 4,711,000,000 4,706,000,000 11,987,000,000 13,986,000,000 13,986,000,000 13,985,000,000 13,985,000,000 14,582,000,000 14,581,000,000 14,581,000,000 14,586,000,000 14,586,000,000 14,086,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000 5,600,000,000            
        tower obligations
      3,568,000,000 3,603,000,000 3,634,000,000 3,664,000,000 3,695,000,000 3,725,000,000 3,751,000,000 3,777,000,000 3,819,000,000 3,860,000,000 3,897,000,000 3,934,000,000 3,970,000,000 4,006,000,000 4,037,000,000 2,806,000,000 2,862,000,000 2,919,000,000 2,974,000,000 3,028,000,000 3,079,000,000 3,130,000,000 2,230,000,000 2,236,000,000 2,241,000,000 2,247,000,000 2,244,000,000 2,557,000,000 2,565,000,000 2,574,000,000 2,582,000,000 2,599,000,000 2,606,000,000 2,621,000,000 2,629,000,000 2,634,000,000 2,640,000,000 2,658,000,000                    
        deferred tax liabilities
      19,222,000,000 18,468,000,000 17,505,000,000 16,700,000,000 15,849,000,000 15,022,000,000 14,187,000,000 13,458,000,000 12,900,000,000 12,226,000,000 11,510,000,000 10,884,000,000 10,397,000,000 10,433,000,000 10,410,000,000 10,216,000,000 10,370,000,000 10,391,000,000 10,154,000,000 9,966,000,000 10,373,000,000 9,996,000,000 5,618,000,000 5,607,000,000 5,296,000,000 5,090,000,000 4,925,000,000 4,472,000,000 4,370,000,000 4,087,000,000 3,813,000,000 5,535,000,000 5,188,000,000 4,938,000,000 4,648,000,000 4,427,000,000 4,285,000,000 4,061,000,000 5,566,000,000 5,306,000,000 4,855,000,000 4,873,000,000 4,744,000,000 4,757,000,000 4,614,000,000 4,645,000,000 4,695,000,000 1,044,503,000 1,031,374,000 1,008,870,000 924,613,000 831,745,000 677,841,000 756,362,000 721,143,000 643,058,000 631,969,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      26,780,000,000 25,646,000,000 25,974,000,000 26,408,000,000 26,821,000,000 27,272,000,000 27,827,000,000 28,240,000,000 28,677,000,000 29,053,000,000 29,379,000,000 29,855,000,000 30,271,000,000 30,916,000,000 31,187,000,000 25,818,000,000 26,279,000,000 26,515,000,000 26,602,000,000 26,719,000,000 26,658,000,000 15,487,000,000 10,464,000,000 10,539,000,000 10,614,000,000 10,145,000,000 9,339,000,000                               
        financing lease liabilities
      1,186,000,000 1,188,000,000 1,117,000,000 1,151,000,000 1,185,000,000 1,133,000,000 1,163,000,000 1,236,000,000 1,273,000,000 1,254,000,000 1,284,000,000 1,370,000,000 1,590,000,000 1,597,000,000 1,447,000,000 1,455,000,000 1,587,000,000 1,376,000,000 1,316,000,000 1,444,000,000 1,373,000,000 1,416,000,000 1,276,000,000 1,346,000,000 1,440,000,000 1,314,000,000 1,224,000,000                               
        other long-term liabilities
      3,783,000,000 4,014,000,000 4,139,000,000 4,000,000,000 3,968,000,000 4,032,000,000 3,846,000,000 3,929,000,000 3,640,000,000 3,749,000,000 3,802,000,000 4,101,000,000 4,430,000,000 3,808,000,000 3,818,000,000 5,097,000,000 5,214,000,000 5,229,000,000 5,298,000,000 5,412,000,000 3,577,000,000 3,494,000,000 959,000,000 954,000,000 936,000,000 913,000,000 896,000,000 967,000,000 985,000,000 968,000,000 933,000,000 967,000,000 971,000,000 1,026,000,000 1,007,000,000 1,038,000,000 1,047,000,000 1,067,000,000 795,000,000 642,000,000 654,000,000 616,000,000 558,000,000 505,000,000 671,000,000 701,000,000 632,000,000 90,516,000 90,763,000 91,496,000 91,128,000 90,792,000 73,667,000 92,673,000 80,744,000 72,828,000 82,916,000 
        total long-term liabilities
      132,402,000,000 129,434,000,000 129,899,000,000 126,120,000,000 125,537,000,000 122,883,000,000 123,631,000,000 122,039,000,000 122,170,000,000 120,283,000,000 119,402,000,000 116,940,000,000 116,987,000,000 118,807,000,000 119,254,000,000 113,962,000,000 114,451,000,000 114,817,000,000 117,460,000,000 113,115,000,000 108,116,000,000 101,012,000,000 43,493,000,000 45,626,000,000 45,469,000,000 44,648,000,000 43,565,000,000 37,483,000,000 37,255,000,000 37,021,000,000 36,771,000,000 39,543,000,000 38,717,000,000 38,633,000,000 38,300,000,000 37,821,000,000 36,590,000,000 36,351,000,000 33,378,000,000 32,871,000,000 32,259,000,000 32,214,000,000 31,985,000,000 29,970,000,000 29,903,000,000 29,900,000,000 27,838,000,000           
        commitments and contingencies
                                                               
        stockholders' equity
                                                               
        common stock
                                                               
        additional paid-in capital
      69,267,000,000 69,008,000,000 68,837,000,000 68,798,000,000 68,659,000,000 68,463,000,000 67,786,000,000 67,705,000,000 74,404,000,000 74,161,000,000 74,043,000,000 73,941,000,000 73,797,000,000 73,552,000,000 73,420,000,000 73,292,000,000 73,152,000,000 72,919,000,000 72,839,000,000 72,772,000,000 72,705,000,000 72,505,000,000 38,597,000,000 38,498,000,000 38,433,000,000 38,242,000,000 38,100,000,000 38,010,000,000 37,956,000,000 37,786,000,000 38,057,000,000 39,058,000,000 38,946,000,000 38,846,000,000 38,853,000,000 38,763,000,000 38,700,000,000 38,666,000,000 38,658,000,000 38,595,000,000 38,553,000,000 38,503,000,000 37,466,000,000 37,411,000,000 37,395,000,000 37,330,000,000 35,481,000,000 1,839,870,000 1,826,044,000 1,815,315,000 1,804,923,000 1,795,586,000 1,720,343,000 1,776,506,000 1,763,946,000 1,686,761,000 1,673,934,000 
        treasury stock
      -28,064,000,000 -25,569,000,000 -23,085,000,000 -20,584,000,000 -15,921,000,000 -15,270,000,000 -12,982,000,000 -9,373,000,000 -14,092,000,000 -11,392,000,000 -7,831,000,000 -3,016,000,000 -685,000,000 -16,000,000 -16,000,000 -13,000,000 -13,000,000 -14,000,000 -14,000,000 -11,000,000 -11,000,000 -12,000,000 -11,000,000 -8,000,000 -8,000,000 -8,000,000 -5,000,000 -6,000,000 -7,000,000 -7,000,000 -7,000,000 -4,000,000 -4,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000                     
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -881,000,000 -908,000,000 -989,000,000 -857,000,000 -889,000,000 -917,000,000 -926,000,000 -964,000,000 -949,000,000 -957,000,000 -1,004,000,000 -1,046,000,000 -1,263,000,000 -1,295,000,000 -1,329,000,000 -1,365,000,000 -1,478,000,000 -1,510,000,000 -1,545,000,000 -1,581,000,000 -1,621,000,000 -1,658,000,000 -1,660,000,000 -868,000,000 -1,070,000,000 -813,000,000          -1,000,000 -4,000,000           -7,571,000 -9,602,000 -4,625,000 -8,586,000 -9,549,000  -12,947,000 -7,582,000 -1,415,000 -10,275,000 
        retained earnings
      20,155,000,000 18,576,000,000 16,342,000,000 14,384,000,000 12,401,000,000 10,360,000,000 8,196,000,000 7,347,000,000 5,335,000,000 3,938,000,000 1,717,000,000                                     1,572,986,000 1,553,590,000 1,521,925,000 1,329,257,000 1,180,422,000 914,486,000 1,068,148,000 998,822,000 858,108,000 844,557,000 
        total stockholders' equity
      60,477,000,000 61,107,000,000 61,105,000,000 61,741,000,000 64,250,000,000 62,636,000,000 62,074,000,000 64,715,000,000 64,698,000,000 65,750,000,000 66,925,000,000 69,656,000,000 70,150,000,000 70,034,000,000 69,976,000,000 69,102,000,000 68,427,000,000 67,470,000,000 66,377,000,000 65,344,000,000 64,487,000,000 62,996,000,000 28,977,000,000 28,789,000,000 27,771,000,000 26,967,000,000 26,181,000,000 24,718,000,000 24,355,000,000 23,390,000,000 22,876,000,000 20,277,000,000 19,614,000,000 18,236,000,000 17,853,000,000 17,395,000,000 17,104,000,000 16,557,000,000 16,252,000,000 16,053,000,000 15,650,000,000 15,663,000,000 14,525,000,000 14,563,000,000 14,156,000,000 14,245,000,000 12,415,000,000           
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
      217,180,000,000 212,643,000,000 214,633,000,000 208,035,000,000 210,742,000,000 208,557,000,000 206,268,000,000 207,682,000,000 208,579,000,000 210,602,000,000 210,173,000,000 211,338,000,000 213,499,000,000 209,463,000,000 210,653,000,000 206,563,000,000 202,125,000,000 204,124,000,000 203,332,000,000 200,162,000,000 192,443,000,000 187,199,000,000 87,226,000,000 86,921,000,000 86,109,000,000 84,788,000,000 83,073,000,000 72,468,000,000 70,182,000,000 69,692,000,000 72,004,000,000 67,923,000,000 67,159,000,000 65,891,000,000 64,272,000,000 63,968,000,000 63,063,000,000 62,436,000,000 58,473,000,000 57,188,000,000 56,558,000,000 56,653,000,000 55,115,000,000 51,664,000,000 50,169,000,000 49,953,000,000 45,767,000,000           
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 625 and 656
       4,226,000,000                                                        
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 151 and 158
       1,975,000,000                                                        
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 647 and 656
        4,294,000,000                                                       
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 161 and 158
        2,111,000,000                                                       
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 656 and 623
         4,379,000,000                                                      
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 158 and 150
         2,209,000,000                                                      
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 575 and 623
          3,595,000,000                                                     
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 130 and 150
          1,752,000,000                                                     
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 587 and 623
           3,776,000,000                                                    
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 132 and 150
           1,780,000,000                                                    
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 614 and 623
            4,059,000,000                                                   
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 143 and 150
            1,908,000,000                                                   
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 623 and 667
             4,456,000,000  4,779,000,000                                                
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 150 and 144
             2,042,000,000                                                  
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 610 and 667
              4,470,000,000                                                 
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 130 and 144
              1,879,000,000                                                 
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 131 and 144
               1,966,000,000                                                
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 647 and 667
                5,012,000,000                                               
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 139 and 144
                2,250,000,000                                               
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 667 and 494
                 5,123,000,000                                              
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 144 and 136
                 2,546,000,000                                              
        short-term debt to affiliates
                    1,250,000,000 2,245,000,000 2,240,000,000 2,235,000,000    1,235,000,000 2,000,000,000    598,000,000   320,000,000 445,000,000  680,000,000                         
        accumulated deficit
                 -223,000,000 -1,699,000,000 -2,207,000,000 -2,099,000,000 -2,812,000,000 -3,234,000,000 -3,925,000,000 -4,903,000,000 -5,836,000,000 -6,586,000,000 -7,839,000,000 -7,949,000,000 -8,833,000,000 -9,584,000,000 -10,454,000,000 -11,393,000,000 -12,954,000,000 -13,594,000,000 -14,389,000,000 -15,179,000,000 -18,781,000,000 -19,331,000,000 -20,610,000,000 -21,000,000,000 -21,366,000,000 -21,591,000,000 -22,108,000,000 -22,405,000,000 -22,543,000,000 -22,904,000,000 -22,841,000,000 -22,942,000,000 -22,848,000,000 -23,239,000,000 -23,088,000,000 -23,068,000,000           
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 624 and 494
                  5,048,000,000                                             
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 125 and 136
                  2,514,000,000                                             
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 600 and 494
                   5,129,000,000                                            
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 122 and 136
                   2,605,000,000                                            
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 522 and 494
                    5,061,000,000                                           
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 127 and 136
                    2,837,000,000                                           
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 494 and 478
                     4,748,000,000                                          
        accounts receivable from affiliates
                     27,000,000 21,000,000 18,000,000 20,000,000 22,000,000 19,000,000 24,000,000 26,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 18,000,000 16,000,000 11,000,000 12,000,000 11,000,000 13,000,000 24,000,000 32,000,000 40,000,000 46,000,000 39,000,000 37,000,000 36,000,000 32,000,000 52,000,000 85,000,000 76,000,000 82,000,000 87,000,000 60,000,000 41,000,000 19,000,000           
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 136 and 127
                     2,829,000,000                                          
        payables to affiliates
                     103,000,000 92,000,000 105,000,000 108,000,000 157,000,000 135,000,000 126,000,000 228,000,000 187,000,000 252,000,000 198,000,000 242,000,000 200,000,000 226,000,000 190,000,000 291,000,000 288,000,000 155,000,000 125,000,000 313,000,000 203,000,000 253,000,000                     
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 469 and 478
                      4,306,000,000                                         
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 109 and 127
                      2,280,000,000                                         
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 482 and 478
                       4,064,000,000                                        
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 115 and 127
                       2,284,000,000                                        
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 512 and 478
                        3,841,000,000                                       
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 124 and 127
                        2,221,000,000                                       
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 478 and 333
                         3,577,000,000                                      
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 127 and 66
                         2,031,000,000                                      
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 450 and 333
                          3,083,000,000                                     
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 87 and 66
                          1,398,000,000                                     
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 415 and 333
                           3,194,000,000                                    
        assets held for sale
                           1,910,000,000                                    
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 76 and 66
                           1,399,000,000                                    
        liabilities held for sale
                           606,000,000                                    
        equipment installment plan receivables, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 386 and 333
                            2,406,000,000                                   
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year, net of allowance for credit losses and imputed discount of 83 and 66
                            1,367,000,000                                   
        equipment installment plan receivables
                             2,600,000,000 2,425,000,000 2,446,000,000 2,466,000,000 2,538,000,000 2,366,000,000 2,308,000,000 2,281,000,000 2,136,000,000 2,060,000,000 1,930,000,000 1,669,000,000 1,831,000,000 2,149,000,000 2,378,000,000 3,397,000,000 3,503,000,000 3,259,000,000 3,062,000,000                
        equipment installment plan receivables due after one year
                             1,583,000,000 1,469,000,000 1,604,000,000 1,662,000,000 1,547,000,000 1,223,000,000 1,222,000,000 1,234,000,000 1,100,000,000 1,102,000,000 984,000,000 839,000,000 831,000,000 904,000,000 847,000,000 1,374,000,000 1,611,000,000 1,583,000,000 1,628,000,000                
        deferred rent expense
                                 2,781,000,000 2,761,000,000 2,746,000,000 2,730,000,000 2,693,000,000 2,660,000,000 2,616,000,000 2,591,000,000 2,548,000,000 2,513,000,000                     
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                -521,000,000 -332,000,000   5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000   -1,000,000 -1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000   3,000,000 2,000,000      2,058,000     
        inventories
                                 1,084,000,000 958,000,000 998,000,000 1,311,000,000 999,000,000 1,208,000,000 1,111,000,000 1,039,000,000 1,388,000,000 1,443,000,000 1,295,000,000 1,236,000,000 1,135,000,000 1,230,000,000 1,085,000,000      254,871,000 259,157,000 312,632,000 259,011,000 252,158,000 285,849,000 147,002,000 140,048,000 161,049,000 126,201,000 
        asset purchase deposit
                                       2,203,000,000 2,203,000,000 2,203,000,000                      
        5.50% mandatory convertible preferred stock series a, par value 0.00001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 20,000,000 and 20,000,000 shares issued and outstanding; 1,000 and 1,000 aggregate liquidation value
                                                               
        short-term investments
                                          2,925,000,000 2,998,000,000           244,990,000 507,943,000 447,386,000 329,911,000 337,401,000 299,981,000 299,954,000 374,862,000 1,012,632,000 
        deferred tax assets
                                            1,658,000,000 1,479,000,000 1,033,000,000 988,000,000      3,493,000 3,493,000 7,666,000 7,214,000 7,215,000 6,290,000 6,290,000 6,290,000 6,290,000 5,959,000 
        current payables to affiliates
                                           135,000,000 196,000,000 101,000,000 216,000,000 231,000,000 315,000,000    305,000,000           
        deferred rents
                                           2,481,000,000 2,447,000,000 2,411,000,000 2,366,000,000 2,331,000,000 2,289,000,000 2,237,000,000 2,183,000,000 2,113,000,000 2,062,000,000 139,291,000 136,456,000 133,272,000 129,289,000 124,784,000 105,458,000 114,766,000 109,237,000 101,411,000 95,950,000 
        long-term financial obligation
                                            2,528,000,000 2,526,000,000 2,523,000,000 2,521,000,000 2,510,000,000 2,502,000,000 2,504,000,000 2,496,000,000 2,488,000,000           
        5.50% mandatory convertible preferred stock series a, par value 0.00001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 20,000,000 and 0 shares issued; 1,000 and 0 aggregate liquidation value
                                                               
        accounts receivable, net of deferred interest and allowances of 465 and 381
                                                4,433,000,000               
        current portion of deferred tax assets
                                                950,000,000 820,000,000 923,000,000 839,000,000 773,000,000           
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 726 and 476
                                                956,000,000               
        preferred stock, par value 0.00001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
                                                               
        accounts receivable, net of deferred interest and allowances of 473 and 381
                                                 3,939,000,000              
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 643 and 476
                                                 1,040,000,000              
        current payables and short-term debt to affiliates
                                                 236,000,000 309,000,000 199,000,000            
        accounts receivable, net of deferred interest and allowances of 420 and 381
                                                  3,560,000,000             
        assets held-for-sale
                                                  1,362,000,000             
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 560 and 476
                                                  1,123,000,000             
        accounts receivable, net of deferred interest and allowances of 381 and 289
                                                   3,619,000,000            
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 476 and 243
                                                   1,204,000,000            
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 404 and 243
                                                    1,297,000,000           
        investments in unconsolidated affiliates
                                                    55,000,000           
        long-term investments
                                                    36,000,000 1,679,000 1,679,000 1,679,000 6,319,000 6,319,000 19,314,000 6,319,000 8,035,000 16,700,000 6,319,000 
        long-term payables to affiliates
                                                    11,200,000,000           
        current assets:
                                                               
        restricted cash
                                                     3,475,417,000          
        deferred charges
                                                     82,233,000 78,181,000 71,590,000 82,365,000 104,777,000 102,163,000 81,178,000 88,641,000 83,485,000 63,677,000 
        restricted cash and investments
                                                     4,929,000 4,929,000 2,076,000 2,076,000 2,076,000 2,876,000 2,576,000 2,876,000 2,876,000 13,632,000 
        fcc licenses
                                                     2,564,495,000 2,562,407,000 2,562,315,000 2,561,904,000 2,541,657,000 2,537,135,000 2,538,600,000 2,538,360,000 2,522,241,000 2,490,629,000 
        current liabilities:
                                                               
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                     473,674,000 501,929,000 450,087,000 431,919,000 452,025,000 609,160,000 476,324,000 427,922,000 521,788,000 418,873,000 
        current maturities of long-term debt
                                                     2,450,240,000 36,640,000 36,112,000 35,306,000 34,610,000 27,536,000 32,860,000 32,416,000 21,996,000 20,446,000 
        total liabilities
                                                     10,270,605,000 6,830,508,000 6,749,462,000 6,613,342,000 6,551,431,000 6,015,754,000 6,454,131,000 6,351,309,000 5,377,004,000 5,813,948,000 
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                               
        preferred stock, par value 0.0001...
                                                               
        common stock, par value 0.0001...
                                                     37,000 37,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 36,000 35,000 
        less treasury stock, at cost, 1,282,141 and 1,057,237 treasury shares at march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                     -13,381,000          
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                     3,391,941,000 3,358,907,000 3,322,447,000 3,116,290,000 2,957,776,000 2,632,553,000 2,825,470,000 2,749,718,000 2,541,576,000 2,506,665,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                     13,662,546,000 10,189,415,000 10,071,909,000 9,729,632,000 9,509,207,000 8,648,307,000 9,279,601,000 9,101,027,000 7,918,580,000 8,320,613,000 
        less treasury stock, at cost, 1,057,237 and 602,881 treasury shares at december 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                                      -11,162,000         
        less treasury stock, at cost, 965,021 and 602,881 treasury shares at september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                       -10,204,000        
        less treasury stock, at cost, 873,008 and 602,881 treasury shares at june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                        -9,340,000       
        less treasury stock, at cost, 778,662 and 602,881 treasury shares at march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                         -8,719,000      
        less treasury stock, at cost, 404,265 and 237,818 treasury shares at march 31, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                          -4,370,000     
        less treasury stock, at cost, 537,395 and 237,818 treasury shares at september 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                           -6,273,000    
        less treasury stock, at cost, 469,152 and 237,818 treasury shares at june 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                                            -5,504,000   
        less treasury stock, at cost, 237,818 and no treasury shares at december 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively
                                                             -1,914,000  
        current portion of cash flow hedging derivatives
                                                              18,015,000 
        less treasury stock, at cost, 209,633 and no treasury shares at september 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                                              -1,586,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
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          operating activities
                                                                  
          net income
        -508,000,000 269,000,000 2,953,000,000 8,280,000,000 134,000,000 551,000,000 2,374,000,000 6,175,000,000 -79,000,000 281,000,000 1,940,000,000 2,082,000,000 616,000,000 -821,000,000 713,000,000 2,333,000,000 -287,000,000 45,000,000 933,000,000 1,811,000,000 1,143,000,000 -841,000,000 951,000,000 2,598,000,000 -69,000,000 31,000,000 908,000,000 2,093,000,000 13,000,000 111,000,000 671,000,000 3,986,000,000 -31,000,000 1,094,000,000 141,000,000 -254,000,000 479,000,000            19,396,000 31,665,000 192,668,000 148,835,000 21,004,000 91,270,000 69,326,000 84,336,000 56,378,000 13,551,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
                                                                  
          depreciation and amortization
        262,000,000 -52,000,000 3,198,000,000 9,768,000,000 -97,000,000 -123,000,000 3,371,000,000 9,631,000,000 77,000,000 -93,000,000 3,203,000,000 10,338,000,000 -178,000,000 -94,000,000 3,585,000,000 12,238,000,000 68,000,000 -212,000,000 4,289,000,000 10,001,000,000 86,000,000 2,346,000,000 1,718,000,000 4,961,000,000 70,000,000 -15,000,000 1,600,000,000 4,849,000,000 3,000,000 59,000,000 1,575,000,000 4,568,000,000 -103,000,000 4,675,000,000 -7,000,000 23,000,000 1,552,000,000            173,167,000 172,167,000 163,089,000 153,350,000 152,819,000 136,307,000 139,309,000 134,524,000 128,695,000 118,826,000 
          stock-based compensation expense
        27,000,000 14,000,000 186,000,000 479,000,000 6,000,000 24,000,000 140,000,000 511,000,000 -11,000,000 -10,000,000 177,000,000 445,000,000 -4,000,000 13,000,000 141,000,000 409,000,000 -3,000,000 -4,000,000 138,000,000 533,000,000 -98,000,000 121,000,000 138,000,000 369,000,000 -4,000,000 20,000,000 110,000,000 309,000,000 3,000,000 15,000,000 97,000,000 224,000,000 10,000,000 176,000,000 -1,000,000 8,000,000 52,000,000            9,573,000 9,218,000 9,257,000 9,343,000 10,156,000 9,649,000 9,898,000 10,960,000 11,284,000 11,434,000 
          deferred income tax expense
        -140,000,000 166,000,000 771,000,000 2,303,000,000 70,000,000 32,000,000 715,000,000 1,929,000,000 -32,000,000 92,000,000 611,000,000 528,000,000   185,000,000   15,000,000 211,000,000 487,000,000 237,000,000 -212,000,000 310,000,000 797,000,000 27,000,000 -21,000,000 288,000,000 696,000,000 12,000,000 66,000,000 206,000,000  2,000,000 695,000,000 79,000,000 -124,000,000 264,000,000                      
          bad debt expense
        72,000,000 -58,000,000 323,000,000 893,000,000 44,000,000 -27,000,000 282,000,000 670,000,000 15,000,000 -9,000,000 222,000,000 787,000,000 -72,000,000 101,000,000 210,000,000 347,000,000 33,000,000 -10,000,000 82,000,000 459,000,000 -90,000,000 120,000,000 113,000,000 233,000,000 3,000,000 -2,000,000 73,000,000 217,000,000 5,000,000 21,000,000 54,000,000 265,000,000 41,000,000 359,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 121,000,000                      
          losses from sales of receivables
        -2,000,000 -3,000,000 22,000,000 39,000,000 -2,000,000 4,000,000 21,000,000 119,000,000 -5,000,000 13,000,000 38,000,000 154,000,000          5,000,000 25,000,000 102,000,000 -7,000,000 35,000,000 109,000,000 21,000,000 -25,000,000 52,000,000 232,000,000 -13,000,000 169,000,000 13,000,000 -6,000,000 52,000,000                      
          impairment expense
                                                                  
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                                  
          accounts receivable
        -28,000,000 -245,000,000 -93,000,000 -2,354,000,000 552,000,000 -870,000,000 -416,000,000 -3,992,000,000 468,000,000 -246,000,000 -1,268,000,000 -3,934,000,000 349,000,000 -589,000,000 -984,000,000 -2,771,000,000 1,385,000,000 -1,935,000,000 96,000,000 -1,735,000,000 -1,040,000,000 250,000,000 -748,000,000 -2,964,000,000 60,000,000 338,000,000 -1,143,000,000 -3,379,000,000 -102,000,000 -263,000,000 -873,000,000 -325,000,000 -140,000,000 -448,000,000 -50,000,000 97,000,000 -202,000,000            10,953,000 -3,490,000 -7,320,000 -6,988,000 -2,844,000 -13,112,000 -2,663,000 -5,960,000 1,250,000 -11,284,000 
          equipment installment plan receivables
        -21,000,000 41,000,000 24,000,000 -451,000,000 -227,000,000 -122,000,000 277,000,000 5,000,000 -81,000,000 94,000,000 152,000,000 -1,107,000,000 112,000,000 346,000,000 -535,000,000 -2,611,000,000 38,000,000 159,000,000 -727,000,000 -1,147,000,000 -433,000,000 58,000,000 69,000,000 -937,000,000 72,000,000 100,000,000 -250,000,000 -1,263,000,000 -49,000,000 -64,000,000 -222,000,000 -740,000,000 199,000,000 -7,000,000 -239,000,000 234,000,000 109,000,000                      
          inventory
        -801,000,000 582,000,000 -318,000,000 579,000,000 -669,000,000 51,000,000 170,000,000 506,000,000 -671,000,000 233,000,000 129,000,000                                                
          operating lease right-of-use assets
        46,000,000 28,000,000 855,000,000 2,603,000,000 5,000,000 16,000,000 856,000,000 2,835,000,000 -43,000,000 -79,000,000 1,008,000,000 4,114,000,000 -580,000,000 224,000,000 1,469,000,000 3,630,000,000 62,000,000 148,000,000 1,124,000,000 2,403,000,000 125,000,000 410,000,000 527,000,000 1,405,000,000 22,000,000 34,000,000 435,000,000                                
          other current and long-term assets
        349,000,000 -681,000,000 10,000,000 -392,000,000 397,000,000 -576,000,000 160,000,000 -223,000,000 -489,000,000 496,000,000 -142,000,000 -420,000,000 -222,000,000 -108,000,000 -4,000,000 -485,000,000 66,000,000 -208,000,000 54,000,000 -394,000,000 96,000,000 -110,000,000 6,000,000 -26,000,000 -35,000,000 4,000,000 -87,000,000 12,000,000 55,000,000 -380,000,000 132,000,000 -391,000,000 -49,000,000 -35,000,000 -42,000,000 -241,000,000 185,000,000                      
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        783,000,000 375,000,000 -268,000,000 -1,876,000,000 -203,000,000 1,772,000,000 -1,734,000,000 -1,334,000,000 1,072,000,000 18,000,000 -882,000,000 216,000,000 306,000,000 95,000,000 -59,000,000 438,000,000 83,000,000 1,412,000,000 -1,384,000,000 -1,159,000,000 297,000,000 -856,000,000 -405,000,000 412,000,000 -438,000,000 30,000,000 13,000,000 -602,000,000 -186,000,000 949,000,000 -1,028,000,000 1,091,000,000 -68,000,000 -470,000,000 -386,000,000 147,000,000 -492,000,000                      
          short- and long-term operating lease liabilities
        -50,000,000 12,000,000 -898,000,000 -3,074,000,000 343,000,000 -131,000,000 -1,017,000,000 -3,093,000,000 491,000,000 -174,000,000 -1,009,000,000 -2,247,000,000 47,000,000 24,000,000 -771,000,000                                            
          other current and long-term liabilities
        -157,000,000 6,000,000 -88,000,000 -553,000,000 235,000,000 -188,000,000 -172,000,000 -579,000,000 206,000,000 -283,000,000 -183,000,000 -91,000,000 350,000,000 363,000,000 -163,000,000 -444,000,000 -40,000,000 170,000,000 -217,000,000 -2,127,000,000 2,139,000,000 -2,269,000,000 79,000,000 102,000,000 69,000,000 -148,000,000 121,000,000 -108,000,000 144,000,000 -150,000,000 45,000,000   46,000,000 186,000,000 -362,000,000 288,000,000                      
          other
        355,000,000 -309,000,000 170,000,000 -90,000,000 30,000,000 24,000,000 57,000,000 96,000,000 43,000,000 -64,000,000 68,000,000 291,000,000 17,000,000 1,000,000 105,000,000 144,000,000 96,000,000 -73,000,000 69,000,000 228,000,000 118,000,000 -49,000,000 70,000,000 168,000,000 69,000,000 -56,000,000 76,000,000 61,000,000 -33,000,000 24,000,000 -14,000,000 160,000,000 70,000,000 -7,000,000 7,000,000 1,000,000 -8,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 -14,000,000 -1,000,000 6,000,000 -7,000,000 -14,000,000 10,000,000            
          net cash from operating activities
        465,000,000 145,000,000 6,847,000,000 16,154,000,000 618,000,000 437,000,000 5,084,000,000 13,265,000,000 939,000,000 304,000,000 4,051,000,000 12,390,000,000 182,000,000 364,000,000 3,845,000,000 10,440,000,000 -302,000,000 118,000,000 3,661,000,000 5,868,000,000 1,995,000,000 -840,000,000 1,617,000,000 5,076,000,000 -399,000,000 755,000,000 1,392,000,000 2,985,000,000 -347,000,000 491,000,000 770,000,000 5,600,000,000 533,000,000 4,395,000,000 -28,000,000 743,000,000 1,025,000,000 2,233,000,000 1,531,000,000 1,161,000,000 489,000,000 1,355,000,000 1,062,000,000 970,000,000 759,000,000 1,004,000,000 826,000,000 1,491,549,000 223,451,000 332,983,000 391,898,000 319,666,000 136,904,000 308,148,000 271,560,000 343,787,000 138,313,000 315,109,000 
          capital expenditures
        -243,000,000 55,000,000 -2,451,000,000 -6,879,000,000 79,000,000 587,000,000 -2,627,000,000 -7,377,000,000 365,000,000 212,000,000 -3,001,000,000 -10,336,000,000 -62,000,000 -191,000,000 -3,381,000,000 -9,382,000,000 -3,183,000,000 -2,054,000,000 -475,000,000 220,000,000 -2,264,000,000 -13,000,000 464,000,000 -22,000,000 -1,730,000,000 454,000,000 -149,000,000 364,000,000 212,000,000 -14,000,000 -1,462,000,000 -1,431,000,000 -1,120,000,000 -1,191,000,000 -982,000,000 -1,299,000,000 -1,131,000,000 -945,000,000 -1,173,000,000 -932,000,000 -1,017,000,000 -1,971,392,000 -140,777,000 -268,207,000 -207,401,000 -190,233,000 -151,368,000 -186,718,000 -295,602,000 -271,861,000 -197,403,000 -274,590,000 
          free cash flows
        222,000,000 200,000,000 4,396,000,000 9,275,000,000 697,000,000 1,024,000,000 2,457,000,000 5,888,000,000 1,304,000,000 516,000,000 1,050,000,000 2,054,000,000 120,000,000 173,000,000 464,000,000 1,058,000,000 -302,000,000 118,000,000 478,000,000 5,868,000,000 1,995,000,000 -840,000,000 -437,000,000 4,601,000,000 -399,000,000 975,000,000 -872,000,000 2,972,000,000 117,000,000 469,000,000 -960,000,000 6,054,000,000 384,000,000 4,759,000,000 184,000,000 729,000,000 -437,000,000 802,000,000 411,000,000 -30,000,000 -493,000,000 56,000,000 -69,000,000 25,000,000 -414,000,000 72,000,000 -191,000,000 -479,843,000 82,674,000 64,776,000 184,497,000 129,433,000 -14,464,000 121,430,000 -24,042,000 71,926,000 -59,090,000 40,519,000 
          investing activities
                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of
        -243,000,000 55,000,000 -2,451,000,000 -6,879,000,000 79,000,000 587,000,000 -2,627,000,000 -7,377,000,000 365,000,000 212,000,000 -3,001,000,000 -10,336,000,000 -62,000,000 -191,000,000 -3,381,000,000 -9,382,000,000                                           
          purchases of spectrum licenses and other intangible assets, including deposits
        -748,000,000 -769,000,000 -73,000,000 -1,052,000,000 -2,263,000,000 -95,000,000 -61,000,000 -891,000,000 -86,000,000 40,000,000 -73,000,000 -2,971,000,000 -244,000,000 2,727,000,000 -2,843,000,000   8,914,000,000 -8,922,000,000   -646,000,000 -99,000,000 -954,000,000 652,000,000 -480,000,000 -185,000,000    -51,000,000 -5,813,000,000 5,776,000,000 -3,263,000,000 1,540,000,000 -1,651,000,000 -594,000,000                      
          proceeds from the sale of property, equipment and intangible assets
        -2,048,000,000                                                          
          proceeds related to beneficial interests in securitization transactions
           2,595,000,000 26,000,000 68,000,000 890,000,000 3,685,000,000 -178,000,000 -36,000,000 1,345,000,000 3,528,000,000 187,000,000 -64,000,000 1,185,000,000 3,060,000,000 -66,000,000 246,000,000 891,000,000 2,279,000,000 253,000,000 -266,000,000 868,000,000 2,976,000,000 61,000,000 -318,000,000 1,157,000,000 4,068,000,000 15,000,000 28,000,000 1,295,000,000                            
          acquisition of companies, net of cash acquired
        -2,798,000,000 728,000,000 -727,000,000                          328,000,000 -333,000,000                            
          investments in unconsolidated affiliates
        -2,164,000,000                                         -10,000,000 -10,000,000 -9,000,000 -11,000,000 -11,000,000             
          net cash from investing activities
        -8,580,000,000 1,850,000,000 -3,409,000,000 -5,765,000,000 -1,629,000,000 109,000,000 -1,787,000,000 -4,436,000,000 94,000,000 241,000,000 -1,728,000,000 -9,804,000,000 4,000,000 2,533,000,000 -5,092,000,000 -15,234,000,000 -2,069,000,000 9,156,000,000 -11,239,000,000 -11,583,000,000 5,224,000,000 -4,776,000,000 -1,580,000,000 -3,468,000,000 958,000,000 -649,000,000 -966,000,000 -537,000,000 264,000,000 156,000,000 -462,000,000 -9,609,000,000 5,678,000,000 -3,821,000,000 -1,192,000,000 1,193,000,000 -1,860,000,000 -4,322,000,000 -1,209,000,000 -1,337,000,000 -2,692,000,000 -1,806,000,000 -1,165,000,000 -3,310,000,000 -965,000,000 -1,224,000,000 -1,130,000,000 3,631,937,000 -3,369,937,000 -5,680,000 -207,421,000 -327,439,000 -182,890,000 -186,863,000 -295,743,000 -235,529,000 -168,736,000 319,231,000 
          financing activities
                                                                  
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
        504,000,000 -7,780,000,000 7,774,000,000 6,107,000,000 344,000,000 -1,337,000,000 3,473,000,000 6,463,000,000 -1,467,000,000 437,000,000 3,013,000,000 742,000,000    12,738,000,000 -1,017,000,000 -3,757,000,000 6,763,000,000            2,494,000,000 9,980,000,000 -3,985,000,000            1,996,000,000             
          repayments of financing lease obligations
        13,000,000 -16,000,000 -315,000,000 -1,020,000,000 4,000,000 -24,000,000 -327,000,000 -923,000,000 2,000,000 -306,000,000 -928,000,000 -23,000,000 14,000,000 -302,000,000 -845,000,000 3,000,000 18,000,000 -287,000,000 -775,000,000 -10,000,000 46,000,000 -282,000,000 -563,000,000 -6,000,000 -143,000,000 -86,000,000                                
          repayments of long-term debt
        2,429,000,000 -2,778,000,000 -479,000,000 -4,850,000,000 2,500,000,000 -2,500,000,000 -223,000,000 -577,000,000 -4,251,000,000 -92,000,000 -131,000,000 -5,424,000,000 1,249,000,000 251,000,000 -1,632,000,000 -6,500,000,000 -1,450,000,000 -931,000,000 -2,219,000,000 -14,738,000,000 4,851,000,000         -1,351,000,000 -999,000,000   -15,000,000 -5,000,000                      
          repurchases of common stock
        76,000,000 -61,000,000 -2,494,000,000 -10,668,000,000 1,827,000,000 1,207,000,000 -3,594,000,000 -10,393,000,000 910,000,000 1,028,000,000 -4,619,000,000 -2,443,000,000        -16,990,000,000 14,444,000,000         261,000,000 -666,000,000                            
          dividends on common stock
        9,000,000 7,000,000 -1,003,000,000 -2,542,000,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 -769,000,000                                                    
          tax withholdings on share-based awards
        -62,000,000 242,000,000 -272,000,000 -233,000,000 -20,000,000 176,000,000 -192,000,000 -287,000,000 60,000,000 117,000,000 -187,000,000 -233,000,000 33,000,000 129,000,000 -172,000,000 -302,000,000 62,000,000 142,000,000 -218,000,000 -367,000,000 66,000,000 3,000,000 -141,000,000 -152,000,000 96,000,000 -100,000,000 -141,000,000 5,000,000 64,000,000 -74,000,000 -160,000,000 -3,000,000 -118,000,000 43,000,000 -46,000,000                      
          net cash from financing activities
        2,967,000,000 -10,398,000,000 3,193,000,000 -13,322,000,000 4,641,000,000 -2,468,000,000 -1,666,000,000 -6,587,000,000 -4,726,000,000 1,489,000,000 -2,273,000,000 -8,378,000,000 3,671,000,000 392,000,000 -2,136,000,000 4,769,000,000 -2,483,000,000 -4,451,000,000 3,874,000,000 19,154,000,000 -21,772,000,000 16,081,000,000 -453,000,000 -1,831,000,000 323,000,000 -676,000,000 -190,000,000 -2,578,000,000 2,509,000,000 -4,267,000,000 1,000,000,000 -830,000,000 1,667,000,000 530,000,000 -857,000,000 890,000,000 -100,000,000 4,038,000,000 -331,000,000 -214,000,000 -80,000,000 -21,000,000 2,810,000,000 -51,000,000 -214,000,000 3,746,000,000 307,000,000 -3,488,465,000 3,479,465,000 -16,340,000 -28,306,000 22,703,000 -11,058,000 -18,764,000 8,950,000 426,186,000 555,442,000 -727,593,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash
                                                                  
          change in cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash
        -5,161,000,000 -8,390,000,000 6,631,000,000           3,289,000,000 -3,383,000,000 -25,000,000 -4,854,000,000 4,823,000,000 -3,704,000,000 13,439,000,000                                       
          cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash
                                                                  
          beginning of period
        -1,759,000,000 6,631,000,000 5,713,000,000 -1,340,000,000 -291,000,000 1,631,000,000 5,307,000,000 -2,134,000,000 2,084,000,000 50,000,000 4,674,000,000 3,477,000,000 -94,000,000 -3,383,000,000 6,703,000,000 2,585,000,000 1,119,000,000 -3,704,000,000 10,463,000,000 -9,633,000,000 10,049,000,000 -416,000,000 1,528,000,000 98,000,000 -334,000,000 236,000,000 1,203,000,000 1,004,000,000 -2,312,000,000 1,308,000,000 1,219,000,000 5,319,000,000 -7,320,000,000 -956,000,000 1,891,000,000 -935,000,000 4,582,000,000  5,315,000,000  5,891,000,000             
          end of period
        -6,920,000,000 -1,759,000,000 12,344,000,000 -4,273,000,000 3,339,000,000 -291,000,000 6,938,000,000 108,000,000 -1,609,000,000 2,084,000,000 4,724,000,000 -2,315,000,000 3,763,000,000 -94,000,000 3,320,000,000 2,560,000,000 -3,735,000,000 1,119,000,000 6,759,000,000 3,806,000,000 -4,504,000,000 10,049,000,000 1,112,000,000 -125,000,000 548,000,000 -334,000,000 1,439,000,000 874,000,000 114,000,000 -2,312,000,000 2,527,000,000 480,000,000 558,000,000 148,000,000 -186,000,000 1,891,000,000 3,647,000,000  -9,000,000 -390,000,000 3,032,000,000  2,707,000,000 -2,391,000,000 5,471,000,000  3,000,000            
          loss on remeasurement of disposal group held for sale
                   6,000,000                                               
          proceeds from sales of tower sites
               10,000,000 -4,000,000 6,000,000                                                
          change in cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash and cash held for sale
           -2,933,000,000 3,630,000,000 -1,922,000,000 1,631,000,000 2,242,000,000 -3,693,000,000 2,034,000,000 50,000,000 -5,792,000,000                                               
          cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash and cash held for sale
                                                                  
          gain on remeasurement of disposal group held for sale
                  -13,000,000                                                
          losses on redemption of debt
                       129,000,000 27,000,000 -73,000,000 101,000,000 263,000,000 -55,000,000                                      
          acquisition of companies, net of cash and restricted cash acquired
                      -52,000,000 -30,000,000 -1,885,000,000 28,000,000 -29,000,000                                        
          repayments of short-term debt for purchases of inventory, property and equipment and other financial liabilities
                       -108,000,000 -40,000,000 19,000,000 -55,000,000 -250,000,000                                       
          cash payments for debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs
                       -71,000,000 -39,000,000 59,000,000 -65,000,000 -24,000,000 -34,000,000                                      
          inventories
                   751,000,000 -491,000,000 577,000,000 -93,000,000 160,000,000 -543,000,000 305,000,000 279,000,000 -1,673,000,000 4,000,000 -42,000,000 -511,000,000 -581,000,000 -198,000,000 427,000,000 -265,000,000 -86,000,000 -240,000,000 92,000,000 33,000,000 -957,000,000 298,000,000 -1,103,000,000 298,000,000 804,000,000 -801,000,000            4,285,000 53,476,000 -53,621,000 -6,853,000 -12,510,000 -92,646,000 -6,954,000 145,801,000 -124,800,000 -34,847,000 
          net cash related to derivative contracts under collateral exchange arrangements
                             1,792,000,000 -580,000,000                                    
          proceeds from the divestiture of prepaid business
                           -14,000,000                                       
          payments of consent fees related to long-term debt
                                                                  
          issuance of common stock
                           17,290,000,000 -14,740,000,000                                      
          proceeds from issuance of short-term debt
                                                                  
          repayments of short-term debt
                                                                  
          deferred income tax (benefit) expense
                                                                  
          losses (gains) from sales of receivables
                     16,000,000 46,000,000                                            
          proceeds from borrowing on revolving credit facility
                               1,765,000,000 -305,000,000 -5,000,000 885,000,000 4,455,000,000 -260,000,000 -100,000,000 2,170,000,000 1,855,000,000 -800,000,000                          
          repayments of revolving credit facility
                               -1,765,000,000 305,000,000 5,000,000 -885,000,000 -4,135,000,000 65,000,000 -470,000,000 -1,725,000,000 -1,175,000,000 -560,000,000                          
          short and long-term operating lease liabilities
                        -1,050,000,000 373,000,000 -1,369,000,000 -2,554,000,000 -68,000,000 -352,000,000 -725,000,000 -1,582,000,000 -28,000,000 1,000,000 -522,000,000                                
          (purchases) refunds of spectrum licenses and other intangible assets, including deposits
                                                                  
          (gains) losses from sales of receivables
                         6,000,000 -18,000,000                                        
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 57, 119, 141, and 231
                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 84 and 112
                          -3,183,000,000                                        
          deferred rent expense
                                   16,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 55,000,000 1,000,000 89,000,000 -1,000,000 1,000,000 32,000,000            2,930,000 3,044,000 4,058,000 4,582,000 4,792,000 5,371,000 5,625,000 3,738,000 4,094,000 5,432,000 
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 440, 473 and 362
                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 108, 118, 339 and 361
                                                                  
          refunds (purchases) of spectrum licenses and other intangible assets, including deposits
                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 119, 125, 231 and 243
                                                                  
          repayments of short-term debt for purchases of inventory, property and equipment
                             -126,000,000 -25,000,000 -475,000,000    -54,000,000    -296,000,000 288,000,000     -1,000,000 -315,000,000 -185,000,000 -63,000,000 96,000,000                 
          change in cash and cash equivalents
                             10,465,000,000 -416,000,000 -223,000,000 882,000,000 -570,000,000 236,000,000 -130,000,000 2,426,000,000 -3,620,000,000 1,308,000,000 -4,839,000,000 7,878,000,000 1,104,000,000 -2,077,000,000 2,826,000,000 -935,000,000 1,949,000,000 -9,000,000 -390,000,000 -2,283,000,000 -472,000,000 2,707,000,000 -2,391,000,000 -420,000,000 3,526,000,000 3,000,000            
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 112 and 118
                              -1,753,000,000                                    
          cash and cash equivalents
                                                                  
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                                                                  
          interest payments, net of amounts capitalized
                              341,000,000 801,000,000 82,000,000 -95,000,000 340,000,000  -193,000,000 181,000,000 378,000,000   1,203,000,000 79,000,000 -16,000,000 415,000,000                      
          operating lease payments
                              875,000,000 2,080,000,000 15,000,000 688,000,000                                
          income tax payments
                              24,000,000 83,000,000 -35,000,000 8,000,000 32,000,000 22,000,000 19,000,000 9,000,000 1,000,000 29,000,000 -4,000,000 21,000,000 -13,000,000 15,000,000 2,000,000                      
          non-cash investing and financing activities
                                                                  
          non-cash beneficial interest obtained in exchange for securitized receivables
                              1,613,000,000                                    
          decrease in accounts payable for purchases of property and equipment
                              -301,000,000              -127,000,000                      
          leased devices transferred from inventory to property and equipment
                              309,000,000 708,000,000 131,000,000 20,000,000 147,000,000 782,000,000 -51,000,000 -24,000,000 304,000,000 869,000,000 -8,000,000 1,354,000,000                         
          returned leased devices transferred from property and equipment to inventory
                              -59,000,000 -202,000,000 2,000,000 -10,000,000 -57,000,000 -252,000,000 16,000,000 -8,000,000 -82,000,000 -577,000,000 108,000,000 -416,000,000                         
          short-term debt assumed for financing of property and equipment
                               325,000,000 425,000,000 -200,000,000 250,000,000                                
          operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations
                              555,000,000 2,632,000,000 -411,000,000 706,000,000 694,000,000                                
          financing lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations
                              178,000,000 646,000,000 27,000,000 188,000,000 180,000,000                                
          gains on disposal of spectrum licenses
                                       -206,000,000 -28,000,000 -636,000,000   -636,000,000                      
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 473, 362 and 136
                                                                  
          dividends on preferred stock
                                       -42,000,000 1,000,000 -42,000,000 1,000,000 -14,000,000                      
          increase in accounts payable for purchases of property and equipment
                               -475,000,000                                   
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 118 and 101 and 361 and 246
                                                                  
          noncash investing and financing activities
                                                                  
          noncash beneficial interest obtained in exchange for securitized receivables
                                118,000,000 104,000,000 1,512,000,000 3,709,000,000 58,000,000 77,000,000 1,128,000,000                            
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 125 and 102 and 243 and 145
                                                                  
          changes in accounts payable for purchases of property and equipment
                                 220,000,000 -333,000,000 -13,000,000 464,000,000 -22,000,000 -364,000,000 454,000,000 -149,000,000 364,000,000 22,000,000                        
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 118 and 43
                                  -1,931,000,000                                
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 362, 136 and 142
                                                                  
          sales of short-term investments
                                           2,848,000,000 75,000,000                      
          repayments of capital lease obligations
                                   -519,000,000 -26,000,000 17,000,000 -172,000,000 -345,000,000 -22,000,000 -151,000,000 -11,000,000 -7,000,000 -36,000,000                      
          interest payments, net of amounts capitalized, 0, 79 and 0 of which recorded as debt discount
                                                                  
          issuance of short-term debt for financing of property and equipment
                                     -183,000,000 237,000,000 291,000,000 -1,000,000                          
          assets acquired under capital lease obligations
                                   752,000,000 -43,000,000 34,000,000 142,000,000 749,000,000 -175,000,000 415,000,000 213,000,000 47,000,000 124,000,000                      
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 101, 29, 246 and 111
                                                                  
          purchases of spectrum licenses and other intangible assets
                                    6,000,000          -94,000,000 -148,000,000 -1,696,000,000  -23,000,000                
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 102, 34, 145 and 82
                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 43 and 48
                                      -1,366,000,000                            
          change in fair value of embedded derivatives
                                                                  
          deferred purchase price from sales of receivables
                                       -92,000,000 5,000,000 -254,000,000 188,000,000 -225,000,000 21,000,000                      
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 136, 142 and 246
                                                                  
          purchases of short-term investments
                                                                  
          proceeds from tower obligations
                                                                  
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                                 2,000,000 2,000,000 9,000,000 14,000,000 21,000,000 44,000,000 67,056,000 4,944,000 2,817,000 1,493,000 233,000 1,565,000 411,000 4,995,000 31,140,000 22,531,000 5,179,000 
          repurchases of common shares
                                                                  
          interest payments, net of amounts capitalized, 79, 0 and 0 of which recorded as debt discount
                                                                  
          other current and long term liabilities
                                        249,000,000                          
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 29, 17, 111 and 71
                                                                  
          interest payments, net of amounts capitalized, 0, 0, 79 and 0 of which recorded as debt discount
                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 34, 18, 82 and 54
                                                                  
          interest payments, net of amounts capitalized, 79, 0, 79, 0 of which recorded as debt discount
                                                                  
          change in embedded derivatives
                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest of 142, 246 and 64
                                                                  
          proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
                                                                  
          purchases of property and equipment
                                          190,000,000 -14,000,000 -1,335,000,000 -1,431,000,000 -1,120,000,000 -1,191,000,000 -982,000,000 -1,299,000,000 -1,131,000,000 -940,000,000 -947,000,000 -882,000,000 -1,017,000,000 -1,971,392,000 -154,608,000 -257,518,000 -262,117,000 -182,199,000 -144,016,000 -190,144,000 -248,052,000 -264,541,000 -187,032,000 -242,442,000 
          leased devices transferred from inventory to property and equipment, net of returns
                                                                  
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                  
          noncash investing and financing activities:
                                                                  
          leased wireless devices transferred from inventory to property and equipment, net of returns
                                            653,000,000                      
          issuance of short-term debt for financing of property and equipment purchases
                                            150,000,000                      
          changes in embedded derivatives
                                                                  
          short term affiliate loan receivable
                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents acquired in metropcs business combination
                                                                
          repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
                                                                  
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
                                                                  
          taxes paid related to net share settlement of stock awards
                                                 -1,000,000                
          beginning of year
                                                                  
          end of year
                                                                  
          impairment charges
                                                                  
          excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                                                 -68,000,000 1,000,000    1,000,000            
          amortization of debt discount and premium
                                                                  
          losses from factoring arrangement
                                                                  
          losses (gains) and other
                                                                  
          deferred purchase price from factoring arrangement
                                                                  
          proceeds from disposals of property and equipment and intangible assets
                                                                  
          payments to acquire financial assets
                                                                  
          change in restricted cash equivalents
                                                                 
          proceeds from financial obligation
                                                                  
          repayments related to a variable interest entity
                                                     -40,000,000            
          distribution to affiliate
                                                                  
          proceeds from issuance of short-term debt for purchases of inventory
                                                                  
          repayments of short-term debt for purchases of property and equipment
                                                   -5,000,000 -226,000,000 -50,000,000             
          purchases of intangible assets
                                                     -329,000,000 -1,000,000            
          proceeds from issuance of common stock in connection with public offering
                                                                  
          distribution to affiliate as a result of debt recapitalization
                                                                 
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                  
          recovery of uncollectible accounts receivable
                                                        -111,000          
          cost of abandoned cell sites
                                                        360,000 974,000 416,000 518,000 423,000 449,000 270,000 324,000 56,000 1,183,000 
          non-cash interest expense
                                                        2,195,000 1,946,000 1,900,000 1,832,000 1,831,000 454,000 2,126,000 2,022,000 1,993,000 3,215,000 
          loss on disposal of assets
                                                        508,000  1,452,000        
          gain on maturity or sale of investments
                                                        -138,000          
          accretion of asset retirement obligations
                                                        1,778,000 1,726,000 1,681,000 1,631,000 1,588,000 1,026,000 1,436,000   291,000 
          deferred income taxes
                                                        11,505,000 25,565,000 84,006,000 92,880,000 14,357,000 55,327,000 37,895,000 49,138,000 32,257,000 1,373,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                  
          prepaid expenses
                                                        -32,312,000 14,987,000 8,013,000 -17,388,000 -14,904,000 11,045,000 -1,777,000 -4,206,000 -10,306,000 8,517,000 
          deferred charges
                                                        -4,052,000 -6,591,000 10,774,000 22,413,000 -29,808,000 6,208,000 7,464,000 13,522,000 -18,679,000 -19,808,000 
          other assets
                                                        11,171,000 -11,036,000 -3,856,000 9,902,000 10,423,000 -375,000 4,674,000 11,436,000 8,645,000 2,166,000 
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                        15,155,000 30,382,000 40,585,000 -82,882,000 -39,803,000 92,006,000 -4,741,000 -113,429,000 28,083,000 81,867,000 
          deferred revenue
                                                        3,706,000 5,328,000 -12,083,000 -17,265,000 15,950,000 2,009,000 8,235,000 -6,552,000 17,542,000 26,343,000 
          other liabilities
                                                        -6,618,000 6,078,000 3,552,000 392,000 2,454,000 2,188,000 155,000 5,651,000 615,000 953,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                  
          change in prepaid purchases of property and equipment
                                                        13,831,000 -10,689,000 54,716,000 -8,034,000 -7,352,000 3,426,000 -47,550,000 -7,320,000 -10,371,000 -32,148,000 
          proceeds from sale of and grants received for property and equipment
                                                        3,323,000          
          purchases of investments
                                                                  
          proceeds from maturity of investments
                                                        245,000,000 263,069,000 192,500,000 137,500,000 162,500,000 137,500,000 162,500,000 175,000,000 200,000,000 175,000,000 
          change in restricted cash and investments
                                                        -3,475,417,000 -2,854,000 500,000    10,756,000 
          acquisitions of fcc licenses and microwave clearing costs
                                                        -2,066,000 -116,000 -167,000 -20,247,000 -2,584,000 -442,000 -720,000 -1,755,000 -1,528,000  
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                  
          change in book overdraft
                                                        11,660,000 549,000 -20,130,000 32,091,000 -2,830,000 -10,636,000 12,818,000 -51,624,000 52,887,000 -3,947,000 
          proceeds from debt issuance
                                                        3,500,000,000          
          debt issuance costs
                                                        -25,821,000     -8,521,000 -6,830,000 -11,103,000 
          repayment of debt
                                                        -6,347,000 -6,348,000 -6,347,000 -6,348,000 -6,347,000 -6,347,000 -6,347,000 -6,348,000 -5,250,000 -4,000,000 
          payments on capital lease obligations
                                                        -2,752,000 -2,401,000 -2,457,000 -2,653,000 -1,558,000 -1,633,000 -1,748,000 -1,534,000 -2,940,000 -737,000 
          purchase of treasury stock
                                                        -2,219,000 -957,000 -865,000 -620,000 -1,888,000 -559,000 -768,000 -1,135,000 -2,456,000 -328,000 
          increase cash and cash equivalents
                                                        332,979,000 310,963,000 156,171,000 14,930,000 -57,044,000 102,521,000 -15,233,000 534,444,000 525,019,000  
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                                        2,368,302,000 1,943,282,000 796,531,000  
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                                        2,701,281,000 310,963,000 156,171,000 14,930,000 1,886,238,000 102,521,000 -15,233,000 534,444,000 1,321,550,000  
          benefit from uncollectible accounts receivable
                                                         101,000 -83,000   136,000 121,000   -36,000 
          gain on disposal of assets
                                                            1,120,000 888,000   -105,000  
          loss on extinguishment of debt
                                                               128,036,000 
          gain on settlement
                                                                 
          other non-cash expense
                                                                 474,000 
          purchase of investments
                                                           -254,870,000 -192,415,000 -137,476,000 -162,463,000 -137,448,000 -162,378,000 462,946,000 
          proceeds from gain on settlement
                                                                 
          cash from asset acquisitions
                                                             505,000 -8,000,000  
          purchase of redeemable minority interest
                                                                  
          proceeds from debt issuance, net of discount
                                                             1,000,000,000 497,500,000  
          debt issuance and modification costs
                                                                  
          retirement of long-term debt
                                                                 
          gain on sale of investments
                                                          -90,000 -27,000 -37,000 -52,000 -122,000 -151,000 -168,000 -226,000 
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
                                                          9,000 411,000 477,000 273,000 242,000 30,000 573,000 1,150,000 
          retirement of senior secured credit facility debt
                                                                  
          (recovery of) benefit from uncollectible accounts receivable
                                                            -107,000      
          impairment loss on investment securities
                                                                  
          proceeds from exchange of fcc licenses
                                                                  
          benefit from (recovery of) uncollectible accounts receivable
                                                                166,000  
          accretion (reduction) of asset retirement obligations
                                                                1,313,000  
          (gain) loss on disposal of assets
                                                                  
          proceeds from senior note offerings, net of discount
                                                                  
          retirement of 9 1/4% senior notes
                                                                 -1,712,657,000 
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                 -93,253,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                  
          acquisitions of fcc licenses
                                                                  
          proceeds from senior note offerings