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Stock-based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Summary of Restricted Stock Awards Activity | The following is a summary of the restricted stock award activity during the year ended December 31, 2011.
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
| (In thousands of shares) |  | (In dollars per share)
Shares outstanding at the beginning of year | 4,297 |  |  | $ | 20.2 |
Shares granted | 886 |  |  | 37.1 |
Shares vested | (1,717 | ) |  | 27.3 |
Shares forfeited | (63 | ) |  | 19.4 |
Shares outstanding at end of year | 3,403 |  |  | $ | 21.1 |
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Summary of the Assumptions Used in the Monte Carlo Simulation to Determine the Grant-Date Fair Value | The following table summarizes the assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulation to determine the grant-date fair value for the awards granted during the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, with market conditions.
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Risk-free rate | 1.4 | % |  | 1.5 | % |  | 1.3 | %
Expected volatility | 48 | % |  | 49 | % |  | 46 | %
Expected dividend rate | — | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Summary of Restricted Stock Awards Vested | The following table is a summary of the restricted stock awards vested during the years ended December 31, 2011 to 2009.
Years Ended December 31, |  | Total Shares Vested |  | Fair Value on Vesting Date
|  | (In thousands of shares) |  |
2011 |  | 1,717 |  |  | $ | 74,754 |
2010 |  | 891 |  |  | 34,813 |
2009 |  | 366 |  |  | 9,190 |
Stock Based Compensation Expense | The following table discloses the components of stock-based compensation expense. No amounts have been included in the carrying value of assets during the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company recorded tax benefits, exclusive of the change in the valuation allowance, of $11.4 million, $12.8 million and $10.2 million, respectively, related to stock-based compensation expense (see note 9).
| Year Ended December 31, 2011
| CCUSA |  | CCAL |  | Consolidated Total
Stock-based compensation expense: |  |  |  |  |
Site rental costs of operations | $ | 942 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 942 |
Network services and other costs of operations | 1,555 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,555 |
General and administrative expenses | 30,113 |  |  | 3,381 |  |  | 33,494 |
Total stock-based compensation | $ | 32,610 |  |  | $ | 3,381 |  |  | $ | 35,991 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2010
| CCUSA |  | CCAL |  | Consolidated Total
Stock-based compensation expense: |  |  |  |  |
Site rental costs of operations | $ | 1,131 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,131 |
Network services and other costs of operations | 1,568 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,568 |
General and administrative expenses | 33,841 |  |  | 3,425 |  |  | 37,266 |
Total stock-based compensation | $ | 36,540 |  |  | $ | 3,425 |  |  | $ | 39,965 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2009
| CCUSA |  | CCAL |  | Consolidated Total
Stock-based compensation expense: |  |  |  |  |
Site rental costs of operations | $ | 967 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 967 |
Network services and other costs of operations | 1,207 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,207 |
General and administrative expenses | 27,051 |  |  | 1,080 |  |  | 28,131 |
Total stock-based compensation | $ | 29,225 |  |  | $ | 1,080 |  |  | $ | 30,305 |

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