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Accounts Payable, Accrued and Other Current Liabilities (Notes)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]  
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Accounts Payable, Accrued and Other Current Liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued and other current liabilities consist of the following as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

September 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Accounts payable – trade$965 $880 
Deferred revenue441 456 
Accrued and other current liabilities:
Programming costs1,588 1,576 
Labor1,508 1,365 
Capital expenditures3,106 2,906 
Interest1,367 1,208 
Taxes and regulatory fees508 649 
Short-term borrowings537 758 
Other2,224 1,889 
$12,244 $11,687 

Under a supply chain finance program, the Company has agreements with third parties that allow its participating vendors to finance payment obligations from the Company with designated third-party financial institutions who act as its paying agent. As a result, the Company has generally extended its payment terms with vendors. A participating vendor may request a participating financial institution to finance one or more of the Company's payment obligations to such vendor prior to the scheduled due date thereof at a discounted price. The Company is not required to provide collateral to the financial institutions. The Company's obligations to participating vendors, including amounts due and scheduled payment dates, are not impacted by the vendors’ decisions to finance amounts due under these financing arrangements. The Company's outstanding payment obligations to participating vendors were $714 million and $576 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and are included in accounts payable - trade and accrued capital expenditures above. Cash outflows to the financial institutions are classified as cash flows from operating and investing activities.

Under a deferred payment program, the Company has agreements with third parties specifically for its mobile handset purchases. Under the deferred payment program, the third parties pay the Company’s mobile handset invoices when due, and the Company pays the third parties at a later date, the invoice amount plus interest. The Company's outstanding payment obligation to participating vendors under the deferred payment plan was $537 million and $758 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and is included in short-term borrowings. Cash outflows to the financial institutions are classified as cash flows from financing activities.