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Leases (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Leases |
Components of Lease Expense | ​
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​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Operating lease cost | ​ | $ | 159,215 | ​ | $ | 156,172 | ​ | $ | 493,077 | ​ | $ | 478,662
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Short-term lease cost (1) | ​ | ​ | 2,119 | ​ | ​ | 1,183 | ​ | ​ | 10,460 | ​ | ​ | 3,234
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Finance lease cost: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Amortization of right-of-use assets | ​ | ​ | 10,973 | ​ | ​ | 25,561 | ​ | ​ | 37,442 | ​ | ​ | 58,239
Interest on lease liabilities | ​ | ​ | 1,184 | ​ | ​ | 1,980 | ​ | ​ | 4,028 | ​ | ​ | 7,169
Total finance lease cost | ​ | ​ | 12,157 | ​ | ​ | 27,541 | ​ | ​ | 41,470 | ​ | ​ | 65,408
Total lease costs | ​ | $ | 173,491 | ​ | $ | 184,896 | ​ | $ | 545,007 | ​ | $ | 547,304
(1) | Leases that have terms of 12 months or less.
Summary of Supplemental cash flow information related to leases | ​
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​ | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating cash flows from operating leases | ​ | $ | 453,102 | ​ | $ | 368,793
Operating cash flows from finance leases | ​ | $ | 3,483 | ​ | $ | 7,363
Financing cash flows from finance leases | ​ | $ | 18,488 | ​ | $ | 49,648
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Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating leases | ​ | $ | 154,540 | ​ | $ | 406,101
Finance leases | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | —
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Remeasured right of use asset and liability | ​ | $ | 1,283,916 | ​ | $ | —
Summary of supplemental balance sheet information related to leases | ​
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​ | ​ | As of
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | December 31,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Operating Leases: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating lease assets (1) | ​ | $ | 291,846 | ​ | $ | 3,260,768
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Other current liabilities (1) | ​ | $ | 747,178 | ​ | $ | 528,542
Operating lease liabilities (1) | ​ | ​ | 4,266,240 | ​ | ​ | 3,211,407
Total operating lease liabilities (1) | ​ | $ | 5,013,418 | ​ | $ | 3,739,949
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Finance Leases: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Property and equipment, gross | ​ | $ | 364,779 | ​ | $ | 466,074
Accumulated depreciation | ​ | ​ | (191,737) | ​ | ​ | (235,001)
Property and equipment, net | ​ | $ | 173,042 | ​ | $ | 231,073
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Other current liabilities | ​ | $ | 33,894 | ​ | $ | 30,381
Other long-term liabilities | ​ | ​ | 14,817 | ​ | ​ | 36,818
Total finance lease liabilities | ​ | $ | 48,711 | ​ | $ | 67,199
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Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating leases | ​ | ​ | 9.7 years | ​ | ​ | 9.7 years
Finance leases | ​ | ​ | 1.1 years | ​ | ​ | 1.7 years
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Weighted Average Discount Rate: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating leases | ​ | ​ | 9.9% | ​ | ​ | 10.2%
Finance leases | ​ | ​ | 9.7% | ​ | ​ | 9.3%
(1) | During the third quarter of 2025, as a result of the AT&T Transactions and SpaceX Transactions, we began the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model, resulting in a significant adverse change in the intended use of such assets. These developments were considered triggering events and resulted in, among other things, our review of communication tower lease obligations related to our 5G Network, through which we determined we will no longer take on any new communication tower leases, including those under our take or pay arrangements with certain vendors. Consequently, all future cash flows associated with certain communication tower leases not previously commenced under the take or pay arrangements were attributed to existing leases and certain lease liabilities were remeasured and we recorded $1.284 billion as an ROU asset and liability on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025, and the ROU assets associated with such remeasured leases were impaired in the same period and we recorded $4.191 billion in "Impairments and other" on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) in the same period. As a result, a one-time charge for variable lease payment expense resulting from this remeasurement event related to our 5G Network was recorded in "Impairments and other" on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). See Note 1 for further information.
Summary of Maturities of lease liabilities | ​
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​ | ​ | Maturities of Lease Liabilities
​ | ​ | Operating | ​ | Finance | ​ | ​ | ​
For the Years Ending December 31, |  | Leases |  | Leases |  | Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
2025 (remaining three months) | ​ | $ | 196,802 | ​ | $ | 13,425 | ​ | $ | 210,227
2026 | ​ | ​ | 820,131 | ​ | ​ | 36,588 | ​ | ​ | 856,719
2027 | ​ | ​ | 819,578 | ​ | ​ | 2,574 | ​ | ​ | 822,152
2028 | ​ | ​ | 758,849 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 758,849
2029 | ​ | ​ | 723,097 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 723,097
Thereafter | ​ | ​ | 4,589,921 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 4,589,921
Total lease payments | ​ | ​ | 7,908,378 | ​ | ​ | 52,587 | ​ | ​ | 7,960,965
Less: Imputed interest | ​ | ​ | (2,894,960) | ​ | ​ | (3,876) | ​ | ​ | (2,898,836)
Total | ​ | ​ | 5,013,418 | ​ | ​ | 48,711 | ​ | ​ | 5,062,129
Less: Current portion | ​ | ​ | (747,178) | ​ | ​ | (33,894) | ​ | ​ | (781,072)
Long-term portion of lease obligations | ​ | $ | 4,266,240 | ​ | $ | 14,817 | ​ | $ | 4,281,057
Schedule of Lease Revenue | ​
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​ | ​ | For the Three Months Ended | ​ | For the Nine Months Ended
​ | ​ | September 30, | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Lease revenue: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Sales-type lease revenue | ​ | $ | 1,152 | ​ | $ | 2,984 | ​ | $ | 5,136 | ​ | $ | 5,607
Operating lease revenue | ​ | ​ | 7,254 | ​ | ​ | 2,732 | ​ | ​ | 11,669 | ​ | ​ | 12,216
Total lease revenue | ​ | $ | 8,406 | ​ | $ | 5,716 | ​ | $ | 16,805 | ​ | $ | 17,823
Schedule of Operating Lease Payments to be Received | ​
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For the Years Ending December 31, |  | Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
2025 (remaining three months) | ​ | $ | 4,078
2026 | ​ | ​ | 10,074
2027 | ​ | ​ | 6,450
2028 | ​ | ​ | 4,152
2029 | ​ | ​ | 3,303
Thereafter | ​ | ​ | 1,997
Total lease payments to be received | ​ | $ | 30,054
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