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Organization and Business Activities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Organization and Business Activities |
Schedule Of impairments and other |
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​ | ​ | For the Three and Nine Months Ended
​ |  | September 30, 2025
​ | ​ | Wireless | ​ | Broadband and Satellite Services | ​ | Total
​ | ​ | (In thousands)
Prepaids and other (1) | ​ | $ | 391,431 | ​ | $ | 541 | ​ | $ | 391,972
Regulatory authorizations | ​ | ​ | 5,359,211 | ​ | ​ | 50,306 | ​ | ​ | 5,409,517
Property and equipment, net | ​ | ​ | 5,487,286 | ​ | ​ | 194,940 | ​ | ​ | 5,682,226
Operating lease assets (1) | ​ | ​ | 4,191,133 | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 4,191,133
Exit and disposal costs (2) | ​ | ​ | 770,283 | ​ | ​ | 36,337 | ​ | ​ | 806,620
Impairments and other | ​ | $ | 16,199,344 | ​ | $ | 282,124 | ​ | $ | 16,481,468
(1) | The developments discussed above 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 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2025, and the ROU assets associated with such remeasured leases were impaired in the same period. As a result, a one-time charge for variable lease payment expense resulting from this remeasurement event of $457 million, which is included in “Prepaids and other,” and “Operating lease assets” related to our 5G Network was recorded in "Impairments and other" on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).
(2) | Exit and disposal costs include, among other things, one-time employee termination benefits, costs to terminate contracts that are not a lease and other exit and disposal costs.
Schedule of activity in exit and disposal costs | ​
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​ | ​ | One-Time Employee Termination Benefits | ​ | Contract Termination Costs | ​ | Total
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Balance, July 1, 2025 | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | — | ​ | $ | —
Costs incurred and charged to expense | ​ | ​ | 14,192 | ​ | ​ | 792,428 | ​ | ​ | 806,620
Costs paid or settled | ​ | ​ | (4,234) | ​ | ​ | (6,489) | ​ | ​ | (10,723)
Other adjustments (1) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 48,402 | ​ | ​ | 48,402
Accretion | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 4,475 | ​ | ​ | 4,475
Balance, September 30, 2025 | ​ | $ | 9,958 | ​ | $ | 838,816 | ​ | $ | 848,774
| (1) | Primarily includes amounts for contracts previously accrued that are included in our exit and disposal costs as a result of the abandonment and decommission process for certain portions of our 5G Network that will not be utilized in our Hybrid MNO business model, discussed above.
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