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Segment Data | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Segment Data [Abstract] |
Segment Data | 15.SEGMENT DATA The Company operates principally in two business segments: site leasing and site development. The Company’s reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different services. They are managed separately based on the fundamental differences in their operations. The site leasing segment includes results of the managed and sublease businesses. The site development segment includes the results of both consulting and construction related activities. Commencing in the second quarter of 2014, the Company expanded the presentation of its site leasing business into two reportable segments, domestic site leasing and international site leasing as a result of its international site leasing revenues exceeding 10% of total revenues. All prior periods have been recast to conform to the current year presentation. Revenues, cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation, accretion and amortization), capital expenditures (including assets acquired through the issuance of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock) and identifiable assets pertaining to the segments in which the Company continues to operate are presented below:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Not |  |
|  | Domestic Site |  | Int'l Site |  | Site |  | Identified by |  |
|  | Leasing |  | Leasing |  | Development |  | Segment (1) |  | Total
|  | (in thousands)
For the three months ended September 30, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 293,775 |  | $ | 55,235 |  | $ | 44,283 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 393,293
Cost of revenues (2) |  |  | 63,108 |  |  | 14,818 |  |  | 33,950 |  |  | — |  |  | 111,876
Operating profit |  |  | 230,667 |  |  | 40,417 |  |  | 10,333 |  |  | — |  |  | 281,417
Selling, general, and administrative |  |  | 16,908 |  |  | 4,413 |  |  | 3,046 |  |  | 2,222 |  |  | 26,589
Asset impairment and decommission costs |  |  | 5,536 |  |  | 456 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 5,992
Acquisition related adjustments and expenses |  |  | 2,242 |  |  | (2,300) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (58)
Depreciation, amortization and accretion |  |  | 129,227 |  |  | 28,792 |  |  | 660 |  |  | 731 |  |  | 159,410
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 76,754 |  |  | 9,056 |  |  | 6,627 |  |  | (2,953) |  |  | 89,484
Other expense (principally interest expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
and other expense) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (105,126) |  |  | (105,126)
Loss before provision for income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (15,642)
Cash capital expenditures (3) |  |  | 113,561 |  |  | 17,514 |  |  | 2,151 |  |  | 7,587 |  |  | 140,813
For the three months ended September 30, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 267,540 |  | $ | 19,943 |  | $ | 44,611 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 332,094
Cost of revenues (2) |  |  | 61,259 |  |  | 6,783 |  |  | 35,253 |  |  | — |  |  | 103,295
Operating profit |  |  | 206,281 |  |  | 13,160 |  |  | 9,358 |  |  | — |  |  | 228,799
Selling, general, and administrative |  |  | 15,321 |  |  | 2,500 |  |  | 1,942 |  |  | 2,064 |  |  | 21,827
Asset impairment and decommission costs |  |  | 5,678 |  |  | 512 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6,190
Acquisition related adjustments and expenses |  |  | 1,838 |  |  | 1,761 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,599
Depreciation, amortization and accretion |  |  | 121,766 |  |  | 10,308 |  |  | 731 |  |  | 476 |  |  | 133,281
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 61,678 |  |  | (1,921) |  |  | 6,685 |  |  | (2,540) |  |  | 63,902
Other expense (principally interest expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
and other expense) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (42,164) |  |  | (42,164)
Income before provision for income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21,738
Cash capital expenditures (3) |  |  | 63,401 |  |  | 58,343 |  |  | 3,151 |  |  | 471 |  |  | 125,366
For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 854,003 |  | $ | 144,778 |  | $ | 123,481 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,122,262
Cost of revenues (2) |  |  | 185,637 |  |  | 37,412 |  |  | 93,432 |  |  | — |  |  | 316,481
Operating profit |  |  | 668,366 |  |  | 107,366 |  |  | 30,049 |  |  | — |  |  | 805,781
Selling, general, and administrative |  |  | 49,665 |  |  | 12,518 |  |  | 7,047 |  |  | 7,477 |  |  | 76,707
Asset impairment and decommission costs |  |  | 12,263 |  |  | 1,291 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 13,554
Acquisition related adjustments and expenses |  |  | 8,878 |  |  | 1,850 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 10,728
Depreciation, amortization and accretion |  |  | 385,605 |  |  | 75,160 |  |  | 1,788 |  |  | 2,305 |  |  | 464,858
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 211,955 |  |  | 16,547 |  |  | 21,214 |  |  | (9,782) |  |  | 239,934
Other expense (principally interest expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
and other expense) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (259,909) |  |  | (259,909)
Loss before provision for income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (19,975)
Cash capital expenditures (3) |  |  | 451,384 |  |  | 712,920 |  |  | 5,923 |  |  | 11,158 |  |  | 1,181,385
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Not |  |
|  | Domestic Site |  | Int'l Site |  | Site |  | Identified by |  |
|  | Leasing |  | Leasing |  | Development |  | Segment (1) |  | Total
|  | (in thousands)
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 781,366 |  | $ | 59,122 |  | $ | 128,982 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 969,470
Cost of revenues (2) |  |  | 183,869 |  |  | 20,058 |  |  | 103,788 |  |  | — |  |  | 307,715
Operating profit (loss) |  |  | 597,497 |  |  | 39,064 |  |  | 25,194 |  |  | — |  |  | 661,755
Selling, general, and administrative |  |  | 44,088 |  |  | 6,765 |  |  | 5,817 |  |  | 7,095 |  |  | 63,765
Asset impairment and decommission costs |  |  | 14,860 |  |  | 1,545 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 16,405
Acquisition related adjustments and expenses |  |  | 2,833 |  |  | 8,545 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 11,378
Depreciation, amortization and accretion |  |  | 365,798 |  |  | 31,026 |  |  | 1,762 |  |  | 1,420 |  |  | 400,006
Operating income (loss) |  |  | 169,918 |  |  | (8,817) |  |  | 17,615 |  |  | (8,515) |  |  | 170,201
Other expense (principally interest expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
and other expense) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (205,507) |  |  | (205,507)
Loss before provision for income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (35,306)
Cash capital expenditures (3) |  |  | 177,835 |  |  | 266,845 |  |  | 5,798 |  |  | 1,189 |  |  | 451,667
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As of September 30, 2014 |  | $ | 5,559,854 |  | $ | 1,623,467 |  | $ | 68,167 |  | $ | 557,504 |  | $ | 7,808,992
As of December 31, 2013 |  |  | 5,427,969 |  |  | 1,040,401 |  |  | 76,214 |  |  | 238,604 |  |  | 6,783,188
(1)Assets not identified by segment consist primarily of general corporate assets. (2)Excludes depreciation, amortization, and accretion. (3)Includes cash paid for capital expenditures and acquisitions and vehicle capital lease additions.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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