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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Asset Classes and Related Estimated Useful Lives |
Towers and related components | 3 - 15 years
Furniture, equipment, and vehicles | 2 - 7 years
Data Centers, buildings, and leasehold improvements | 10 - 30 years
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
|  | For the year ended December 31,
|  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
|  |  | (in thousands)
Beginning balance |  | $ | 9,166 |  | $ | 12,135 |  | $ | 15,693
Provision for doubtful accounts (1) |  |  | 3,731 |  |  | 632 |  |  | 440
Write-offs |  |  | (220) |  |  | (1,793) |  |  | (1,597)
Recoveries (2) |  |  | — |  |  | (2,204) |  |  | (1,947)
Acquisitions |  |  | — |  |  | 116 |  |  | —
Currency translation adjustment |  |  | 161 |  |  | 280 |  |  | (454)
Ending balance |  | $ | 12,838 |  | $ | 9,166 |  | $ | 12,135
(1)The year ended December 31, 2023 includes a $3.1 million reserve recorded related to Oi S.A. (2)Amounts include annual installment payments related to the Oi S.A. reorganization. The fourth and final annual installment payment was received during the year ended December 31, 2022.
Schedule of Right-of-use Assets and Liabilities |
|  |  |  |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  |  |  |  | 2023 |  | 2022
|  |  |  |  | (in thousands)
Current operating lease liabilities |  |  |  |  | $ | 271,793 |  | $ | 260,082
Current financing lease liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | 1,671 |  |  | 2,283
Current lease liabilities |  |  |  |  | $ | 273,464 |  | $ | 262,365
Long-term operating lease liabilities |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,862,509 |  | $ | 2,037,496
Long-term financing lease liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | 3,177 |  |  | 3,132
Long-term lease liabilities |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,865,686 |  | $ | 2,040,628
Components of Lease Cost, Lease Term, and Discount Rate |
|  |  |  |  | For the year ended December 31,
|  |  |  |  | 2023 |  | 2022
|  |  |  |  | (in thousands)
Amortization of acquired and other right-of-use assets |  | $ | 42,312 |  | $ | 24,733
Interest on finance lease liabilities |  |  | 211 |  |  | 171
Total finance lease cost |  |  | 42,523 |  |  | 24,904
Operating lease cost |  |  | 290,169 |  |  | 275,903
Variable lease cost |  |  | 63,625 |  |  | 61,128
Total lease cost |  | $ | 396,317 |  | $ | 361,935
Weighted-Average Remaining Lease Term as of 2023 and 2022:
Operating leases |  |  |  |  |  | 12.9 years |  |  | 13.7 years
Finance leases |  |  |  |  |  | 49.3 years |  |  | 51.3 years
Weighted-Average Discount Rate as of 2023 and 2022: |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating leases |  |  |  |  |  | 6.4% |  |  | 5.7%
Finance leases |  |  |  |  |  | 4.4% |  |  | 3.5%
|  |  |  |  | For the year ended
Other information: |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities:
Cash flows from operating leases |  | $ | 279,194 |  | $ | 259,788
Cash flows from finance leases |  | $ | 2,522 |  | $ | 2,258

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