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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2024
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract] |
Summary of Asset Impairment and Decommission Costs | :
|  | For the three months
|  | ended March 31,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023
|  | (in thousands)
Asset impairment (1) |  | $ | 34,552 |  | $ | 22,332
Write-off of carrying value of decommissioned towers |  |  | 4,102 |  |  | 1,954
Other (including tower and equipment decommission costs) |  |  | 4,994 |  |  | 2,104
Total asset impairment and decommission costs |  | $ | 43,648 |  | $ | 26,390
(1)Represents impairment charges resulting from the Company’s regular analysis of whether the anticipated future cash flows from certain towers are sufficient to recover the carrying value of the investment in those towers. As a result of increased churn, the Company experienced increased asset impairment charges for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

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