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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract] |
Summary of Asset Impairment and Decommission Costs |
|  | For the three months |  | For the nine months
|  | ended September 30, |  | ended September 30,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
|  | (in thousands)
Asset impairment (1) |  | $ | 8,920 |  | $ | 27,676 |  | $ | 61,964 |  | $ | 74,372
Write-off of carrying value of decommissioned towers |  |  | 698 |  |  | 1,619 |  |  | 12,242 |  |  | 4,451
Other (including tower and equipment decommission costs) |  |  | 3,052 |  |  | 3,768 |  |  | 13,722 |  |  | 13,497
Total asset impairment and decommission costs |  | $ | 12,670 |  | $ | 33,063 |  | $ | 87,928 |  | $ | 92,320
(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.

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