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Fair Value of Financial Instruments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments | Fair Value of Financial Instruments Our financial instruments consist of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, long-term debt (excluding finance lease and other obligations), interest rate swap contracts, certain equity investments and certain indemnification obligations. Due primarily to their short-term nature, the carrying amounts of our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair values. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between independent and knowledgeable parties who are willing and able to transact for an asset or liability at the measurement date. We use valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value and then we rank the estimated values based on the reliability of the inputs used following the fair value hierarchy. We determined the fair values of our long-term debt, including the current portion, based on quoted market prices where available or, if not available, based on inputs other than quoted market prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as discounted future cash flows using current market interest rates. The three input levels in the hierarchy of fair value measurements are defined by the FASB generally as follows:
Input Level |  | Description of Input
Level 1 |  | Observable inputs such as quoted market prices in active markets.
Level 2 |  | Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable.
Level 3 |  | Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists.
The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our financial assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2022:
|  |  |  | As of December 31, 2022 |  | As of December 31, 2021
|  | Input Level |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value
|  |  |  | (Dollars in millions)
Equity securities(1) |  | 1 |  | $ | 22 |  |  | 22 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Long-term debt, excluding finance lease and other obligations(2) |  | 2 |  | $ | 20,255 |  |  | 17,309 |  |  | 28,635 |  |  | 29,221 |
Interest rate swap contracts (see Note 15) |  | 2 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 25 |  |  | 25 |
Indemnifications related to the sale of the Latin American business |  | 3 |  | 86 |  |  | 86 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
______________________________________________________________________ (1)For the year ended December 31, 2022, we recognized $109 million of loss on equity securities in other (expense) income, net in our consolidated statements of operations. (2)As of December 31, 2021, these amounts excluded $1.4 billion of carrying amount and $1.6 billion of fair value of debt that had been classified as held for sale related to our divestiture of the ILEC business on October 3, 2022. See Note 2—Divestitures of the Latin American and ILEC Businesses and Planned Divestiture of the EMEA Business for more information. Investment Held at Net Asset Value We hold an investment in a limited partnership created as a holding company for various investments, including a portion of the colocation and data center business that we divested in 2017. The limited partnership has sole discretion as to the amount and timing of distributions of the underlying assets. As of December 31, 2022, the underlying investments held by the limited partnership are traded in active markets and, as such, we account for our investment in the limited partnership using NAV. The investments held by the limited partnership were subject to lock-up agreements that restricted the sale or distribution of certain underlying assets prior to July 2022 and October 2022. The restrictions on one of the investments held by the limited partnership expired on July 29, 2022, and we received a distribution of 11.5 million shares of publicly-traded common stock, which are reflected in our fair value table as of December 31, 2022, as seen above. The restriction on the remaining underlying investment expired on October 12, 2022. No shares have been distributed to date. Subject to restrictions imposed by law and other provisions of the limited partnership agreement, the general partner has the sole discretion as to the amounts and timing of distributions of partnership assets to partners. The following table summarizes the net asset value of our investment in this limited partnership.
| As of December 31, 2022 |  | As of December 31, 2021
| Net Asset Value
| (Dollars in millions)
Investment in limited partnership(1) | $ | 85 |  |  | 299 |
______________________________________________________________________ (1)For the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we recognized $83 million of loss on investment and $138 million of gain on investment, respectively, reflected in other income (expense), net in our consolidated statement of operations.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126976982&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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