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Intangible Assets (Details) - Jun. 30, 2015 - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Total
Schedule Of Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets And Goodwill [Line Items]  
Total winning bid $ 338,300
Licenses  
Balance, beginning of period 1,443,438
Acquisitions [1] 339,656
Exchanges [2] 43,485
Other 1,077
Balance, end of period $ 1,827,656
[1] Amount includes payments totaling $338.3 million made by Advantage Spectrum to the FCC for licenses in which it was the provisional winning bidder in Auction 97. See Note 6 — Acquisitions, Divestitures and Exchanges, and Note 9 — Variable Interest Entities for further information.
[2] Amount represents licenses received in the March 2015 PCS license exchange. See Note 6 — Acquisitions, Divestitures and Exchanges for further information. Licenses disposed of in the exchange were previously removed from the Licenses balance and reflected in Assets held for sale in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2014.