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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - SALE OF U.S. RETAIL WIRELESS BUSINESS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - SALE OF U.S. RETAIL WIRELESS BUSINESS |
Schedule of gain on sale of operations | As a result of that approval, the Company completed the sale of certain U.S. retail wireless assets on that date and recorded a gain in 2013 of approximately $307.1 million calculated as follows (in thousands):
Proceeds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Received |  |  |  |  | $ | 702,000 |
Escrowed |  |  |  |  |  | 78,000 |
Working capital |  |  |  |  |  | 16,828 |
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Adjusted proceeds |  |  |  |  |  | 796,828 |
Less: Net assets sold or impaired: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets sold or impaired: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current assets |  |  | 51,597 |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 190,970 |  |  |  |
Telecommunications licenses |  |  | 50,553 |  |  |  |
Other intangible assets |  |  | 37,434 |  |  |  |
Other assets |  |  | 13,202 |  |  |  |
Liabilities sold: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities |  |  | (40,674 | ) |  |  |
Other liabilities |  |  | (22,796 | ) |  |  |
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Net assets sold or impaired |  |  |  |  |  | 280,286 |
Less: Transaction related costs |  |  |  |  |  | (13,517 | )
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Pre-tax gain |  |  |  |  |  | 503,025 |
Less: Income taxes at effective rate |  |  |  |  |  | 195,923 |
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Net gain on sale |  |  |  |  | $ | 307,102 |
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Schedule of revenues and income from discontinued operations | Revenues and income from discontinued operations related to the Alltel business for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  | 2013 |
Revenue from discontinued operations |  | $ | 464,382 |  | $ | 299,519 |
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense (benefit) of $13,816 and $2,512 respectively |  |  | 29,202 |  |  | 5,166 |

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