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TOWER SALE AND LEASEBACK (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Tower Sale And Leaseback [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Future Minimum Rental Payments For Operating Leases Table Text Block |
Minimum Rental Commitments Under Sale And Leaseback
| As of September 30, 2013
| Operating
| Leases
| (amounts in thousands)
Years ending December 31, |  |
2013 | $ | 194
2014 |  | 792
2015 |  | 816
2016 |  | 840
2017 |  | 865
Thereafter |  | 12,447
Total | $ | 15,954

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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