Equipment Installment Plans - Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | |
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Mar. 31, 2025 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
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| Allowance for credit losses | ||
| Allowance for credit losses, beginning of period | $ 82 | |
| Allowance for credit losses, end of period | 78 | |
| Equipment Installment Plan Receivable | ||
| Allowance for credit losses | ||
| Write-offs, net of recoveries, originated in 2022 | 1 | |
| Write-offs, net of recoveries, originated in 2023 | 5 | |
| Write-offs, net of recoveries, originated in 2024 | 13 | |
| Write-offs, net of recoveries, originated in 2025 | 0 | |
| Write-offs, net of recoveries, Total | 19 | $ 24 |
| Allowance for credit losses, beginning of period | 82 | 90 |
| Bad debts expense | 15 | 22 |
| Write-offs, net of recoveries | (19) | (24) |
| Allowance for credit losses, end of period | $ 78 | $ 88 |
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- Definition Amount of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes allowance for financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/otherTransitionRef
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- Definition A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of writeoff of financing receivable, charged against allowance for credit loss. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/otherTransitionRef
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- Definition Amount of writeoff of financing receivable originated three years before current fiscal year. Excludes net investment in lease. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount of writeoff of financing receivable originated in current fiscal year. Excludes net investment in lease. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount of writeoff of financing receivable originated two years before current fiscal year. Excludes net investment in lease. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount of writeoff of financing receivable originated in fiscal year before current fiscal year. Excludes net investment in lease. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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