Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
Dec. 31, 2025 |
Dec. 31, 2024 |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
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| Deferred tax assets | |||
| Loss carryforwards | $ 2,537 | $ 3,844 | |
| Lease liabilities | 7,814 | 7,781 | |
| Reserves and accruals | 1,160 | 958 | |
| Other | 2,932 | 3,959 | |
| Deferred tax assets, gross | 14,443 | 16,542 | |
| Valuation allowance | (240) | (259) | $ (306) |
| Deferred tax assets, net | 14,203 | 16,283 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | |||
| Spectrum licenses | 20,105 | 19,527 | |
| Property and equipment | 6,399 | 5,874 | |
| Lease right-of-use assets | 6,543 | 6,508 | |
| Other | 739 | 1,074 | |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | 33,786 | 32,983 | |
| Net deferred tax liabilities | $ 19,583 | $ 16,700 |
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- Definition Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Lease, Liability No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from indefinite lived intangible assets other than goodwill. No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred Tax Liabilities, Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from reserves and accruals. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from property, plant, and equipment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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