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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets, Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities, Operating Lease, Liability

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Minimum Number of Towers Retained

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Number of Towers Leased on Interim Basis

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Number of Towers To Be Extended Tenancy Term

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Amount of deferred tax liability assumed in business combination and recognized at acquisition date.

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- Definition

Amount of interest paid on finance lease liability.

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Term of lessee's finance lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of unrecorded obligation to transfer funds in future for fixed or minimum amount or quantity of product and service at fixed or minimum price. Includes, but is not limited to, lease not yet commenced and take-or-pay and throughput contracts.

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Leases - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
Leases - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Aug. 01, 2025 USD ($) tower_site	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Interest payments for financing leases		$ 126	$ 111	$ 79
Leases not yet commenced		$ 38
UScellular Wireless Assets Operations
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases, term of contract (years)	30 months
UScellular Wireless Assets Operations \| Master License Agreement
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of towers retained \| tower_site	2,100
Number of towers leased on interim basis \| tower_site	1,800
Operating lease right-of-use assets	$ 1,000
Operating lease liabilities	1,000
Deferred tax liabilities	261
Deferred tax assets	$ 261
UScellular Wireless Assets Operations \| Purchase Agreement
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases, term of contract (years)	15 years
Number of towers to be extended tenancy term \| tower_site	600
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases, term of contract (years)		5 years
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term (years)		5 years
Lessee leasing arrangements, finance leases, term of contract		3 years
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases, term of contract (years)		15 years
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term (years)		50 years
Lessee leasing arrangements, finance leases, term of contract		5 years