Segment Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Segment Data [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Information Disclosure

	Domestic Site		Int'l Site		Site		Not Identified
	Leasing		Leasing		Development		by Segment		Total
For the year ended December 31, 2017	(in thousands)
Revenues	$	1,308,389	$	314,784	$	104,501	$	—	$	1,727,674
Cost of revenues (2)		260,826		98,701		86,785		—		446,312
Operating profit		1,047,563		216,083		17,716		—		1,281,362
Selling, general, and administrative		67,263		24,320		15,433		23,681		130,697
Acquisition related adjustments and expenses		8,171		4,196		—		—		12,367
Asset impairment and decommission costs		29,523		6,994		180		—		36,697
Depreciation, amortization and accretion		498,842		135,155		2,580		6,523		643,100
Operating income (loss)		443,764		45,418		(477)		(30,204)		458,501
Other expense (principally interest expense
and other expense)								(341,610)		(341,610)
Income before provision for income taxes										116,891
Cash capital expenditures (3)		225,074		358,691		1,221		3,859		588,845
For the year ended December 31, 2016
Revenues	$	1,273,866	$	264,204	$	95,055	$	—	$	1,633,125
Cost of revenues (2)		260,941		81,274		78,682		—		420,897
Operating profit		1,012,925		182,930		16,373		—		1,212,228
Selling, general, and administrative (4)		72,701		35,897		13,039		21,712		143,349
Acquisition related adjustments and expenses		6,233		6,907		—		—		13,140
Asset impairment and decommission costs		26,073		1,824		—		2,345		30,242
Depreciation, amortization and accretion		509,108		119,466		3,402		6,213		638,189
Operating income (loss)		398,810		18,836		(68)		(30,270)		387,308
Other expense (principally interest expense
and other expense)								(300,005)		(300,005)
Income before provision for income taxes										87,303
Cash capital expenditures (3)		310,256		102,282		1,955		3,710		418,203
For the year ended December 31, 2015
Revenues	$	1,236,758	$	243,876	$	157,840	$	—	$	1,638,474
Cost of revenues (2)		252,493		72,162		119,744		—		444,399
Operating profit		984,265		171,714		38,096		—		1,194,075
Selling, general, and administrative		67,413		16,196		12,247		19,095		114,951
Acquisition related adjustments and expenses		9,975		1,889		—		—		11,864
Asset impairment and decommission costs		93,977		806		—		—		94,783
Depreciation, amortization and accretion		534,436		118,886		3,662		3,037		660,021
Operating income (loss)		278,464		33,937		22,187		(22,132)		312,456
Other expense (principally interest expense
and other expense)								(479,051)		(479,051)
Loss before provision for income taxes										(166,595)
Cash capital expenditures (3)		709,337		94,693		3,495		13,339		820,864

	Domestic Site		Int'l Site		Site		Not Identified
	Leasing		Leasing		Development		by Segment (1)		Total
Assets	(in thousands)
As of December 31, 2017	$	5,171,190	$	2,028,479	$	49,487	$	71,049	$	7,320,205
As of December 31, 2016	$	5,396,394	$	1,839,703	$	43,769	$	81,079	$	7,360,945

(1)Assets not identified by segment consist primarily of general corporate assets.

(2)Excludes depreciation, amortization, and accretion.

(3)Includes cash paid for capital expenditures and acquisitions and vehicle capital lease additions.

(4) International site leasing includes the impact of the $16,498 Oi reserve for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Other than Brazil, no foreign country represented a material amount of our total revenues in any of the periods presented. Site leasing revenue in Brazil was $217.4 million for 2017, $178.3 million for 2016, and $169.6 million for 2015. Total long-lived assets in Brazil was $1,278.9 million as of December 31, 2017, $1,096.4 million as of December 31, 2016, and $923.6 million as of December 31, 2015.