Financial Statements of Guarantors (Details) (USD $) In Billions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012 item
Financial Statements of Guarantors
Number of subsidiaries providing guarantees	2
QSC and QCF
Financial Statements of Guarantors
Ownership percentage	100.00%
QSC and QCF \| Payment guarantees \| QCII Guaranteed Notes
Financial Statements of Guarantors
Guaranteed principal outstanding debt instrument	1.4
QCII \| Payment guarantees \| QCF Guaranteed Notes
Financial Statements of Guarantors
Guaranteed principal outstanding debt instrument	1.0

Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name FASB Interpretation (FIN)

-Number 45

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph b

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (b)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant