Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Major Classes of Property and Equipment

The major classes of property and equipment are as follows:

	Estimated Useful Lives	December 31,
		2014			2013
Land(a)	—	$	1,542,276		$	1,305,942
Buildings	40 years	72,517			70,497
Towers and small cells	1-20 years	12,251,175			11,717,453
Information technology assets and other	2-7 years	214,058			185,699
Construction in process	—	507,066			401,042
Total gross property and equipment		14,587,092			13,680,633
Less: accumulated depreciation		(5,438,781		)	(4,732,956		)
Total property and equipment, net		$	9,148,311		$	8,947,677

(a) Includes land owned in fee and perpetual easements.