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Debt and Other Obligations (Indebtedness) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Proceeds from Lines of Credit $ 2,065,000 $ 230,000  
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] 11,865,999   $ 12,149,959
Less: current maturities and short-term debt and other current obligations 87,823   106,219
Non-current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations [1] 11,778,176   12,043,740
Variable Rate Revolver 2016 [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount 2,500,000    
Variable Rate 2016 Term Loan A [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount 2,000,000    
Senior Unsecured 2016 Notes 3.40% [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount $ 600,000    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 3.40%    
Senior Unsecured 2016 Notes 4.450% [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Face Amount $ 900,000    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage 4.50%    
Capital Lease Obligations and Other [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Contractual maturity date [2] Various    
Original Debt Issuance Date [2] Various    
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate stated [2] Various    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 215,813   209,765
Fixed Rate Securitized Debt 2010 Tower Revenue Notes [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument Additional Interest Rate Margin 5.00%    
2012 Credit Facility [Member] | Variable Rate Revolver 2012 [Member] | CCOC [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Unused Borrowing Capacity, Amount $ 2,300,000    
Bank Debt [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 2,199,788   3,972,448
Bank Debt [Member] | Variable Rate Revolver 2016 [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Jan. 01, 2016    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Jan. 21, 2021    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 1.80%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 210,000 [3]   0
Bank Debt [Member] | Variable Rate 2016 Term Loan A [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Jan. 01, 2016    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Jan. 21, 2021    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 1.80%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 1,989,788 [3]   0
Bank Debt [Member] | Variable Rate Revolver 2012 [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Jan. 01, 2012    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Jan. 31, 2019    
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate stated [2] N/A    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 0 [3]   1,125,000
Bank Debt [Member] | Variable Rate 2012 Term Loans Tranche A [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Jan. 01, 2012    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Jan. 31, 2019    
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate stated [2] N/A    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 0 [3]   627,846
Bank Debt [Member] | Variable Rate 2012 Term Loans Tranche B [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Jan. 01, 2012    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Jan. 31, 2021    
Percentage of debt instrument interest rate stated [2] N/A    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 0 [3]   2,219,602
Securitized Debt [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 4,004,162   4,007,123
Securitized Debt [Member] | Fixed Rate Debt 2009 Securitized Notes First Tranche [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Jul. 01, 2009    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Aug. 15, 2019    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 6.30%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 65,523   70,219
Securitized Debt [Member] | 2015 Tower Revenue Notes 3.222% due 2042 [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date May 01, 2015    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2],[4] May 15, 2042    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 3.20%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 296,095   295,937
Securitized Debt [Member] | 2015 Tower Revenue Notes 3.663% due 2045 [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date May 01, 2015    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2],[4] May 15, 2045    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 3.70%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 690,504   690,247
Securitized Debt [Member] | Fixed Rate Securitized Debt January 2010 Tower Revenue Notes Third Tranche [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Jan. 01, 2010    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2],[4] Jan. 15, 2040    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 6.10%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 1,242,834   1,242,368
Securitized Debt [Member] | Fixed Rate Securitized Debt January 2010 Tower Revenue Notes Second Tranche [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2],[4] Jan. 15, 2037    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 5.50%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 349,363   349,171
Securitized Debt [Member] | Fixed Rate Securitized Debt August 2010 Tower Revenue Notes Third Tranche [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Aug. 01, 2010    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2],[4] Aug. 15, 2040    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 4.90%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 992,198   991,749
Securitized Debt [Member] | Fixed Rate Securitized Debt August 2010 Tower Revenue Notes Second Tranche [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2],[4] Aug. 15, 2037    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 4.20%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 298,967   298,774
Securitized Debt [Member] | Fixed Rate Debt 2009 Securitized Notes Second Tranche [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Aug. 15, 2029    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 9.00%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 68,678   68,658
High Yield Bonds [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 5,446,236   3,960,623
High Yield Bonds [Member] | Five and One Fourth Senior Notes [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Oct. 01, 2012    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Jan. 15, 2023    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 5.30%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 1,635,517   1,634,989
High Yield Bonds [Member] | 2012 secured notes tranche A [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Dec. 15, 2017    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 2.40%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 497,521   497,160
High Yield Bonds [Member] | 2012 secured notes tranche B [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Dec. 01, 2012    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Apr. 15, 2023    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 3.90%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 990,241   989,895
High Yield Bonds [Member] | 4.875% Senior Notes [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Apr. 01, 2014    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Apr. 01, 2022    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 4.90%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 839,012   838,579
High Yield Bonds [Member] | Senior Unsecured 2016 Notes 3.40% [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Feb. 15, 2021    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 3.40%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 594,888 [5]   0
High Yield Bonds [Member] | Senior Unsecured 2016 Notes 4.450% [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Original issue date Feb. 01, 2016    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date [2] Feb. 15, 2026    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage [2] 4.50%    
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [1] $ 889,057 [5]   $ 0
[1] Balances reflect debt issuance costs as a direct reduction from the respective carrying amounts of debt, with the exception of debt issuance costs associated with the Company's revolving credit facilities. See note 2.
[2] See the 2015 Form 10-K, including note 8, for additional information regarding the maturity and principal amortization provisions and interest rates relating to the Company's indebtedness.
[3] In January 2016, the Company completed a Senior Unsecured Credit Facility ("2016 Credit Facility"), comprised of (1) a $2.5 billion Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility ("2016 Revolver") maturing in January 2021, (2) a $2.0 billion Senior Unsecured Term Loan A Facility ("2016 Term Loan A") maturing in January 2021 and (3) a previously outstanding $1.0 billion Senior Unsecured 364-Day Revolving Credit Facility ("364-Day Facility") maturing in January 2017. The 2016 Credit Facility bears interest at a per annum rate equal to LIBOR plus 1.125% to 2.000%, based on the Company's senior unsecured debt rating. The Company used the net proceeds from the 2016 Credit Facility (1) to repay the previously outstanding 2012 Credit Facility, and (2) general corporate purposes. In February 2016, the Company used a portion of the net proceeds from the 2016 Senior Notes offering to repay in full all outstanding borrowings under the previously outstanding 364-Day Facility. As of March 31, 2016, the undrawn availability under the 2016 Revolver was $2.3 billion. See note 12.
[4] If the respective series of such debt is not paid in full on or prior to an applicable date then Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the indenture) of the issuers of such notes will be used to repay principal of the applicable series, and additional interest (of an additional approximately 5% per annum) will accrue on the respective series. See the 2015 Form 10-K for additional information regarding these provisions. See note 12.
[5] In February 2016, the Company issued $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes ("2016 Senior Notes"), which consist of (1) $600.0 million aggregated principal amount of 3.40% senior notes with a final maturity date of February 2021 and (2) $900.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.45% senior notes with a final maturity date of February 2026. The Company used net proceeds from the 2016 Senior Notes offering, together with cash on hand, to (1) repay in full all outstanding borrowings under the previously outstanding 364-Day Facility and (2) to repay $500.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the 2016 Revolver.