Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Dec. 31, 2010

Dec. 31, 2009

Summarized financial information concerning the company's reportable segments


			Rental and Management				Total Rental and Management		Network Development Services		Other		Total
Year Ended December 31, 2011			Domestic		International		Total Rental and Management		Network Development Services		Other		Total
			(in thousands)

Segment revenues			$	1,744,260	$	641,925	$	2,386,185	$	57,347			$	2,443,532
Segment operating expenses (1)				353,458		235,709		589,167		29,460				618,627
Interest income, TV Azteca, net				-		14,214		14,214		-				14,214
Segment gross margin				1,390,802		420,430		1,811,232		27,887				1,839,119
Segment selling, general, administrative and
	development expense (1)			77,041		82,106		159,147		7,864				167,011
Segment operating profit			$	1,313,761	$	338,324	$	1,652,085	$	20,023			$	1,672,108
Stock-based compensation expense											$	47,437		47,437
Other selling, general, administrative and
	development expense											76,705		76,705
Depreciation, amortization and accretion												555,517		555,517
Other expense (principally interest expense and
	other (expense) income)											485,554		485,554
Income from continuing operations before income
	taxes and income on equity method investments												$	506,895

Capital expenditures			$	325,264	$	178,826	$	504,090	$	-	$	18,925	$	523,015
Goodwill			$	2,243,950	$	559,317	$	2,803,267	$	2,000	$	-	$	2,805,267

(1)		Segment operating expenses and segment selling, general, administrative and development expenses exclude stock-based compensation expense of $2.3 million and $45.1 million, respectively.


			Rental and Management				Total Rental and Management		Network Development Services		Other		Total
Year Ended December 31, 2010			Domestic		International		Total Rental and Management		Network Development Services		Other		Total
			(in thousands)

Segment revenues			$	1,565,474	$	370,899	$	1,936,373	$	48,962			$	1,985,335
Segment operating expenses				325,360		122,269		447,629		26,957				474,586
Interest income, TV Azteca, net				-		14,212		14,212		-				14,212
Segment gross margin				1,240,114		262,842		1,502,956		22,005				1,524,961
Segment selling, general, administrative and
	development expense (1)			62,295		45,877		108,172		6,312				114,484
Segment operating profit			$	1,177,819	$	216,965	$	1,394,784	$	15,693			$	1,410,477
Stock-based compensation expense											$	52,555		52,555
Other selling, general, administrative and
	development expense											62,730		62,730
Depreciation, amortization and accretion												460,726		460,726
Other expense (principally interest expense and
	other (expense) income)											278,441		278,441
Income from continuing operations before income
	taxes and income on equity method investments												$	556,025

Capital expenditures			$	260,739	$	68,827	$	329,566	$	5,496	$	11,602	$	346,664
Goodwill (2)			$	2,224,497	$	287,410	$	2,511,907	$	-	$	-	$	2,511,907

(1)		Segment selling, general, administrative and development expense excludes stock-based compensation expense of $52.6 million.
(2)		Balances have been revised to reflect purchase accounting measurement period adjustments.


			Rental and Management				Total Rental and Management		Network Development Services		Other		Total
Year Ended December 31, 2009			Domestic		International		Total Rental and Management		Network Development Services		Other		Total
			(in thousands)

Segment revenues			$	1,408,352	$	260,068	$	1,668,420	$	55,694			$	1,724,114
Segment operating expenses				312,002		71,988		383,990		32,385				416,375
Interest income, TV Azteca, net				-		14,210		14,210		-				14,210
Segment gross margin				1,096,350		202,290		1,298,640		23,309				1,321,949
Segment selling, general, administrative and
	development expense (1)			55,635		30,551		86,186		5,816				92,002
Segment operating profit			$	1,040,715	$	171,739	$	1,212,454	$	17,493				1,229,947
Stock-based compensation expense											$	60,670		60,670
Other selling, general, administrative and
	development expense											49,022		49,022
Depreciation, amortization and accretion												414,619		414,619
Other expense (principally interest expense and
	other (expense) income)											284,149		284,149
Income from continuing operations before income
	taxes and income on equity method investments												$	421,487

Capital expenditures			$	148,071	$	87,397	$	235,468	$	7,272	$	7,522	$	250,262
Goodwill			$	2,190,591	$	59,947	$	2,250,538	$	-	$	-	$	2,250,538

(1)		Segment selling, general, administrative and development expense excludes stock-based compensation expense of $60.7 million.

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Text Block]


Additional information relating to the total assets of the Company's operating segments for the years ended December 31, is as follows (in thousands):
		December 31,
		2011		2010 (1)
Domestic rental and management		$	7,791,708	$	7,083,652
International rental and management (2)			3,930,163		2,093,862
Network development services			33,941		36,763
Other			476,618		1,155,807
		$	12,232,430	$	10,370,084


(1)	Balances have been revised to reflect purchase accounting measurement period adjustments.
(2)	Balances are translated at the applicable period end exchange rate and therefore may impact comparability between periods.

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area


				December 31,
				2011		2010		2009

Operating Revenues:
	United States		$	1,801,608	$	1,614,436	$	1,463,744
	International:
		Brazil		177,526		104,922		85,013
		Chile		7,380		735		-
		Colombia		13,690		1,553		-
		Ghana		41,464		-		-
		India		170,680		98,799		22,236
		Mexico		183,174		164,039		153,121
		Peru		4,546		851		-
		South Africa		43,464		-		-

		Total international		641,924		370,899		260,370
		Total operating revenues	$	2,443,532	$	1,985,335	$	1,724,114

Schedule of disclosure on geographic areas, long-lived assets


				December 31,
				2011		2010 (2)
Long-Lived Assets (1):
	United States		$	6,991,854	$	6,566,162
	International (3):
		Brazil		669,513		242,923
		Chile		177,789		25,656
		Colombia		301,419		157,792
		Ghana		429,168		-
		India		671,091		804,985
		Mexico		535,123		215,106
		Peru		63,956		68,623
		South Africa		200,782		-

		Total international		3,048,841		1,515,085
		Total long-lived assets	$	10,040,695	$	8,081,247


(1)	Includes property, plant and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets.
(2)	Balances have been revised to reflect purchase accounting measurement period adjustments.
(3)	Balances are translated at the applicable period end exchange rate and therefore may impact comparability between periods.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the names of foreign countries from which revenue is material and the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to those countries. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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