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Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)							3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2019	Jan. 29, 2019	May 18, 2018	Apr. 29, 2018	Jan. 22, 2018	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Oct. 01, 2018	Jun. 06, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments of consent fees								$ 0		$ 0	$ 38,000,000	$ 0
Payments for third party bank fees								3,314,000,000		$ 3,098,000,000	9,663,000,000	$ 8,968,000,000
Costs recognized associated with merger transaction								0
Goodwill								1,901,000,000			1,901,000,000				$ 1,683,000,000
Sprint
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Exchange ratio				0.10256
Exchange ratio (in shares)				9.75
Payments of consent fees									$ 31,000,000
Required reimbursement by acquiree upon termination, percentage			33.00%
Upfront payments to third party note holders by acquiree									241,000,000
Required reimbursement by acquirer upon termination, percentage			67.00%
Required reimbursement by acquirer upon termination			$ 161,000,000
Costs recognized associated with merger transaction								53,000,000			94,000,000
Required payment resulting from failure to satisfy closing condition of business combination agreement (up to)				$ 600,000,000
Sprint \| Senior Notes
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments of consent fees			$ 14,000,000						17,000,000
Payments for third party bank fees									6,000,000
Sprint \| Deutsche Telekom AG
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments of consent fees									$ 7,000,000
Sprint \| Scenario, Forecast \| Senior Notes
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments of consent fees							$ 54,000,000
Sprint \| Scenario, Forecast \| Deutsche Telekom AG
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments of consent fees							$ 20,000,000
Sprint \| Secured and Unsecured Debt Financing
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Financing commitment, amount				38,000,000,000				$ 30,000,000,000			$ 30,000,000,000
Reduction of initial aggregate commitment under Commitment Letter														$ 8,000,000,000
Sprint \| Secured and Unsecured Debt Financing \| Scenario One \| Scenario, Forecast
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments of consent fees		$ 275,000,000
Sprint \| Secured and Unsecured Debt Financing \| Scenario Two \| Scenario, Forecast
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments of consent fees	$ 340,000,000
Sprint \| Secured Term Loan Facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Financing commitment, amount				$ 7,000,000,000
Sprint \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fully-diluted shares of combined company held by public stockholders (percent)													31.00%
Sprint \| Deutsche Telekom AG \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fully-diluted shares expected to be held immediately following merger (percent)													41.70%
Sprint \| SoftBank \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fully-diluted shares expected to be held immediately following merger (percent)													27.30%
Layer3 TV
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration					$ 318,000,000
Payment included in consideration after closing of transaction					5,000,000
Grant-date fair value of cash-based and share-based incentive compensation awards					37,000,000
Liability recognized					21,000,000
Indemnification assets					12,000,000
Goodwill					218,000,000
Intangible assets					100,000,000
Layer3 TV \| Developed Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets					$ 100,000,000
Estimated useful life (in years)					5 years
Iowa Wireless
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration						$ 25,000,000
Purchase price of unconsolidated subsidiary						25,000,000
Fair value of equity interest held						56,000,000
Gain on remeasurement of equity interest						15,000,000
Bargain purchase gain						$ 25,000,000
Unconsolidated subsidiary ownership percentage						54.00%