Acquisition of NTELOS Holdings Corp. and Exchange with Sprint - Unaudited Pro forma Results of the Company (Details) - Ntelos Holding, Corp [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]
Operating revenues	$ 646,769	$ 678,475
Income before income taxes	$ 2,989	$ 54,716

The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (h)(2)-(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65885119&loc=d3e1392-128463

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