Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Leases We have operating and finance leases for offices, terrestrial repeaters, data centers and certain equipment. Our leases have remaining lease terms of less than 1 year to 17 years, some of which may include options to extend the leases for up to 5 years, and some of which may include options to terminate the leases within 1 year. We elected the practical expedient to account for the lease and non-lease components as a single component. Additionally, we elected the practical expedient to not recognize right-of-use assets or lease liabilities for short-term leases, which are those leases with a term of twelve months or less at the lease commencement date.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Operating lease cost	$	18	$	20	$	60	$	61
Finance lease cost	—		—		—		1
Sublease income	(2)		—		(4)		(1)
Total lease cost	$	16	$	20	$	56	$	61

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we ceased using certain leased locations and recorded an impairment charge of $18 to write down the carrying value of the right-of-use assets for these locations to their estimated fair values. Refer to Note 4 for additional information.

Leases

Leases We have operating and finance leases for offices, terrestrial repeaters, data centers and certain equipment. Our leases have remaining lease terms of less than 1 year to 17 years, some of which may include options to extend the leases for up to 5 years, and some of which may include options to terminate the leases within 1 year. We elected the practical expedient to account for the lease and non-lease components as a single component. Additionally, we elected the practical expedient to not recognize right-of-use assets or lease liabilities for short-term leases, which are those leases with a term of twelve months or less at the lease commencement date.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Operating lease cost	$	18	$	20	$	60	$	61
Finance lease cost	—		—		—		1
Sublease income	(2)		—		(4)		(1)
Total lease cost	$	16	$	20	$	56	$	61

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we ceased using certain leased locations and recorded an impairment charge of $18 to write down the carrying value of the right-of-use assets for these locations to their estimated fair values. Refer to Note 4 for additional information.