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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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The maximum number of shares that could be issued to net share settle a contract, if applicable. If a contract does not have a fixed or determinable maximum number of shares that may be required to be issued, disclose the fact that a potentially infinite number of shares could be issued to settle the contract.

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SoftBank Equity Transaction - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions					6 Months Ended
	Aug. 03, 2020 shares	Jul. 16, 2020 shares	Jun. 26, 2020 $ / shares shares	Jun. 22, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Valuation, Income Approach
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Fair value of each call option, estimate \| $					$ 875
Marcelo Claure \| Subsequent Event
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Shares sold		5,000,000.0
Additional paid-in capital
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Payment received to facilitate SoftBank Monetization \| $					$ 300
Rights Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Price per share in public offering (in USD per share) \| $ / shares			$ 103.00
Public Equity Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Payment received to facilitate SoftBank Monetization \| $				$ 300
Shares sold			154,100,000
Public Equity Offering \| Third-party trust
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Shares sold			19,400,000
Public Equity Offering \| Additional paid-in capital
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Payment received, net of tax \| $				$ 226
Rights Offering \| Warrants and Rights Subject to Mandatory Redemption
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Conversion rate for option to purchase common stock			0.05
Rights Offering \| Warrants and Rights Subject to Mandatory Redemption \| Subsequent Event
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Option to purchase common stock (in shares) (up to)	19,750,000
SoftBank
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Shares of common stock held by SoftBank				198,000,000
SoftBank \| Subsequent Event
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of stock held	8.60%
SoftBank \| Direct and Indirect Call Option \| DT
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Option to purchase shares (in shares) (up to)				101,500,000
SoftBank \| Fixed-Price Call Option \| DT
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Option to purchase shares (in shares) (up to)				44,900,000
Option to purchase shares (in USD per share) \| $ / shares				$ 101.46
SoftBank \| Floating-Price Call Option \| DT
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Option to purchase shares (in shares) (up to)				56,600,000
DT \| Subsequent Event
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of stock held	43.40%
Other Stockholders \| Subsequent Event
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Percentage of stock held	48.00%