Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
Dec. 31, 2024 |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
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| Deferred tax assets | |||
| Loss carryforwards | $ 3,844 | $ 6,227 | |
| Lease liabilities | 7,781 | 8,355 | |
| Reserves and accruals | 958 | 1,177 | |
| Other | 3,959 | 4,459 | |
| Deferred tax assets, gross | 16,542 | 20,218 | |
| Valuation allowance | (259) | (306) | $ (375) |
| Deferred tax assets, net | 16,283 | 19,912 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | |||
| Spectrum licenses | 19,527 | 19,006 | |
| Property and equipment | 5,874 | 6,142 | |
| Lease right-of-use assets | 6,508 | 7,043 | |
| Other | 1,074 | 1,179 | |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | 32,983 | 33,370 | |
| Net deferred tax liabilities | $ 16,700 | $ 13,458 |
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- Definition Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Lease, Liability No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from indefinite lived intangible assets other than goodwill. No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred Tax Liabilities, Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from reserves and accruals. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from property, plant, and equipment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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