Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for interest	$	247,702	$	255,960	$	248,800
Cash paid for income taxes	4,521		2,857		3,085

Non-cash investing and financing activities

The Company’s accrued purchases of property and equipment were $90.9 million, $102.6 million and $21.4 million as of December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Included within the Company’s accrued purchases are estimates by management for construction services received based on a percentage of completion.

Assets acquired under capital lease obligations were $33.4 million, $76.6 million and $92.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company returned obsolete network infrastructure assets to one of its vendors in exchange for $6.4 million, $24.4 million and $17.4 million in credits towards the purchase of additional network infrastructure assets with the vendor.

During the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company received $53.4 million and $52.3 million in fair value of FCC licenses in exchanges with other parties.

The Company's accrued assets acquired in asset acquisitions were $8.0 million as of December 31, 2010.

See Note 2 for the non-cash changes in the Company's asset retirement obligations.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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