Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies

Schedule of future maturities of long-term debt, finance lease and contractual obligations

As of December 31, 2022, future maturities of our long-term debt, finance lease and contractual obligations are summarized as follows:

	Payments due by period
	Total		2023		2024		2025		2026		2027		Thereafter
	(In thousands)
Long-term debt obligations	$	21,331,482	$	1,499,123	$	3,039,858	$	2,022,265	$	7,753,954	$	2,004,162	$	5,012,120
Interest expense on long-term debt		4,906,491		1,115,272		1,063,347		932,131		931,026		530,192		334,523
Finance lease obligations (1)		123,353		48,066		44,770		18,094		12,423		—		—
Interest expense on finance lease obligations (1)		17,078		9,965		4,680		1,951		482		—		—
Other long-term obligations (2)		15,115,199		4,044,094		2,396,469		1,919,294		1,756,374		1,379,489		3,619,479
Operating lease obligations (1)		4,512,258		268,453		298,054		328,988		357,711		360,164		2,898,888
Purchase obligations		1,746,847		1,724,431		11,736		6,369		4,311		—		—
Total	$	47,752,708	$	8,709,404	$	6,858,914	$	5,229,092	$	10,816,281	$	4,274,007	$	11,865,010

(1) See Note 9 for further information on leases and the adoption of ASC 842.

(2) Represents minimum contractual commitments related to communication tower obligations, certain 5G Network Deployment commitments, obligations under the NSA with AT&T and the MNSA with T-Mobile, radios, software and integration services and satellite related and other obligations.

Summary of Wireless Spectrum Licenses

	Carrying		Build-Out Deadlines		Expiration
	Amount		Interim	Final	Date
	(In thousands)
Owned:
DBS Licenses (1)	$	677,409
700 MHz Licenses (2)		711,871		June 14, 2023 (3)	June 2023
AWS-4 Licenses (2)		1,940,000		June 14, 2023 (3)	June 2023
H Block Licenses (2)		1,671,506		June 14, 2023 (4)	June 2023
600 MHz Licenses		6,212,579		June 14, 2025 (5)	June 2029
MVDDS Licenses (1)		24,000			August 2024
LMDS Licenses (1)		—			September 2028
28 GHz Licenses		2,883		October 2, 2029 (6)	October 2029
24 GHz Licenses		11,772		December 11, 2029 (6)	December 2029
37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz Licenses		202,533		June 4, 2030 (6)	June 2030
3550-3650 MHz Licenses		912,939		March 12, 2031 (6)	March 2031
3.7-3.98 GHz Licenses		2,688	July 23, 2029 (6)	July 23, 2033 (6)	July 2036
3.45–3.55 GHz Licenses		7,327,989	May 4, 2026 (6)	May 4, 2030 (6)	May 2037
Subtotal		19,698,169
Noncontrolling Investments:
Northstar		5,618,930		October 2025 (7)	October 2025 (7)
SNR		4,271,459		October 2025 (7)	October 2025 (7)
Total AWS-3 Licenses		9,890,389
Capitalized Interest (8)		7,344,515
Total as of December 31, 2022	$	36,933,073

(1) The build-out deadlines for these licenses have been met.

(2) The interim build-out deadlines for these licenses have been met.

(3) For these licenses, we must offer 5G broadband service to 70% of the United States population by this date; provided, however, if by June 14, 2023, we are offering 5G broadband service with respect to these licenses to at least 50% of the population of the United States but less than 70% of the population of the United States, the final deadline shall be further extended automatically to June 14, 2025, for us to construct and offer 5G broadband service to at least 70% of the population in each Economic Area (which is a service area established by the FCC) with respect to these licenses.

(4) For these licenses, we must offer 5G broadband service to at least 70% of the United States population by this date; provided, however, that if by June 14, 2023, we are offering 5G broadband service with respect to these licenses to at least 50% of the population of the United States but less than 70% of the population of the United States, the final deadline shall be further extended automatically to June 14, 2025, for us to construct and offer 5G broadband service to at least 75% of the population in each Economic Area (which is a service area established by the FCC) with respect to these licenses.

(5) For these licenses, we must offer 5G broadband service to at least 75% of the population in each Partial Economic Area (which is a service area established by the FCC) by this date. We have also acquired certain additional 600 MHz licenses through private transactions. These licenses are currently subject to their original FCC buildout deadlines.

(6) There are a variety of build-out options and associated build-out metrics associated with these licenses.

(7) For these licenses, Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless must provide reliable signal coverage and offer service to at least 75% of the population of each license area by this date. The AWS-3 interim build-out requirement was not met and as a result, the AWS-3 expiration date and the AWS-3 final build-out requirement have been accelerated by two years (from October 2027 to October 2025) for each AWS-3 License area in which Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless did not meet the requirement.

(8) See Note 2 for further information.