Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment

The components of property, plant and equipment, and the related accumulated depreciation for the Predecessor and Successor periods were as follows:

	Successor			Predecessor
	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(in millions)
Land	$	265		$	330
Network equipment, site costs and related software	11,764			37,692
Buildings and improvements	711			4,893
Non-network internal use software, office equipment and other	655			1,860
Construction in progress	2,802			3,123
Less: accumulated depreciation	(885		)	(34,291		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	15,312		$	13,607