Long-Term Debt, Financing and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

							Successor			Predecessor
	Interest Rates			Maturities			September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
							(in millions)
Notes
Senior notes
Sprint Corporation	7.25	-	7.88%	2021	-	2023	$	6,500		$	—
Sprint Communications, Inc.	6.00	-	11.50%	2016	-	2022	9,280			9,280
Sprint Capital Corporation	6.88	-	8.75%	2019	-	2032	6,204			6,204
Guaranteed notes
Sprint Communications, Inc.	7.00	-	9.00%	2018	-	2020	4,000			4,000
Secured notes
iPCS, Inc.	3.52%			2014			181			481
Clearwire Communications LLC	12.00	-	14.75%	2015	-	2017	3,150			—
Exchangeable notes
Clearwire Communications LLC	8.25%			2040			629			—
Convertible bonds
Sprint Communications, Inc.	1.00%			2019			—			3,100
Credit facilities
Bank credit facility	2.81%			2018			—			—
Export Development Canada	3.62%			2015			500			500
Secured equipment credit facility	2.03%			2017			715			296
Vendor financing notes
Clearwire Communications LLC	5.77	-	7.26%	2015			27			—
Financing obligation	6.09%			2021			351			698
Capital lease obligations and other	2.35	-	10.52%	2014	-	2023	199			74
Net discount from beneficial conversion feature on convertible bond							—			(247		)
Net premiums (discounts)							1,815			(45		)
							33,551			24,341
Less current portion							(1,131		)	(379		)
Long-term debt, financing and capital lease obligations							$	32,420		$	23,962