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Supplementary Financial Information (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Supplementary Balance Sheet Information [Abstract]  
Schedule of Additional Balance Sheet Information
Supplementary Balance Sheet Information (in thousands):
 
December 31,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
Other current assets:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable, net of allowances for bad debt of $1.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively(1)
$
86,467

 
$
86,736

Prepaid expenses
40,237

 
28,327

Other
12,538

 
19,394

 
$
139,242

 
$
134,457

Property and equipment, net(2):
 
 
 
Network equipment
$
3,348,122

 
$
3,246,027

Computer hardware and software
526,348

 
455,873

Construction-in-progress
54,945

 
99,705

Other
109,400

 
111,510

 
4,038,815

 
3,913,115

Accumulated depreciation
(2,276,725
)
 
(1,955,741
)
 
$
1,762,090

 
$
1,957,374

Intangible assets, net:
 
 
 
Customer relationships
$
50,435

 
$
57,782

Trademarks
37,000

 
37,000

 
87,435

 
94,782

Accumulated amortization of customer relationships
(40,528
)
 
(33,704
)
Accumulated amortization of trademarks
(22,244
)
 
(19,601
)
 
$
24,663

 
$
41,477

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
 
 
 
Trade accounts payable
$
143,931

 
$
306,881

Accrued payroll and related benefits
67,539

 
66,229

Other accrued liabilities
184,640

 
87,168

 
$
396,110

 
$
460,278

Other current liabilities:
 
 
 
Deferred service revenue(3)
$
100,276

 
$
113,768

Deferred equipment revenue(4)
36,471

 
43,793

Accrued sales, telecommunications, property and other taxes payable
4,267

 
22,380

Accrued interest
44,653

 
58,553

Other
31,213

 
25,246

 
$
216,880

 
$
263,740

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(1)
Accounts receivable, net, consists primarily of (i) amounts billed to third-party dealers for devices and accessories, (ii) amounts due from the Company's third-party logistics provider for devices sold from the Company to the supplier, (iii) amounts due from the federal government in connection with the Lifeline program, and (iv) amounts due from service providers related to interconnect and roaming agreements, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts.
(2)
As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, approximately $45.8 million and $32.3 million of assets were held by the Company under capital lease arrangements, respectively. Accumulated amortization relating to these assets totaled $22.9 million and $18.5 million as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.
(3)
Deferred service revenue consists primarily of cash received from customers in advance of their service period.
(4)
Deferred equipment revenue relates to devices sold to third-party dealers and nationwide retailers, which have not yet been purchased and activated by customers.
Supplementary Cash Flow Information
Supplementary Cash Flow Information (in thousands):
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2012
 
2011
 
2010
Cash paid for interest
 
$
(268,186
)
 
$
(229,034
)
 
$
(244,123
)
Cash paid for income taxes
 
$
(4,043
)
 
$
(3,079
)
 
$
(2,810
)
Supplementary disclosure of non-cash investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contribution of wireless licenses
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
2,381

Consideration provided for the acquisition of Pocket's business
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
(99,894
)
Net wireless licenses received in exchange transaction
 
$
(106,877
)
 
$
(20,649
)
 
$
—

Assets acquired through capital leases
 
$
(13,829
)
 
$
(1,749
)
 
$
—

Supplementary disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Note issued as consideration for purchase of remaining interest in Denali Spectrum, LLC
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
45,500