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Impairment and Other Charges
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract]  
Impairments and Other Charges
Impairments and Other Charges

Impairments and other charges consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Wireless license impairment (Note 6)
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
377

Property and equipment impairment (Note 4)
19,847

 
13,640

 
—

Severance
(1,501
)
 
14,753

 
—

Restructuring activities
10,437

 
11,006

 
—

Post-acquisition charges
—

 
—

 
26,393

Impairments and other charges
$
28,783

 
$
39,399

 
$
26,770



During 2013, the Company determined that certain amounts accumulated in construction-in-progress were no longer recoverable, and as such, recorded an impairment charge of approximately $19.8 million, reducing the carrying value of those capitalized amounts to zero. There were no other events or circumstances that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2013 that indicated that the carrying value of any long-lived assets may not be recoverable. During 2013, the Company also recognized additional restructuring charges of $10.4 million, primarily related to contract terminations and lease exit costs.

During 2012, the Company developed plans to reduce administrative and corporate support costs through a reduction in personnel and to reduce previously planned network expansion activities and capital expenditures. As a result, the Company recorded a liability of $14.8 million representing severance expense and related costs and restructuring charges of $11.0 million, primarily related to lease exit costs associated with cellular sites that were no longer being developed or utilized.

During 2011, the Company recognized $26.4 million of post-acquisition charges associated with the integration of certain operating assets in South Texas.

The following table provides a rollforward of the impairments and other charges recorded as a component of accounts payable and accrued liabilities within the consolidated balance sheets:

 
 
December 31, 2012
 
Accruals
 
 Payments
 
December 31, 2013
Post-acquisition charges
 
$
14,726

 
$
—

 
$
(3,418
)
 
$
11,308

Severance
 
9,877

 
(1,501)

 
(8,371
)
 
5

Restructuring activities
 
10,393

 
14,836

 
(10,645
)
 
14,584

Total impairments and other charges, to be settled in cash
 
$
34,996

 
$
13,335

 
$
(22,434
)
 
$
25,897