Average remaining period until maturity of the derivative contract, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Derivative Instruments (Cross-currency Derivative Contracts) (Details) - 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2023 € in Millions, SFr in Millions, $ in Millions	USD ($)	EUR (€)	CHF (SFr)
Sunrise Holding \| Cross-Currency Swap 1
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining life	1 year 9 months 18 days
Sunrise Holding \| Cross-Currency Swap 2
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining life	4 years 8 months 12 days
Sunrise Holding \| Cross-Currency Swap 3
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining life	3 years 2 months 12 days
Telenet \| Cross-Currency Swap 4
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining life	3 years 1 month 6 days
Telenet \| Cross-Currency Swap 5
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining life	1 year 1 month 6 days
Notional amount due from counterparty \| Sunrise Holding \| Cross-Currency Swap 1
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| $	$ 250.0
Notional amount due from counterparty \| Sunrise Holding \| Cross-Currency Swap 2
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| $	4,275.0
Notional amount due from counterparty \| Sunrise Holding \| Cross-Currency Swap 3
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| €		€ 1,952.6
Notional amount due from counterparty \| Telenet \| Cross-Currency Swap 4
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| $	3,940.0
Notional amount due from counterparty \| Telenet \| Cross-Currency Swap 5
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| €		45.2
Notional amount due to counterparty \| Sunrise Holding \| Cross-Currency Swap 1
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| €		220.6
Notional amount due to counterparty \| Sunrise Holding \| Cross-Currency Swap 2
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| SFr			SFr 3,912.7
Notional amount due to counterparty \| Sunrise Holding \| Cross-Currency Swap 3
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| SFr			SFr 2,176.5
Notional amount due to counterparty \| Telenet \| Cross-Currency Swap 4
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| €		€ 3,489.6
Notional amount due to counterparty \| Telenet \| Cross-Currency Swap 5
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount \| $	$ 50.0