Business Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Selected financial data for the Company’s business segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
(dollars in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenue
Wireline	$	181.6		$	183.7		$	361.3		$	366.1
Wireless	51.7			61.8			105.0			125.5
IT Services and Hardware	86.0			77.3			170.5			150.5
Data Center Colocation	—			54.0			15.6			106.6
Intersegment	(7.3		)	(8.6		)	(14.7		)	(17.7		)
Total revenue	$	312.0		$	368.2		$	637.7		$	731.0
Intersegment revenue
Wireline	$	4.2		$	4.7		$	8.6		$	9.7
Wireless	0.6			0.6			1.2			1.2
IT Services and Hardware	2.5			1.7			4.5			3.6
Data Center Colocation	—			1.6			0.4			3.2
Total intersegment revenue	$	7.3		$	8.6		$	14.7		$	17.7
Operating income
Wireline	$	48.9		$	54.7		$	99.0		$	111.9
Wireless	11.4			15.8			12.1			30.9
IT Services and Hardware	0.3			0.8			2.2			3.4
Data Center Colocation	—			(1.9		)	3.2			11.3
Corporate	(13.8		)	(4.2		)	(50.5		)	(11.3		)
Total operating income	$	46.8		$	65.2		$	66.0		$	146.2
Expenditures for long-lived assets
Wireline	$	39.3		$	26.4		$	73.1		$	49.7
Wireless	2.0			1.9			10.2			8.2
IT Services and Hardware	3.7			2.5			4.9			4.7
Data Center Colocation	—			52.0			7.7			104.8
Total expenditures for long-lived assets	$	45.0		$	82.8		$	95.9		$	167.4
Depreciation and amortization
Wireline	$	27.3		$	26.4		$	54.1		$	52.3
Wireless	7.3			8.0			23.3			15.9
IT Services and Hardware	2.5			2.3			5.0			3.9
Data Center Colocation	—			17.0			5.2			32.6
Corporate	0.1			—			0.2			0.1
Total depreciation and amortization	$	37.2		$	53.7		$	87.8		$	104.8
	June 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Assets
Wireline	$	753.1		$	723.7
Wireless	257.9			275.6
IT Services and Hardware	45.2			43.3
Data Center Colocation	—			1,208.5
Corporate and eliminations	1,089.2			621.3
Total assets	$	2,145.4		$	2,872.4