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American Tower Corporation
(NYSE:AMT) 

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American Tower, one of the largest global REITs, is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate with a portfolio of approximately 181,000 communications sites.

Founded: 1995
Full Time Employees: 5,454
Sector: Real Estate
Industry: REIT-Specialty

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      revenues:
                                                                                                
      property
    2,669,900,000 2,673,100,000 2,616,300,000 2,527,400,000 2,488,200,000 2,483,900,000 2,469,900,000 2,852,900,000 2,803,900,000 2,765,700,000 2,792,400,000 2,728,600,000 2,714,500,000 2,644,800,000 2,609,900,000 2,614,500,000 2,600,800,000 2,378,000,000 2,368,900,000 2,233,000,000 2,129,700,000 2,099,600,000 1,987,600,000 1,893,200,000 1,973,200,000 1,908,400,000 1,921,600,000 1,848,900,000 1,786,000,000 2,103,300,000 1,751,600,000 1,749,400,000 1,710,400,000 1,678,312,000 1,655,349,000 1,638,175,000 1,594,064,000 1,521,347,000 1,497,936,000 1,426,192,000 1,267,651,000                                                    
      services
    67,600,000 64,400,000 101,100,000 99,500,000 74,600,000 63,700,000 52,400,000 47,400,000 30,200,000 21,000,000 26,200,000 43,100,000 52,700,000 60,200,000 61,600,000 59,800,000 59,500,000 67,200,000 85,400,000 65,900,000 28,800,000 22,900,000 25,300,000 19,800,000 19,900,000 15,300,000 32,000,000 40,700,000 27,400,000 28,600,000 33,900,000 31,500,000 31,400,000 26,150,000 25,417,000 24,259,000 22,174,000 18,202,000 16,909,000 16,035,000 21,396,000                                                    
      total operating revenues
    2,737,500,000 2,737,500,000 2,717,400,000 2,626,900,000 2,562,800,000 2,547,600,000 2,522,300,000 2,900,300,000 2,834,100,000 2,786,700,000 2,818,600,000 2,771,700,000 2,767,200,000 2,705,000,000 2,671,500,000 2,674,300,000 2,660,300,000 2,445,200,000 2,454,300,000 2,298,900,000 2,158,500,000 2,122,500,000 2,012,900,000 1,913,000,000 1,993,100,000 1,923,700,000 1,953,600,000 1,889,600,000 1,813,400,000 2,131,900,000 1,785,500,000 1,780,900,000 1,741,800,000 1,704,462,000 1,680,766,000 1,662,434,000 1,616,238,000 1,539,549,000 1,514,845,000 1,442,227,000 1,289,047,000 1,280,041,000 1,237,910,000 1,174,375,000 1,079,190,000 1,046,314,000 1,038,188,000 1,031,457,000 984,089,000 941,969,000 807,880,000 808,830,000 802,728,000 768,374,000 713,335,000 697,734,000 696,517,000 653,199,000 630,403,000 597,235,000 562,695,000 547,642,000 513,322,000 469,937,000 454,434,000 447,973,000 444,105,000 423,358,000 408,678,000 408,324,000 409,268,000 393,728,000 382,184,000 378,112,000 367,585,000 358,423,000 352,474,000 337,646,000 333,467,000 325,863,000 320,409,000 307,625,000 264,746,000 188,060,000 184,355,000 128,321,000 199,188,000 192,972,000 186,179,000 191,521,000 186,874,000 178,222,000 
      yoy
    6.82% 7.45% 7.74% -9.43% -9.57% -8.58% -10.51% 4.64% 2.42% 3.02% 5.51% 3.64% 4.02% 10.62% 8.85% 16.33% 23.25% 15.20% 21.93% 20.17% 8.30% 10.33% 3.04% 1.24% 9.91% -9.77% 9.41% 6.10% 4.11% 25.08% 6.23% 7.13% 7.77% 10.71% 10.95% 15.27% 25.38% 20.27% 22.37% 22.81% 19.45% 22.34% 19.24% 13.86% 9.66% 11.08% 28.51% 27.52% 22.59% 22.59% 13.25% 15.92% 15.25% 17.63% 13.16% 16.83% 23.78% 19.27% 22.81% 27.09% 23.82% 22.25% 15.59% 11.00% 11.20% 9.71% 8.51% 7.53% 6.93% 7.99% 11.34% 9.85% 8.43% 11.98% 10.23% 9.99% 10.01% 9.76% 25.96% 73.28% 73.80% 139.73% 32.91% -2.55% -0.98% -33.00% 6.59% 8.28%     
      qoq
    0.00% 0.74% 3.45% 2.50% 0.60% 1.00% -13.03% 2.34% 1.70% -1.13% 1.69% 0.16% 2.30% 1.25% -0.10% 0.53% 8.80% -0.37% 6.76% 6.50% 1.70% 5.44% 5.22% -4.02% 3.61% -1.53% 3.39% 4.20% -14.94% 19.40% 0.26% 2.24% 2.19% 1.41% 1.10% 2.86% 4.98% 1.63% 5.04% 11.88% 0.70% 3.40% 5.41% 8.82% 3.14% 0.78% 0.65% 4.81% 4.47% 16.60% -0.12% 0.76% 4.47% 7.72% 2.24% 0.17% 6.63% 3.62% 5.55% 6.14% 2.75% 6.69% 9.23% 3.41% 1.44% 0.87% 4.90% 3.59% 0.09% -0.23% 3.95% 3.02% 1.08% 2.86% 2.56% 1.69% 4.39% 1.25% 2.33% 1.70% 4.16% 16.20% 40.78% 2.01% 43.67% -35.58% 3.22% 3.65% -2.79% 2.49% 4.85%  
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      costs of operations
                                                                                                
      depreciation, amortization and accretion
    518,200,000 515,900,000 522,900,000 510,300,000 492,500,000 500,900,000 498,500,000 561,700,000 549,400,000 764,900,000 762,900,000 764,600,000 794,100,000 814,700,000 898,100,000 826,500,000 815,800,000 643,900,000 611,400,000 554,800,000 522,500,000 481,200,000 473,900,000 454,900,000 472,300,000 449,800,000 442,800,000 448,900,000 436,900,000 765,900,000 448,900,000 449,700,000 446,300,000 466,051,000 432,354,000 396,355,000 421,140,000 388,237,000 397,999,000 397,765,000 341,634,000 352,356,000 341,096,000 328,356,000 263,520,000 263,546,000 249,066,000 245,427,000 245,763,000 244,811,000 184,922,000 184,608,000 185,804,000 178,488,000 144,061,000 172,072,000 149,655,000 143,615,000 142,113,000 138,558,000 131,231,000 124,105,000 115,383,000 110,403,000 110,835,000 106,745,000 105,543,000 102,463,000 99,868,000 104,174,000 104,389,000 99,697,000 97,072,000 129,613,000 131,484,000 131,637,000 130,194,000 130,622,000 131,357,000 132,811,000 133,261,000 127,747,000 116,752,000 84,784,000 81,971,000 91,695,000 78,695,000 81,925,000     
      selling, general, administrative and development expense
    257,400,000 236,500,000 233,000,000 233,700,000 237,500,000 243,100,000 227,700,000 234,300,000 257,000,000 252,300,000 231,900,000 244,400,000 263,900,000 224,300,000 231,200,000 222,900,000 293,900,000 215,900,000 205,900,000 207,200,000 182,600,000 196,300,000 176,000,000 188,600,000 217,800,000 179,600,000 187,900,000 164,800,000 198,100,000 192,500,000 177,900,000 157,900,000 204,900,000 171,095,000 147,961,000 153,148,000 164,796,000 138,309,000 131,537,000 138,234,000 135,315,000 143,375,000 114,832,000 116,338,000 123,290,000 129,105,000 108,909,000 98,499,000 110,029,000 116,808,000 97,781,000 99,803,000 101,153,000 89,410,000 81,459,000 76,848,000 79,584,000 73,895,000 76,476,000 72,321,000 66,132,000 65,365,000 57,295,000 53,582,000 53,527,000 46,337,000 47,865,000 49,861,000 57,631,000 44,962,000 44,719,000 41,784,000 48,909,000 46,747,000 49,030,000 42,063,000 48,643,000 44,017,000 42,384,000 36,610,000 34,975,000            
      other operating expense
    19,400,000 110,300,000 17,400,000 -3,500,000  69,100,000 5,100,000 -1,900,000                                                                                     
      total operating expenses
    1,498,300,000 1,576,800,000 1,484,100,000 1,429,200,000 1,308,700,000 1,467,500,000 1,383,100,000 1,616,000,000 1,597,500,000 2,069,800,000 2,159,900,000 1,898,000,000 1,991,600,000 2,513,000,000 2,018,600,000 1,892,000,000 1,935,200,000 1,818,600,000 1,626,800,000 1,449,700,000 1,329,800,000 1,448,200,000 1,227,800,000 1,221,700,000 1,256,300,000 1,262,400,000 1,225,300,000 1,205,700,000 1,198,500,000 1,743,000,000 1,218,300,000 1,234,900,000 1,338,900,000 1,375,501,000 1,119,615,000 1,085,525,000 1,084,859,000 1,050,253,000 1,035,771,000 1,009,421,000 837,194,000 877,917,000 836,985,000 784,601,000 659,224,000 700,335,000 653,381,000 628,958,000 630,452,000 649,041,000 499,001,000 496,018,000 503,042,000 489,139,000 417,783,000 427,248,000 422,071,000 405,461,000 402,098,000 371,446,000 344,395,000 344,201,000 299,950,000 281,221,000 275,585,000 271,524,000 265,028,000 256,911,000 258,393,000 255,583,000 254,901,000 238,938,000 237,328,000 277,646,000 269,094,000 265,127,000 266,364,000 264,233,000 261,460,000 255,091,000 251,362,000 266,726,000 225,344,000 155,419,000 154,103,000 124,260,000 174,556,000 173,683,000 164,407,000 179,095,000 174,858,000 174,397,000 
      operating income
    1,239,200,000 1,160,700,000 1,233,300,000 1,197,700,000 1,254,100,000 1,080,100,000 1,139,200,000 1,284,300,000 1,236,600,000 716,900,000 658,700,000 873,700,000 775,600,000 192,000,000 652,900,000 782,300,000 725,100,000 626,600,000 827,500,000 849,200,000 828,700,000 674,300,000 785,100,000 691,300,000 736,800,000 661,300,000 728,300,000 683,900,000 614,900,000 388,900,000 567,200,000 546,000,000 402,900,000 328,961,000 561,151,000 576,909,000 531,379,000 489,296,000 479,074,000 432,806,000 451,853,000 402,124,000 400,925,000 389,774,000 419,966,000 345,979,000 384,807,000 402,499,000 353,637,000 292,928,000 308,879,000 312,812,000 299,686,000 279,235,000 295,552,000 270,486,000 274,446,000 247,738,000 228,305,000 225,789,000 218,300,000 203,441,000 213,372,000 188,716,000 178,849,000 176,449,000 179,077,000 166,447,000 150,285,000 152,741,000 154,367,000 154,790,000 144,856,000 100,466,000 98,491,000 93,296,000 86,110,000                
      yoy
    -1.19% 7.46% 8.26% -6.74% 1.42% 50.66% 72.95% 47.00% 59.44% 273.39% 0.89% 11.68% 6.96% -69.36% -21.10% -7.88% -12.50% -7.07% 5.40% 22.84% 12.47% 1.97% 7.80% 1.08% 19.82% 70.04% 28.40% 25.26% 52.62% 18.22% 1.08% -5.36% -24.18% -32.77% 17.13% 33.30% 17.60% 21.68% 19.49% 11.04% 7.59% 16.23% 4.19% -3.16% 18.76% 18.11% 24.58% 28.67% 18.00% 4.90% 4.51% 15.65% 9.20% 12.71% 29.45% 19.80% 25.72% 21.77% 7.00% 19.64% 22.06% 15.30% 19.15% 13.38% 19.01% 15.52% 16.01% 7.53% 3.75% 52.03% 56.73% 65.91% 68.22%                    
      qoq
    6.76% -5.89% 2.97% -4.50% 16.11% -5.19% -11.30% 3.86% 72.49% 8.84% -24.61% 12.65% 303.96% -70.59% -16.54% 7.89% 15.72% -24.28% -2.56% 2.47% 22.90% -14.11% 13.57% -6.18% 11.42% -9.20% 6.49% 11.22% 58.11% -31.44% 3.88% 35.52% 22.48% -41.38% -2.73% 8.57% 8.60% 2.13% 10.69% -4.22% 12.37% 0.30% 2.86% -7.19% 21.38% -10.09% -4.40% 13.82% 20.72% -5.16% -1.26% 4.38% 7.32% -5.52% 9.27% -1.44% 10.78% 8.51% 1.11% 3.43% 7.30% -4.65% 13.07% 5.52% 1.36% -1.47% 7.59% 10.75% -1.61% -1.05% -0.27% 6.86% 44.18% 2.01% 5.57% 8.35%                 
      operating margin %
    45.27% 42.40% 45.39% 45.59% 48.93% 42.40% 45.17% 44.28% 43.63% 25.73% 23.37% 31.52% 28.03% 7.10% 24.44% 29.25% 27.26% 25.63% 33.72% 36.94% 38.39% 31.77% 39.00% 36.14% 36.97% 34.38% 37.28% 36.19% 33.91% 18.24% 31.77% 30.66% 23.13% 19.30% 33.39% 34.70% 32.88% 31.78% 31.63% 30.01% 35.05% 31.41% 32.39% 33.19% 38.91% 33.07% 37.07% 39.02% 35.94% 31.10% 38.23% 38.67% 37.33% 36.34% 41.43% 38.77% 39.40% 37.93% 36.22% 37.81% 38.80% 37.15% 41.57% 40.16% 39.36% 39.39% 40.32% 39.32% 36.77% 37.41% 37.72% 39.31% 37.90% 26.57% 26.79% 26.03% 24.43% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 
      other income:
                                                                                                
      interest income
    36,000,000 40,400,000 36,100,000 30,600,000 26,900,000 32,100,000 37,700,000 43,700,000 48,000,000 36,300,000 45,700,000 30,600,000 30,800,000 28,600,000 18,800,000 14,300,000 9,900,000 12,000,000 9,400,000 7,600,000 11,400,000 11,500,000 9,700,000 8,400,000 10,100,000 10,500,000 12,200,000 11,700,000 12,400,000 10,800,000 10,100,000 18,400,000 15,400,000 8,849,000 8,313,000 8,311,000 9,927,000 9,240,000 6,376,000 6,468,000 3,534,000 4,608,000 4,503,000 4,404,000 2,964,000 5,853,000 3,850,000 2,281,000 2,018,000 4,238,000 2,342,000 1,412,000 1,714,000 1,427,000 1,717,000 2,283,000 2,253,000 541,000 1,822,000 2,711,000 2,304,000 1,874,000 1,954,000 694,000 502,000 5,000 736,000 482,000 499,000 454,000 1,017,000 979,000 963,000 1,662,000 2,345,000 3,224,000 3,617,000 3,981,000 2,292,000 1,371,000 1,358,000 1,544,000 1,351,000 808,000 699,000 1,442,000 1,166,000 1,122,000 1,114,000 1,222,000 1,177,000 1,930,000 
      interest expense
    -347,300,000 -344,400,000 -347,100,000 -342,600,000 -325,300,000 -321,200,000 -356,800,000 -365,400,000 -366,700,000 -350,700,000 -359,200,000 -348,100,000 -340,200,000 -303,500,000 -294,000,000 -276,600,000 -262,400,000 -224,100,000 -226,100,000 -213,700,000 -207,000,000 -196,100,000 -190,900,000 -197,700,000 -208,800,000 -200,900,000 -201,300,000 -204,500,000 -207,500,000 -208,800,000 -209,200,000 -207,900,000 -199,600,000 -190,093,000 -188,784,000 -187,028,000 -183,695,000 -186,049,000 -190,160,000 -181,036,000 -159,880,000 -149,721,000 -149,787,000 -148,507,000 -147,934,000 -147,481,000 -143,212,000 -146,234,000 -143,307,000 -139,380,000 -106,335,000 -100,815,000 -111,766,000 -104,043,000 -102,272,000 -100,233,000 -95,117,000 -85,119,000 -77,796,000 -74,512,000 -74,427,000 -68,623,000 -62,904,000 -56,074,000 -58,417,000 -61,458,000 -64,122,000 -62,654,000 -61,568,000 -62,016,000 -63,546,000 -62,508,000 -65,514,000 -64,247,000 -59,919,000 -58,384,000 -53,274,000 -53,248,000 -54,448,000 -53,690,000 -54,257,000 -57,009,000 -57,651,000 -53,043,000 -54,716,000 -59,367,000 -65,653,000 -68,045,000 -69,172,000 -68,026,000 -68,906,000 -71,201,000 
      other income
    90,200,000 108,200,000 27,700,000 -373,900,000 -338,200,000 514,700,000 -269,600,000 65,800,000 113,000,000 -367,300,000 297,800,000 -81,200,000 -97,800,000 -675,700,000 478,500,000 378,300,000 252,600,000 126,500,000 166,800,000 177,600,000 95,200,000 -70,000,000 -64,500,000 -42,500,000 -63,800,000 -2,000,000 2,800,000 -5,100,000 21,900,000 9,700,000 21,100,000 -34,800,000 27,800,000 -8,670,000 -1,114,000 11,782,000 29,302,000    12,208,000     -13,556,250 -34,019,000  -3,743,000 -37,247,750 -29,622,000  22,291,000 -18,832,000 46,294,000 -118,623,000 52,861,000 -7,265,000 -150,876,000 21,459,000 13,707,000 -1,598,000 8,236,000 -6,719,000 396,000 198,000 42,000 983,000 71,000 7,033,000 1,059,000 -1,326,000 -778,000 2,462,000 1,341,000 13,874,000 2,998,000 5,645,000 -5,416,000 2,661,000 3,729,000 -395,000 1,112,000  670,000        
      total other expense
    -221,100,000 -195,800,000 -283,300,000 -685,900,000 -636,600,000 225,600,000 -588,700,000 -255,900,000 -205,700,000         -98,100,000 -49,900,000 -28,500,000 -126,100,000 -254,600,000 -282,900,000 -231,800,000 -297,100,000 -192,400,000 -186,300,000 -220,000,000 -173,300,000 -191,600,000 -177,400,000 -227,700,000 -153,700,000 -187,600,000 -193,055,000 -164,439,000 -197,206,000 -195,613,000 -193,302,000 -196,832,000 -141,422,000 -154,637,000 -208,950,000 -218,638,000 -200,602,000   -159,038,000 -142,675,000 -182,823,000 -130,071,000 -240,146,000 -119,516,000 -117,905,000 -50,675,000 -212,987,000 -36,858,000 -88,216,000 -223,352,000 -46,752,000 -54,917,000 -66,655,000 -49,129,000 -58,549,000 -54,020,000 -69,523,000 -60,150,000 -63,598,000 -57,499,000 -54,696,000 -58,843,000 -59,482,000 -61,813,000 -58,843,000 -52,757,000 -66,610,000 -47,313,000 -41,336,000 -54,881,000 -49,571,000 -67,249,000 -73,579,000 -65,999,000 -66,199,000 -64,891,000 -101,737,000 -110,912,000 -96,426,000 -74,816,000 -72,466,000 -63,307,000 -102,770,000 
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
    1,018,100,000 964,900,000 950,000,000 511,800,000 617,500,000 1,305,700,000 550,500,000 1,028,400,000 1,030,900,000 35,200,000 643,000,000 474,700,000 368,400,000 -758,600,000 855,800,000 898,300,000 725,200,000 528,500,000 777,600,000 820,700,000 702,600,000 419,700,000 502,200,000 459,500,000 439,700,000 468,900,000 542,000,000 463,900,000 441,600,000 197,300,000 389,800,000 318,300,000 249,200,000 141,361,000 368,096,000 412,470,000 334,173,000 293,683,000 285,772,000 235,974,000 310,431,000 247,487,000 191,975,000 171,136,000 219,364,000 167,869,750 217,056,000 243,461,000 210,962,000                                            
      income tax provision
    -139,600,000 -128,100,000 -37,400,000 -131,300,000 -118,900,000 -75,200,000 -122,400,000 -120,000,000 -109,200,000 -21,900,000 -65,700,000 -13,200,000 -53,400,000 42,000,000 -36,100,000 -7,400,000 -22,500,000 -43,625,000 -51,400,000 -72,800,000 -50,300,000 -17,875,000 -39,300,000 -11,100,000 -21,100,000         53,455,000 -33,412,000 -23,980,000 -26,763,000 -60,830,000 -22,037,000 -43,510,000 -29,124,000 -25,892,000 -94,235,000 -13,956,000 -23,872,000 -12,628,000 -10,426,000  -17,649,000 -36,180,000 -15,586,000  -19,222,000 -43,187,000 -13,054,000 -23,815,000 -27,248,000 36,901,000 -24,681,000 -65,877,000 -71,423,000 -53,099,000 -70,649,000 -30,352,000 -28,389,000 -42,682,000 -51,348,000 -51,428,000 -37,107,000   -44,535,000 -40,801,000   -14,566,000 -17,631,000                
      net income
    878,500,000 836,800,000 912,600,000 380,500,000 498,600,000 1,230,500,000 -780,400,000 908,400,000 921,700,000 13,300,000 577,300,000 461,500,000 315,000,000 -716,600,000 819,700,000 890,900,000 702,700,000 441,200,000 726,200,000 747,900,000 652,300,000 361,600,000 462,900,000 448,400,000 418,600,000 569,400,000 505,300,000 434,300,000 407,600,000 292,700,000 377,300,000 314,400,000 280,300,000 194,816,000 334,684,000 388,490,000 307,410,000 232,853,000 263,735,000 192,464,000 281,307,000 221,595,000 97,740,000 157,180,000 195,492,000 181,597,000 206,630,000 221,659,000 193,313,000 73,925,000 163,222,000 84,113,000 160,948,000 118,153,000 231,825,000 33,689,000 210,358,000 196,434,000 -19,726,000 113,171,000 91,961,000 83,703,000 93,601,000 99,819,000 96,483,000 64,302,000 67,578,000 56,488,000 58,759,000 85,839,000 60,466,000 158,786,000 42,155,000 -5,549,000 59,628,000 -19,991,000 22,228,000 18,285,000 3,472,000 7,664,000 -2,585,000 -87,341,000 -20,870,000 -31,818,000 -31,561,000 -88,268,000 -55,904,000 -60,535,000 -42,880,000 -51,217,000 -52,862,000 -107,715,000 
      yoy
    76.19% -32.00% -216.94% -58.11% -45.90% 9151.88% -235.18% 96.84% 192.60% -101.86% -29.57% -48.20% -55.17% -262.42% 12.88% 19.12% 7.73% 22.01% 56.88% 66.79% 55.83% -36.49% -8.39% 3.25% 2.70% 94.53% 33.93% 38.14% 45.42% 50.24% 12.73% -19.07% -8.82% -16.34% 26.90% 101.85% 9.28% 5.08% 169.83% 22.45% 43.90% 22.03% -52.70% -29.09% 1.13% 145.65% 26.59% 163.53% 20.11% -37.43% -29.59% 149.67% -23.49% -39.85% -1275.23% -70.23% 128.75% 134.68% -121.07% 13.38% -4.69% 30.17% 38.51% 76.71% 64.20% -25.09% 11.76% -64.43% 39.39% -1646.93% 1.41% -894.29% 89.65% -130.35% 1617.40% -360.84% -959.88% -120.94% -116.64% -124.09% -91.81% -1.05% -62.67% -47.44% -26.40% 72.34% 5.75% -43.80%     
      qoq
    4.98% -8.31% 139.84% -23.69% -59.48% -257.68% -185.91% -1.44% 6830.08% -97.70% 25.09% 46.51% -143.96% -187.42% -7.99% 26.78% 59.27% -39.25% -2.90% 14.66% 80.39% -21.88% 3.23% 7.12% -26.48% 12.69% 16.35% 6.55% 39.26% -22.42% 20.01% 12.17% 43.88% -41.79% -13.85% 26.38% 32.02% -11.71% 37.03% -31.58% 26.95% 126.72% -37.82% -19.60% 7.65% -12.11% -6.78% 14.66% 161.50% -54.71% 94.05% -47.74% 36.22% -49.03% 588.13% -83.98% 7.09% -1095.81% -117.43% 23.06% 9.87% -10.57% -6.23% 3.46% 50.05% -4.85% 19.63% -3.86% -31.55% 41.96% -61.92% 276.67% -859.69% -109.31% -398.27% -189.94% 21.56% 426.64% -54.70% -396.48% -97.04% 318.50% -34.41% 0.81% -64.24% 57.89% -7.65% 41.17% -16.28% -3.11% -50.92%  
      net income margin %
    32.09% 30.57% 33.58% 14.48% 19.46% 48.30% -30.94% 31.32% 32.52% 0.48% 20.48% 16.65% 11.38% -26.49% 30.68% 33.31% 26.41% 18.04% 29.59% 32.53% 30.22% 17.04% 23.00% 23.44% 21.00% 29.60% 25.87% 22.98% 22.48% 13.73% 21.13% 17.65% 16.09% 11.43% 19.91% 23.37% 19.02% 15.12% 17.41% 13.34% 21.82% 17.31% 7.90% 13.38% 18.11% 17.36% 19.90% 21.49% 19.64% 7.85% 20.20% 10.40% 20.05% 15.38% 32.50% 4.83% 30.20% 30.07% -3.13% 18.95% 16.34% 15.28% 18.23% 21.24% 21.23% 14.35% 15.22% 13.34% 14.38% 21.02% 14.77% 40.33% 11.03% -1.47% 16.22% -5.58% 6.31% 5.42% 1.04% 2.35% -0.81% -28.39% -7.88% -16.92% -17.12% -68.79% -28.07% -31.37% -23.03% -26.74% -28.29% -60.44% 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -19,000,000 -20,725,000 -59,300,000 -13,700,000 -9,900,000               -1,600,000 -7,300,000   -2,300,000 -3,600,000 -5,525,000 -6,700,000 -5,200,000  -3,300,000 -10,400,000 -7,700,000    -21,439,000    -4,914,000                                                     
      net income attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
    859,500,000 820,700,000 853,300,000 366,800,000 488,700,000 1,229,600,000 -792,300,000 900,300,000 917,400,000 84,900,000 586,900,000 475,700,000 335,800,000 -683,800,000 839,700,000 898,200,000 711,700,000 453,400,000 723,000,000 746,300,000 645,000,000 365,100,000 464,400,000 446,100,000 415,000,000 562,700,000 498,600,000 429,100,000 397,400,000 277,600,000 366,900,000 306,700,000 275,800,000 219,632,000 298,361,000 344,208,000 289,299,000 202,426,000 237,728,000 160,768,000 248,378,000 205,921,000 76,218,000 129,274,000 183,498,000 168,574,000 199,893,000 230,056,000                                             
      net income per common share amounts:
                                                                                                
      basic net income attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
    1,840,000 1,760,000 1,820,000 780,000 1,050,000 2,630,000 -1,700,000 1,930,000 1,970,000 180,000 1,260,000 1,020,000 720,000 -1,490,000 1,800,000 1,960,000 1,560,000 990,000 1,590,000 1,660,000 1,450,000 820,000 1,050,000 1,010,000 940,000 1,270,000 1,130,000 970,000 900,000 630,000 830,000 690,000 630,000 2,687,820 700 810 680 480 560 380 590 490 180 310 450 420 500 580                                             
      diluted net income attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
    1,840,000 1,760,000 1,820,000 780,000 1,040,000 2,630,000 -1,690,000 1,920,000 1,960,000 190,000 1,260,000 1,020,000 720,000 -1,490,000 1,800,000 1,950,000 1,560,000 980,000 1,580,000 1,650,000 1,450,000 820,000 1,040,000 1,000,000 930,000 1,260,000 1,120,000 960,000 890,000 620,000 830,000 690,000 630,000 2,667,840 690 800 670 470 550 370 580 490 180 300 450 420 500 580                                             
      weighted-average common shares outstanding
                                                                                    417,379,000 302,510,000 334,141,000 230,793,000 230,158,000 224,336,000 224,839,000 223,578,000 220,408,000 208,098,000 213,788,000 202,913,000 
      basic
    466,202,000,000 467,922,000,000 468,287,000,000 468,178,000,000 467,640,000,000 467,011,000,000 467,196,000,000 467,038,000,000 466,519,000,000 466,063,000,000 466,168,000,000 466,087,000,000 465,741,000,000 461,519,000,000 465,594,000,000 458,776,000,000 455,946,000,000 451,498,000,000 455,224,000,000 450,617,000,000 444,486,000,000 443,640,000,000 443,766,000,000 443,436,000,000 443,055,000,000 442,319,000,000 442,763,000,000 442,203,000,000 441,351,000,000 439,606,000,000 440,889,000,000 441,497,000,000 435,124,000,000 428,181,000,000 429,281,000 427,298,000 427,279,000 425,143,000 425,517,000 424,909,000 424,059,000 418,907,000 423,375,000 423,154,000 405,111,000 395,958,000 396,243,000 395,872,000 395,146,000 395,040,000 394,759,000 395,420,000 395,239,000 394,772,000 395,244,000 394,743,000 393,885,000 395,711,000 395,183,000 396,599,000 397,768,000 401,152,000 400,602,000 402,733,000 402,346,000 398,375,000 397,315,000 397,418,000 397,180,000 395,947,000 393,567,000 396,935,000 397,128,000 413,167,000 410,071,000 417,682,000 421,627,000 424,525,000 425,942,000 423,252,000             
      diluted
    466,833,000,000 468,757,000,000 469,039,000,000 468,791,000,000 468,519,000,000 468,120,000,000 468,261,000,000 467,781,000,000 467,660,000,000 467,162,000,000 467,161,000,000 466,979,000,000 466,810,000,000 462,750,000,000 466,801,000,000 459,819,000,000 457,211,000,000 453,294,000,000 456,977,000,000 452,354,000,000 446,294,000,000 446,104,000,000 446,156,000,000 445,867,000,000 445,832,000,000 445,520,000,000 445,829,000,000 445,337,000,000 444,621,000,000 442,960,000,000 444,121,000,000 444,362,000,000 438,520,000,000 431,688,000,000 432,831,000 430,487,000 430,199,000 429,283,000 429,925,000 429,004,000 427,888,000 423,015,000 427,227,000 426,933,000 409,399,000 400,086,000 400,397,000 399,588,000 399,120,000 399,146,000 398,348,000 399,458,000 399,659,000 399,287,000 399,487,000 398,811,000 398,453,000 400,195,000 395,183,000 400,250,000 401,899,000 404,072,000 403,455,000 405,024,000 406,080,000 406,948,000 405,728,000 408,832,000 408,250,000 418,357,000 416,541,000 421,617,000 421,622,000 426,079,000 418,012,000 429,846,000 439,557,000 436,217,000 435,138,000 435,601,000             
      net income from continuing operations
     836,800,000 912,600,000 380,500,000 498,600,000 1,230,500,000 428,100,000                                                                                      
      loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes
          -1,208,500,000                                                                                      
      net income from continuing operations attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
     820,700,000 853,300,000 366,800,000 488,700,000 1,229,600,000 416,200,000                                                                                      
      net loss from discontinued operations attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
          -1,208,500,000                                                                                      
      basic net income from continuing operations attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
     1,760,000 1,820,000 780,000 1,050,000 2,630,000 890,000                                                                                      
      basic net loss from discontinued operations attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
         10,000 -2,590,000                                                                                      
      diluted net income from continuing operations attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
     1,760,000 1,820,000 780,000 1,040,000 2,630,000 890,000                                                                                      
      diluted net loss from discontinued operations attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
          -2,580,000                                                                                      
      income from discontinued operations, net of taxes
                                                                                                
      net income from discontinued operations attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
                                                                                                
      basic net income from discontinued operations attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
                                                                                                
      diluted net income from discontinued operations attributable to american tower corporation common stockholders
                                                                                                
      other operating income
        -55,800,000                                                                                        
      loss on retirement of long-term obligations
               -300,000   -400,000   -12,500,000   -25,700,000  -37,200,000  -34,600,000   -22,100,000 -100,000        -55,440,000       -75,068,000 -3,725,000   -1,284,000 -238,000 -734,000  -2,669,000 -35,298,000    -398,000     -1,851,000  -35,000  -11,809,000 -391,000 -5,994,000  -3,709,000 -959,000 -211,000 -25,000 -2,261,000 -108,000 -28,908,000 -4,152,000 -1,256,000 -893,000 -3,497,000 -21,577,000 -21,260,000 -14,420,000 -16,388,000 -15,042,000   -31,388,000 -8,053,000    
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
         -900,000 -11,900,000 -8,100,000 -4,300,000 71,600,000 9,600,000 14,200,000 20,800,000 32,800,000 20,000,000 7,300,000 9,000,000 12,200,000 -3,200,000   -1,100,000 1,500,000      -10,200,000    4,900,000 43,685,000 -17,416,000  8,670,000 -3,646,000 774,000                                                      
      other operating expenses
            2,800,000 161,200,000 27,300,000 61,700,000 127,500,000 669,000,000 52,800,000 19,700,000 26,100,000 223,300,000 85,200,000 39,800,000 50,400,000 198,100,000 15,300,000 38,200,000 14,200,000 82,800,000 34,700,000 28,700,000 20,100,000 243,700,000 34,800,000 67,000,000 167,800,000 211,405,000 19,541,000 18,839,000 6,215,000 35,711,000 14,998,000 13,711,000 8,800,000 25,805,000 15,668,000 17,449,000 7,774,000 30,665,000 11,204,000 12,757,000 13,891,000 35,853,000 15,469,000 5,898,000 14,319,000 27,035,000 7,359,000 5,944,000 21,847,000 22,333,000 14,576,000 9,490,000 11,704,000 21,786,000 4,299,000 5,037,000 4,754,000 2,057,000 3,026,000 2,014,000 3,189,000                        
      goodwill impairment
             80,000,000 322,000,000                                                                                  
      total other income
             -205,475,000 -15,700,000 -399,000,000 -407,200,000 79,750,000 202,900,000 116,000,000 100,000                             -117,366,000 -167,751,000                                              
      net income attributable to american tower corporation stockholders
                         365,100,000 464,400,000 446,100,000 415,000,000 562,700,000 498,600,000 429,100,000 397,400,000 277,600,000 366,900,000 306,700,000 285,200,000 238,501,000 317,268,000 367,051,000 316,080,000 229,207,000 264,509,000 187,550,000 275,159,000 232,702,000 102,999,000 156,056,000 193,317,000 180,387,000 207,593,000 234,431,000                                             
      interest income, tv azteca
                                 -25,000 600,000 -3,400,000 2,700,000                                                            
      income tax benefit
                             100,500,000 -36,700,000 -29,600,000 -34,000,000 95,400,000 -12,500,000 -3,900,000 31,100,000               -21,802,000    11,447,000                  -30,063,500 -34,918,000   -4,428,500 14,483,000   -13,656,000 -13,350,000 -12,936,000 -3,812,000 -18,833,000 6,646,000 3,846,000 4,338,000 23,456,000 29,076,000 17,194,000 10,450,000 15,684,000 13,593,000 17,985,000 
      dividends on preferred stock
                                    -9,400,000 -18,869,000 -18,907,000 -22,843,000 -26,781,000 -26,781,000 -26,781,000 -26,782,000 -26,781,000 -26,781,000 -26,781,000 -26,782,000 -9,819,000                                                
      interest expense, tv azteca
                                                                                                
      distributions declared per common share
                                 577,500 790,000 770,000 750,000 480 660 640 620 397.5 550 530 510 330 460 440 420 255 360 340                                             
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 292, 279, 874 and 846, respectively
                                     2,045,750 2,713,000                                                          
      gain on retirement of long-term obligations
                                     -303,000 -14,183,000 -274,000  338,000  830,000  -19,698,250    361,750 2,969,000                                       -21,848,000 -47,951,000   -10,267,000 3,255,000  
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                                
      basic
    466,202,000,000 467,922,000,000 468,287,000,000 468,178,000,000 467,640,000,000 467,011,000,000 467,196,000,000 467,038,000,000 466,519,000,000 466,063,000,000 466,168,000,000 466,087,000,000 465,741,000,000 461,519,000,000 465,594,000,000 458,776,000,000 455,946,000,000 451,498,000,000 455,224,000,000 450,617,000,000 444,486,000,000 443,640,000,000 443,766,000,000 443,436,000,000 443,055,000,000 442,319,000,000 442,763,000,000 442,203,000,000 441,351,000,000 439,606,000,000 440,889,000,000 441,497,000,000 435,124,000,000 428,181,000,000 429,281,000 427,298,000 427,279,000 425,143,000 425,517,000 424,909,000 424,059,000 418,907,000 423,375,000 423,154,000 405,111,000 395,958,000 396,243,000 395,872,000 395,146,000 395,040,000 394,759,000 395,420,000 395,239,000 394,772,000 395,244,000 394,743,000 393,885,000 395,711,000 395,183,000 396,599,000 397,768,000 401,152,000 400,602,000 402,733,000 402,346,000 398,375,000 397,315,000 397,418,000 397,180,000 395,947,000 393,567,000 396,935,000 397,128,000 413,167,000 410,071,000 417,682,000 421,627,000 424,525,000 425,942,000 423,252,000             
      diluted
    466,833,000,000 468,757,000,000 469,039,000,000 468,791,000,000 468,519,000,000 468,120,000,000 468,261,000,000 467,781,000,000 467,660,000,000 467,162,000,000 467,161,000,000 466,979,000,000 466,810,000,000 462,750,000,000 466,801,000,000 459,819,000,000 457,211,000,000 453,294,000,000 456,977,000,000 452,354,000,000 446,294,000,000 446,104,000,000 446,156,000,000 445,867,000,000 445,832,000,000 445,520,000,000 445,829,000,000 445,337,000,000 444,621,000,000 442,960,000,000 444,121,000,000 444,362,000,000 438,520,000,000 431,688,000,000 432,831,000 430,487,000 430,199,000 429,283,000 429,925,000 429,004,000 427,888,000 423,015,000 427,227,000 426,933,000 409,399,000 400,086,000 400,397,000 399,588,000 399,120,000 399,146,000 398,348,000 399,458,000 399,659,000 399,287,000 399,487,000 398,811,000 398,453,000 400,195,000 395,183,000 400,250,000 401,899,000 404,072,000 403,455,000 405,024,000 406,080,000 406,948,000 405,728,000 408,832,000 408,250,000 418,357,000 416,541,000 421,617,000 421,622,000 426,079,000 418,012,000 429,846,000 439,557,000 436,217,000 435,138,000 435,601,000             
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 291, 284, 582 and 567, respectively
                                       2,770,000                                                         
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 291 and 283, respectively
                                        2,700,000                                                        
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 279, 40, 846 and 780, respectively
                                         2,051,500 2,742,000                                                      
      other expense
                                         -21,896,000 -12,260,000 -25,842,000  -11,669,000 -66,659,000 -2,129,000 -54,503,000   -16,463,000    -141,660,000                                -1,160,000         
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 284, 370, 567 and 740, respectively
                                           2,748,000                                                     
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 283 and 370, respectively
                                            2,716,000                                                    
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                            -6,148,000     5,730,250 963,000              -119,000 -189,000 -162,000 -154,000 -165,000 48,000 -223,000 -199,000 -158,000                        
      rental and management
                                             857,316,000 1,212,849,000 1,154,235,000 1,062,180,000 1,029,854,000 1,011,119,000 1,005,761,000 960,120,000 923,883,000 796,575,000 789,199,000 777,433,000 739,684,000 697,554,000 682,262,000 683,990,000 640,883,000 614,808,000 583,839,000 546,655,000 536,253,000 499,821,000 456,481,000 443,818,000 435,198,000 430,525,000 406,751,000 395,947,000 394,313,000 394,396,000 384,343,000 373,983,000 370,548,000 358,623,000 350,775,000 346,029,000 331,237,000 326,403,000 320,169,000 316,259,000 302,792,000 260,791,000 184,609,000 181,570,000 177,313,000 174,946,000 167,587,000 164,576,000 163,126,000 158,193,000 151,916,000 
      network development services
                                             15,552,750 25,061,000 20,140,000 17,010,000 16,460,000 27,069,000 25,696,000 23,969,000 18,086,000 11,305,000 19,631,000 25,295,000 28,690,000 15,781,000 15,472,000 12,527,000 12,316,000 15,595,000 13,396,000 16,040,000 11,389,000 13,501,000 13,456,000 10,616,000 12,775,000 13,580,000 16,607,000 12,731,000 14,011,000 14,872,000 9,385,000 8,201,000 7,564,000 8,962,000 7,648,000 6,445,000 6,409,000 7,064,000 5,694,000 4,150,000 4,833,000 3,955,000 3,451,000 2,785,000 -48,992,000 24,242,000 25,385,000 21,603,000 28,395,000 28,681,000 26,306,000 
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 40, 371, 780 and 1,112, respectively
                                             2,062,750 2,993,000                                                  
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                             11,107,000 5,259,000 -1,124,000 -2,175,000   12,772,000 9,186,000 26,057,000 16,901,000 15,708,000 10,459,000    10,948,000 8,676,000 4,025,000 2,040,000                                 
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 370, 370, 740 and 741, respectively
                                               2,662,000                                                 
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 370 and 371, respectively
                                                2,596,000                                                
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 371, 371, 1,112 and 1,113, respectively
                                                 1,979,500 2,661,000                                              
      dividends declared on preferred stock
                                                 -11,813,000 -7,700,000 -4,375,000                                             
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 370, 371, 741 and 742 respectively
                                                   2,662,000                                             
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 371 and 371, respectively
                                                    2,595,000    3,543,000                                        
      net income attributable to american tower corporation
                                                    202,499,000 99,982,000 180,123,000 99,821,000 171,407,000 135,679,000 232,089,000 48,209,000 221,306,000 205,110,000 -15,701,000 115,211,000 91,842,000 83,514,000 93,439,000 99,665,000 96,318,000 64,350,000 67,355,000 56,289,000 58,601,000                        
      basic net income attributable to american tower corporation
                                                    510 260 460 250 430 317.5 590 120 560                                    
      diluted net income attributable to american tower corporation
                                                    510 250 450 250 430 315 580 120 560                                    
      distributions declared per share
                                                    0.32 0.203 0.28 0.27 0.26 0.24 0.23 0.22 0.21                                    
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 371, 372, 1,113 and 1,114, respectively
                                                     2,668,250 3,544,000                                          
      income from continuing operations before income taxes and income on equity method investments
                                                     110,105,000 178,808,000 72,666,000 180,170,000 161,330,000 244,877,000 57,499,000 237,588,000 159,522,000 4,953,000 179,037,000 163,383,000 136,786,000 164,243,000 130,167,000 124,829,000 106,926,000 118,927,000 102,849,000 92,786,000                        
      income on equity method investments
                                                         10,000 2,000 5,000 18,000 11,000 2,000 11,000 1,000 16,000 6,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 3,000 7,000 10,000 4,000 5,000 8,000 5,000 9,000 2,000 6,000 2,000 10,000 6,000 6,000 4,000            
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 371, 371, 742 and 742, respectively
                                                       3,586,000                                         
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372, 458, 1,114 and 1,186, respectively
                                                         2,678,750 3,586,000                                      
      net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
                                                         6,433,000 264,000 14,520,000                                     
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 371, 356, 742 and 728, respectively
                                                           3,586,000                                     
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 371 and 372, respectively
                                                            3,543,000                                    
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 458, 371, 1,186 and 1,115, respectively
                                                             2,646,750 3,498,000                                  
      income from continuing operations
                                                             196,434,000 -19,726,000 113,171,000 91,961,000 83,703,000 93,600,000 99,825,000 96,448,000 64,250,000 67,582,000 51,428,000 55,689,000 82,891,000 60,516,000 50,683,000 42,174,000 -93,248,780 60,139,000 12,030,000 21,080,000 -10,093,940 3,722,000 7,991,000             
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax provision of 0, 0, 0 and (19), respectively
                                                                                                
      basic:
                                                                                                
      income from continuing operations attributable to american tower corporation
                                                             520 -40 290 230 210 230 250 240 160 170 130 140                        
      income from discontinued operations attributable to american tower corporation
                                                                       10 10                        
      diluted:
                                                                                                
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 356, 372, 728 and 744, respectively
                                                               3,590,000                                 
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax provision of 0, 3, 0 and (19), respectively
                                                                                                
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372 and 372, respectively
                                                                3,499,000    3,499,000    3,499,000    3,541,000                    
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 0 and 23, respectively
                                                                                                
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 371, 372, 1,115 and 1,116, respectively
                                                                 2,667,250 3,585,000                              
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax provision of 0, 2, (19) and 3,174, respectively
                                                                 7,500 1,000                              
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372, 372, 744 and 744, respectively
                                                                   3,585,000                             
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax provision of 3, 5,101, (19) and 3,171, respectively
                                                                   -6,000                             
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax provision of (23) and (1,930), respectively
                                                                    35,000                            
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372, 372, 1,116 and 1,117, respectively
                                                                     2,667,250 3,585,000                          
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 2, 28, 3,174 and 104,966, respectively
                                                                     2,031,750 -4,000                          
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372, 372, 744 and 745, respectively
                                                                       3,585,000                         
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 5,101, 104,926, 3,171 and 104,938, respectively
                                                                       5,060,000                         
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of (1,930) and 10, respectively
                                                                        3,070,000                        
      impairments, net loss on sale of long-lived assets
                                                                         827,000 1,936,000 583,000                     
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372, 372, 1,117 and 1,118, respectively
                                                                         2,677,750 3,586,000                      
      income from continuing operations before income taxes, minority interest and income on equity method investments
                                                                         68,468,750 95,524,000 95,308,000  27,804,250 45,734,000 26,686,000  9,696,750 17,126,000 21,201,000 1,798,000            
      minority interest in net earnings of subsidiaries
                                                                         97,000 -95,000 -98,000 -73,000 -74,000 -80,000 -96,000 -88,000 -187,000 -60,000 -280,000 -257,000 -336,000 -128,000 -56,000 -55,000 -182,000 -271,000 -490,000 -1,423,000 -1,433,000 -907,000 -793,000 
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 28, 275, 104,966 and (332), respectively
                                                                         27,008,500 -50,000                      
      income from discontinued operations
                                                                         10  270              2.5       
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372, 372, 745 and 745, respectively
                                                                           3,584,000                     
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 104,926, 11, 104,938 and (607), respectively
                                                                           108,103,000                     
      impairments and net loss on sale of long-lived assets
                                                                            789,000                3,914,000 4,836,000 7,646,000 8,036,000 
      income before income taxes, minority interest and income on equity method investments
                                                                            83,043,000    38,797,000                
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 10 and (618), respectively
                                                                            -19,000                    
      impairments, net loss on sale of long-lived assets, restructuring and merger related expense
                                                                             7,766,000 -197,000 1,385,000 244,000 968,000 157,000 -67,000 1,514,000 23,895,000 6,087,000          
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372, 372, 1,118 and 1,118, respectively
                                                                             2,666,500 3,584,000                  
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 275, 135, (332) and 482, respectively
                                                                             -7,846,000 -511,000                  
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                                             -20  -80        -10      -20 -70 -130 
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372, 373, 745 and 746, respectively
                                                                               3,584,000                 
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 11, 176, (607) and 347, respectively
                                                                               -32,021,000                 
      basic and diluted income per common share amounts:
                                                                                                
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372 and 373, respectively
                                                                                3,498,000                
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of (618) and 171, respectively
                                                                                1,148,000                
      basic and diluted income per common share
                                                                                50                
      operating income from continuing operations
                                                                                 52,622,000 72,007,000 70,772,000 69,047,000 40,899,000 39,402,000 32,641,000 30,252,000 4,061,000 24,632,000 19,289,000 21,772,000 12,426,000 12,016,000 3,825,000 
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 372, 373, 1,118 and 1,118, respectively
                                                                                 2,666,500 3,584,000              
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 135, 389, 482, and 1,025, respectively
                                                                                 -223,750 -250,000              
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 373, 373, 746 and 746, respectively
                                                                                   3,584,000             
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 176, 591, 347 and 636, respectively
                                                                                   -327,000             
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 373 and 373, respectively
                                                                                    3,498,000            
      loss from continuing operations
                                                                                    -2,267,000 82,322,560 -20,149,000 -30,720,000 -31,454,000 -39,935,250 -57,204,000 -59,943,000 -42,594,000    
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 171 and 57, respectively
                                                                                    -318,000            
      basic and diluted loss per common share amounts:
                                                                                                
      basic and diluted net loss per common share
                                                                                    -10            
      weighted-average common shares outstanding
                                                                                    417,379,000 302,510,000 334,141,000 230,793,000 230,158,000 224,336,000 224,839,000 223,578,000 220,408,000 208,098,000 213,788,000 202,913,000 
      corporate general, administrative and development expense
                                                                                     12,674,000 11,887,000 6,443,000 6,973,000 7,077,000 6,861,000 6,651,000 6,879,000 6,761,000 6,493,000  
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 373, 373, 1,118 and 1,124 respectively
                                                                                     2,672,750 3,609,000          
      loss from continuing operations before income taxes, minority interest and loss on equity method investments
                                                                                     -32,680,000 -26,597,000 -33,558,000         
      loss on equity method investments
                                                                                     42,000 -70,000 -952,000 -1,098,000        
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 389, 318, 1,037, and 1,328, respectively
                                                                                     -481,500 -721,000          
      net loss per common share
                                                                                     -250 -60 -140 -140 -390 -250 -270 -190 -220 -250 -530 
      impairments, net loss on sale of long-lived assets and restructuring expense
                                                                                       1,473,000 2,777,000 5,774,000 8,815,000 5,373,000     
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 373, 375, 746 and 751, respectively
                                                                                       3,584,000         
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 591, 647, 648 and 1,010, respectively
                                                                                       -1,098,000         
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 373 and 376, respectively
                                                                                        3,498,000        
      loss from continuing operations before income taxes, minority interest and equity method investments
                                                                                        -34,639,000        
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 57 and 363, respectively
                                                                                        -107,000        
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 373, 374, 1,124 and 1,121, respectively
                                                                                         2,694,000 3,584,000      
      loss on investments and other expense
                                                                                         -971,500 -1,787,000 -1,277,000 -822,000 -2,769,000 -1,449,000 -402,000 
      loss from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                                                         -54,115,250 -86,280,000 -77,137,000 -53,044,000 -60,040,000 -51,291,000 -98,945,000 
      income from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of (700), 1,199, (227) and 5,404 respectively
                                                                                         105,500 1,300,000      
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 375, 371, 751 and 747, respectively
                                                                                           3,652,000     
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 318, 1,358, 473 and 4,205, respectively
                                                                                           -592,000     
      depreciation and amortization
                                                                                            77,134,000 76,500,000 77,687,000 80,770,000 
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 376 and 376, respectively
                                                                                            3,540,000    
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax
                                                                                                
      benefit of 155 and 2,847, respectively
                                                                                            -286,000    
      restructuring expense
                                                                                                
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 374, 374, 1,121 and 1,120, respectively
                                                                                             2,638,250 3,523,000  
      loss from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                             -44,356,000 -37,698,000 -80,960,000 
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 1,199, (1,363), 5,404 and 24,663, respectively
                                                                                             -13,516,250 -15,164,000  
      loss before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                             -51,217,000 -52,862,000 -107,715,000 
      cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of income tax benefit of 14,438
                                                                                                
      cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                                
      corporate general and administrative expense
                                                                                               5,962,000 
      development expense
                                                                                               1,003,000 
      interest income, tv azteca, net of interest expense of 371, 373, 747 and 746, respectively
                                                                                               3,528,000 
      loss from write-off of deferred financing fees and extinguishment of debt
                                                                                                
      note conversion expense
                                                                                               -35,832,000 
      loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 958, 17,848, 3,572 and 25,721, respectively
                                                                                               -26,755,000 
    Balance Sheets:
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        assets
                                                                                                 
        current assets:
                                                                                                 
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,474,800,000 1,950,700,000 2,076,000,000 2,103,700,000 1,999,600,000 2,150,300,000 2,492,100,000 2,389,100,000 1,973,300,000 2,118,900,000 2,015,700,000 1,803,000,000 2,028,400,000 2,121,800,000 2,066,700,000 1,941,500,000 1,949,900,000 3,277,200,000 1,928,000,000 1,913,600,000 1,746,300,000 1,626,000,000 2,038,100,000 1,326,000,000 1,501,200,000 1,352,600,000 1,192,200,000 1,004,800,000 1,208,700,000 1,026,500,000 834,500,000 1,125,400,000 802,100,000 799,467,000 770,024,000 712,778,000 787,161,000 530,358,000 410,538,000 336,403,000 320,686,000 287,404,000 274,702,000 323,400,000 313,492,000 295,613,000 282,959,000 333,439,000 293,576,000 4,040,353,000 448,447,000 441,706,000 368,618,000 382,312,000 481,937,000 471,258,000 330,191,000 177,506,000 332,542,000 362,823,000 883,963,000 371,878,000 302,893,000 352,887,000 247,293,000 229,674,000 323,637,000 303,038,000 143,077,000 66,235,000 152,130,000 121,633,000 33,123,000 82,735,000 213,021,000 47,151,000 281,264,000 207,202,000 90,454,000 85,573,000 112,701,000 109,159,000 85,622,000 122,797,000 215,557,000 126,833,000 197,856,000 98,698,000 105,465,000 66,131,000 107,597,000 
        restricted cash
      130,400,000 150,100,000 133,600,000 135,500,000 108,600,000 131,900,000 126,500,000 127,600,000 120,100,000 112,700,000 133,700,000 122,400,000 112,300,000 127,800,000 136,400,000 329,900,000 393,400,000 422,100,000 72,800,000 79,700,000 115,100,000 104,200,000 68,000,000 74,300,000 76,800,000 95,700,000 93,800,000 94,900,000 96,200,000 266,800,000 135,600,000 153,500,000 152,800,000 155,208,000 143,277,000 145,478,000 149,281,000 150,655,000 142,761,000 140,865,000 142,193,000 137,926,000 135,149,000 129,505,000 160,206,000 135,237,000 158,992,000 161,262,000 152,916,000 132,019,000 97,277,000 46,733,000 69,316,000 43,482,000 38,760,000 56,338,000 42,775,000 50,221,000 50,206,000 79,427,000 75,972,000 69,159,000 52,566,000 49,794,000 47,836,000 50,795,000 50,774,000 61,475,000 51,866,000 50,827,000 51,160,000 50,127,000 53,684,000 41,154,000 35,928,000                 
        accounts receivable
      650,300,000 737,000,000 772,100,000 683,300,000 540,000,000 537,800,000 712,300,000 738,400,000 669,700,000 647,700,000 684,000,000 705,400,000 758,300,000 722,400,000 792,700,000 820,400,000 728,900,000 750,600,000 739,600,000 537,700,000 511,600,000 573,600,000 585,200,000 623,900,000 462,200,000 441,700,000 459,500,000 473,000,000 459,000,000 511,100,000 506,900,000 557,900,000 513,600,000 508,626,000 322,060,000 369,972,000 308,369,000 273,907,000 285,422,000 217,457,000 227,354,000 206,154,000 212,919,000 175,784,000 198,714,000 198,119,000 174,612,000 227,155,000 151,084,000 152,560,000 130,861,000 145,446,000 136,971,000 148,807,000 99,181,000 105,120,000 100,971,000 100,063,000 99,823,000 97,829,000 80,961,000 92,869,000 48,872,000 73,541,000 67,949,000 71,271,000 72,526,000 60,057,000 51,313,000 46,146,000 40,774,000 37,120,000 40,316,000 46,426,000 45,415,000 33,734,000 29,368,000 33,505,000 30,782,000 33,216,000 36,995,000 37,553,000 23,118,000 30,424,000 38,634,000 41,704,000 44,193,000 46,310,000 57,735,000 52,623,000 57,904,000 
        prepaid and other current assets
      486,300,000 697,600,000 619,700,000 583,600,000 530,600,000 579,600,000 783,200,000 984,600,000 946,900,000 970,600,000 848,000,000 819,300,000 723,300,000 787,000,000 729,800,000 700,100,000 657,200,000 592,000,000 615,600,000 490,600,000 532,600,000 548,700,000 535,300,000 480,700,000 513,600,000 472,000,000 486,900,000 471,200,000 621,200,000 564,400,000 569,300,000 571,200,000 568,600,000 499,241,000 566,386,000 477,665,000 441,033,000 415,836,000 481,879,000 341,791,000 306,235,000 282,068,000 263,274,000 269,181,000 254,622,000 316,164,000 342,798,000 265,057,000 314,067,000 365,792,000 232,436,000 232,110,000 222,851,000 270,541,000 240,653,000 279,518,000 316,968,000 228,590,000 172,011,000 150,393,000 147,843,000 157,438,000 113,844,000 107,208,000 89,051,000 78,723,000 70,974,000 70,180,000 61,415,000 62,407,000 63,177,000 76,076,000 71,264,000 86,630,000 79,404,000 75,929,000 63,919,000 65,850,000 73,243,000 77,266,000 44,823,000 53,866,000 38,277,000 35,820,000 45,367,000 42,529,000 38,045,000 37,287,000 34,105,000 34,551,000 42,154,000 
        total current assets
      2,741,800,000 3,535,400,000 3,601,400,000 3,506,100,000 3,178,800,000 3,399,600,000 4,114,100,000 4,239,700,000 3,710,000,000 3,849,900,000 3,681,400,000 3,450,100,000 3,622,300,000 3,759,000,000 3,725,600,000 3,791,900,000 3,729,400,000 5,041,900,000 3,356,000,000 3,021,600,000 2,905,600,000 2,852,500,000 3,226,600,000 2,504,900,000 2,553,800,000 2,362,000,000 2,232,400,000 2,062,300,000 2,385,100,000 2,437,000,000 2,127,100,000 2,797,400,000 2,038,100,000 1,963,574,000 1,802,759,000 1,711,187,000 1,689,870,000 1,370,756,000 1,320,600,000 1,036,516,000 996,468,000 940,355,000 940,575,000 925,819,000 947,968,000 996,937,000 998,445,000 1,042,981,000 952,656,000 4,742,036,000 946,051,000 903,616,000 829,528,000 872,783,000 919,009,000 975,369,000 842,771,000 813,805,000 912,085,000 951,417,000 1,404,174,000 944,308,000 770,538,000 819,197,000 651,356,000 625,930,000 718,058,000 659,693,000 473,680,000 273,683,000 359,151,000 331,838,000 245,674,000 285,658,000 412,896,000 259,624,000 486,022,000 400,793,000 288,715,000 227,414,000 225,878,000 243,578,000 156,496,000 198,520,000 309,037,000 245,129,000 313,670,000 334,374,000 411,515,000 608,154,000 585,144,000 
        property and equipment
      20,356,300,000 20,135,100,000 19,799,800,000 19,266,000,000 19,056,800,000 19,277,500,000 19,927,700,000 20,094,200,000 19,788,800,000 19,612,100,000 19,758,800,000 19,843,300,000 19,998,300,000 19,402,600,000 19,716,000,000 19,916,400,000 19,784,000,000 14,268,100,000 14,216,500,000 12,712,500,000 12,808,700,000 11,643,600,000 11,545,700,000 11,451,300,000 12,084,400,000 11,283,200,000 11,268,600,000 11,202,600,000 11,247,100,000 10,996,300,000 11,067,000,000 11,294,800,000 11,101,000,000 10,795,057,000 10,725,707,000 10,717,160,000 10,517,258,000 10,452,038,000 10,575,425,000 9,917,985,000 9,866,424,000 9,806,190,000 9,586,400,000 9,422,641,000 7,626,817,000 7,552,110,000 7,589,815,000 7,344,049,000 7,262,175,000 5,878,826,000 5,811,081,000 5,879,513,000 5,789,995,000 5,242,781,000 5,079,729,000 5,006,647,000 4,883,473,000 4,125,887,000 3,909,635,000 3,770,671,000 3,623,835,000 3,494,402,000 3,188,461,000 3,179,196,000 3,175,511,000 3,128,120,000 3,087,799,000 3,003,215,000 3,022,636,000 3,014,079,000 3,010,919,000 3,030,388,000 3,045,186,000 3,071,125,000 3,115,888,000 3,165,156,000 3,218,124,000 3,268,332,000 3,320,822,000 3,386,262,000 3,460,526,000 3,404,389,000 2,192,453,000 2,231,278,000 2,273,356,000 2,391,203,000 2,450,921,000 2,483,604,000 2,546,525,000 2,617,408,000 2,634,575,000 
        goodwill
      12,255,500,000 12,255,500,000 12,245,500,000 11,921,500,000 11,768,100,000 12,045,700,000 12,483,100,000 12,556,800,000 12,639,000,000 12,569,700,000 13,050,700,000 12,997,200,000 12,956,700,000 12,686,200,000 12,969,500,000 13,306,600,000 13,350,100,000 10,480,800,000 10,575,400,000 7,262,400,000 7,282,700,000 5,848,600,000 5,822,400,000 5,948,800,000 6,178,300,000 5,481,400,000 5,557,800,000 5,538,200,000 5,501,900,000 5,463,400,000 5,526,600,000 5,647,100,000 5,638,400,000 5,371,679,000 5,371,165,000 5,379,830,000 5,070,680,000 4,997,224,000 4,981,919,000 4,123,401,000 4,091,805,000 4,055,171,000 4,036,642,000 3,980,174,000 4,017,082,000 3,866,550,000 3,854,931,000 3,737,681,000 3,729,901,000 2,815,271,000 2,832,392,000 2,898,638,000 2,912,046,000 2,763,706,000 2,714,718,000 2,767,516,000 2,805,267,000 2,673,631,000 2,779,116,000 2,669,986,000 2,490,295,000 2,458,989,000 2,255,943,000 2,246,170,000 2,237,850,000 2,239,420,000 2,232,783,000 2,186,270,000 2,186,233,000 2,188,530,000 2,188,312,000 2,188,312,000 2,188,312,000 2,180,544,000 2,186,315,000 2,188,327,000 2,189,767,000 2,197,014,000 2,197,014,000 2,142,504,000 2,142,551,000 2,098,872,000 592,683,000 592,683,000 592,683,000 592,683,000 592,683,000 592,683,000 592,683,000 592,683,000 592,683,000 
        other intangible assets
      14,530,700,000 14,742,400,000 14,963,100,000 14,642,500,000 14,474,300,000 15,195,100,000 15,759,100,000 16,119,300,000 16,520,700,000 16,655,100,000 17,286,000,000 17,637,100,000 17,983,300,000 18,320,300,000 19,225,600,000 20,224,800,000 20,727,200,000 18,768,400,000 18,785,000,000 13,507,300,000 13,839,800,000 11,517,300,000 11,613,800,000 11,600,600,000 12,318,400,000 10,895,800,000 10,895,200,000 11,042,800,000 11,174,300,000 11,481,700,000 11,758,200,000 11,940,200,000 11,783,300,000 11,580,994,000 11,728,666,000 11,826,886,000 11,274,611,000 11,557,964,000 11,590,692,000 9,813,990,000 9,837,876,000 10,012,397,000 9,853,199,000 9,536,782,000 6,889,331,000 6,389,227,000 6,637,882,000 6,617,524,000 6,701,459,000 3,195,106,000 3,214,383,000 3,271,981,000 3,115,053,000 2,595,059,000 2,569,999,000 2,523,354,000 2,351,955,000 2,208,387,000 2,346,710,000 2,440,314,000 1,985,352,000 1,777,828,000 1,596,492,000 1,655,608,000 1,598,633,000 1,532,400,000 1,547,944,000 1,532,832,000 1,566,155,000 1,598,604,000 1,637,334,000 1,670,389,000 1,686,434,000 1,722,185,000 1,763,569,000 1,782,129,000 1,820,876,000 1,865,710,000 1,916,351,000 2,026,232,000 2,077,312,000 2,191,391,000 938,128,000 967,229,000 985,303,000 1,034,823,000 1,043,706,000 1,043,866,000 1,057,077,000 1,069,912,000 1,096,229,000 
        deferred tax asset
      151,400,000 166,000,000 157,000,000 133,000,000 122,700,000 143,300,000 139,200,000 161,200,000 179,100,000 126,800,000 125,700,000 107,400,000 129,200,000 116,400,000 132,600,000 179,200,000 131,600,000 150,200,000 145,400,000 127,300,000 123,100,000 115,000,000 138,600,000 126,400,000 131,800,000 143,500,000 147,800,000 132,300,000 157,700,000 173,100,000 183,700,000 192,900,000 204,400,000 221,759,000 213,582,000 206,331,000 195,678,000 197,914,000                                                      
        deferred rent asset
      3,851,300,000 3,812,800,000 3,779,500,000 3,728,100,000 3,710,200,000 3,662,400,000 3,649,500,000 3,596,800,000 3,521,800,000 3,383,300,000 3,284,600,000 3,160,300,000 3,039,100,000 2,878,000,000 2,760,900,000 2,653,700,000 2,539,600,000 2,403,300,000 2,309,600,000 2,197,400,000 2,084,300,000 1,918,000,000 1,841,300,000 1,781,800,000 1,771,100,000 1,677,700,000 1,597,100,000 1,588,600,000 1,581,700,000 1,547,400,000 1,518,600,000 1,510,000,000 1,499,000,000 1,454,780,000 1,407,478,000 1,352,642,000 1,289,530,000 1,265,700,000 1,233,002,000 1,201,841,000 1,166,755,000 1,123,009,000 1,093,812,000 1,059,953,000 1,030,707,000 1,009,958,000 983,140,000 950,576,000 918,847,000 878,124,000 842,093,000 811,903,000 776,201,000 731,343,000 687,497,000 651,476,000 609,529,000 560,121,000                                  
        right-of-use asset
      8,426,500,000 8,420,100,000 8,383,700,000 8,166,600,000 8,089,600,000 8,328,900,000 9,012,100,000 9,199,800,000 8,878,800,000 8,801,000,000 8,981,700,000 8,952,400,000 8,918,900,000 8,857,500,000 9,159,200,000 9,267,100,000 9,225,100,000 9,021,900,000 9,193,200,000 7,719,900,000 7,789,200,000 7,252,000,000 6,934,100,000 6,968,300,000 7,357,400,000 7,214,700,000 7,110,000,000 7,080,900,000                                                                
        notes receivable and other non-current assets
      876,900,000 821,400,000 824,500,000 691,800,000 676,900,000 764,300,000 753,000,000 711,200,000 789,400,000 655,100,000 710,100,000 669,900,000 546,700,000 492,800,000 427,400,000 423,800,000 400,900,000 395,400,000 401,800,000 394,100,000 400,100,000 315,200,000 393,400,000 407,000,000 406,400,000 248,900,000 263,800,000 279,100,000 962,600,000 978,300,000 1,024,500,000 990,300,000 950,100,000 931,483,000 888,853,000 863,353,000 841,523,000 813,931,000 809,287,000 753,939,000 732,903,000 788,781,000 736,821,000 778,115,000 566,454,000 528,840,000 515,175,000 453,602,000 445,004,000 452,584,000 476,931,000 482,530,000 452,788,000                                       
        total
      63,190,400,000 63,888,700,000 63,754,500,000 62,055,600,000 61,077,400,000 62,816,800,000 65,837,800,000 66,679,000,000 66,027,600,000 65,653,000,000 66,879,000,000 66,817,700,000 67,194,500,000 66,512,800,000 68,116,800,000 69,763,500,000 69,887,900,000 60,530,000,000 58,982,900,000 46,942,500,000 47,233,500,000 41,462,200,000 41,515,900,000 40,789,100,000 42,801,600,000 39,307,200,000 39,072,700,000 38,926,800,000 33,010,400,000 33,077,200,000 33,205,700,000 34,372,700,000 33,214,300,000 32,319,326,000 32,138,210,000 32,057,389,000 30,879,150,000 30,655,527,000 30,740,198,000 27,064,315,000 26,904,272,000 26,926,788,000 26,469,725,000 25,930,194,000 21,331,545,000 20,596,615,000 20,847,737,000 20,417,407,000 20,272,571,000 18,181,320,000 14,339,394,000 14,463,740,000 14,089,129,000 12,961,304,000 12,709,359,000 12,638,206,000 12,232,430,000 10,895,336,000 10,973,784,000 10,758,749,000 10,368,014,000 9,448,978,000 8,585,923,000 8,674,251,000 8,512,668,000 8,394,824,000 8,486,487,000 8,325,870,000 8,211,665,000 8,129,936,000 8,265,540,000 8,192,227,000 8,130,457,000 8,203,438,000 8,384,091,000 8,319,912,000 8,613,219,000 8,605,730,000 8,607,674,000 8,667,432,000 8,768,220,000 8,785,659,000 4,825,663,000 4,924,900,000 5,085,972,000 5,068,434,000 5,166,270,000 5,197,910,000 5,332,488,000 5,590,307,000 5,576,252,000 
        liabilities
                                                                                                 
        current liabilities:
                                                                                                 
        accounts payable
      259,800,000 239,000,000 229,700,000 199,600,000 240,800,000 221,300,000 206,000,000 182,100,000 258,700,000 216,200,000 216,200,000 206,000,000 218,600,000 212,000,000 194,500,000 215,400,000 272,400,000 217,400,000 193,800,000 130,100,000 139,100,000 117,000,000 108,200,000 120,600,000 148,100,000 136,200,000 144,900,000 130,000,000 130,800,000 122,900,000 137,000,000 118,700,000 142,900,000 119,745,000 102,726,000 109,424,000 118,666,000 105,551,000 120,586,000 94,051,000 96,714,000 99,590,000 82,850,000 72,512,000 90,366,000 111,001,000 132,734,000 115,726,000 171,050,000 90,845,000 91,021,000 86,769,000 89,578,000 87,380,000 201,386,000 226,283,000 214,739,000                                   
        accrued expenses
      1,112,500,000 1,225,400,000 1,144,700,000 1,121,100,000 1,082,000,000 982,300,000 1,166,200,000 1,134,100,000 1,280,600,000 1,222,800,000 1,182,300,000 1,171,600,000 1,344,200,000 1,202,700,000 1,262,200,000 1,187,500,000 1,412,800,000 1,165,400,000 1,044,600,000 944,800,000 1,043,700,000 914,100,000 879,200,000 876,400,000 958,200,000 856,700,000 835,600,000 863,700,000 948,300,000 863,100,000 782,500,000 825,400,000 854,300,000 774,072,000 727,966,000 742,500,000 620,563,000 571,989,000 617,711,000 437,546,000 516,413,000 743,256,000 412,981,000 392,450,000 417,754,000 436,711,000 422,614,000 400,449,000 415,324,000 331,311,000 293,605,000 263,187,000 286,962,000 334,034,000 325,056,000 336,094,000 304,208,000                                   
        distributions payable
      818,600,000 820,600,000 817,700,000 816,200,000 780,300,000 779,300,000 778,100,000 776,700,000 906,200,000 775,900,000 751,100,000 745,300,000 745,300,000 697,100,000 672,500,000 644,500,000 642,100,000 602,200,000 582,700,000 555,800,000 544,600,000 512,600,000 493,400,000 483,900,000 455,000,000 427,500,000 413,000,000 403,100,000 377,400,000 354,200,000 344,900,000 335,000,000 304,400,000 286,911,000 277,772,000 267,369,000 250,550,000 236,608,000 227,594,000 218,420,000 210,027,000 196,833,000 187,987,000 179,192,000 159,864,000 147,685,000 139,837,000 127,286,000 575,000 110,937,000 107,053,000 103,095,000 189,000 91,063,000 86,994,000                                     
        accrued interest
      425,200,000 267,800,000 347,400,000 325,200,000 373,600,000 260,100,000 314,100,000 309,900,000 387,000,000 244,200,000 260,800,000 208,500,000 261,000,000 199,500,000 236,600,000 195,600,000 254,700,000 250,200,000 221,800,000 167,100,000 207,800,000 139,400,000 203,600,000 148,200,000 209,400,000 145,400,000 154,200,000 126,500,000 174,500,000 121,600,000 178,100,000 131,000,000 166,900,000 103,242,000 154,926,000 98,220,000 157,297,000 108,077,000 151,365,000 87,899,000 115,672,000 80,682,000 120,482,000 77,654,000 130,265,000 91,444,000 117,632,000 90,945,000 105,751,000 84,528,000 89,701,000 80,065,000 71,271,000 74,343,000 73,776,000 73,728,000 65,729,000 61,536,000 61,703,000 61,286,000 40,621,000 49,779,000 23,662,000 44,024,000 23,538,000 47,270,000 26,813,000 47,994,000 28,635,000 49,054,000 30,591,000 50,820,000 33,702,000 36,938,000 23,889,000 53,079,000 41,319,000 54,504,000 40,155,000 52,652,000 37,850,000 41,993,000 32,339,000 43,586,000 39,466,000 31,162,000 52,639,000 33,525,000 59,734,000 34,166,000 59,479,000 
        current portion of operating lease liability
      584,900,000 615,400,000 613,600,000 592,500,000 576,700,000 599,800,000 703,400,000 715,200,000 794,600,000 779,600,000 794,500,000 790,100,000 788,900,000 766,300,000 762,600,000 731,400,000 712,600,000 734,300,000 723,500,000 555,800,000 539,900,000 487,300,000 494,300,000 476,800,000 494,500,000 475,100,000 496,900,000 498,400,000                                                                
        current portion of long-term obligations
      3,387,800,000 2,387,700,000 2,290,800,000 2,816,900,000 3,693,000,000 3,730,500,000 3,329,200,000 3,067,600,000 3,187,500,000 3,157,500,000 3,205,100,000 3,856,400,000 4,514,200,000 3,015,200,000 3,603,900,000 5,309,900,000 4,568,700,000 2,106,400,000 2,636,000,000 1,336,500,000 789,800,000 771,300,000 3,366,000,000 2,640,000,000 2,928,200,000 2,443,600,000 2,442,200,000 2,097,200,000 2,754,800,000 2,841,300,000 2,791,800,000 2,803,200,000 774,800,000 687,382,000 1,732,035,000 1,707,330,000 238,806,000 242,992,000 314,063,000 137,853,000 50,202,000 45,852,000 38,814,000 789,152,000 897,624,000 960,461,000 1,225,992,000 325,170,000 70,132,000 67,276,000 57,350,000 57,603,000 60,031,000 130,209,000 127,867,000 127,316,000 101,816,000 861,160,000 782,775,000 178,105,000 74,896,000 178,655,000 1,610,000 77,905,000 70,521,000 7,717,000 22,577,000 1,527,000 1,837,000 1,789,000 1,699,000 1,688,000 1,817,000 1,770,000 1,666,000 1,643,000 253,907,000 253,876,000 277,426,000 277,471,000 162,153,000 2,241,000   138,386,000 6,722,000 6,495,000 82,619,000 77,622,000  94,123,000 
        unearned revenue
      325,000,000 437,600,000 419,700,000 450,500,000 329,200,000 496,200,000 391,700,000 544,200,000 434,700,000 472,500,000 515,700,000 554,200,000 439,700,000 529,800,000 729,400,000 1,015,700,000 1,204,000,000 1,448,200,000 549,700,000 506,500,000 390,600,000 324,400,000 400,200,000 408,500,000 294,300,000 302,900,000 334,800,000 293,000,000 304,100,000 276,600,000 328,600,000 331,400,000 268,800,000 288,884,000 283,486,000 284,215,000 245,387,000 254,336,000 224,312,000 222,387,000 211,001,000 203,295,000 193,514,000 220,454,000 233,819,000 190,616,000 204,437,000 215,429,000 161,926,000 138,422,000 142,310,000 148,405,000 124,147,000 133,896,000 91,414,000 92,939,000 93,099,000 95,851,000 125,474,000 155,608,000 134,135,000 140,481,000 128,508,000 117,028,000 112,047,000 120,057,000 125,967,000 125,519,000 120,188,000 109,631,000 108,863,000 104,482,000 106,395,000 95,990,000 83,626,000 78,009,000 86,769,000 76,471,000 75,163,000 71,090,000 77,655,000 74,847,000 32,281,000 28,422,000 32,681,000       
        total current liabilities
      6,913,800,000 5,993,500,000 5,863,600,000 6,322,000,000 7,075,600,000 7,069,500,000 6,888,700,000 6,729,800,000 7,249,300,000 6,868,700,000 6,925,700,000 7,532,100,000 8,311,900,000 6,622,600,000 7,461,700,000 9,300,000,000 9,067,300,000 6,524,100,000 5,952,100,000 4,196,600,000 3,655,500,000 3,266,100,000 5,944,900,000 5,154,400,000 5,487,700,000 4,787,400,000 4,821,600,000 4,411,900,000 4,689,900,000 4,579,700,000 4,562,900,000 4,544,700,000 2,512,100,000 2,260,236,000 3,278,911,000 3,209,058,000 1,631,269,000 1,519,553,000 1,655,631,000 1,198,156,000 1,200,029,000 1,369,508,000 1,036,628,000 1,731,414,000 1,929,692,000 1,937,918,000 2,243,246,000 1,275,005,000 924,758,000 823,319,000 781,040,000 739,124,000 632,178,000 850,925,000 906,493,000 939,267,000 779,591,000 1,371,328,000 1,309,883,000 826,407,000 542,195,000 614,867,000 358,820,000 422,811,000 391,244,000 341,001,000 348,020,000 319,308,000 302,645,000 309,503,000 279,170,000 306,523,000 317,378,000 338,562,000 315,059,000 306,318,000 569,629,000 554,433,000 559,404,000 576,223,000 453,216,000 313,241,000 272,198,000 198,024,000 332,205,000 175,871,000 197,864,000 254,392,000 294,778,000 482,268,000 561,318,000 
        long-term obligations
      33,832,500,000 34,851,200,000 35,193,700,000 34,045,400,000 32,808,800,000 33,367,800,000 35,639,200,000 36,191,900,000 35,734,000,000 35,442,400,000 35,589,500,000 34,685,600,000 34,156,000,000 35,313,900,000 37,240,100,000 38,154,500,000 38,685,500,000 31,439,000,000 32,947,600,000 27,990,300,000 28,497,700,000 24,011,000,000 21,849,200,000 21,937,400,000 21,127,200,000 19,040,000,000 18,615,900,000 19,107,100,000 18,405,100,000 18,422,900,000 18,322,000,000 18,568,800,000 19,430,300,000 18,581,381,000 17,509,937,000 17,182,754,000 18,294,659,000 18,436,144,000 18,403,013,000 16,884,242,000 17,068,807,000 16,981,556,000 16,185,211,000 14,930,952,000 13,711,084,000 12,973,835,000 12,749,471,000 14,009,007,000 14,408,146,000 12,578,532,000 8,798,604,000 8,791,520,000 8,693,345,000 7,359,355,000 7,337,552,000 7,161,126,000 7,134,492,000 4,970,502,000 4,919,068,000 5,387,728,000 5,512,492,000 4,626,305,000 4,152,041,000 4,152,030,000 4,141,060,000 4,179,038,000 4,421,694,000 4,330,999,000 4,331,309,000 4,428,574,000 4,419,017,000 4,433,162,000 4,283,467,000 4,025,145,000 3,975,299,000 3,570,293,000 3,289,109,000 3,309,564,000 3,325,302,000 3,332,080,000 3,451,276,000 3,637,916,000 2,991,925,000 3,141,835,000 3,155,228,000 3,211,635,000 3,260,322,000 3,216,627,000 3,283,603,000 3,304,866,000 3,282,589,000 
        operating lease liability
      7,158,700,000 7,156,900,000 7,115,100,000 6,928,800,000 6,875,600,000 7,083,200,000 7,717,700,000 7,866,300,000 7,438,700,000 7,436,700,000 7,587,400,000 7,576,900,000 7,591,900,000 7,566,400,000 7,862,000,000 8,027,100,000 8,041,800,000 7,863,200,000 8,036,000,000 6,812,900,000 6,884,400,000 6,424,400,000 6,086,800,000 6,137,800,000 6,510,400,000 6,448,000,000 6,335,400,000 6,316,100,000                                                                
        asset retirement obligations
      2,512,900,000 2,540,000,000 2,525,000,000 2,445,300,000 2,393,800,000 2,503,100,000 2,562,300,000 2,607,100,000 2,158,200,000 2,113,000,000 2,122,900,000 2,093,500,000 2,047,400,000 2,010,200,000 2,029,700,000 2,062,500,000 2,003,000,000 1,930,200,000 1,893,800,000 1,574,600,000 1,571,300,000 1,377,100,000 1,347,400,000 1,321,500,000 1,384,100,000 1,252,500,000 1,252,300,000 1,227,200,000 1,210,000,000 1,196,500,000 1,185,800,000 1,215,000,000 1,175,300,000 1,054,092,000 1,026,535,000 1,011,071,000 965,507,000 965,087,000 951,803,000 888,040,000 856,936,000 811,620,000 824,991,000 792,991,000 609,035,000 566,325,000 556,881,000 538,241,000 526,869,000 461,586,000 451,549,000 455,982,000 435,724,000 397,362,000 379,358,000 368,959,000 346,059,000 400,216,000 405,491,000                                 
        deferred tax liability
      1,440,300,000 1,513,400,000 1,546,000,000 1,357,900,000 1,262,000,000 1,401,400,000 1,399,300,000 1,394,400,000 1,361,400,000 1,422,600,000 1,487,700,000 1,505,600,000 1,492,000,000 1,496,800,000 1,604,900,000 1,785,400,000 1,830,900,000 1,927,500,000 1,993,900,000 854,700,000 859,500,000 770,400,000 804,200,000 731,000,000 768,300,000 538,500,000 546,200,000 510,800,000 535,900,000 706,200,000 752,200,000 791,700,000 898,100,000 976,725,000 950,299,000 952,893,000 777,572,000 792,139,000 745,936,000                                                     
        other non-current liabilities
      976,900,000 1,067,800,000 1,032,200,000 1,019,900,000 1,012,900,000 1,198,900,000 1,207,100,000 1,227,800,000 1,220,600,000 1,135,100,000 1,158,600,000 1,173,700,000 1,186,800,000 1,184,300,000 1,192,200,000 1,183,300,000 1,189,800,000 1,157,600,000 1,126,700,000 961,600,000 984,600,000 869,200,000 880,800,000 901,000,000 937,000,000 870,900,000 868,000,000 864,400,000 1,265,100,000 1,288,400,000 1,246,900,000 1,246,000,000 1,244,200,000 1,190,486,000 1,171,546,000 1,186,785,000 1,142,723,000 1,068,121,000 1,058,433,000 1,093,662,000 1,065,682,000 1,079,902,000 1,049,737,000 1,043,198,000 1,028,382,000 933,223,000 889,975,000 893,549,000 822,758,000 705,966,000 688,334,000 695,592,000 643,701,000                                       
        total liabilities
      52,835,100,000 53,122,800,000 53,275,600,000 52,119,300,000 51,428,700,000 52,623,900,000 55,414,300,000 56,017,300,000 55,162,200,000 54,418,500,000 54,871,800,000 54,567,400,000 54,786,000,000 54,194,200,000 57,390,600,000 60,512,800,000 60,818,300,000 50,841,600,000 51,950,100,000 42,390,700,000 42,453,000,000 36,718,200,000 36,913,300,000 36,183,100,000 36,214,700,000 32,937,300,000 32,439,400,000 32,437,500,000 26,106,000,000 26,193,700,000 26,069,800,000 26,366,200,000 25,260,000,000 24,062,920,000 23,937,228,000 23,542,561,000 22,811,730,000 22,781,044,000 22,814,816,000 20,064,100,000 20,191,454,000 20,242,586,000 19,096,567,000 18,498,555,000 17,278,193,000 16,411,301,000 16,439,573,000 16,715,802,000 16,682,531,000 14,569,403,000 10,719,527,000 10,682,218,000 10,404,948,000 9,275,322,000 9,223,169,000 9,051,803,000 8,822,288,000 7,547,695,000 7,373,996,000 7,249,733,000 6,863,456,000 5,995,328,000 5,155,913,000 5,216,405,000 5,194,543,000 5,159,673,000 5,395,452,000 5,243,800,000 5,217,186,000 5,286,707,000 5,237,808,000 5,275,683,000 5,105,023,000 4,824,328,000 4,743,866,000 4,322,892,000 4,224,712,000 4,218,088,000 4,229,427,000 4,245,881,000 4,231,846,000 4,141,329,000 3,393,569,000 3,466,599,000 3,608,938,000 3,434,543,000 3,504,414,000 3,500,053,000 3,602,342,000 3,815,605,000 3,873,729,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                 
        equity
                                                                                                 
        common stock: 0.01 par value...
      4,800,000 4,800,000 4,800,000 4,800,000 4,800,000 4,800,000 4,800,000 4,800,000 4,800,000    4,800,000    4,700,000    4,600,000                                                                       
        additional paid-in capital
      15,215,300,000 15,178,100,000 15,133,300,000 15,077,700,000 15,057,300,000 15,013,800,000 14,955,000,000 14,903,400,000 14,872,900,000 14,823,000,000 14,779,200,000 14,725,600,000 14,689,000,000 14,646,900,000 14,606,800,000 12,266,100,000 12,240,200,000 12,081,300,000 12,019,800,000 10,474,600,000 10,473,700,000 10,369,600,000 10,297,800,000 10,255,600,000 10,117,700,000 10,551,800,000 10,492,700,000 10,447,900,000 10,380,800,000 10,310,000,000 10,251,900,000 10,224,000,000 10,247,500,000 10,212,535,000 10,165,343,000 10,094,017,000 10,043,559,000 9,817,815,000 9,781,223,000 9,714,952,000 9,690,609,000 9,650,129,000 9,619,406,000 9,583,498,000 5,788,786,000 5,757,233,000 5,772,269,000 5,153,402,000 5,130,616,000 5,097,325,000 5,061,814,000 5,029,261,000 5,012,124,000 4,971,181,000 4,946,255,000 4,917,255,000 4,903,800,000 8,665,807,000 8,630,774,000 8,589,369,000 8,577,093,000 8,548,780,000 8,503,052,000 8,447,667,000 8,393,643,000 8,352,944,000 8,159,913,000 8,139,915,000 8,109,224,000 7,945,411,000 7,856,784,000 7,801,002,000 7,772,382,000 7,734,641,000 7,709,929,000 7,627,891,000 7,502,472,000 7,491,620,000 7,478,247,000 7,361,766,000 7,317,668,000 7,265,983,000 4,031,025,000 4,025,353,000 4,012,425,000 3,973,893,000 3,946,144,000 3,914,252,000 3,910,879,000 3,905,666,000 3,782,193,000 
        distributions in excess of earnings
      -5,086,000,000 -5,111,300,000 -5,164,400,000 -4,732,500,000 -4,424,100,000 -4,893,500,000 -3,340,800,000 -3,481,200,000 -3,638,800,000 -2,927,400,000 -2,755,800,000 -2,496,500,000 -2,101,900,000 -689,300,000 -842,300,000 -1,072,400,000 -1,142,400,000 -960,400,000 -1,085,000,000 -1,251,800,000 -1,343,000,000 -1,168,800,000 -1,125,100,000 -1,082,500,000 -1,016,800,000 -1,130,100,000 -1,206,200,000 -1,226,400,000 -1,199,500,000 -1,104,300,000 -1,121,600,000 -1,085,700,000 -1,058,100,000 -975,158,000 -989,153,000 -1,053,706,000 -1,076,965,000 -1,030,663,000 -1,033,324,000 -967,718,000 -998,535,000 -995,932,000 -876,607,000 -822,545,000 -837,320,000 -854,579,000 -911,163,000 -1,006,058,000 -1,081,467,000 -1,066,580,000 -1,135,851,000 -1,128,361,000 -1,196,907,000 -1,237,569,000 -1,378,518,000 -1,339,627,000                                    
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -4,815,800,000 -4,817,700,000 -4,959,700,000 -5,514,000,000 -5,954,600,000 -5,182,200,000 -6,461,800,000 -6,078,000,000 -5,739,500,000 -6,065,900,000 -5,560,600,000 -5,526,100,000 -5,718,300,000 -6,398,200,000 -5,528,200,000 -4,553,000,000 -4,738,900,000 -4,432,000,000 -3,902,900,000 -4,061,600,000 -3,759,400,000 -4,191,200,000 -4,274,500,000 -4,271,700,000 -2,823,600,000 -2,979,000,000 -2,606,700,000 -2,672,200,000 -2,642,900,000 -2,696,300,000 -2,510,100,000 -1,834,600,000 -1,978,300,000 -1,839,029,000 -1,848,803,000 -1,759,489,000 -1,999,332,000 -1,876,374,000 -1,770,998,000 -1,610,592,000 -1,836,996,000 -1,832,903,000 -1,228,521,000 -1,205,860,000 -794,221,000 -504,339,000 -250,920,000 -272,410,000 -311,220,000 -298,015,000 -274,256,000 -158,043,000 -183,347,000 -164,081,000 -203,303,000 -97,682,000         -12,649,000 -18,420,000 -19,532,000 -19,896,000 -20,031,000 -1,027,000  -11,137,000         -803,000         -372,000 -980,000 
        treasury stock
      -1,665,800,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,301,200,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,282,400,000 -1,271,500,000 -1,226,400,000 -1,206,800,000 -1,206,800,000 -1,206,800,000 -1,206,800,000 -1,163,200,000 -1,074,000,000 -974,000,000 -974,000,000 -884,610,000 -849,064,000 -432,731,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -207,740,000 -137,353,000 -75,208,000 -62,728,000 -16,733,000 -10,838,000 -4,924,000  -3,775,087,000 -3,606,715,000 -3,504,705,000 -3,381,966,000 -3,307,330,000 -3,157,520,000 -3,012,693,000 -2,961,177,000 -2,933,612,000 -2,816,060,000 -2,748,265,000 -2,746,429,000 -2,666,983,000 -2,335,223,000 -2,219,917,000 -2,047,818,000 -1,662,763,000 -1,323,400,000 -909,224,000 -404,093,000 -362,751,000 -362,751,000 -246,471,000 -80,951,000 -4,366,000 -4,366,000 -4,366,000 -4,366,000 -4,366,000 -4,366,000 -4,366,000 -4,366,000 -4,366,000 -4,366,000 
        total american tower corporation equity
      3,652,500,000 3,952,700,000 3,712,800,000 3,534,800,000 3,382,200,000 3,641,700,000 3,856,000,000 4,047,800,000 4,198,200,000 4,533,300,000 5,166,400,000 5,406,600,000 5,572,400,000 6,281,800,000 6,958,700,000 5,363,000,000 5,081,200,000 5,411,200,000 5,754,200,000 3,883,400,000 4,093,500,000 3,731,700,000 3,620,300,000 3,634,400,000 5,055,400,000 5,240,400,000 5,477,500,000 5,347,000,000 5,336,100,000 5,350,700,000 5,550,700,000 6,334,200,000 6,241,500,000 6,518,127,000 6,482,709,000 6,852,474,000 6,763,895,000 6,707,396,000 6,773,515,000 6,933,249,000 6,651,679,000 6,617,891,000 7,310,872,000 7,351,686,000 3,953,560,000 4,194,627,000 4,406,494,000 3,671,178,000 3,534,165,000 3,528,963,000 3,518,323,000 3,671,615,000 3,573,101,000 3,556,754,000 3,357,548,000 3,478,968,000                                    
        noncontrolling interests
      6,702,800,000 6,813,200,000 6,766,100,000 6,401,500,000 6,266,500,000 6,551,200,000 6,567,500,000 6,613,900,000 6,667,200,000 6,701,200,000 6,840,800,000 6,843,700,000 6,836,100,000 6,036,800,000 3,767,500,000 3,887,700,000 3,988,400,000 4,065,800,000 1,069,200,000 455,500,000 474,900,000 457,400,000 440,000,000 430,200,000 435,000,000 554,700,000 565,600,000 553,300,000 563,500,000 578,000,000 575,900,000 607,100,000 586,600,000 591,506,000 562,406,000 532,366,000 212,305,000 66,885,000 66,710,000                                                     
        total equity
      10,355,300,000 10,765,900,000 10,478,900,000 9,936,300,000 9,648,700,000 10,192,900,000 10,423,500,000 10,661,700,000 10,865,400,000 11,234,500,000 12,007,200,000 12,250,300,000 12,408,500,000 12,318,600,000 10,726,200,000 9,250,700,000 9,069,600,000 9,477,000,000 6,823,400,000 4,338,900,000 4,568,400,000 4,189,100,000 4,060,300,000 4,064,600,000 5,490,400,000 5,795,100,000 6,043,100,000 5,900,300,000 5,899,600,000 5,928,700,000 6,126,600,000 6,941,300,000 6,828,100,000 7,109,633,000 7,045,115,000 7,384,840,000 6,976,200,000 6,774,281,000 6,840,225,000 7,000,215,000 6,712,818,000 6,684,202,000 7,373,158,000 7,431,639,000 4,053,352,000 4,185,314,000 4,408,164,000 3,701,605,000 3,590,040,000 3,611,917,000 3,619,867,000 3,781,522,000 3,684,181,000 3,685,982,000 3,486,190,000 3,586,403,000                                    
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                                 
        non-current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                                 
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                                 
        non-current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                                 
        common stock: .01 par value...
               4,800,000 4,800,000 4,800,000  4,800,000 4,800,000 4,700,000  4,700,000 4,700,000 4,600,000  4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,400,000 4,375,000 4,372,000 4,309,000 4,299,000 4,284,000 4,280,000 4,273,000 4,267,000 4,263,000 4,260,000 4,259,000 3,995,000 3,992,000 3,988,000 3,984,000 3,976,000 3,973,000 3,969,000 3,966,000 3,959,000 3,956,000 3,952,000 3,946,000 3,936,000                                   
        redeemable noncontrolling interests
                       211,400,000 209,400,000 212,900,000 212,100,000 554,900,000 542,300,000 541,400,000 1,096,500,000 574,800,000 590,200,000 589,000,000 1,004,800,000 954,800,000 1,009,300,000 1,065,200,000 1,126,200,000 1,146,773,000 1,155,867,000 1,129,988,000 1,091,220,000 1,100,202,000 1,085,157,000                                                     
        short-term investments
                                 18,400,000  68,200,000 80,800,000 389,400,000 1,000,000 1,032,000 1,012,000 5,294,000 4,026,000     14,485,000 40,387,000 14,394,000 6,302,000 29,007,000 15,298,000 34,430,000 18,612,000 27,381,000 14,257,000 13,004,000                                        
        preferred stock: .01 par value...
                                                  60,000 60,000 60,000                                             
        5.50%, series b, 1,375 shares issued, 0 and 1,375 shares outstanding; aggregate liquidation value of 0.0 and 1.4, respectively
                                                                                                 
        5.25%, series a, 6,000 shares issued, 0 and 6,000 shares outstanding; aggregate liquidation value of 0.0 and 0.6, respectively
                                                                                                 
        5.50%, series b, 1,375 shares issued, 1,375 shares outstanding; aggregate liquidation value of 1.4
                                                                                                 
        equity:
                                                                                                 
        5.25%, series a, 6,000,000 shares issued, 0 and 6,000,000 shares outstanding; aggregate liquidation value of 0 and 600,000, respectively
                                                                                                 
        5.50%, series b, 1,375,000 shares issued, 1,374,986 and 1,375,000 shares outstanding; aggregate liquidation value of 1,374,986 and 1,375,000, respectively
                                       14,000 14,000                                                         
        5.25%, series a, 0 and 6,000,000 shares issued, 0 and 6,000,000 shares outstanding; aggregate liquidation value of 0 and 600,000, respectively
                                                                                                 
        5.25%, series a, 6,000,000 shares issued and outstanding; aggregate liquidation value of 600,000
                                         60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000                                                  
        5.50%, series b, 1,375,000 shares issued and outstanding; aggregate liquidation value of 1,375,000
                                         14,000 14,000                                                       
        5.50%, series b, 1,375,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively; aggregate liquidation value of 1,375,000
                                           14,000 14,000 14,000                                                    
        deferred income taxes
                                            229,273,000 216,643,000  12,318,000 14,144,000 13,555,000 14,632,000 22,797,000 23,786,000 21,638,000 22,401,000 23,931,000 22,773,000 24,617,000 25,754,000 27,641,000 28,986,000 30,318,000 29,596,000 252,699,000 256,146,000 250,250,000 169,007,000 210,244,000 224,472,000 216,822,000 189,451,000 191,623,000 191,157,000 163,981,000 163,981,000 40,055,000 40,124,000 40,080,000 40,063,000 23,494,000 23,494,000 88,481,000 88,485,000 94,236,000 94,236,000 31,359,000 31,359,000 39,611,000 6,090,000 6,090,000 6,090,000 14,122,000 14,122,000 14,122,000 14,122,000 13,051,000 13,047,000 
        liabilities and equity
                                                                                                 
        noncontrolling interest
                                             66,966,000 61,139,000 66,311,000 62,286,000 79,953,000 99,792,000 -9,313,000 1,670,000 30,427,000 55,875,000 82,954,000 101,544,000 109,907,000 111,080,000   107,435,000 122,922,000 84,351,000 37,925,000 9,822,000 3,114,000 3,050,000 3,011,000 2,936,000 3,043,000 3,336,000 3,254,000 3,150,000                        
        5.50%, series b, 1,375,000 and no shares issued and outstanding, respectively; aggregate liquidation value of 1,375,000
                                              14,000 14,000                                                  
        5.25%, series a, 6,000,000 shares issued and outstanding
                                                60,000 60,000                                                
        5.50%, series b, 1,375,000 and no shares issued and outstanding, respectively
                                                14,000 14,000                                                
        commitments and contingencies equity:
                                                                                                 
        short-term investments and available-for-sale securities
                                                          6,018,000  29,492,000 32,817,000 22,270,000 4,726,000   46,428,000 42,720,000 27,891,000  9,776,000 3,844,000 8,990,000 962,000 2,028,000 8,013,000 11,786,000 6,802,000 7,224,000 5,219,000 15,634,000                 
        notes receivable and other long-term assets
                                                           522,160,000 524,628,000 480,198,000 493,828,000 336,082,000 882,281,000 849,339,000 785,874,000 720,905,000 678,120,000 668,104,000 651,133,000 643,226,000 632,553,000 594,414,000 581,533,000 567,124,000 550,420,000 515,722,000 484,997,000 446,736,000 431,772,000 436,291,000 415,720,000 405,810,000 409,113,000 384,991,000 357,294,000 370,768,000 296,647,000 293,045,000 291,779,000 288,536,000 285,821,000 282,552,000 275,508,000   
        other long-term liabilities
                                                           667,680,000 599,766,000 582,451,000 562,146,000 805,649,000 739,554,000 1,035,598,000 808,769,000 754,156,000 645,052,000 641,564,000 662,239,000 639,634,000 625,738,000 593,493,000 583,232,000 548,630,000 539,621,000 535,998,000 504,178,000 460,621,000 453,508,000 446,281,000 365,974,000 354,091,000 344,721,000 337,578,000 327,354,000 190,172,000 129,446,000 126,740,000 121,505,000 47,037,000 46,228,000 29,034,000 23,961,000 28,471,000 29,822,000 
        non-controlling interest
                                                           129,228,000 128,642,000                                     
        distribution payable
                                                             82,907,000                                    
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                                 
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                                 
        accumulated deficit
                                                              -1,477,899,000 -1,545,244,000 -1,529,543,000 -1,644,754,000 -1,736,596,000 -1,820,110,000 -1,913,549,000 -2,013,214,000 -2,109,532,000 -2,173,882,000 -2,241,237,000 -2,297,526,000 -2,356,127,000 -2,441,966,000 -2,502,432,000 -2,661,218,000 -2,703,373,000 -2,697,824,000 -2,757,452,000 -2,737,461,000 -2,733,920,000 -2,752,205,000 -2,755,677,000 -2,713,578,000 -2,710,993,000 -2,623,652,000 -2,602,782,000 -2,570,964,000 -2,539,403,000 -2,349,766,000 -2,293,862,000 -2,233,327,000 -2,190,447,000 -2,139,230,000 -2,086,368,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                              -142,617,000 -87,070,000 62,470,000 54,416,000 38,053,000 24,405,000 -9,829,000 28,320,000       806,000  -3,626,000 -2,853,000 3,189,000 7,855,000 16,079,000 3,074,000 10,466,000 5,624,000            
        total american tower corporation stockholders’ equity
                                                              3,287,220,000 3,263,290,000 3,561,863,000 3,499,194,000 3,501,444,000 3,450,600,000 3,426,999,000 3,454,910,000 3,315,082,000 3,231,815,000 3,087,781,000 3,078,920,000                        
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                              3,410,142,000 3,347,641,000 3,599,788,000 3,509,016,000 3,504,558,000 3,453,650,000 3,430,010,000 3,457,846,000 3,318,125,000 3,235,151,000 3,091,035,000 3,082,070,000 2,991,322,000 2,840,042,000 3,024,501,000 2,913,267,000 3,022,092,000 3,375,705,000 3,636,763,000 3,993,518,000 4,384,916,000 4,384,113,000 4,374,655,000 4,411,629,000 4,526,580,000 4,638,414,000 1,426,189,000 1,452,331,000 1,470,953,000 1,622,028,000 1,650,159,000 1,672,051,000 1,711,547,000 1,757,173,000 1,685,806,000 
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                               352,781,000 339,931,000 431,408,000 292,543,000 245,952,000 205,040,000 183,854,000 185,138,000 165,957,000 172,663,000 144,268,000 151,985,000 149,029,000 138,017,000 149,533,000 175,464,000 203,864,000 205,878,000 173,587,000 187,634,000 169,582,000 166,660,000 175,010,000 175,558,000 194,160,000 119,623,000 120,666,000 121,672,000 104,833,000 104,285,000 100,877,000 107,557,000 92,034,000 92,422,000 
        class a common stock: .01 par value...
                                                               4,884,000 4,877,000  4,860,000 4,855,000 4,845,000 4,830,000 4,797,000 4,785,000 4,697,000 4,692,000 4,685,000 4,607,000 4,566,000 4,537,000 4,527,000 4,504,000 4,497,000 4,457,000 4,378,000 4,375,000 4,370,000 4,288,000 4,156,000 4,110,000 2,312,000 2,308,000 2,297,000 2,267,000 2,243,000 2,212,000 2,119,000 2,107,000 1,947,000 
        short term investments and available-for-sale securities
                                                                1,357,000 10,695,000    18,945,000                            
        preferred stock: .01 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding class a common stock: .01 par value...
                                                                 4,868,000                                
        minority interest in subsidiaries
                                                                          3,157,000 3,187,000 3,231,000 3,277,000 3,342,000 3,405,000 3,462,000 3,502,000 3,591,000 3,529,000 3,592,000 9,922,000 9,794,000 5,916,000 5,905,000 5,970,000 6,081,000 11,863,000 11,697,000 25,806,000 18,599,000 17,529,000 16,717,000 
        available-for-sale securities
                                                                                 14,329,000 22,986,000               
        unearned compensation
                                                                                      -2,497,000 -3,661,000          
        assets held for sale
                                                                                       3,389,000 3,389,000 3,389,000 3,389,000 3,389,000 3,389,000 3,439,000 10,119,000 138,264,000 153,521,000 
        class c common stock: .01 par value...
                                                                                              12,000 15,000 23,000 
        current portion of other long-term obligations
                                                                                        87,955,000 5,350,000      101,643,000  
        restricted cash and investments
                                                                                             119,137,000 170,036,000 283,722,000 192,885,000 
        liabilities held for sale
                                                                                              8,416,000 130,977,000 138,508,000 
        class b common stock: .01 par value...
                                                                                              70,000 73,000 77,000 
        note receivable
                                                                                             -6,720,000 -6,720,000 -6,720,000 -6,720,000 
        costs and earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts and unbilled receivables
                                                                                           16,552,000 16,065,000 15,381,000 19,933,000 19,812,000 18,036,000 
        billings in excess of costs on uncompleted contracts and unearned revenue
                                                                                           33,154,000 34,445,000 37,371,000 41,449,000 39,359,000 36,663,000 
        deposits, investments and other long-term assets
                                                                                               152,147,000 146,452,000 
        notes receivable
                                                                                               121,852,000 109,249,000 
        convertible notes, net—2.25%
                                                                                               84,089,000 140,123,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2005-03-30 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-12-31 2003-09-30 
                                                                                                   
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                                   
          net income
        836,800,000 912,600,000 380,500,000 498,600,000 1,230,500,000 -780,400,000 908,400,000 921,700,000 13,300,000 577,300,000 461,500,000 315,000,000 -716,600,000 819,700,000 890,900,000 702,700,000 441,200,000 726,200,000 747,900,000 652,300,000 361,600,000 462,900,000 448,400,000 418,600,000 569,400,000 505,300,000 434,300,000 407,600,000 292,700,000 377,300,000 314,400,000 280,300,000 194,816,000 334,684,000 388,490,000 307,410,000 232,853,000 263,735,000 192,464,000 281,307,000 221,595,000 97,740,000 157,180,000 195,492,000 181,597,000 206,630,000 221,659,000 193,313,000 73,925,000 163,222,000 84,113,000 160,948,000 118,153,000 231,825,000 33,689,000 210,358,000 196,434,000 -19,726,000 113,171,000 91,961,000 83,703,000 93,601,000 99,819,000 96,483,000 64,302,000 67,579,000 56,487,000 58,759,000 85,839,000 60,466,000 158,786,000 42,155,000 -5,549,000 59,628,000 -19,991,000 22,228,000 18,285,000 3,472,000       -31,561,000  -55,904,000     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          depreciation, amortization and accretion
        515,900,000 522,900,000 510,300,000 492,500,000 500,900,000 512,800,000 561,700,000 549,400,000 764,900,000 762,900,000 764,600,000 794,100,000 814,700,000 898,100,000 826,500,000 815,800,000 643,900,000 611,400,000 554,800,000 522,500,000 481,200,000 473,900,000 454,900,000 472,300,000 449,800,000 442,800,000 448,900,000 436,900,000 765,900,000 448,900,000 449,700,000 446,300,000 466,051,000 432,354,000 396,355,000 421,140,000 388,237,000 397,999,000 397,765,000 341,634,000 352,356,000 341,096,000 328,356,000 263,520,000 263,546,000 249,066,000 245,427,000 245,763,000 244,811,000 184,922,000 184,608,000 185,804,000 178,488,000 144,061,000 172,072,000 149,655,000 143,615,000 142,113,000 138,558,000 131,231,000 124,105,000 115,383,000 110,403,000 110,835,000 106,745,000 105,543,000 102,463,000 99,868,000 104,174,000 104,389,000 99,697,000 97,072,000                    
          stock-based compensation expense
        31,600,000 41,900,000 47,300,000 53,400,000 41,900,000 50,500,000 46,300,000 64,900,000 37,700,000 43,100,000 49,400,000 65,500,000 31,200,000 39,200,000 42,200,000 56,700,000 21,500,000 28,100,000 31,900,000 38,000,000 21,800,000 24,100,000 27,200,000 47,700,000 23,500,000 23,500,000 21,900,000 42,500,000 26,200,000 43,800,000 24,800,000 42,700,000 22,077,000 24,463,000 25,738,000 36,222,000 19,686,000 20,226,000 21,907,000 28,079,000 18,286,000 18,345,000 24,045,000 29,861,000 18,445,000 18,269,000 18,835,000 24,604,000 14,983,000 15,058,000 17,055,000 21,042,000 12,329,000 13,058,000 13,551,000 13,045,000 11,252,000 12,140,000 11,687,000 12,358,000 12,409,000 13,354,000 13,227,000 13,565,000 10,546,000 12,950,000 12,836,000 24,338,000 11,696,000 13,249,000 13,598,000 16,264,000 11,123,000 15,266,000                  
          loss on investments, unrealized foreign currency loss and other non-cash expense
                                                                                                   
          impairments, net loss on sale of long-lived assets, non-cash restructuring and merger related expenses
                                                                                                   
          loss on early retirement of long-term obligations
                     12,500,000 25,700,000 37,200,000 34,600,000 22,100,000 100,000     303,000 14,183,000 274,000 55,440,000 -338,000     75,068,000 3,725,000                                                
          loss on sale of atc tipl
                                                                                                  
          amortization of deferred financing costs, debt discounts and premiums and other non-cash interest
                                                                                                   
          deferred income taxes
                                                                                                   
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                                   
          accounts receivable
                                                                                                   
          prepaid and other assets
                                                                                                   
          deferred rent asset
                                                                                                   
          right-of-use asset and operating lease liability
        -49,300,000 18,400,000 13,700,000 15,600,000 -47,600,000 -4,300,000 22,500,000 8,800,000 -43,200,000 2,200,000 -17,800,000 -44,900,000 -9,900,000 7,700,000 19,500,000 -26,600,000 -46,600,000 -800,000 10,600,000 4,100,000 -11,100,000 -700,000 -100,000 1,000,000                                                                    
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                                                                   
          accrued interest
                                                                                                   
          unearned revenue
                                                                                                   
          other non-current liabilities
                                                                                                   
          cash from operating activities
        1,427,500,000 1,460,000,000 1,281,500,000 1,295,000,000 1,199,000,000 1,469,400,000 1,338,500,000 1,283,600,000 1,141,900,000 1,300,600,000 1,209,400,000 1,070,500,000 1,185,000,000 932,300,000 915,300,000 663,600,000 678,900,000 2,096,400,000 951,900,000 1,092,700,000 1,132,300,000 960,300,000 988,800,000 800,000,000 993,700,000 937,200,000 1,036,600,000 785,100,000 1,263,200,000 753,300,000 940,000,000 791,800,000 793,848,000 653,294,000 795,361,000 683,097,000 725,173,000 667,115,000 747,804,000 563,512,000 639,437,000 507,155,000 526,530,000 509,930,000 564,983,000 497,224,000 595,800,000 476,582,000 454,604,000 359,922,000 390,485,000 394,036,000 297,844,000 353,672,000 360,858,000 402,017,000 315,944,000 290,660,000 275,522,000 283,816,000 246,358,000 258,223,000 262,747,000 253,649,000 192,727,000 240,053,000 203,608,000 205,738,000 186,932,000 227,193,000 176,751,000 182,382,000 128,878,000 181,637,000 210,777,000 171,387,000 145,569,000 182,528,000 140,945,000 151,696,000 137,000,000 95,195,000 72,454,000 92,555,000 92,555,000 67,537,000 43,773,000 73,674,000 31,716,000 76,361,000 29,438,000 
          capital expenditures
        -579,200,000 -443,000,000 -269,600,000 -370,800,000 -443,400,000 -420,000,000 -322,300,000 -447,700,000 -524,600,000 -376,000,000 -405,400,000 -526,300,000 -658,200,000 -441,200,000 -350,100,000 -431,200,000 -460,000,000 -273,200,000 -253,000,000 -348,700,000 -362,900,000 -223,200,000 -197,300,000 -216,300,000 -266,700,000 -198,200,000 -281,600,000 -222,500,000 -302,800,000 -151,300,000 -209,600,000 -218,100,000 -248,633,000 -159,399,000 -193,269,000 -146,135,000 -207,331,000 -140,875,000 -212,181,000 -121,678,000 -210,735,000 -183,607,000 -139,955,000 -181,289,000 -251,051,000 -246,578,000 -236,922,000 -199,781,000 -160,801,000 -156,700,000 -117,719,000 -191,022,000 -144,426,000 -115,206,000 -112,153,000 -125,927,000 -145,390,000 -138,679,000 -97,901,000 -118,184,000 -95,970,000 -77,453,000 -55,057,000 -67,835,000 -68,573,000 -64,227,000 -49,627,000 -78,290,000 -67,876,000 -52,693,000 -44,625,000 -47,415,000 -39,380,000 -36,141,000 -31,445,000 -36,436,000 -33,618,000 -28,668,000 -28,376,000 -29,409,000 -22,702,000 -20,645,000 -15,881,000 -15,881,000 -13,569,000 -9,946,000 -7,834,000 -10,832,000 -15,674,000 -13,243,000 
          free cash flows
        848,300,000 1,017,000,000 1,011,900,000 924,200,000 755,600,000 1,049,400,000 1,016,200,000 835,900,000 617,300,000 924,600,000 804,000,000 544,200,000 526,800,000 491,100,000 565,200,000 232,400,000 218,900,000 1,823,200,000 698,900,000 744,000,000 769,400,000 737,100,000 791,500,000 583,700,000 727,000,000 739,000,000 755,000,000 562,600,000 960,400,000 602,000,000 730,400,000 573,700,000 545,215,000 493,895,000 602,092,000 536,962,000 517,842,000 526,240,000 535,623,000 441,834,000 428,702,000 323,548,000 386,575,000 328,641,000 313,932,000 250,646,000 358,878,000 276,801,000 454,604,000 199,121,000 233,785,000 276,317,000 106,822,000 209,246,000 245,652,000 289,864,000 190,017,000 145,270,000 136,843,000 185,915,000 128,174,000 162,253,000 185,294,000 198,592,000 124,892,000 171,480,000 139,381,000 156,111,000 108,642,000 159,317,000 124,058,000 137,757,000 81,463,000 142,257,000 174,636,000 139,942,000 109,133,000 148,910,000 112,277,000 123,320,000 107,591,000 72,493,000 51,809,000 76,674,000 76,674,000 53,968,000 33,827,000 65,840,000 20,884,000 60,687,000 16,195,000 
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                                   
          payments for purchase of property and equipment and construction activities
        -579,200,000 -465,500,000 -304,600,000 -331,100,000 -443,400,000 -424,700,000 -325,200,000 -396,700,000 -524,600,000 -390,700,000 -420,900,000 -461,900,000 -658,200,000 -459,200,000 -370,100,000 -386,100,000 -460,000,000 -314,000,000 -277,900,000 -324,800,000 -362,900,000 -243,900,000 -210,500,000 -214,400,000 -266,700,000 -260,300,000 -243,500,000 -220,800,000 -302,800,000 -185,500,000 -226,400,000 -198,500,000 -248,633,000 -183,455,000 -203,374,000 -168,138,000 -207,331,000 -155,747,000 -165,205,000 -154,222,000 -210,735,000 -206,896,000 -151,938,000 -159,184,000 -251,051,000 -257,106,000 -252,356,000 -213,891,000  -167,644,000 -156,700,000 -123,905,000 -191,022,000 -150,624,000 -105,370,000 -121,032,000 -125,927,000 -160,508,000 -138,679,000 -97,901,000 -118,184,000 -95,970,000 -77,453,000 -55,057,000 -67,835,000 -68,573,000 -64,227,000 -49,627,000 -78,290,000 -67,876,000 -52,693,000 -44,625,000 -47,415,000 -39,380,000 -36,141,000 -31,445,000 -36,436,000 -33,618,000 -28,668,000 -28,376,000 -29,409,000 -22,702,000 -20,645,000 -15,881,000 -15,881,000 -13,569,000 -9,946,000 -7,834,000 -10,832,000 -15,674,000 -13,243,000 
          payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
        -34,000,000 -87,900,000 -184,700,000 -147,600,000 -8,100,000 -59,900,000 -10,300,000 -44,700,000 -16,100,000 -60,700,000 -30,300,000 -60,900,000 -189,900,000 -140,800,000 -89,700,000 -128,600,000 -9,708,600,000 -712,700,000 -8,767,800,000 -114,800,000 -3,465,500,000 -100,900,000 -183,400,000 -49,300,000 -2,272,000,000 -553,100,000 -43,400,000 -91,100,000 -443,600,000 -101,300,000 -663,100,000 -673,400,000 -1,050,057,000 -99,723,000 -79,465,000 -777,755,000 -106,458,000 -93,448,000 -1,215,594,000 -873,000 -344,851,000 -945,959,000 -649,300,000 -20,946,000   -252,766,000 -62,761,000 -4,096,106,000 -54,488,000 -66,076,000 -245,094,000 -1,175,241,000 -289,854,000 -373,457,000 -159,403,000 -1,100,101,000                                   
          proceeds from sales of short-term investments and other non-current assets
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from the sale of atc tipl
                                                                                                  
          deposits and other
        -11,800,000 2,900,000 -1,800,000 -9,100,000 90,800,000 -379,300,000 800,000 -700,000 6,500,000 -3,800,000 7,700,000 242,900,000 -4,500,000 -9,500,000 63,400,000 -1,600,000 400,000 1,900,000 300,000 -3,500,000 9,500,000 7,600,000 5,000,000 4,500,000 -53,100,000 -6,400,000 100,000 -4,800,000 -21,100,000 -8,400,000 -8,700,000 -14,600,000                                                            
          cash from investing activities
        -468,100,000 -550,500,000 -491,100,000 -350,100,000 -360,700,000 1,296,600,000 -89,200,000 -436,100,000 -529,900,000 -449,100,000 -439,700,000 -276,800,000 -849,000,000 -602,700,000 -390,400,000 -513,100,000 -10,167,700,000 -1,018,900,000 -9,066,900,000 -438,700,000 -3,814,000,000 -331,800,000 -385,400,000 -253,400,000 -2,586,700,000 -810,100,000 -267,400,000 -323,300,000 -694,400,000 -212,100,000 -562,400,000 -1,280,600,000 -1,290,404,000 -295,985,000 -294,217,000 -920,294,000 -321,244,000 -242,801,000 -1,357,885,000 -185,516,000 -537,458,000 -1,124,837,000 -830,021,000 -5,249,419,000 -846,138,000 -266,605,000 -545,749,000 -291,056,000 -4,214,699,000 -356,864,000 -225,146,000 -376,628,000 -1,384,119,000 -407,357,000 -475,613,000 -291,296,000 -1,231,181,000 -502,344,000 -382,757,000 -674,530,000 -441,742,000 -572,250,000 -136,230,000 -150,680,000 -198,685,000 -132,600,000 -163,273,000 -48,508,000 -83,473,000 -62,519,000 -60,217,000 -68,731,000 -68,814,000 -25,829,000 -59,191,000 -32,346,000 -31,845,000 -28,855,000 -40,898,000 -27,514,000 -45,150,000 9,558,000 -21,459,000 -23,483,000 -23,483,000 -8,638,000 -17,448,000 -13,157,000 -5,973,000 1,666,000 -61,841,000 
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from short-term borrowings
            100,000 8,700,000 1,400,000 1,100,000 -7,900,000 154,100,000 15,300,000                            761,000             2,972,000 17,127,000 26,993,000 -1,000 101,129,000                                
          borrowings under credit facilities
        770,000,000 1,675,000,000 2,782,300,000 850,000,000 785,000,000 1,050,000,000 2,307,400,000 2,790,500,000 750,000,000 590,000,000 3,035,000,000 1,745,000,000 690,000,000 600,000,000 650,000,000 2,250,000,000 5,190,000,000 1,155,100,000 4,641,800,000 1,870,000,000 2,850,000,000 1,335,000,000 1,403,100,000 2,642,300,000 2,420,000,000 710,000,000 920,000,000 1,700,000,000 350,000,000 250,000,000 915,000,000 1,748,300,000 1,692,380,000 1,158,413,000 511,568,000 1,997,039,000 917,368,000 202,611,000 1,295,362,000 31,504,000 398,787,000 987,523,000 1,590,308,000 3,150,000,000 1,402,000,000 425,000,000   3,258,000,000 249,000,000 1,257,000,000 1,325,000,000 725,000,000 180,014,000   43,409,000 382,153,000 75,000,000     50,000,000 50,000,000 475,000,000   1,040,000,000 310,000,000   63,000,000 179,000,000            
          proceeds from issuance of senior notes
        847,300,000 593,300,000 562,000,000 998,000,000 1,194,500,000 1,081,100,000 1,293,000,000 1,496,000,000 2,688,100,000 1,494,200,000   1,152,200,000 1,781,400,000 2,429,900,000 1,398,100,000 1,693,000,000 2,749,200,000 1,986,900,000 1,496,000,000 1,347,000,000 2,288,100,000 1,241,600,000   1,394,565,000   998,880,000 990,040,000 1,247,463,000   646,204,000 769,640,000 1,238,438,000 983,354,000 698,670,000                                    
          proceeds from issuance of securities in securitization transaction
                1,300,000,000                 500,000,000               1,778,496,000                                        
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, senior notes, secured debt, term loans and finance leases
        -1,649,700,000 -2,482,200,000 -3,477,500,000 -1,840,700,000 -1,993,800,000 -3,246,100,000 -3,621,300,000 -3,568,400,000  -2,027,500,000 -5,511,700,000 -4,897,900,000  -2,641,700,000 -4,136,900,000 -1,817,100,000                                                                            
          contributions from noncontrolling interest holders
        36,800,000 110,500,000 800,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,100,000 101,400,000 1,100,000 1,100,000   572,300,000 2,500,100,000                          2,752,000    3,652,000    -137,000 -137,000 10,063,000 7,658,000                                        
          distributions to noncontrolling interest holders
        -130,100,000 -28,800,000 -82,900,000 -29,000,000 -29,000,000 -172,600,000 -28,600,000 -160,600,000 -12,100,000 -11,700,000 -11,500,000 -11,200,000 -7,700,000 -3,100,000 -100,000 -100,000 2,600,000 -217,600,000 -8,100,000 1,500,000 -200,000 -100,000 -13,500,000  2,400,000 -200,000 -13,800,000           -229,000 -274,000   -246,000 -137,000                                                
          purchases of common stock
                            -16,300,000 -39,700,000     -51,600,000 -82,600,000   -96,610,000 -28,366,000 -494,151,000 -147,173,000             -70,387,000 -62,145,000 -12,480,000 -29,292,000 -6,259,000 -6,512,000 -20,665,000                                    
          proceeds from stock options and employee stock purchase plan
        7,100,000 4,500,000   8,300,000 14,400,000   9,800,000 2,000,000   11,400,000 1,200,000   36,400,000 33,800,000   15,600,000 48,200,000   12,800,000 36,100,000                                                                  
          distributions paid on common stock
        -796,200,000 -796,300,000 -796,200,000 -768,500,000 -758,000,000 -757,700,000 -757,100,000 -802,100,000 -756,100,000 -731,900,000 -727,700,000 -733,600,000 -684,500,000 -665,800,000 -638,900,000 -641,200,000 -596,600,000 -578,000,000 -551,500,000 -544,900,000 -506,400,000 -488,000,000 -478,900,000 -454,900,000 -420,800,000 -407,100,000 -398,000,000 -377,100,000 -348,400,000 -339,500,000 -331,300,000 -304,300,000 -283,478,000 -274,617,000 -264,469,000 -250,436,000 -234,150,000 -225,402,000 -216,580,000 -209,984,000 -194,840,000 -186,246,000 -177,729,000 -152,037,000 -142,718,000 -134,644,000                                              
          deferred financing costs and other financing activities
        -126,400,000 -16,500,000 -15,800,000 -74,800,000 -116,500,000 -15,100,000 -20,300,000 -66,600,000 -16,800,000 -26,800,000 -35,900,000 -65,000,000 -10,900,000 -9,300,000 -24,200,000 -50,500,000 -29,600,000 -32,900,000 -32,000,000 -61,300,000 -24,400,000 -28,500,000 -35,400,000 -88,200,000 -21,500,000 -9,400,000 -28,000,000 -76,700,000 -9,200,000 7,700,000 -12,500,000 -42,600,000 -11,886,000 197,000 -6,376,000 -21,935,000 3,022,000 -6,159,000 2,061,000 -25,325,000 293,000 3,970,000 -11,726,000 -22,558,000 -2,541,000 -9,215,000 -1,057,000 -21,857,000 -83,000 4,451,000 -3,080,000 -10,561,000 -161,000 -212,000 -3,837,000 -9,463,000 -94,685,000 49,437,000 24,600,000 5,564,000 -6,541,000 -5,863,000 -77,000 -274,000 -6,300,000 -409,000 -9,620,000 -99,000 -165,000 -165,000 -267,000 -3,395,000    -5,137,000 -1,092,000 -257,000 -253,000 -1,785,000 -8,707,000 -224,000 -335,000 -246,000 -246,000    -4,976,000   
          cash from financing activities
        -1,443,800,000 -1,014,200,000 -906,700,000 -843,800,000 -908,500,000 -3,125,800,000 -1,027,900,000 -390,200,000 -815,900,000 -707,700,000 -561,200,000 -1,012,600,000 -462,700,000 -205,100,000 -504,500,000 -250,900,000 8,141,700,000 695,800,000 8,067,000,000 -480,000,000 2,734,700,000 -1,012,600,000 99,200,000 -606,000,000 1,696,300,000 72,800,000 -597,000,000 -650,400,000 -573,400,000 -222,700,000 -628,900,000 817,300,000 500,926,000 -323,337,000 -448,456,000 157,867,000 -126,021,000 -303,532,000 696,323,000 -366,064,000 -43,347,000 642,231,000 230,090,000 4,760,127,000 327,246,000 -212,605,000 -96,331,000 -152,901,000 30,806,000 3,589,619,000 -129,489,000 34,629,000 1,058,271,000 -58,195,000 142,850,000 27,440,000 1,081,830,000 61,645,000 80,146,000 -137,526,000 710,372,000 374,821,000 -177,513,000 2,650,000 23,513,000 -201,608,000 -19,830,000 2,983,000 -26,425,000 -250,569,000 -86,037,000 -25,141,000 -109,676,000 -286,094,000 14,284,000 -373,154,000 -39,662,000 -36,925,000 -95,166,000 -151,310,000 -88,308,000 -81,216,000 -88,170,000 -161,832,000 -161,832,000 29,825,000 -97,348,000 38,641,000 -32,510,000 -38,693,000 -9,063,000 
          net effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -11,200,000 -4,100,000 86,700,000 29,900,000 -103,800,000 23,400,000 -119,500,000 -34,000,000 65,700,000 -61,600,000 15,500,000 3,600,000 17,800,000 -78,000,000 -88,700,000 28,500,000 -8,900,000 -74,800,000 55,500,000 -42,100,000 78,200,000 8,200,000 3,200,000 -118,300,000 26,400,000 -37,600,000 14,100,000 -16,600,000 16,200,000 4,700,000 -57,500,000 -4,500,000                                                            
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -495,600,000 -108,800,000 -29,600,000 131,000,000 -174,000,000 -336,400,000 101,900,000 423,300,000 -138,200,000 82,200,000   -108,900,000 46,500,000 -68,300,000 -71,900,000 -1,356,000,000 1,698,500,000 7,500,000 131,900,000 131,200,000 -375,900,000   129,700,000 162,300,000 186,300,000 -205,200,000 11,600,000 323,200,000 -308,800,000 324,000,000                                                            
          cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of year
                                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of year
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities
                                                                                                   
          other non-cash items reflected in statements of operations
         -30,300,000 475,300,000 351,300,000  355,400,000 7,300,000 -41,800,000  47,900,000 130,700,000 235,300,000  -456,700,000 -422,700,000 -232,800,000  -131,700,000 -121,600,000 -87,500,000  79,100,000 87,400,000 81,600,000  77,300,000 57,600,000 28,900,000  -11,500,000 109,200,000 96,800,000  43,648,000 -4,964,000 -45,258,000  66,706,000 41,013,000 12,451,000  67,881,000 9,222,000 66,309,000  25,189,000 43,576,000 5,060,000  36,460,000 135,442,000 -7,496,000  -33,005,000 141,002,000 -28,342,000  185,503,000 48,448,000 53,335,000  69,831,000 40,218,000 34,625,000  58,062,000 50,559,000 38,525,000  41,725,000 36,872,000 33,702,000  118,269,000 207,125,000 152,344,000  153,348,000 147,469,000 160,603,000    109,829,000 109,829,000   123,456,000 100,572,000  103,151,000 
          increase in net deferred rent balances
         -27,700,000 -28,200,000 -17,100,000  -67,700,000 -73,700,000 -79,000,000  -108,600,000 -120,800,000 -112,000,000  -127,700,000 -113,400,000 -109,300,000  -99,600,000 -104,800,000 -119,900,000  -68,100,000 -54,600,000 -56,200,000  -88,600,000 -5,700,000 -5,300,000  -13,200,000 -6,800,000 -3,900,000  -34,578,000 -36,413,000 -35,057,000                                                        
          changes in unearned revenue
         35,100,000 -63,000,000 109,800,000  88,400,000 -162,700,000 130,400,000   -49,700,000 96,200,000  -215,600,000 -293,900,000 -201,400,000                                                                            
          increase in assets
         -17,900,000 -64,000,000 -155,800,000  -11,100,000 -19,900,000 -99,300,000  -30,000,000 -68,000,000 -170,100,000  -69,000,000    18,000,000    77,400,000 -15,500,000 -210,800,000  -32,100,000 -19,400,000 -33,000,000  -74,700,000 26,500,000 -95,400,000  -163,659,000 -61,571,000 -40,411,000  24,121,000 -2,449,000 -30,535,000  -7,356,000 -96,400,000 -2,779,000  -14,458,000 14,976,000 -43,449,000          -31,978,000 -13,427,000 -13,486,000  -22,666,000 -10,796,000 -23,093,000  -17,744,000 -8,186,000 -23,367,000   3,785,000 -9,187,000    -30,765,000  -12,566,000              
          decrease in liabilities
         5,000,000 9,600,000 -53,300,000   48,600,000 -171,500,000   59,200,000 -108,600,000   35,000,000 -170,000,000                    -21,307,000    -56,258,000                                          -12,878,000     -24,082,000 18,648,000 -36,805,000  -25,839,000 
          proceeds from sale of short-term investments and other non-current assets
         137,700,000  1,700,000 245,500,000 6,000,000  6,100,000 3,800,000 3,100,000  6,800,000 6,000,000 3,200,000  5,900,000 3,500,000 4,400,000  5,400,000 3,500,000 5,800,000  9,700,000 113,800,000 254,900,000  202,500,000 810,500,000 84,000,000  2,948,000 3,445,000 3,751,000  1,858,000 1,417,000 1,184,000  220,745,000 708,785,000 72,684,000  114,609,000 200,559,000 138,228,000  -89,000 20,828,000 7,150,000                                        
          proceeds from other borrowings
         1,200,000                                                                                       
          cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period
         2,108,200,000  2,093,400,000  2,140,700,000  2,343,300,000  1,861,400,000  1,578,000,000  1,304,900,000  954,900,000                                                            
          cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period
         -108,800,000 -29,600,000 2,239,200,000  -336,400,000 101,900,000 2,516,700,000  82,200,000 224,000,000 1,925,400,000  46,500,000 -68,300,000 2,271,400,000  1,698,500,000 7,500,000 1,993,300,000  -375,900,000 705,800,000 1,400,300,000  162,300,000 186,300,000 1,099,700,000  323,200,000 -308,800,000 1,278,900,000                                                            
          cash paid for income taxes
         40,400,000 98,500,000 32,900,000  45,200,000 112,700,000 66,500,000  66,300,000 68,800,000 62,300,000  63,100,000 81,600,000 99,800,000  58,900,000 56,400,000 5,800,000  18,400,000 32,500,000 35,100,000  33,100,000 41,000,000 36,900,000  30,700,000 19,900,000 24,700,000  27,288,000 37,310,000 23,074,000  21,455,000 31,045,000 19,368,000  100,320,000 15,197,000 14,714,000  16,603,000 16,682,000 19,094,000  6,019,000 3,610,000 13,543,000      20,513,000 14,818,000 13,477,000  11,664,000 3,358,000 7,899,000  13,764,000 11,502,000 7,494,000  5,636,000 10,086,000 11,720,000  5,063,000 10,432,000 4,547,000  5,953,000 6,302,000 7,333,000  4,499,000 8,495,000 958,000 958,000  913,000 710,000 279,000  455,000 
          cash paid for interest
         421,000,000 314,100,000 370,100,000  413,600,000 360,800,000 442,300,000  373,400,000 292,500,000 388,900,000  322,600,000 225,900,000 304,000,000  188,000,000 149,800,000 239,100,000  248,200,000 133,200,000 262,000,000  202,200,000 170,300,000 249,000,000  258,300,000 153,900,000 228,600,000  232,319,000 121,014,000 230,977,000  227,502,000 111,306,000 177,574,000  180,976,000 92,081,000 199,022,000  168,147,000 115,760,000 154,497,000  101,830,000 86,064,000 95,251,000  93,782,000 93,725,000 77,936,000  74,457,000 70,614,000 50,806,000  34,314,000 74,083,000 35,842,000  40,686,000 80,770,000 39,111,000  42,413,000 80,102,000 46,300,000  44,862,000 86,341,000 39,793,000  38,148,000 64,243,000 34,971,000  41,201,000 52,915,000 37,255,000 37,255,000  69,739,000 28,830,000 75,149,000  50,462,000 
          non-cash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                                   
          purchases of property and equipment under finance leases and perpetual easements
         12,800,000 5,300,000 1,400,000  5,900,000 4,700,000 3,600,000  6,400,000 8,900,000 7,300,000  9,100,000 8,500,000 1,800,000  14,100,000 17,600,000 10,500,000  17,100,000 18,500,000 13,100,000                                                                    
          decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses for purchases of property and equipment and construction activities
         9,700,000 29,700,000 -41,100,000  -1,200,000 -1,800,000 -54,600,000  8,300,000 6,600,000 -71,700,000  8,900,000 11,500,000 -46,900,000  26,700,000 7,300,000 -34,400,000  3,600,000 -5,300,000 -15,000,000  43,300,000 -56,100,000 -17,700,000    -29,300,000    10,128,000  -526,000 -58,669,000 22,586,000            1,691,000   -14,791,000 7,813,000                                    
          seller financed acquisition
                                                                                                  
          contribution to equity method investment
                                                                                                  
          proceeds from stock options
           19,200,000    13,900,000    1,800,000    8,000,000    1,900,000    11,100,000    27,200,000    20,000,000    36,933,000    14,582,000    5,106,000    13,795,000  13,221,000 13,612,000 6,140,000  11,691,000 15,519,000 15,615,000                                    
          proceeds from the issuance of common stock
                                            -63,000 2,440,390,000                                                
          increase in liabilities
                         -50,300,000 70,800,000 39,400,000   41,100,000 11,200,000  -2,700,000 57,600,000 -112,800,000  -17,300,000 22,200,000 25,000,000  12,680,000    -80,797,000    18,648,000 52,014,000 -49,304,000  10,657,000 67,043,000 80,793,000  74,717,000 48,877,000 10,047,000  104,830,000 35,420,000 44,454,000  28,522,000 -8,278,000 38,565,000  14,187,000 27,468,000 30,573,000  14,254,000 -16,201,000 19,941,000    8,866,000  14,023,000 -18,334,000 10,913,000  27,591,000 -4,313,000 15,486,000    681,000 681,000       
          payment for investments in equity securities
                                                                                                 
          proceeds from term loans
                        5,000,000,000                                                                          
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, senior notes, secured debt, short-term borrowings, term loans and finance leases
                                                                                                   
          payment for early retirement of long-term obligations
                        -12,100,000 -61,900,000 -34,700,000 -33,500,000       -26,000 -13,510,000 -61,764,000 39,000   435,000                                                  
          purchases of redeemable noncontrolling interests
                                                                                                   
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
                   -215,300,000            -177,700,000                                                                    
          purchase of redeemable noncontrolling interest
                         -2,500,000  -524,400,000 -425,700,000                                                                
          settlement of third-party debt
                             -5,000,000                                                                    
          decrease in assets
                       -171,500,000    18,100,000                               -2,855,000 -7,374,000   -21,648,000 55,126,000                        -30,762,000   38,000 13,606,000 13,606,000   -7,895,000 10,829,000  4,988,000 
          payments for short-term investments
                                -94,400,000 -261,500,000 -82,100,000 -119,400,000 -474,700,000 -478,100,000         -11,496,000 -195,282,000 -733,481,000 -82,557,000 -934,630,000 -128,002,000 -181,421,000 -151,263,000 -377,043,000 -13,343,000 -22,231,000 -14,650,000 -21,965,000 -132,167,000 -188,089,000 -10,085,000 -22,178,000 -6,254,000 -2,121,000 -12,037,000                                
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loans, senior notes, secured debt and finance leases
                                                                                                   
          purchase of noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, senior notes, secured debt, term loan and finance leases
                          -2,937,100,000 -3,071,300,000  -4,593,600,000 -3,973,300,000 -4,351,200,000                                                                    
          proceeds from term loan
                             1,190,000,000 750,000,000 1,300,000,000 1,500,000,000         500,000,000                                                
          deferred rent liability
                                                                                                   
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loans, senior notes, secured debt, finance leases and capital leases
                                                                                                   
          distributions paid on preferred stock
                                    -18,900,000 -18,932,000 -18,906,000 -26,781,000 -26,781,000 -26,781,000 -26,781,000 -26,782,000 -26,781,000 -26,781,000 -26,781,000 -23,210,000 -7,875,000 -7,875,000                                               
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loan, senior notes, secured debt, finance leases and capital leases
                                                                                                   
          (distributions to) contributions from noncontrolling interest holders
                                    -100,000 -400,000 -13,600,000 -300,000               -137,000 -154,000                                            
          amortization of operating leases
                                 141,300,000 146,200,000 152,600,000                                                                
          reduction in operating lease liability
                                 -129,600,000 -126,900,000 -132,400,000                                                                
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, senior notes, secured debt, term loan, finance leases and capital leases
                                 -259,200,000 -3,387,300,000 -4,025,900,000                                                                
          purchases of property and equipment under finance leases, perpetual easements and capital leases
                                 18,800,000 18,000,000 16,000,000                                                                
          acquisition of commercialization rights
                                                                                                   
          payment for verizon transaction
                                            -93,000 -4,655,000 -567,000 1,521,000 -2,397,000 -5,058,019,000                                                
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loan, senior notes, secured debt and capital leases
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from stock options and stock purchase plan
                                                21,392,000 11,960,000   14,338,000 17,200,000                                              
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, senior notes, secured debt and capital leases
                                     -71,800,000 -1,672,500,000 -2,584,900,000                                                            
          proceeds from stock options and espp
                                     13,900,000    23,076,000    16,240,000                                                      
          increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses for purchases of property and equipment and construction activities
                                     21,300,000    12,323,000        13,929,000 5,867,000 -26,499,000  1,111,000 7,150,000 7,809,000  66,000        12,983,000                                  
          purchases of property and equipment under capital leases
                                     12,900,000 16,800,000 9,700,000  11,733,000 10,105,000 11,875,000  15,398,000 11,693,000 9,958,000  9,360,000 6,116,000 4,394,000  9,417,000 8,284,000 6,301,000  6,777,000                                          
          cash flow from financing activities
                                                                                                   
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loan, senior notes and capital leases
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock
                                                -63,000 1,338,009,000 -221,000                                              
          decrease in restricted cash
                                         -10,481,000 741,000 4,918,000 1,130,000 -8,044,000 9,165,000 3,005,000  -6,833,000      -8,347,000   -50,544,000 22,583,000             3,376,000   -9,609,000    1,238,000                    
          deposits, restricted cash, investments and other
                                         -15,755,000 -14,823,000 21,848,000  4,536,000 21,590,000 -26,950,000      -2,161,000 -59,765,000 -1,369,000 140,908,000 -121,300,000 -967,000 -129,000  -442,000 -579,000 -1,871,000  -11,905,000 21,556,000 3,567,000  -25,656,000 -15,848,000 -8,211,000                            
          repayments of short-term borrowings
                                              5,793,000 -8,636,000        -172,000                                            
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, senior notes, term loan and capital leases
                                                                                                   
          contributions from (distributions to) noncontrolling interest holders
                                         -570,000 -137,000 265,392,000                                                        
          net effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
                                         -4,529,000 4,558,000 4,947,000 -21,105,000 -962,000 -12,107,000 3,785,000 -25,350,000 -11,847,000 24,703,000 -10,730,000 -28,212,000 -5,360,000 -4,200,000 7,238,000 -17,488,000 -771,000 -29,109,000 21,051,000 14,310,000 12,255,000 -17,416,000 2,906,000 -13,908,000 -4,997,000 -3,192,000 7,100,000 -2,903,000 8,191,000 1,002,000 -25,000 64,000 192,000 94,000 -252,000                        
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                         29,443,000 57,246,000 -74,383,000 256,803,000 119,820,000 74,135,000 15,717,000 33,282,000   9,908,000 17,879,000 12,654,000 -50,480,000 39,863,000 -3,746,777,000 3,591,906,000 6,741,000 73,088,000 -13,694,000 -99,625,000 10,679,000 141,067,000 152,685,000 -155,036,000 -30,281,000 -521,140,000 512,085,000 68,985,000 -49,994,000 105,594,000 17,619,000 -93,963,000 20,599,000 159,961,000 76,842,000 -85,895,000 30,497,000 88,510,000 -49,612,000    74,062,000    3,542,000 23,537,000    88,724,000 -71,023,000   39,334,000  
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                         787,161,000  320,686,000  313,492,000  293,576,000                                         
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                         29,443,000 57,246,000 712,778,000  119,820,000 74,135,000 336,403,000  12,702,000 -48,698,000 323,400,000  12,654,000 -50,480,000 333,439,000  3,591,906,000 6,741,000 441,706,000  -99,625,000 10,679,000 471,258,000  -155,036,000 -30,281,000 362,823,000  68,985,000 -49,994,000 352,887,000  -93,963,000 20,599,000 303,038,000  -85,895,000 30,497,000 121,633,000  -130,286,000 165,870,000 47,151,000  116,748,000 4,881,000 85,573,000  23,537,000 -37,175,000 122,797,000 122,797,000  -71,023,000 99,158,000 98,698,000  -41,466,000 
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, senior notes and capital leases
                                          -1,493,253,000 -1,633,408,000      -161,309,000 -3,440,630,000 -2,490,771,000                                                
          proceeds from sale of assets, net of cash
                                                                                                   
          deposits, restricted cash and other
                                                85,000 1,034,000 -1,690,000 -1,397,000                                                
          purchase of preferred stock assumed in acquisition
                                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                                           368,618,000    330,191,000    883,963,000 247,293,000 143,077,000 33,123,000 281,264,000 112,701,000 215,557,000 215,557,000 105,465,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                                                   
          (repayments of) proceeds from of short-term borrowings
                                                                                                   
          settlement of accounts receivable related to acquisitions
                                                    570,000                                              
          increase in net deferred rent asset
                                              -18,760,000 -16,171,000  -22,366,000 -21,579,000 -25,074,000  -19,167,000 -24,900,000 -21,393,000  -30,677,000 -26,211,000 -26,806,000  -32,706,000 -30,801,000 -28,789,000  -24,817,000 -22,353,000 -22,704,000  -30,128,000 -12,846,000 -6,430,000  -2,995,000 -2,617,000 -2,717,000  -3,668,000 -5,255,000 -7,728,000                    
          repayments of notes payable, credit facilities and capital leases
                                              -1,469,802,000 -1,388,613,000     -974,710,000 -1,089,706,000 -922,096,000 -916,632,000 -1,631,885,000 -766,755,000 -955,000 -2,937,744,000 -3,199,000 -2,909,000 -633,611,000 -2,018,847,000 -188,264,000 -79,561,000 -890,000 -126,669,000 -261,706,000 -582,971,000 -78,351,000 -60,709,000  -97,160,000 -256,329,000 -1,155,000  -603,000 -686,000 -325,640,000                    
          decrease (increase) in restricted cash
                                                   28,180,000 -16,038,000                                               
          impairments, net income on sale of long-lived assets, non-cash restructuring and merger related expenses
                                                                                                   
          benefit from losses on (recovery of) accounts receivable
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from other long-term borrowings
                                                    99,037,000 3,033,000 374,717,000 11,971,000   78,167,000 21,433,000 61,023,000 16,676,000 131,969,000 50,573,000                                  
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          gain on early retirement of long-term obligations
                                                                                                   
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                   
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                   
          conversion of third-party debt to equity
                                                                                                  
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                  165,870,000 -234,113,000   4,881,000 -27,128,000    -92,760,000 -92,760,000    -6,767,000   
          benefit from losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                                   
          net proceeds from sale of assets
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sales of short-term investments, available-for-sale securities and other long-term assets
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from (repayments of) short-term borrowings
                                                                                                   
          purchase of preferred stock assumed in an acquisition
                                                                                                   
          (gain) loss on early retirement of securitized debt
                                                                                                   
          payments for acquisitions, net of cash
                                                                                                   
          payment for early retirement of securitized debt
                                                       -29,234,000                                        
          loss on early retirement of securitized debt
                                                      1,031,000 238,000 35,288,000                                        
          increase in restricted cash
                                                               -13,490,000    -7,444,000  4,661,000 -4,746,000 -2,909,000     -1,040,000 333,000   -14,850,000 -13,360,000                  
          distributions
                                                       -554,000 -224,976,000 -106,727,000   -185,758,000 -86,935,000                                      
          amortization of deferred financing costs, debt discounts and other non-cash interest
                                                                                                   
          provision for losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                                   
          payments for purchases of property and equipment and construction activities
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from term loan credit facility
                                                                                                 
          purchases of property, plant and equipment under capital leases
                                                           4,495,000  6,198,000 4,955,000 1,066,000  2,135,000                                  
          income taxes related to discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
          (repayments of) proceeds from short-term borrowings
                                                                                                   
          contributions from (distribution to) noncontrolling interest holders
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from stock options, warrants and stock purchase plan
                                                                24,716,000 20,698,000 30,055,000 10,173,000 16,166,000 32,263,000 42,610,000 47,469,000 29,986,000 19,886,000 7,203,000 8,898,000 7,018,000 35,534,000 28,732,000 11,644,000 13,672,000 8,552,000 55,018,000 46,845,000                
          proceeds from sale of short-term investments, available-for-sale securities and other long-term assets
                                                             165,730,000 191,882,000 1,095,000  4,341,000 11,693,000 49,189,000                                
          contributions from non-controlling interest holders
                                                             2,024,000                                      
          net cash paid for income taxes
                                                             15,689,000 13,673,000 -897,000                                    
          net contributions from noncontrolling interest holders
                                                               3,327,000                                    
          loss on retirement of long-term obligations
                                                                                                   
          other long-term liabilities
                                                                                                   
          cash flows used for investing activities:
                                                                                                   
          distribution to stockholders
                                                                                                   
          contribution from (distribution to) noncontrolling interest holders
                                                                                                   
          purchases of class a common stock
                                                                 -159,515,000 -103,860,000 -127,723,000 -80,166,000 -149,921,000 -141,695,000 -58,836,000 -23,618,000 -123,925,000 -61,084,000 -4,661,000 -82,754,000 -335,335,000 -113,816,000 -182,750,000 -390,119,000 -339,465,000 -414,224,000 -499,013,000 -17,397,000 -126,779,000 -162,680,000            
          payments for acquisitions
                                                                  -275,206,000 -617,348,000  -451,798,000 -43,985,000 -88,487,000  -67,909,000 -92,121,000 -1,145,000  -498,000 -3,823,000 -28,312,000  -6,698,000 -3,935,000 -10,061,000  -7,273,000 -2,106,000 -724,000  -1,484,000 -3,252,000 -932,000 -932,000  -9,490,000 -4,980,000 -13,373,000  -34,894,000 
          loss on investments and other non-cash expense
                                                                                                   
          deferred income taxes related to discontinued operations
                                                                         -3,000    -28,000                      
          proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities and other long-term assets
                                                                     1,174,000 1,056,000 1,075,000  1,155,000 1,251,000 1,144,000  2,163,000 218,000 2,136,000                    
          proceeds from issuance of senior debt
                                                                                                  
          adjustment to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          impairments, net loss on sale of long-lived assets, non-cash restructuring and merger related expense
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities and other long-term assets
                                                                                                   
          deposits, restricted cash, short-term investments and other
                                                                                                   
          cash flows used for financing activities:
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of certificates in securitization transaction
                                                                                                 
          repayment of notes payable, credit facilities and capital leases
                                                                                -500,474,000 -500,080,000 -2,385,837,000 -225,849,000   -50,317,000 -182,024,000         -307,704,000   
          deposits, restricted cash and investments
                                                                         2,727,000 -8,176,000 1,120,000  3,692,000 -3,919,000 2,070,000                    
          minority interest in net earnings of subsidiaries
                                                                                                   
          payments for acquisition of minority interests
                                                                                                   
          cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          other non-cash items reported in discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
          cash acquired from spectrasite merger, net of transaction costs paid
                                                                                                   
          borrowings under revolving credit facilities
                                                                                275,000,000                   
          decrease in other assets
                                                                                                   
          payments for acquisitions of minority interests
                                                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities and other assets
                                                                                 3,787,000                  
          deposits, restricted cash, short-term investments and other assets
                                                                                 16,462,000                  
          proceeds from term loan credit facilities
                                                                                                   
          deferred financing costs
                                                                                 -5,101,000             -10,171,000     
          non-cash investing and financing transactions:
                                                                                                   
          issuance of common stock in connection with conversion of convertible notes
                                                                                                  
          increase in fair value of cash flow hedges
                                                                                  -170,000 3,924,000  -7,392,000 4,842,000 6,427,000            
          assets acquired through capital leases
                                                                                  311,000 291,000  276,000 156,000 544,000            
          decrease in fair value of available-for-sale securities
                                                                                  -4,836,000 -4,300,000                
          common stock repurchases included in accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                                                                  -49,000 19,844,000                
          non-cash stock-based compensation expense
                                                                                   16,667,000 9,961,000 10,683,000 9,904,000 8,954,000            
          proceeds from sale of businesses, investments and other long-term assets
                                                                                   9,095,000                
          deposits, investments and other long-term assets
                                                                                   65,000  88,000 -284,000 -50,000  -512,000 -277,000 -310,000 -310,000  -223,000 3,134,000 -2,586,000 -6,305,000 -10,683,000 
          conversion of convertible notes
                                                                                   57,045,000    22,004,000            
          non-cash items reported in discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sales of businesses, investments and other long-term assets
                                                                                                   
          restricted cash and investments
                                                                                              119,137,000 50,899,000 113,686,000 -90,837,000 
          deposits and investments and other
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of debt securities and notes payable
                                                                                             502,500,000    400,000,000  
          proceeds from stock options, warrants and stock purchase plans
                                                                                                   
          cash acquired from spectrasite merger, net of transaction costs
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sale of businesses and other long-term assets
                                                                                     11,948,000 13,104,000 1,636,000  175,000 2,715,000 910,000 910,000  2,211,000 470,000 20,818,000   
          repayment of notes payable, credit facility and capital leases
                                                                                         -166,262,000 -91,102,000 -169,086,000 -169,086,000 -479,566,000 -446,857,000     
          net proceeds from stock options and other
                                                                                         35,270,000          
          borrowings under credit facility
                                                                                                 
          non-cash investing and financing transactions
                                                                                                   
          issuance of common stock and assumption of options and warrants in connection with the acquisition of spectrasite net assets
                                                                                                   
          issuance of common stock in connection with the acquisition of mexico minority interest
                                                                                          2,831,000 2,831,000       
          net proceeds from stock options and warrants
                                                                                      19,183,000 16,179,000            
          net loss
                                                                                       -2,585,000   -31,818,000 -31,561,000     -42,880,000 -51,217,000 -52,862,000 
          payments for acquisition of mexico minority interest
                                                                                        -7,270,000 -7,270,000      
          issuance of class a common stock in connection with the acquisition of mexico minority interest
                                                                                                   
          amortization of deferred compensation
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from notes receivable
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sales of businesses and other long-term assets
                                                                                                   
          net proceeds from equity offerings, stock options, warrants and stock purchase plans
                                                                                                   
          non-cash items reflected in statements of operations, primarily depreciation and amortization
                                                                                                   
          decrease (increase) in assets
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from issuance of debt securities
                                                                                               225,000,000   
          issuance of common stock in connection with conversion of 3.25% convertible notes
                                                                                                   
          capital leases
                                                                                                  
          non-cash items reflected in statements of operations
                                                                                                   
          non-cash transactions
                                                                                                   
          net proceeds from stock options
                                                                                           7,500,000 7,500,000    4,271,000   
          impairments, net loss on sale of long-lived assets and non-cash restructuring expense
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from (advances of) notes receivable
                                                                                                   
          distributions to minority interest
                                                                                                   
          deposits and investments
                                                                                                   
          net proceeds from equity offerings, stock options and stock purchase plans
                                                                                                   
          restricted cash
                                                                                                   
          net proceeds from equity offering, stock options and other
                                                                                                   
          issuance of common stock in exchange for acquisition of mexico minority interest
                                                                                                  
          change in fair value of cash flow hedges
                                                                                                  608,000 
          convertible note repurchases
                                                                                                   
          payment for acquisition of mexico minority interest
                                                                                                   
          2.25% note conversions
                                                                                                   
          non-cash transactions:
                                                                                                   
          depreciation and amortization
                                                                                                   
          amortization of deferred financing costs
                                                                                                   
          amortization of debt and note receivable discount
                                                                                                   
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and dispositions:
                                                                                                   
          prepaid and other current assets
                                                                                                   
          costs and earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts and unbilled receivables
                                                                                                   
          billings in excess of costs and earnings on uncompleted contracts and unearned revenue
                                                                                                   
          net proceeds from equity offerings, stock options and employee stock purchase plan
                                                                                                   
          net proceeds from equity offering, stock options and employee stock purchase plan
                                                                                                   
          repayment of long-term obligations
                                                                                                   
          deferred financing costs and other
                                                                                                  -8,985,000 
          notes receivable converted to investment
                                                                                                   
          notes receivable from sale of components division
                                                                                                   
          issuance of common stock, warrants and options for acquisition
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from 12.25% senior subordinated notes offering