Wireless Licenses, Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets

3.	Wireless Licenses, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Wireless Licenses

Changes in the carrying amount of Wireless licenses are as follows:


(dollars in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2012	$	73,250
Acquisitions (Note 2)		25
Capitalized interest on wireless licenses		19

Balance at March 31, 2012	$	73,294

During the quarter ended March 31, 2012, approximately $1.1 billion of wireless licenses were under development for commercial service for which we were capitalizing interest costs.

Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of Goodwill are as follows:


(dollars in millions)	Verizon Wireless		Wireline		Total
Balance at January 1, 2012	$	17,963	$	5,394	$	23,357
Acquisitions (Note 2)		105		–		105
Reclassifications, adjustments and other		–		3		3

Balance at March 31, 2012	$	18,068	$	5,397	$	23,465

Other Intangible Assets

The following table displays the composition of Other intangible assets, net:


	At March 31, 2012							At December 31, 2011
(dollars in millions)	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Customer lists (6 to 13 years)	$	3,389	$	(2,009	)	$	1,380	$	3,529	$	(2,052	)	$	1,477
Non-network internal-use software (3 to 7 years)		9,663		(5,642	)		4,021		9,536		(5,487	)		4,049
Other (2 to 25 years)		567		(224	)		343		561		(209	)		352

Total	$	13,619	$	(7,875	)	$	5,744	$	13,626	$	(7,748	)	$	5,878

The amortization expense for Other intangible assets was as follows:

		000000000000000000
(dollars in millions)	Three Months Ended March 31,
2012	$	361
2011		370

Estimated annual amortization expense for Other intangible assets is as follows:

		000000000000000000
Years	(dollars in millions)
2012	$	1,378
2013		1,210
2014		899
2015		709
2016		506

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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