Plant, Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Note 4

Plant, Property and Equipment

The following table displays the details of Plant, property and equipment, which is stated at cost:


	(dollars in millions)
At December 31,	Lives (years)	2014		2013
Land	–	$	763	$	819
Buildings and equipment	15-45		25,209		23,857
Central office and other network equipment	3-15		129,619		121,594
Cable, poles and conduit	11-50		54,797		55,240
Leasehold improvements	5-20		6,374		5,877
Work in progress	–		4,580		4,176
Furniture, vehicles and other	3-20		9,166		9,302

			230,508		220,865
Less accumulated depreciation			140,561		131,909

Total		$	89,947	$	88,956

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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