Wireless Licenses, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)
|
3 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2016 |
| Changes in Carrying Amount of Wireless Licenses |
Changes in the carrying amount of Wireless licenses are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
(dollars in
millions) |
|
|
|
|
Balance at
January 1, 2016
|
|
$ |
86,575 |
|
|
Acquisitions (Note
2)
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Capitalized interest on
wireless licenses
|
|
|
128 |
|
|
Reclassifications,
adjustments and other
|
|
|
124 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at
March 31, 2016
|
|
$ |
86,830 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill |
Changes in
the carrying amount of Goodwill are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(dollars in
millions) |
|
Wireless |
|
|
Wireline |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|
Balance at
January 1, 2016
|
|
$ |
18,393 |
|
|
$ |
4,331 |
|
|
$ |
2,607 |
|
|
$ |
25,331 |
|
|
Acquisitions (Note
2)
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
Reclassifications,
adjustments and other
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at
March 31, 2016
|
|
$ |
18,393 |
|
|
$ |
4,332 |
|
|
$ |
2,639 |
|
|
$ |
25,364 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Composition of Other Intangible Assets, Net |
The following
table displays the composition of Other intangible assets,
net:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
At March 31,
2016 |
|
|
At December 31,
2015 |
|
|
(dollars in
millions) |
|
Gross
Amount |
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization |
|
|
Net
Amount |
|
|
Gross
Amount |
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization |
|
|
Net
Amount |
|
|
Customer lists (5 to 14
years)
|
|
$ |
4,136 |
|
|
$ |
(2,421 |
) |
|
$ |
1,715 |
|
|
$ |
4,139 |
|
|
$ |
(2,365 |
) |
|
$ |
1,774 |
|
|
Non-network internal-use
software (3 to 8 years)
|
|
|
14,769 |
|
|
|
(9,921 |
) |
|
|
4,848 |
|
|
|
14,542 |
|
|
|
(9,620 |
) |
|
|
4,922 |
|
|
Other (5 to 25
years)
|
|
|
2,302 |
|
|
|
(649 |
) |
|
|
1,653 |
|
|
|
2,220 |
|
|
|
(578 |
) |
|
|
1,642 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
21,207 |
|
|
$ |
(12,991 |
) |
|
$ |
8,216 |
|
|
$ |
20,901 |
|
|
$ |
(12,563 |
) |
|
$ |
8,338 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Amortization Expense for Other Intangible Assets |
The amortization expense
for Other intangible assets was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
(dollars in
millions) |
|
Three Months Ended
March 31,
|
|
|
2016
|
|
|
$ 435 |
|
|
2015
|
|
|
381 |
|
|
| Estimated Future Amortization Expense for Other Intangible Assets |
The estimated
future amortization expense for Other intangible assets is as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years |
|
(dollars in millions) |
|
|
Remainder of
2016
|
|
|
$ 1,309 |
|
|
2017
|
|
|
1,561 |
|
|
2018
|
|
|
1,379 |
|
|
2019
|
|
|
1,149 |
|
|
2020
|
|
|
857 |
|
|