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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of Long-Term Debt of AT&T and its Subsidiaries | Long-term debt of AT&T and its subsidiaries, including interest rates and maturities, is summarized as follows at December 31:
| 2020 |  | 2019
Notes and debentures |  |  |
| Interest Rates |  | Maturities 1 |  |  |  |
| 0.98% | - | 2.99% |  | 2020 | - | 2039 |  | $ | 25,549 |  |  | $ | 17,404 |
| 3.00% | - | 4.99% |  | 2020 | - | 2050 |  | 110,317 |  |  | 102,595 |
| 5.00% | - | 6.99% |  | 2020 | - | 2095 |  | 24,259 |  |  | 34,513 |
| 7.00% | - | 9.15% |  | 2020 | - | 2097 |  | 5,006 |  |  | 5,050 |
Credit agreement borrowings | 300 |  |  | 4,969 |
Fair value of interest rate swaps recorded in debt | 20 |  |  | 26 |
| 165,451 |  |  | 164,557 |
Unamortized (discount) premium - net | (9,710) |  |  | (2,996) |
Unamortized issuance costs | (532) |  |  | (452) |
Total notes and debentures | 155,209 |  |  | 161,109 |
Finance lease obligations | 2,036 |  |  | 2,034 |
Total long-term debt, including current maturities | 157,245 |  |  | 163,143 |
Current maturities of long-term debt | (3,470) |  |  | (11,834) |
Total long-term debt | $ | 153,775 |  |  | $ | 151,309 |
1 Maturities assume putable debt is redeemed by the holders at the next opportunity.
Debt Maturing Within One Year | Debt maturing within one year consisted of the following at December 31:
| 2020 |  | 2019
Current maturities of long-term debt | $ | 3,470 |  |  | $ | 11,834 |
Bank borrowings 1 | — |  |  | 4 |
Total | $ | 3,470 |  |  | $ | 11,838 |
1 Outstanding balance of short-term credit facility of a foreign subsidiary.
Long-Term Debt - Scheduled Repayments | Maturities of outstanding long-term notes and debentures, as of December 31, 2020, and the corresponding weighted-average interest rate scheduled for repayment are as follows:
| 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | Thereafter
Debt repayments 1 | $ | 3,418 |  |  | $ | 5,951 |  |  | $ | 7,779 |  |  | $ | 7,849 |  |  | $ | 6,389 |  |  | $ | 134,268 |
Weighted-average interest rate | 3.8 | % |  | 3.3 | % |  | 3.4 | % |  | 3.3 | % |  | 3.9 | % |  | 4.2 | %
1 Debt repayments represent maturity value and assume putable debt is redeemed at the next opportunity. Foreign debt includes the impact from hedges, when applicable.

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