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Revenues and Contract Costs (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability

The following table presents information about receivables from contracts with customers:

			At September 30,						At December 31,
(dollars in millions)			2023						2022
Accounts Receivable(1)			$	9,325					$	11,274
Device payment plan agreement receivables(2)			17,122						16,648

(1)Balances do not include receivables related to the following: activity associated with certain vendor agreements, leasing arrangements (such as those for towers and equipment), captive reinsurance arrangements primarily related to wireless device insurance and device payment plan agreement receivables presented separately.

(2)Included in device payment plan agreement receivables presented in Note 6. Receivables derived from the sale of equipment on a device payment plan through an authorized agent are excluded.

The following table presents information about contract balances:

			At September 30,						At December 31,
(dollars in millions)			2023						2022
Contract asset			$	790					$	863
Contract liability			8,629						8,234

Revenue recognized related to contract liabilities existing at January 1, 2023 were $202 million and $4.8 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. Revenue recognized related to contract liabilities existing at January 1, 2022 were $167 million and $4.8 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively.

The balances of contract assets and contract liabilities recorded in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

			At September 30,						At December 31,
(dollars in millions)			2023						2022
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other			$	541					$	656
Other assets			249						207
Total			$	790					$	863
Liabilities
Other current liabilities			$	6,853					$	6,583
Other liabilities			1,776						1,651
Total			$	8,629					$	8,234

Capitalized Contract Cost

The balances of deferred contract costs included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

			At September 30,						At December 31,
(dollars in millions)			2023						2022
Assets
Prepaid expenses and other			$	2,673					$	2,629
Other assets			2,503						2,475
Total			$	5,176					$	5,104

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Tabular disclosure of cost capitalized in obtaining or fulfilling contract with customer.

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-Section 50
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