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Wireless Licenses, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Carrying Amount of Wireless Licenses
The carrying amounts of our Wireless licenses are as follows:
At September 30,At December 31,
(dollars in millions)20232022
Wireless licenses$155,465 $149,796 
Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill
Changes in the carrying amount of Goodwill are as follows:
(dollars in millions)ConsumerBusinessOtherTotal
Balance at January 1, 2023$21,142 $7,502 $27 $28,671 
Reclassifications, adjustments and other(1)
— (2)(27)(29)
Balance at September 30, 2023
$21,142 $7,500 $— $28,642 
(1) Includes goodwill impairment charges of $27 million, related to non-strategic businesses presented within Other, recorded in Selling, general and administrative expense in our condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Composition of Other Intangible Assets, Net
The following table displays the composition of Other intangible assets, net as well as the respective amortization periods:
 At September 30, 2023At December 31, 2022
(dollars in millions)Gross
Amount		Accumulated
Amortization		Net
Amount		Gross
Amount		Accumulated
Amortization		Net
Amount
Customer lists (5 to 13 years)
$4,335 $(2,049)$2,286 $4,335 $(1,646)$2,689 
Non-network internal-use software (7 years)
24,853 (17,586)7,267 23,421 (16,397)7,024 
Other (4 to 25 years)
2,646 (1,247)1,399 2,806 (1,058)1,748 
Total$31,834 $(20,882)$10,952 $30,562 $(19,101)$11,461 
Amortization Expense for Other Intangible Assets
The amortization expense for Other intangible assets was as follows: 
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
(dollars in millions)September 30,September 30,
2023$690 $1,990 
2022658 1,944 
Estimated Future Amortization Expense for Other Intangible Assets
The estimated future amortization expense for Other intangible assets for the remainder of the current year and next 5 years is as follows:
Years(dollars in millions)
Remainder of 2023$665 
20242,481 
20252,278 
20262,031 
20271,477 
20281,065