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Revenues and Contract Costs (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2024
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability | The following table presents information about receivables from contracts with customers:
| At June 30, |  | At December 31, |  |  |  |
(dollars in millions) | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable(1) | $ | 9,495 |  |  | $ | 9,760 |  |  |  |  |
Device payment plan agreement receivables(2) | 18,370 |  |  | 18,528 |  |  |  |  |
(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 balances of contract assets and contract liabilities recorded in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
| At June 30, |  | At December 31,
(dollars in millions) | 2024 |  | 2023
Assets |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other | $ | 548 |  |  | $ | 546 |
Other assets | 287 |  |  | 268 |
Total Contract Assets | $ | 835 |  |  | $ | 814 |
Liabilities |  |  |
Other current liabilities | $ | 7,163 |  |  | $ | 6,955 |
Other liabilities | 1,881 |  |  | 1,947 |
Total Contract Liabilities | $ | 9,044 |  |  | $ | 8,902 |
Capitalized Contract Cost | The balances of deferred contract costs included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
| At June 30, |  | At December 31,
(dollars in millions) | 2024 |  | 2023
Assets |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other | $ | 2,811 |  |  | $ | 2,756 |
Other assets | 2,598 |  |  | 2,639 |
Total | $ | 5,409 |  |  | $ | 5,395 |

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