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Other assets and liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Schedule of trade receivables |
| 2025 | 2024
| (US$ millions)
Gross trade receivables | 1,027 |  | 800 |
Less: provisions for expected credit losses | (500) |  | (411) |
Trade receivables, net | 527 |  | 390 |
Movements in provisions for expected credit losses in 2025
| Allowance for doubtful accounts - Trade receivables | Allowance for other doubtful accounts - Other receivables | Total
| (US$ millions)
Opening balance, net | (407) |  | (4) |  | (411) |
Change in scope (see note A.1.2. and A.2.2.) | (31) |  | — |  | (31) |
(Additional)/Reversal Allowances | (113) |  | (1) |  | (113) |
Used | 79 |  | — |  | 79 |
Transfers | 2 |  | — |  | 2 |
Translation differences | (26) |  | — |  | (27) |
Other | 1 |  | — |  | 1 |
Closing balance, net | (495) |  | (5) |  | (500) |
Aging of trade receivables | Aging of trade receivables
| Neither past due nor impaired | Past due (net of impairments) |
30–90 days | >90 days | Total
| (US$ millions)
2025: |  |  |  |
Telecom operators | 12 |  | 6 |  | 7 |  | 24 |
Own customers | 294 |  | 77 |  | 60 |  | 430 |
Others | 44 |  | 7 |  | 21 |  | 72 |
Total | 350 |  | 90 |  | 87 |  | 527 |
2024: |  |  |  |
Telecom operators | 8 |  | 8 |  | 10 |  | 26 |
Own customers | 214 |  | 47 |  | 42 |  | 303 |
Others | 29 |  | 9 |  | 22 |  | 61 |
Total | 252 |  | 64 |  | 74 |  | 390 |
Inventories | Inventories
| 2025 | 2024
| (US$ millions)
Telephone and equipment | 56 |  | 32 |
SIM cards | 4 |  | 2 |
Other | 10 |  | 9 |
Inventory at December 31, | 70 |  | 44 |
Movements in provisions for inventories in 2025
| Allowance for Telephone and equipment - Obsolescence |  | Total
| (US$ millions)
Opening balance, net | (3) |  |  | (3) |
Change in scope | (1) |  |  | (1) |
(Additional)/Reversal Allowances | (1) |  |  | (1) |
Used | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Closing balance, net | (5) |  |  | (5) |
Provisions and other liabilities | Current
| 2025 | 2024
| (US$ millions)
Current Provisions subtotal (see below) | 45 |  | 141 |
Deferred revenue | 106 |  | 95 |
Customer deposits | 15 |  | 12 |
Tax payables | 53 |  | 51 |
Customer and MFS distributor cash balances | 31 |  | 38 |
Withholding tax on payments to third parties | 63 |  | 26 |
Other current liabilities (i) | 151 |  | 60 |
Total | 464 |  | 421 |
(ii) Includes $30 million installment still payable on or before July 15, 2026 on the now settled Telefonica Costa Rica case (see note G.3.1.). Movements in current provisions in 2025
Current provisions | Legal Provision | Asset retirement obligations | Employment obligations | Tax risks (See Note G.3.2.) | Other | Total
(US$ millions)
Opening balance | 97 |  | 8 |  | 10 |  | 20 |  | 5 |  | 141 |
Additions | 3 |  | 2 |  | 5 |  | 1 |  | — |  | 11 |
Used (Payments) | (22) |  | (2) |  | (11) |  | (4) |  | — |  | (40) |
Reversals | (6) |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (1) |  | (7) |
Transfers | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 1 |
Transfers to other liabilities (see note G.3.1) | (62) |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (62) |
Exchange rate movements | (1) |  | — | — |  | 3 |  | — |  | 2 |
Closing balance | 10 |  | 8 |  | 4 |  | 20 |  | 4 |  | 45 |
Non-current
| 2025 | 2024
| (US$ millions)
Non-current legal provisions | 16 |  | 6 |
Long-term portion of asset retirement obligations | 201 |  | 159 |
Long-term employment obligations | 81 |  | 59 |
Other provisions | 14 |  | 2 |
Non-Current provisions subtotal (see below) | 312 |  | 225 |
Long-term portion of deferred income on tower sale and leasebacks recognized | 13 |  | 23 |
Other non-current liabilities | 65 |  | 35 |
Total | 390 |  | 283 |
Movements in Non-current provisions in 2025
Non-Current provisions | Legal Provision | Asset retirement obligations | Benefit obligations | Other | Total |
(US$ millions) |
Opening balance | 6 |  | 159 |  | 59 |  | 2 |  | 225 |  |
Change in scope | — |  | 8 |  | 16 |  | 12 |  | 36 |  |
Additions | 12 |  | 49 |  | 11 |  | — |  | 72 |  |
Used (Payments) | — |  | (14) |  | (8) |  | — |  | (22) |  |
Reversals | (1) |  | (5) |  | (4) |  | — |  | (10) |  |
Financial Update | — |  | 10 |  | — |  | — |  | 10 |  |
Transfers | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (1) |  |
Transfer to/from held for sale | — |  | (10) |  | — |  | — |  | (10) |  |
Exchange rate movements | (1) |  | 4 |  | 7 |  | — |  | 11 |  |
Closing balance | 16 |  | 201 |  | 81 |  | 14 |  | 312 |  |
Contract assets | Contract assets, net
| 2025 | 2024
| (US$ millions)
Long-term portion | 27 |  | 21 |
Short-term portion | 65 |  | 59 |
Less: provisions for expected credit losses | (4) |  | (3) |
Total | 88 |  | 77 |
Contract costs, net (i)
| FY25 | 2024
| (US$ millions)
Net at January 1 | 12 |  | 12 |
Change in scope | 13 |  | — |
Contract costs capitalized | 5 |  | 5 |
Amortization of contract costs | (4) |  | (5) |
Net at December 31 | 26 |  | 12 |
(i) Incremental costs of obtaining a contract are expensed when incurred if the amortization period of the asset that Millicom otherwise would have recognized is one year or less.
Contract liabilities | Contract liabilities
| 2025 | 2024
| (US$ millions)
Long-term portion | 1 |  | — |
Short-term portion | 143 |  | 121 |
Total | 144 |  | 121 |

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