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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Other Current Assets | Other current assets
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Prepaid expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 2,425 |  |  | Ps. | 3,784 |
Agreements with customers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 192 |  |  |  | 179 |
Short-term licenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 224 |  |  |  | 112 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 47 |  |  |  | 34 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 2,888 |  |  | Ps. | 4,109 |
Summary of Prepaid Expenses | Prepaid expenses as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Advances for inventories |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 1,260 |  |  | Ps. | 2,734 |
Advertising and promotional expenses paid in advance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 370 |  |  |  | 171 |
Advances to service suppliers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 268 |  |  |  | 466 |
Prepaid leases |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 218 |  |  |  | 164 |
Prepaid insurance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | 104 |
Others |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 206 |  |  |  | 145 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 2,425 |  |  | Ps. | 3,784 |
Summary of Other Current Financial Assets | Other current financial assets
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Restricted cash |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 504 |  |  | Ps. | 774 |
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 20) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 233 |  |  |  | 1,917 |
Short term note receivable (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 14 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 756 |  |  | Ps. | 2,705 |
(1) | The carrying value approximates its fair value as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.
Summary of Carrying of Restricted Cash Pledged | As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the carrying of restricted cash pledged were:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Venezuelan bolivars |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | — |  |  | Ps. | 183 |
Brazilian reais |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | 73 |
Colombian pesos |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 439 |  |  |  | 518 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 504 |  |  | Ps. | 774 |

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