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Deferred Contract Costs | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Deferred Contract Costs | Deferred Contract Costs Origination and fulfillment costs from contracts with customers capitalized as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 consisted of the following (in millions):
| March 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
Installations and conversions in progress | 115 |  |  | 104 |
Incremental contract origination costs completed, net | 150 |  |  | 127 |
Costs to fulfill a contract, net | 127 |  |  | 123 |
Total deferred contract costs, net | $ | 392 |  |  | $ | 354 |
For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, amortization of deferred contract costs was $29 million and $21 million, respectively, and there were no impairment losses in relation to the costs capitalized for periods presented.

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