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segment information (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
segment information |
Reconciliation of revenue and income before income taxes by segment |
|  | Wireless |  | Wireline |  | Eliminations |  | Consolidated
Three-month periods ended June 30 (millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Operating revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
External revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service |  | $ | 1,534 |  | $ | 1,503 |  | $ | 1,552 |  | $ | 1,450 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3,086 |  | $ | 2,953
Equipment |  |  | 444 |  |  | 418 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 69 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 501 |  |  | 487
Revenues arising from contracts with customers |  |  | 1,978 |  |  | 1,921 |  |  | 1,609 |  |  | 1,519 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,587 |  |  | 3,440
Other operating income |  |  | 5 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 10 |  |  | 13
|  |  | 1,983 |  |  | 1,929 |  |  | 1,614 |  |  | 1,524 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,597 |  |  | 3,453
Intersegment revenues |  |  | 14 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 60 |  |  | 50 |  |  | (74) |  |  | (62) |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  | $ | 1,997 |  | $ | 1,941 |  | $ | 1,674 |  | $ | 1,574 |  | $ | (74) |  | $ | (62) |  | $ | 3,597 |  | $ | 3,453
Pro forma EBITDA 1 reported to chief operating decision-maker |  | $ | 919 |  | $ | 872 |  | $ | 454 |  | $ | 433 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,373 |  | $ | 1,305
Retrospective IFRS 16 simulation 2 |  |  | — |  |  | (28) |  |  | — |  |  | (26) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (54)
EBITDA 1 |  | $ | 919 |  | $ | 844 |  | $ | 454 |  | $ | 407 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,373 |  | $ | 1,251
CAPEX, excluding spectrum licences 3 |  | $ | 223 |  | $ | 243 |  | $ | 547 |  | $ | 548 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 770 |  | $ | 791
Operating revenues – external (above) |  | $ | 3,597 |  | $ | 3,453
Goods and services purchased |  |  | 1,466 |  |  | 1,491
Employee benefits expense |  |  | 758 |  |  | 711
EBITDA (above) |  |  | 1,373 |  |  | 1,251
Depreciation |  |  | 470 |  |  | 411
Amortization |  |  | 163 |  |  | 148
Operating income |  |  | 740 |  |  | 692
Financing costs |  |  | 189 |  |  | 150
Income before income taxes |  | $ | 551 |  | $ | 542
Six-month periods ended June 30 |  | Wireless |  | Wireline |  | Eliminations |  | Consolidated
(millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Operating revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
External revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service |  | $ | 3,034 |  | $ | 2,982 |  | $ | 3,072 |  | $ | 2,857 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 6,106 |  | $ | 5,839
Equipment |  |  | 863 |  |  | 822 |  |  | 107 |  |  | 130 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 970 |  |  | 952
Revenues arising from contracts with customers |  |  | 3,897 |  |  | 3,804 |  |  | 3,179 |  |  | 2,987 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7,076 |  |  | 6,791
Other operating income |  |  | 10 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 24 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 27 |  |  | 39
|  |  | 3,907 |  |  | 3,819 |  |  | 3,196 |  |  | 3,011 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7,103 |  |  | 6,830
Intersegment revenues |  |  | 27 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 116 |  |  | 102 |  |  | (143) |  |  | (125) |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  | $ | 3,934 |  | $ | 3,842 |  | $ | 3,312 |  | $ | 3,113 |  | $ | (143) |  | $ | (125) |  | $ | 7,103 |  | $ | 6,830
Pro forma EBITDA 1 reported to chief operating decision-maker |  | $ | 1,827 |  | $ | 1,736 |  | $ | 925 |  | $ | 891 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 2,752 |  | $ | 2,627
Retrospective IFRS 16 simulation 2 |  |  | — |  |  | (56) |  |  | — |  |  | (51) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (107)
EBITDA 1 |  | $ | 1,827 |  | $ | 1,680 |  | $ | 925 |  | $ | 840 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 2,752 |  | $ | 2,520
CAPEX, excluding spectrum licences 3 |  | $ | 400 |  | $ | 425 |  | $ | 1,016 |  | $ | 1,016 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,416 |  | $ | 1,441
Operating revenues – external (above) |  | $ | 7,103 |  | $ | 6,830
Goods and services purchased |  |  | 2,887 |  |  | 2,899
Employee benefits expense |  |  | 1,464 |  |  | 1,411
EBITDA (above) |  |  | 2,752 |  |  | 2,520
Depreciation |  |  | 940 |  |  | 822
Amortization |  |  | 310 |  |  | 287
Operating income |  |  | 1,502 |  |  | 1,411
Financing costs |  |  | 357 |  |  | 306
Income before income taxes |  | $ | 1,145 |  | $ | 1,105
| (1) |  | Earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) does not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS-IASB and is therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers; we define EBITDA as operating revenues less goods and services purchased and employee benefits expense. We have issued guidance on, and report, EBITDA because it is a key measure that management uses to evaluate the performance of our business, and it is also utilized in measuring compliance with certain debt covenants.
| (2) |  | For purposes of the chief operating decision-maker’s assessment of performance during the 2019 fiscal year relative to the fiscal 2018 year, we have simulated IFRS 16 adjustments to the fiscal 2018 results in calculating pro forma results. The simulated IFRS 16 adjustments are: (i) a cash-based proxy and should not be considered comparable to the results that would have been reported had IFRS 16 been applied retrospectively to each comparative period applying IAS 8, Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors (see Note 2(a)); and (ii) do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS-IASB and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers.
| (3) |  | Total capital expenditures (CAPEX); see Note 31(a) for a reconciliation of capital expenditures, excluding spectrum licences to cash payments for capital assets, excluding spectrum licences reported in the Consolidated statements of cash flows.

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