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Operating costs | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Analysis of income and expense [abstract] |
Operating costs |
Note 5 Operating costs
|  |  | THREE MONTHS | SIX MONTHS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30 | NOTE | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Labour costs |  |  |  |  |
| Wages, salaries and related taxes and benefits (1) |  | (1,091 | ) | (1,093 | ) | (2,150 | ) | (2,153 | )
| Post-employment benefit plans service cost (net of capitalized amounts) | 10 | (58 | ) | (63 | ) | (127 | ) | (136 | )
| Other labour costs (2) |  | (257 | ) | (262 | ) | (486 | ) | (510 | )
Less: |  |  |  |  |
| Capitalized labour (1) |  | 271 |  | 278 |  | 515 |  | 522 |
Total labour costs |  | (1,135 | ) | (1,140 | ) | (2,248 | ) | (2,277 | )
Cost of revenues (1) (3) |  | (1,713 | ) | (1,717 | ) | (3,458 | ) | (3,424 | )
Other operating costs (1) (4) |  | (487 | ) | (499 | ) | (954 | ) | (991 | )
Total operating costs |  | (3,335 | ) | (3,356 | ) | (6,660 | ) | (6,692 | )
(1) | We have reclassified amounts from the previous period to make them consistent with the presentation for the current period.
(2) | Other labour costs include contractor and outsourcing costs.
(3) | Cost of revenues includes costs of wireless devices and other equipment sold, network and content costs, and payments to other carriers.
(4) | Other operating costs include marketing, advertising and sales commission costs, bad debt expense, taxes other than income taxes, information technology costs, professional service fees and rent.

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