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Property, plant and equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Property, plant and equipment [abstract] |
Property, plant and equipment |
Note 15 | Property, plant and equipment
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 | NOTE | NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT |  | LAND AND BUILDINGS |  | ASSETS UNDER CONSTRUCTION |  | TOTAL(1) |
COST |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2018 |  | 61,484 |  | 5,961 |  | 1,774 |  | 69,219 |
Additions |  | 2,699 |  | 72 |  | 1,437 |  | 4,208 |
Acquisition through business combinations |  | 144 |  | 49 |  | — |  | 193 |
Transfers |  | 898 |  | 43 |  | (1,447 | ) | (506 | )
Retirements and disposals |  | (969 | ) | (54 | ) | — |  | (1,023 | )
Impairment losses recognized in earnings | 8 | (8 | ) | — |  | — |  | (8 | )
December 31, 2018 |  | 64,248 |  | 6,071 |  | 1,764 |  | 72,083 |
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2018 |  | 41,949 |  | 3,241 |  | — |  | 45,190 |
Depreciation |  | 2,923 |  | 222 |  | — |  | 3,145 |
Retirements and disposals |  | (931 | ) | (52 | ) | — |  | (983 | )
Other |  | (107 | ) | (6 | ) | — |  | (113 | )
December 31, 2018 |  | 43,834 |  | 3,405 |  | — |  | 47,239 |
NET CARRYING AMOUNT |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2018 |  | 19,535 |  | 2,720 |  | 1,774 |  | 24,029 |
December 31, 2018 |  | 20,414 |  | 2,666 |  | 1,764 |  | 24,844 |
(1) | Includes assets under finance leases.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017 |  | NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT |  | LAND AND BUILDINGS |  | ASSETS UNDER CONSTRUCTION |  | TOTAL(1) |
COST |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2017 |  | 58,670 |  | 5,572 |  | 1,374 |  | 65,616 |
Additions |  | 2,491 |  | 70 |  | 1,587 |  | 4,148 |
Acquisition through business combinations |  | 653 |  | 264 |  | 76 |  | 993 |
Transfers |  | 775 |  | 77 |  | (1,263 | ) | (411 | )
Retirements and disposals |  | (1,105 | ) | (22 | ) | — |  | (1,127 | )
December 31, 2017 |  | 61,484 |  | 5,961 |  | 1,774 |  | 69,219 |
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2017 |  | 40,228 |  | 3,047 |  | — |  | 43,275 |
Depreciation |  | 2,813 |  | 221 |  | — |  | 3,034 |
Retirements and disposals |  | (1,054 | ) | (19 | ) | — |  | (1,073 | )
Other |  | (38 | ) | (8 | ) | — |  | (46 | )
December 31, 2017 |  | 41,949 |  | 3,241 |  | — |  | 45,190 |
NET CARRYING AMOUNT |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2017 |  | 18,442 |  | 2,525 |  | 1,374 |  | 22,341 |
December 31, 2017 |  | 19,535 |  | 2,720 |  | 1,774 |  | 24,029 |
(1) | Includes assets under finance leases.
Finance leases
BCE’s significant finance leases are for satellites and office premises. The office leases have an average lease term of 22 years. The leases for satellites, used to provide programming to our Bell TV customers, have a term of 15 years. These satellite leases are non-cancellable. The following table shows additions to and the net carrying amount of assets under finance leases.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | ADDITIONS | NET CARRYING AMOUNT
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
Network infrastructure and equipment | 405 |  | 334 |  | 1,487 |  | 1,435 |
Land and buildings | 1 |  | 2 |  | 460 |  | 467 |
Total | 406 |  | 336 |  | 1,947 |  | 1,902 |
The following table provides a reconciliation of our minimum future lease payments to the present value of our finance lease obligations.
AT DECEMBER 31, 2018 | NOTE | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | THERE- AFTER | TOTAL
Minimum future lease payments | 26 | 586 |  | 513 |  | 344 |  | 276 |  | 238 |  | 667 |  | 2,624 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Future finance costs |  | (120 | ) | (101 | ) | (83 | ) | (66 | ) | (49 | ) | (108 | ) | (527 | )
Present value of future lease obligations |  | 466 |  | 412 |  | 261 |  | 210 |  | 189 |  | 559 |  | 2,097 |

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