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Business acquisitions and dispositions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Business Combinations1 [Abstract] |
Summary of fair value of consideration paid and fair value assigned to each major class of assets and liabilities | The following table summarizes the fair value of the consideration paid and the fair value assigned to each major class of assets and liabilities.
|  | Total |
Cash consideration |  | 1,339 |
Issuance of 27.6 million BCE common shares (1) |  | 1,594 |
Total cost to be allocated |  | 2,933 |
Trade and other receivables |  | 91 |
Other non-cash working capital (6) |  | (121 | )
Assets held for sale (2) |  | 302 |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 978 |
Finite-life intangible assets (3) (6) |  | 929 |
Indefinite-life intangible assets (4) |  | 280 |
Deferred tax assets |  | 32 |
Other non-current assets (6) |  | 137 |
Debt due within one year |  | (251 | )
Long-term debt |  | (721 | )
Other non-current liabilities (6) |  | (50 | )
|  | 1,606 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | (16 | )
Fair value of net assets acquired |  | 1,590 |
Goodwill (5) |  | 1,343 |
(1) Recorded at fair value based on the market price of BCE common shares on the acquisition date. (2) Consists of finite-life and indefinite-life intangible assets recorded at fair value less costs to sell. (3) Consists mainly of customer relationships. (4) Indefinite-life intangible assets of $228 million and $52 million were allocated to our Bell Wireless and Bell Wireline groups of CGUs, respectively. (5) Goodwill arises principally from the assembled workforce, expected synergies and future growth. Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill arising from the transaction of $677 million and $666 million was allocated to our Bell Wireless and Bell Wireline groups of CGUs, respectively. (6) Reflects the impact of the retrospective adoption of IFRS 15 on January 1, 2018. See Note 34, Adoption of IFRS 15, for additional details. The following table summarizes the fair value of the consideration paid and the fair value assigned to each major class of assets and liabilities.
| TOTAL |
Cash consideration | 161 |
Total cost to be allocated | 161 |
Trade and other receivables | 11 |
Other non-cash working capital | (4 | )
Property, plant and equipment | 13 |
Finite-life intangible assets | 6 |
Indefinite-life intangible assets | 76 |
Deferred tax liabilities | (20 | )
Other non-current liabilities | (1 | )
| 81 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1 |
Fair value of net assets acquired | 82 |
Goodwill (1) | 79 |
(1) Goodwill arises principally from the assembled workforce, expected synergies and future growth. Goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes. The goodwill arising from the transaction was allocated to our Bell Media group of CGUs. The following table summarizes the fair value of the consideration paid and the fair value assigned to each major class of assets and liabilities.
|  | TOTAL |
Cash consideration |  | 181 |
Issuance of 22,531 BCE common shares (1) |  | 1 |
Total cost to be allocated |  | 182 |
Assets held for sale (2) |  | 68 |
Other non-cash working capital |  | (5 | )
Property, plant and equipment |  | 8 |
Finite-life intangible assets (3) |  | 34 |
Indefinite-life intangible assets |  | 1 |
Other non-current assets |  | 1 |
Deferred tax liabilities |  | (7 | )
|  | 100 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 4 |
Fair value of net assets acquired |  | 104 |
Goodwill (4) |  | 78 |
(1) Recorded at fair value based on the market price of BCE common shares on the acquisition date. (2) Consists mainly of customer relationships recorded at fair value less costs to sell. (3) Consists mainly of customer relationships. (4) Goodwill arises principally from expected synergies and future growth and is not deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill arising from the transaction was allocated to our Bell Wireline group of CGUs. The following table summarizes the fair value of the consideration paid and the fair value assigned to each major class of assets and liabilities.
|  | TOTAL |
Cash consideration |  | 155 |
Total cost to be allocated |  | 155 |
Trade and other receivables |  | 6 |
Other non-cash working capital |  | (9 | )
Property, plant and equipment |  | 64 |
Finite-life intangible assets |  | 19 |
Other non-current liabilities |  | (8 | )
|  | 72 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 3 |
Fair value of net assets acquired |  | 75 |
Goodwill (1) |  | 80 |
(1) Goodwill arises principally from expected synergies and is not deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill arising from the transaction was allocated to our Bell Wireline group of CGUs.

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