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Discontinued operations | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Disclosure of analysis of single amount of discontinued operations [abstract] |
Discontinued operations |
Note 3 | Discontinued operations
On June 1, 2020, BCE announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its data centre operations in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.04 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. As a result, we have reclassified amounts related to the announced sale for the previous periods to discontinued operations in our consolidated income statements and consolidated statements of cash flows to make them consistent with the presentation for the current period. We have also reclassified the assets and liabilities of the data centre operations to be sold as held for sale in our consolidated statements of financial position at June 30, 2020, measured at their carrying amount, which is lower than the estimated fair value less costs to sell. Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets included in assets held for sale are no longer depreciated or amortized effective June 1, 2020. The following table summarizes the carrying value of the assets and liabilities that are classified as held for sale at June 30, 2020.
| June 30, 2020
Contract assets | 1 |
Contract costs | 3 |
Property, plant and equipment | 479 |
Intangible assets | 227 |
Goodwill | 115 |
Total assets held for sale | 825 |
Long-term debt | 115 |
Deferred tax liabilities | 82 |
Other non-current liabilities | 8 |
Total liabilities held for sale | 205 |
Net assets held for sale | 620 |
The following tables summarize the income statements and statements of cash flows of our discontinued operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.
| THREE MONTHS |  | SIX MONTHS |
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019
Operating revenues | 39 |  | 41 |  | 79 |  | 86 |
Operating costs | (19) |  | (18) |  | (35) |  | (36) |
Depreciation | (8) |  | (9) |  | (18) |  | (18) |
Amortization | (3) |  | (3) |  | (7) |  | (7) |
Interest expense | (2) |  | (2) |  | (4) |  | (4) |
Other income | (1) |  | (1) |  | (2) |  | (1) |
Income taxes | (2) |  | (1) |  | (4) |  | (4) |
Net earnings attributable to common shareholders | 4 |  | 7 |  | 9 |  | 16 |
| THREE MONTHS |  | SIX MONTHS |
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019
Cash flows from operating activities | 17 |  | 22 |  | 39 |  | 47 |
Cash flows used in investing activities | (8) |  | (5) |  | (15) |  | (7) |
Cash flows used in financing activities | (2) |  | (2) |  | (3) |  | (3) |
Net increase in cash | 7 |  | 15 |  | 21 |  | 37 |

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