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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Property, plant and equipment [abstract] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment | We depreciate property, plant and equipment over its estimated useful life by charging depreciation expense to net income as follows:
Asset | Basis | Estimated useful life
Buildings | Diminishing balance | 15 to 40 years
Cable and wireless network | Straight-line | 3 to 40 years
Computer equipment and software | Straight-line | 4 to 10 years
Customer premise equipment | Straight-line | 3 to 6 years
Leasehold improvements | Straight-line | Over shorter of estimated useful life or lease term
Equipment and vehicles | Diminishing balance | 3 to 20 years
The tables below summarize our property, plant and equipment as at December 31, 2023 and 2022.
(In millions of dollars) | Land and buildings | Cable and wireless networks | Computer equipment and software | Customer premise equipment | Leasehold improvements | Equipment and vehicles | Construction in process | Total owned assets | Right-of- use assets (note 9) | Total property, plant and equipment
Cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As at January 1, 2023 | 1,283 |  | 23,110 |  | 6,992 |  | 2,097 |  | 711 |  | 1,312 |  | 1,706 |  | 37,211 |  | 2,928 |  | 40,139 |
Additions and transfers | 108 |  | 2,377 |  | 868 |  | 259 |  | 39 |  | 106 |  | 285 |  | 4,042 |  | 751 |  | 4,793 |
Acquisitions from business combinations (note 3) | 308 |  | 5,946 |  | 370 |  | 640 |  | 78 |  | 99 |  | 273 |  | 7,714 |  | 328 |  | 8,042 |
Disposals and other | (252) |  | (934) |  | (299) |  | 7 |  | (11) |  | (66) |  | — |  | (1,555) |  | (263) |  | (1,818) |
As at December 31, 2023 | 1,447 |  | 30,499 |  | 7,931 |  | 3,003 |  | 817 |  | 1,451 |  | 2,264 |  | 47,412 |  | 3,744 |  | 51,156 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As at January 1, 2023 | 567 |  | 14,949 |  | 5,079 |  | 1,748 |  | 390 |  | 955 |  | — |  | 23,688 |  | 877 |  | 24,565 |
Depreciation | 55 |  | 1,918 |  | 810 |  | 402 |  | 66 |  | 80 |  | — |  | 3,331 |  | 371 |  | 3,702 |
Disposals and other | (148) |  | (827) |  | (299) |  | (77) |  | (9) |  | (18) |  | — |  | (1,378) |  | (65) |  | (1,443) |
As at December 31, 2023 | 474 |  | 16,040 |  | 5,590 |  | 2,073 |  | 447 |  | 1,017 |  | — |  | 25,641 |  | 1,183 |  | 26,824 |
Net carrying amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As at January 1, 2023 | 716 |  | 8,161 |  | 1,913 |  | 349 |  | 321 |  | 357 |  | 1,706 |  | 13,523 |  | 2,051 |  | 15,574 |
As at December 31, 2023 | 973 |  | 14,459 |  | 2,341 |  | 930 |  | 370 |  | 434 |  | 2,264 |  | 21,771 |  | 2,561 |  | 24,332 |
(In millions of dollars) | Land and buildings | Cable and wireless networks | Computer equipment and software | Customer premise equipment | Leasehold improvements | Equipment and vehicles | Construction in process | Total owned assets | Right-of- use assets (note 9) | Total property, plant and equipment
Cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As at January 1, 2022 | 1,241 |  | 22,307 |  | 6,607 |  | 1,955 |  | 680 |  | 1,253 |  | 1,330 |  | 35,373 |  | 2,626 |  | 37,999 |
Additions and transfers | 44 |  | 1,657 |  | 729 |  | 165 |  | 34 |  | 70 |  | 376 |  | 3,075 |  | 451 |  | 3,526 |
Acquisitions from business combinations | — |  | 10 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 10 |  | — |  | 10 |
Disposals and other | (2) |  | (864) |  | (344) |  | (23) |  | (3) |  | (11) |  | — |  | (1,247) |  | (149) |  | (1,396) |
As at December 31, 2022 | 1,283 |  | 23,110 |  | 6,992 |  | 2,097 |  | 711 |  | 1,312 |  | 1,706 |  | 37,211 |  | 2,928 |  | 40,139 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As at January 1, 2022 | 531 |  | 14,642 |  | 4,682 |  | 1,604 |  | 353 |  | 880 |  | — |  | 22,692 |  | 641 |  | 23,333 |
Depreciation | 36 |  | 1,170 |  | 739 |  | 210 |  | 40 |  | 86 |  | — |  | 2,281 |  | 274 |  | 2,555 |
Disposals and other | — |  | (863) |  | (342) |  | (66) |  | (3) |  | (11) |  | — |  | (1,285) |  | (38) |  | (1,323) |
As at December 31, 2022 | 567 |  | 14,949 |  | 5,079 |  | 1,748 |  | 390 |  | 955 |  | — |  | 23,688 |  | 877 |  | 24,565 |
Net carrying amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As at January 1, 2022 | 710 |  | 7,665 |  | 1,925 |  | 351 |  | 327 |  | 373 |  | 1,330 |  | 12,681 |  | 1,985 |  | 14,666 |
As at December 31, 2022 | 716 |  | 8,161 |  | 1,913 |  | 349 |  | 321 |  | 357 |  | 1,706 |  | 13,523 |  | 2,051 |  | 15,574 |

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