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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Cash Flow Statement [Abstract] |
Changes in non-cash operating working capital items, capital expenditures, and acquisitions and other strategic transactions | CHANGE IN NET OPERATING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
|  | Years ended December 31
(In millions of dollars) |  | 2024 | 2023
Accounts receivable, excluding financing receivables |  | (396) |  | (362) |
Financing receivables |  | (318) |  | (367) |
Contract assets |  | 7 |  | (44) |
Inventories |  | (185) |  | (4) |
Other current assets |  | 146 |  | 1 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | (209) |  | 11 |
Contract and other liabilities |  | 79 |  | 138 |
Total change in net operating assets and liabilities |  | (876) |  | (627) |
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
|  | Years ended December 31
(In millions of dollars) |  | 2024 | 2023
Capital expenditures before proceeds on disposition |  | 4,100 |  | 4,042 |
Proceeds on disposition |  | (59) |  | (108) |
Capital expenditures |  | 4,041 |  | 3,934 |
ACQUISITIONS AND OTHER STRATEGIC TRANSACTIONS
|  | Years ended December 31
(In millions of dollars) | Note | 2024 | 2023
Net cash consideration for Shaw Transaction 1 | 3 | — |  | (16,903) |
Net cash consideration for other acquisitions | 3 | — |  | (141) |
Cash received on sale of Cogeco shares | 20 | — |  | 829 |
Cash consideration for 3800 MHz spectrum acquisition |  | (475) |  | — |
Acquisitions and other strategic transactions, net of cash acquired |  | (475) |  | (16,215) |
1 Includes $19,033 million cash paid for the Shaw Shares net of $25 million of bank advances on Shaw's opening balance sheet and $2,155 million received from the sale of outstanding shares of Freedom Mobile and the related services described in note 3.

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