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Material Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
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Summary of Estimated Useful Lives of Property, Plant and Equipment | Depreciation of all property and equipment, except for land, is calculated using the straight-line method to allocate their cost, net of their residual values, over their estimated useful lives as follows:
|  | Useful Life
Buildings |  | 5 – 40 years
Structures |  | 5 – 40 years
Machinery and equipment (Telecommunications equipment and others) |  | 2 – 40 years
Vehicles |  | 4 – 10 years
Tools |  | 2 – 6 years
Office equipment |  | 2 – 8 years
Summary of Amortization of Intangible Assets With Limited Useful Life | The Group amortizes intangible assets with a limited useful life using the straight-line method over the following periods:
|  | Useful Life |
Development costs |  |  | 3 – 10 years |
Software |  |  | 3 – 10 years |
Frequency usage rights |  |  | 5 – 10 years |
Others 1 |  |  | 1 – 50 years |
| 1 | Membership rights (condominium membership and golf membership), subscription rights, broadcast license, facility usage rights and transportation license included in others are classified as intangible assets with indefinite useful life.

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