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Goodwill, Customer Relationships and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2022
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Intangible Assets and Goodwill | Goodwill, customer relationships and other intangible assets consisted of the following:
| June 30, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
| (Dollars in millions)
Goodwill | $ | 15,947 |  |  | 15,986 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets | $ | 9 |  |  | 9 |
Other intangible assets subject to amortization: |  |  |
Customer relationships, less accumulated amortization of $3,422 and $11,740(1) | 5,002 |  |  | 5,365 |
Capitalized software, less accumulated amortization of $3,741 and $3,624 | 1,500 |  |  | 1,459 |
Trade names, patents and other, less accumulated amortization of $172 and $160 | 117 |  |  | 137 |
Total other intangible assets, net | $ | 6,628 |  |  | 6,970 |
______________________________________________________________________ (1) Certain customer relationships with a gross carrying value of $8.7 billion became fully amortized during 2021 and were retired during the first quarter of 2022.
Schedule of Goodwill | The following table shows the rollforward of goodwill assigned to our reportable segments from December 31, 2021 through June 30, 2022:
| Business | Mass Markets | Total
| (Dollars in millions)
As of December 31, 2021(1)(2) | $ | 11,235 |  | 4,751 |  | 15,986 |
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate change and other | (39) |  | — |  | (39) |
As of June 30, 2022(1)(2) | $ | 11,196 |  | 4,751 |  | 15,947 |
______________________________________________________________________ (1)Goodwill at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is net of accumulated impairment losses of $7.7 billion. (2)As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, these amounts exclude goodwill classified as held for sale of $2.9 billion, primarily related to the recently completed divestiture of the Latin American business and planned divestiture of the ILEC business. See Note 2 for additional information.
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense | We estimate that total amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets for the years ending December 31, 2022 through 2026 will be as provided in the table below. As a result of reclassifying our Latin American and ILEC businesses as being held for sale on our June 30, 2022 consolidated balance sheet, the amounts presented below do not include future amortization expense for intangible assets of the businesses to be divested. See Note 2—Recently Completed Divestiture of the Latin American Business and Planned Divestiture of ILEC Business for more information.
| (Dollars in millions)
2022 (remaining six months) | $ | 523 |
2023 | 970 |
2024 | 898 |
2025 | 832 |
2026 | 755 |

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