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Equipment Installment Plans (Table) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Receivables [Abstract] |
Equipment installment plans | The following table summarizes equipment installment plan receivables as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.
|  | September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Equipment installment plan receivables, gross |  | $ | 776 |  | $ | 628
Deferred interest |  |  | (69) |  |  | (53)
Equipment installment plan receivables, net of deferred interest |  |  | 707 |  |  | 575
Allowance for credit losses |  |  | (58) |  |  | (50)
Equipment installment plan receivables, net |  | $ | 649 |  | $ | 525
Net balance presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as: |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable — Customers and agents (Current portion) |  | $ | 387 |  | $ | 345
Other assets and deferred charges (Non-current portion) |  |  | 262 |  |  | 180
Equipment installment plan receivables, net |  | $ | 649 |  | $ | 525
Equipment installment plan receivables credit categories | The balance and aging of the equipment installment plan receivables on a gross basis by credit category were as follows:
|  | September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
|  | Lower Risk |  | Higher Risk |  | Total |  | Lower Risk |  | Higher Risk |  | Total
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unbilled |  | $ | 713 |  | $ | 24 |  | $ | 737 |  | $ | 553 |  | $ | 38 |  | $ | 591
Billed — current |  |  | 26 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 27 |  |  | 23 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 25
Billed — past due |  |  | 10 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 12
Equipment installment plan receivables, gross |  | $ | 749 |  | $ | 27 |  | $ | 776 |  | $ | 586 |  | $ | 42 |  | $ | 628
Equipment installment plans allowance for credit losses | Activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, in the allowance for credit losses balance for the equipment installment plan receivables was as follows:
|  | September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2016
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for credit losses, beginning of period |  | $ | 50 |  | $ | 26
Bad debts expense |  |  | 42 |  |  | 46
Write-offs, net of recoveries |  |  | (34) |  |  | (28)
Allowance for credit losses, end of period |  | $ | 58 |  | $ | 44

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of financing receivables (examples of financing receivables include loans, trade accounts receivable and notes receivable) and activity in the allowance for credit losses account. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 11B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953423-111524 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of financing receivables by credit quality indicator. The credit quality indicator is a statistic about the credit quality of financing receivables. Examples include, but not limited to, consumer credit risk scores, credit-rating-agency ratings, an entity's internal credit risk grades, loan-to-value ratios, collateral, collection experience and other internal metrics. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 19 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82894031&loc=SL6953803-111525 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953659-111524 + Details
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