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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT |
Schedule of property and equipment |
|  | Telecommunications equipment |  | Land, buildings and constructions |  | Office and other equipment |  | Equipment not installed and assets under construction |  | Total |
Cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As of January 1, 2016 |  |  | 10,068 |  |  | 423 |  |  | 1,113 |  |  | 919 |  |  | 12,523 |
Acquisition (Note 5) |  |  | 116 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 34 |  |  | 199 |
Additions |  |  | 62 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 1,322 |  |  | 1,412 |
Disposals |  |  | (444 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | (33 | ) |  | (22 | ) |  | (508 | )
Transfer |  |  | 1,153 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 52 |  |  | (1,214 | ) |  | — |
Translation adjustment |  |  | 1,137 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 127 |  |  | (53 | ) |  | 1,232 |
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As of December 31, 2016 |  |  | 12,092 |  |  | 461 |  |  | 1,319 |  |  | 986 |  |  | 14,858 |
Reclassified to assets held for sale (Note 5) |  |  | (662 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (675 | )
Additions |  |  | 39 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 1,194 |  |  | 1,273 |
Disposals |  |  | (671 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (49 | ) |  | (19 | ) |  | (744 | )
Transfer |  |  | 1,426 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 164 |  |  | (1,605 | ) |  | — |
Translation adjustment |  |  | (284 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | 24 |  |  | (37 | ) |  | (299 | )
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As of December 31, 2017 |  |  | 11,940 |  |  | 482 |  |  | 1,479 |  |  | 512 |  |  | 14,413 |
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Accumulated depreciation and impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As of January 1, 2016 |  |  | (5,221 | ) |  | (179 | ) |  | (688 | ) |  | (196 | ) |  | (6,284 | )
Transfer |  |  | (17 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | 21 |  |  | (3 | ) |  | — |
Depreciation charge for the year |  |  | (1,266 | ) |  | (33 | ) |  | (140 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,439 | )
Disposals |  |  | 415 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 464 |
Impairment |  |  | (65 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (27 | ) |  | (100 | )
Translation adjustment |  |  | (772 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | (79 | ) |  | 80 |  |  | (780 | )
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As of December 31, 2016 |  |  | (6,926 | ) |  | (218 | ) |  | (863 | )) |  | (132 | ) |  | (8,139 | )
Reclassified to assets held for sale (Note 5) |  |  | 478 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 482 |
Transfer |  |  | 14 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (17 | ) |  | 2 |  |  | — |
Depreciation charge for the year |  |  | (1,270 | ) |  | (32 | ) |  | (152 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,454 | )
Disposals |  |  | 635 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 695 |
Impairment |  |  | (5 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (10 | ) |  | (15 | )
Translation adjustment |  |  | 131 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (22 | ) |  | 4 |  |  | 115 |
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As of December 31, 2017 |  |  | (6,943 | ) |  | (242 | ) |  | (1,009 | ) |  | (122 | ) |  | (8,316 | )
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Net book value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
As of January 1, 2016 |  |  | 4,847 |  |  | 244 |  |  | 425 |  |  | 723 |  |  | 6,239 |
As of December 31, 2016 |  |  | 5,166 |  |  | 243 |  |  | 456 |  |  | 854 |  |  | 6,719 |
As of December 31, 2017 |  |  | 4,997 |  |  | 240 |  |  | 470 |  |  | 390 |  |  | 6,097 |
Schedule of estimated useful lives |
Class of property and equipment |  | Useful life
Telecommunication equipment |  | 3 - 20 years
Buildings and constructions |  | 10 - 50 years
Office and other equipment |  | 3 - 10 years

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