FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - Financial assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	$ 1,164	$ 496
Financial assets, at fair value	1,164	496
Non-current	34	306
Current	1,130	190
Financial assets at fair value
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	81	85
Financial assets, at fair value	81	85
Cash pledged as collateral \| Global Telecom Holding S.A.E
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	987
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss \| Foreign exchange contracts
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	5	2
Financial assets, at fair value	5	2
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss \| Embedded derivatives in notes
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	5	12
Financial assets, at fair value	5	12
Available for sale financial instruments \| Available-for-sale financial instruments
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	71	71
Financial assets, at fair value	71	71
Financial assets at amortised cost \| Loans granted, deposits and other financial assets
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	1,083	411
Financial assets, at fair value	1,083	411
Financial assets at amortised cost \| Bank deposits and interest accrued
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	70	385
Financial assets, at fair value	70	385
Financial assets at amortised cost \| Cash pledged as collateral
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	998
Financial assets, at fair value	998
Financial assets at amortised cost \| Other investment
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	12	24
Financial assets, at fair value	12	24
Financial assets at amortised cost \| Other loans granted
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Total financial assets, at carrying value	3	2
Financial assets, at fair value	$ 3	$ 2

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The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities]

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