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IMPAIRMENT - Sensitivity to changes in assumptions (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 item
Sensitivity to changes in assumptions
Budget and forecast period for impairment on goodwill (in years)	5 years
Bangladesh
Sensitivity to changes in assumptions
CGUs with limited headroom	82
Change in assumptions by 1%, discount rate	(33.00%)
Change in assumptions by 1%, terminal growth rate	(17.00%)
Uzbekistan
Sensitivity to changes in assumptions
CGUs with limited headroom	15
Change in assumptions by 1%, discount rate	(9.00%)
Change in assumptions by 1%, average growth rate	(3.00%)
Change in assumptions by 1%, average Capital Expenditure/Revenue	(1.00%)
Change in assumptions by 1%, terminal growth rate	(7.00%)
Georgia
Sensitivity to changes in assumptions
CGUs with limited headroom	9

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- Definition

The impairment period for preparation of budget and forecast calculations on goodwill, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but not limited to, weeks in a year or quarter.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The number of CGUs with limited headroom.

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The percentage of potential impairment assumption changes by one percentage of average Capital expenditure/Revenue.

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The percentage of potential impairment assumption changes by one percentage of average growth rate.

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The percentage of potential impairment assumption changes by one percentage of discount rate.

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The percentage of potential impairment assumption changes by one percentage of terminal growth rate.

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