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OPERATING EXPENSES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
OPERATING EXPENSES |
Schedule of operating expense main components |
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Employee benefit expenses and severance payments |  | Profit (loss)
Salaries, Social security expenses and benefits |  | (27,026) |  | (10,817) |  | (10,007)
Severance indemnities and termination benefits |  | (2,273) |  | (362) |  | (186)
Other employee expenses |  | (749) |  | (486) |  | (410)
|  | (30,048) |  | (11,665) |  | (10,603)
Fees for services, maintenance, materials and supplies |  |  |  |  |  |
Maintenance and materials |  | (8,533) |  | (4,300) |  | (5,271)
Fees for services |  | (7,629) |  | (2,930) |  | (2,619)
Directors and Supervisory Committee's fees |  | (99) |  | (24) |  | (22)
|  | (16,261) |  | (7,254) |  | (7,912)
Taxes and fees with the Regulatory Authority |  |  |  |  |  |
Turnover tax |  | (7,361) |  | (2,157) |  | (1,218)
Municipal taxes |  | (1,811) |  | (1,026) |  | (838)
Other taxes and fees |  | (4,437) |  | (1,676) |  | (2,285)
|  | (13,609) |  | (4,859) |  | (4,341)
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Cost of equipment and handsets |  | Profit (loss)
Inventory balance at the beginning of the year |  | (189) |  | (515) |  | (9)
Plus: |  |  |  |  |  |
Incorporation by merger (Note 4.a) |  | (2,739) |  | (232) |  | (47)
Purchases |  | (9,608) |  | (285) |  | (1,341)
Other |  | (20) |  | 350 |  | —
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
Inventory balance at the end of the year |  | 2,889 |  | 189 |  | 515
|  | (9,667) |  | (493) |  | (882)
Other operating income and expenses |  |  |  |  |  |
Provisions |  | (1,254) |  | (359) |  | (348)
Rentals and internet capacity |  | (3,321) |  | (1,121) |  | (862)
Other |  | (5,100) |  | (1,766) |  | (1,915)
|  | (9,675) |  | (3,246) |  | (3,125)
Depreciation, amortization and impairment of PP&E and Intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation of PP&E |  | (27,643) |  | (9,698) |  | (7,719)
Amortization of intangible assets |  | (5,378) |  | (106) |  | (164)
Impairment of PP&E |  | (467) |  | — |  | —
Impairment of Intangible assets |  | (1,623) |  | — |  | —
|  | (35,111) |  | (9,804) |  | (7,883)
Schedule of operating expenses disclosed per function |
|  | Operating |  | Commercializa-tion |  | Administration |  | Total |  | Total |  | Total
Concept |  | costs |  | costs |  | costs |  | 12.31.2018 |  | 12.31.2017 |  | 12.31.2016
Employee benefit expenses and severance payments |  | (16,724) |  | (4,241) |  | (9,083) |  | (30,048) |  | (11,665) |  | (10,603)
Interconnection costs and other telecommunication charges |  | (5,478) |  | (11) |  | (36) |  | (5,525) |  | (1,311) |  | (1,360)
Fees for services, maintenance, materials and supplies |  | (8,548) |  | (2,796) |  | (4,917) |  | (16,261) |  | (7,254) |  | (7,912)
Taxes and fees with the Regulatory Authority |  | (13,420) |  | (23) |  | (166) |  | (13,609) |  | (4,859) |  | (4,341)
Commissions and advertising |  | (229) |  | (1,451) |  | (9,530) |  | (11,210) |  | (3,691) |  | (3,464)
Cost of equipment and handsets |  | (9,667) |  | — |  | — |  | (9,667) |  | (493) |  | (882)
Programming and content costs |  | (12,149) |  | — |  | (7) |  | (12,156) |  | (9,116) |  | (7,778)
Bad debt expenses |  | (2) |  | — |  | (3,525) |  | (3,527) |  | (901) |  | (741)
Other operating income and expenses |  | (6,668) |  | (1,141) |  | (1,866) |  | (9,675) |  | (3,246) |  | (3,125)
Depreciation, amortization and impairment of PP&E and Intangible assets |  | (27,306) |  | (2,545) |  | (5,260) |  | (35,111) |  | (9,804) |  | (7,883)
Total as of 12.31.2018 |  | (100,191) |  | (12,208) |  | (34,390) |  | (146,789) |  | — |  | —
Total as of 12.31.2017 |  | (34,316) |  | (7,953) |  | (10,071) |  | — |  | (52,340) |  | —
Total as of 12.31.2016 |  | (31,584) |  | (8,089) |  | (8,416) |  | — |  | — |  | (48,089)
Schedule of Future minimum lease payments on non cancellable operating lease agreements |
|  | Less than 1 |  |  |  | More than 5 |  |
|  | year |  | 1‑5 years |  | years |  | Total
2016 |  | 430 |  | 455 |  | 26 |  | 911
2017 |  | 467 |  | 391 |  | 25 |  | 883
2018 |  | 1,754 |  | 2,286 |  | 479 |  | 4,519

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