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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
Schedule of PP&E |
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
PP&E before allowances and impairment |  | 248,305 |  | 232,302
Valuation allowance for obsolescence and impairment of materials |  | (1,506) |  | (554)
Impairment of PP&E |  | (802) |  | (512)
|  | 245,997 |  | 231,236
Schedule of movements in valuation allowance for materials and impairment of materials |
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
At the beginning of the year |  | (554) |  | (283)
Additions |  | (952) |  | (271)
At the end of the year |  | (1,506) |  | (554)
Schedule of movements in the impairment of PP&E | Movements in the impairment of PP&E are as follows:
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
At the beginning of the year |  | (512) |  | —
Additions |  | (290) |  | (512)
At the end of the year |  | (802) |  | (512)
Schedule of nature and movements of property, plant and equipment | Details on the nature and movements as of December 31, 2019 are as follows:
|  | Gross |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Gross
|  | value as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | value as
|  | of |  |  |  | Currency |  |  |  |  |  | of
|  | December 31, |  |  |  | translation |  | Transfers and |  |  |  | December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | CAPEX |  | adjustments |  | reclassifications |  | Decreases |  | 2019
Real estate |  | 35,015 |  | 21 |  | (14) |  | 1,059 |  | (95) |  | 35,986
Switching equipment |  | 7,851 |  | 346 |  | 235 |  | 245 |  | (22) |  | 8,655
Fixed network and transportation |  | 128,605 |  | 8,891 |  | (264) |  | 12,003 |  | (7,149) |  | 142,086
Mobile network access |  | 25,664 |  | 17 |  | 98 |  | 5,656 |  | (100) |  | 31,335
Tower and pole |  | 7,993 |  | — |  | 20 |  | 1,080 |  | (11) |  | 9,082
Power equipment and Installations |  | 9,861 |  | 41 |  | 33 |  | 1,297 |  | (1) |  | 11,231
Computer equipment |  | 24,068 |  | 2,655 |  | 422 |  | 7,778 |  | (68) |  | 34,855
Goods lent to customers at no cost |  | 11,513 |  | 10,498 |  | 117 |  | 6 |  | (6,454) |  | 15,680
Vehicles |  | 4,593 |  | 242 |  | (4) |  | — |  | (17) |  | 4,814
Machinery, diverse equipment and tools |  | 6,887 |  | 574 |  | (18) |  | 157 |  | (1,461) |  | 6,139
Other |  | 1,327 |  | 4 |  | — |  | 77 |  | (191) |  | 1,217
Construction in progress |  | 26,531 |  | 38,690 |  | (66) |  | (29,358) |  | (88) |  | 35,709
Materials |  | 19,372 |  | 1,885 |  | (102) |  | — |  | 37 |  | 21,192
Total |  | 309,280 |  | 63,864 |  | 457 |  | — |  | (15,620) |  | 357,981
|  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |
|  | depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | depreciation |  | Net carrying
|  | as of |  |  |  | Currency |  | Decrease |  | as of |  | value as of
|  | December 31, |  |  |  | translation |  | and |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | Depreciation |  | adjustments |  | reclassifications |  | 2019 |  | 2019
Real estate |  | (3,428) |  | (1,474) |  | (1) |  | 36 |  | (4,867) |  | 31,119
Switching equipment |  | (2,635) |  | (1,636) |  | (266) |  | 14 |  | (4,523) |  | 4,132
Fixed network and transportation |  | (38,533) |  | (20,983) |  | 17 |  | 7,142 |  | (52,357) |  | 89,729
Mobile network access |  | (5,020) |  | (5,161) |  | (175) |  | 27 |  | (10,329) |  | 21,006
Tower and pole |  | (1,466) |  | (1,101) |  | (53) |  | 6 |  | (2,614) |  | 6,468
Power equipment and Installations |  | (1,875) |  | (1,651) |  | (56) |  | — |  | (3,582) |  | 7,649
Computer equipment |  | (11,945) |  | (6,092) |  | (475) |  | 57 |  | (18,455) |  | 16,400
Goods lent to customers at no cost |  | (3,104) |  | (7,620) |  | (116) |  | 6,453 |  | (4,387) |  | 11,293
Vehicles |  | (2,308) |  | (650) |  | 9 |  | 3 |  | (2,946) |  | 1,868
Machinery, diverse equipment and tools |  | (6,057) |  | (385) |  | 5 |  | 1,461 |  | (4,976) |  | 1,163
Other |  | (607) |  | (224) |  | — |  | 191 |  | (640) |  | 577
Construction in progress |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 35,709
Materials |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 21,192
Total |  | (76,978) |  | (46,977) |  | (1,111) |  | 15,390 |  | (109,676) |  | 248,305
Details on the nature and movements as of December 31, 2018 are as follows:
|  | Gross |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Gross
|  | value as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | value as
|  | of |  |  |  |  |  | Currency |  |  |  |  |  | of
|  | December 31, |  | Incorporation by |  |  |  | translation |  | Transfers and |  |  |  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | merger |  | CAPEX |  | adjustments |  | reclassifications |  | Decreases |  | 2018
Real estate |  | 4,600 |  | 29,824 |  | 9 |  | 259 |  | 337 |  | (14) |  | 35,015
Switching equipment |  | — |  | 5,692 |  | 343 |  | 1,228 |  | 591 |  | (3) |  | 7,851
Fixed network and transportation |  | 54,883 |  | 46,910 |  | 8,320 |  | 1,036 |  | 23,363 |  | (5,907) |  | 128,605
Mobile network access |  | 6 |  | 17,410 |  | 18 |  | 1,287 |  | 7,423 |  | (480) |  | 25,664
Tower and pole |  | 106 |  | 6,833 |  | 45 |  | 418 |  | 591 |  | — |  | 7,993
Power equipment and Installations |  | — |  | 8,418 |  | — |  | 358 |  | 1,085 |  | — |  | 9,861
Computer equipment |  | 7,333 |  | 9,636 |  | 1,781 |  | 1,923 |  | 3,401 |  | (6) |  | 24,068
Goods lent to customers at no cost |  | 8,126 |  | 343 |  | 7,707 |  | 555 |  | 6 |  | (5,224) |  | 11,513
Vehicles |  | 2,272 |  | 1,826 |  | 578 |  | 31 |  | — |  | (114) |  | 4,593
Machinery, diverse equipment and tools |  | 6,070 |  | 348 |  | 298 |  | 20 |  | 151 |  | — |  | 6,887
Other |  | 398 |  | 728 |  | 8 |  | 63 |  | 128 |  | 2 |  | 1,327
Construction in progress |  | 15,964 |  | 8,950 |  | 37,133 |  | 146 |  | (35,604) |  | (58) |  | 26,531
Materials |  | 10,741 |  | 5,510 |  | 4,617 |  | 39 |  | (1,472) |  | (63) |  | 19,372
Total |  | 110,499 |  | 142,428 |  | 60,857 |  | 7,363 |  | — |  | (11,867) |  | 309,280
|  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |
|  | depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | depreciation |  | Net carrying
|  | as of |  |  |  |  |  | Currency |  | Decrease |  | as of |  | value as of
|  | December 31, |  |  |  |  |  | translation |  | and |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  |  |  | Depreciation |  | adjustments |  | reclassifications |  | 2018 |  | 2018
Real estate |  | (1,672) |  |  |  | (1,486) |  | (275) |  | 5 |  | (3,428) |  | 31,587
Switching equipment |  | — |  |  |  | (1,588) |  | (1,047) |  | — |  | (2,635) |  | 5,216
Fixed network and transportation |  | (24,551) |  |  |  | (19,153) |  | (1,010) |  | 6,181 |  | (38,533) |  | 90,072
Mobile network access |  | — |  |  |  | (4,251) |  | (843) |  | 74 |  | (5,020) |  | 20,644
Tower and pole |  | (22) |  |  |  | (1,221) |  | (223) |  | — |  | (1,466) |  | 6,527
Power equipment and Installations |  | — |  |  |  | (1,634) |  | (241) |  | — |  | (1,875) |  | 7,986
Computer equipment |  | (4,354) |  |  |  | (5,860) |  | (1,736) |  | 5 |  | (11,945) |  | 12,123
Goods lent to customers at no cost |  | (1,898) |  |  |  | (5,978) |  | (454) |  | 5,226 |  | (3,104) |  | 8,409
Vehicles |  | (1,669) |  |  |  | (658) |  | (32) |  | 51 |  | (2,308) |  | 2,285
Machinery, diverse equipment and tools |  | (5,624) |  |  |  | (409) |  | (24) |  | — |  | (6,057) |  | 830
Other |  | (328) |  |  |  | (229) |  | (50) |  | — |  | (607) |  | 720
Construction in progress |  | — |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 26,531
Materials |  | — |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 19,372
Total |  | (40,118) |  |  |  | (42,467) |  | (5,935) |  | 11,542 |  | (76,978) |  | 232,302

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