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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
Schedule of PP&E |
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
PP&E before allowances and impairment |  | 324,279 |  | 338,044
Valuation allowance for obsolescence and impairment of materials |  | (2,604) |  | (2,049)
Impairment of PP&E |  | (812) |  | (1,092)
|  | 320,863 |  | 334,903
Schedule of movements in valuation allowance for materials and impairment of materials |
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
At the beginning of the year |  | (2,049) |  | (753)
Additions |  | (562) |  | (1,296)
Currency translation adjustments |  | 7 |  | —
At the end of the year |  | (2,604) |  | (2,049)
Schedule of movements in the impairment of PP&E | Movements in the impairment of PP&E are as follows:
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
At the beginning of the year |  | (1,092) |  | (697)
Additions |  | (901) |  | (395)
Uses |  | 1,181 |  | —
At the end of the year |  | (812) |  | (1,092)
Schedule of nature and movements of property, plant and equipment | Details on the nature and movements of PP&E as of December 31, 2020 are as follows:
|  | Gross |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Gross
|  | value as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | value as
|  | of |  |  |  | Currency |  |  |  |  |  | of
|  | December 31, |  |  |  | translation |  | Transfers and |  |  |  | December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | CAPEX |  | adjustments |  | reclassifications |  | Decreases |  | 2020
Real estate |  | 48,991 |  | 6 |  | (191) |  | 1,830 |  | (213) |  | 50,423
Switching equipment |  | 11,784 |  | 435 |  | (802) |  | 835 |  | (10) |  | 12,242
Fixed network and transportation |  | 193,785 |  | 9,760 |  | (1,142) |  | 15,953 |  | (5,905) |  | 212,451
Mobile network access |  | 42,313 |  | 1 |  | (458) |  | 1,850 |  | (73) |  | 43,633
Tower and pole |  | 12,365 |  | — |  | (219) |  | 427 |  | (67) |  | 12,506
Power equipment and Installations |  | 15,289 |  | 295 |  | (226) |  | 1,088 |  | — |  | 16,446
Computer equipment |  | 47,453 |  | 2,738 |  | (1,236) |  | 11,169 |  | (158) |  | 59,966
Goods lent to customers at no cost |  | 21,348 |  | 5,480 |  | (328) |  | 11,523 |  | (8,910) |  | 29,113
Vehicles |  | 6,551 |  | 49 |  | (24) |  | — |  | (15) |  | 6,561
Machinery, diverse equipment and tools |  | 8,356 |  | 566 |  | (51) |  | 465 |  | — |  | 9,336
Other |  | 1,658 |  | 132 |  | (35) |  | 291 |  | — |  | 2,046
Construction in progress |  | 48,613 |  | 13,851 |  | (93) |  | (23,450) |  | (197) |  | 38,724
Materials |  | 28,851 |  | 20,128 |  | (106) |  | (21,981) |  | — |  | 26,892
Total |  | 487,357 |  | 53,441 |  | (4,911) |  | — |  | (15,548) |  | 520,339
|  | Accumulated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |
|  | depreciation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | depreciation |  | Net carrying
|  | as of |  |  |  | Currency |  | Decrease |  | as of |  | value as of
|  | December 31, |  |  |  | translation |  | and |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | Depreciation |  | adjustments |  | reclassifications |  | 2020 |  | 2020
Real estate |  | (6,629) |  | (2,169) |  | 156 |  | 116 |  | (8,526) |  | 41,897
Switching equipment |  | (6,159) |  | (2,450) |  | 743 |  | 7 |  | (7,859) |  | 4,383
Fixed network and transportation |  | (71,273) |  | (29,408) |  | 494 |  | 5,864 |  | (94,323) |  | 118,128
Mobile network access |  | (14,061) |  | (5,787) |  | 643 |  | 40 |  | (19,165) |  | 24,468
Tower and pole |  | (3,558) |  | (1,061) |  | 156 |  | 31 |  | (4,432) |  | 8,074
Power equipment and Installations |  | (4,875) |  | (2,204) |  | 170 |  | — |  | (6,909) |  | 9,537
Computer equipment |  | (25,126) |  | (9,805) |  | 1,123 |  | 135 |  | (33,673) |  | 26,293
Goods lent to customers at no cost |  | (5,978) |  | (11,180) |  | 283 |  | 8,910 |  | (7,965) |  | 21,148
Vehicles |  | (4,013) |  | (760) |  | 19 |  | 9 |  | (4,745) |  | 1,816
Machinery, diverse equipment and tools |  | (6,772) |  | (605) |  | 31 |  | — |  | (7,346) |  | 1,990
Other |  | (869) |  | (282) |  | 32 |  | 2 |  | (1,117) |  | 929
Construction in progress |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 38,724
Materials |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 26,892
Total |  | (149,313) |  | (65,711) |  | 3,850 |  | 15,114 |  | (196,060) |  | 324,279
Details on the nature and movements of PP&E 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 |  | 47,668 |  | 29 |  | (19) |  | 1,442 |  | (129) |  | 48,991
Switching equipment |  | 10,689 |  | 471 |  | 320 |  | 334 |  | (30) |  | 11,784
Fixed network and transportation |  | 175,432 |  | 9,875 |  | (359) |  | 18,570 |  | (9,733) |  | 193,785
Mobile network access |  | 34,593 |  | 23 |  | 133 |  | 7,700 |  | (136) |  | 42,313
Tower and pole |  | 10,883 |  | — |  | 27 |  | 1,470 |  | (15) |  | 12,365
Power equipment and Installations |  | 13,423 |  | 56 |  | 45 |  | 1,766 |  | (1) |  | 15,289
Computer equipment |  | 32,767 |  | 1,212 |  | 575 |  | 12,992 |  | (93) |  | 47,453
Goods lent to customers at no cost |  | 15,676 |  | 3,353 |  | 159 |  | 10,947 |  | (8,787) |  | 21,348
Vehicles |  | 6,250 |  | 329 |  | (5) |  | — |  | (23) |  | 6,551
Machinery, diverse equipment and tools |  | 9,375 |  | 352 |  | (25) |  | 643 |  | (1,989) |  | 8,356
Other |  | 1,808 |  | 5 |  | — |  | 105 |  | (260) |  | 1,658
Construction in progress |  | 36,118 |  | 36,342 |  | (90) |  | (23,687) |  | (70) |  | 48,613
Materials |  | 26,375 |  | 34,897 |  | (139) |  | (32,282) |  | — |  | 28,851
Total |  | 421,057 |  | 86,944 |  | 622 |  | — |  | (21,266) |  | 487,357
|  | 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 |  | (4,670) |  | (2,007) |  | (1) |  | 49 |  | (6,629) |  | 42,362
Switching equipment |  | (3,589) |  | (2,227) |  | (362) |  | 19 |  | (6,159) |  | 5,625
Fixed network and transportation |  | (52,453) |  | (28,566) |  | 23 |  | 9,723 |  | (71,273) |  | 122,512
Mobile network access |  | (6,834) |  | (7,026) |  | (238) |  | 37 |  | (14,061) |  | 28,252
Tower and pole |  | (1,995) |  | (1,499) |  | (72) |  | 8 |  | (3,558) |  | 8,807
Power equipment and Installations |  | (2,551) |  | (2,248) |  | (76) |  | — |  | (4,875) |  | 10,414
Computer equipment |  | (16,263) |  | (8,294) |  | (647) |  | 78 |  | (25,126) |  | 22,327
Goods lent to customers at no cost |  | (4,231) |  | (10,374) |  | (158) |  | 8,785 |  | (5,978) |  | 15,370
Vehicles |  | (3,144) |  | (885) |  | 12 |  | 4 |  | (4,013) |  | 2,538
Machinery, diverse equipment and tools |  | (8,244) |  | (524) |  | 7 |  | 1,989 |  | (6,772) |  | 1,584
Other |  | (824) |  | (305) |  | — |  | 260 |  | (869) |  | 789
Construction in progress |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 48,613
Materials |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 28,851
Total |  | (104,798) |  | (63,955) |  | (1,512) |  | 20,952 |  | (149,313) |  | 338,044

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