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Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of the entity's capital lease activity

The tables below summarize our capital lease activity:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2018				2017			2016
	(Dollars in millions)
Assets acquired through capital leases	$	2			19			10
Depreciation expense	14				9			5
Cash payments towards capital leases	12				8			6

	As of December 31,
	2018				2017
	(Dollars in millions)
Assets included in property, plant and equipment	$	50			57
Accumulated depreciation	28				24

Schedule of future annual minimum payments under capital lease

The future annual minimum payments under capital lease arrangements as of December 31, 2018 were as follows:

	Future Minimum Payments
	(Dollars in millions)
Capital lease obligations:
2019	$	10
2020	6
2021	2
2022	1
2023	1
2024 and thereafter	4
Total minimum payments	24
Less: amount representing interest and executory costs	(5		)
Present value of minimum payments	19
Less: current portion	(12		)
Long-term portion	$	7

Schedule of future minimum receipts and future minimum payments under operating leases

At December 31, 2018, our future rental commitments for Right-of-Way agreements and operating leases were as follows:

	Right-of-Way Agreements			Operating Leases			Total
	(Dollars in millions)
2019	$	19		$	35		$	54
2020	20			28			48
2021	20			27			47
2022	20			23			43
2023	19			19			38
2024 and thereafter	102			32			134
Total future minimum payments(1)	$	200		$	164		$	364

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(1) Minimum payments have not been reduced by minimum sublease rentals of $22 million due in the future under non-cancelable subleases.

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Tabular disclosure of the capital lease activity. The disclosure may include details of assets acquired through capital leases during the period, depreciation expenses recorded during the period on capital leased assets, cash payments during the period against capital lease obligations, gross and net amounts of capital leased assets held as of the balance sheet date and related accumulated depreciation.

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