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Revenue
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Revenue From Rendering Of Telecommunication Services [Abstract]  
Revenue

30.

REVENUE

Prior to 2018

The main source of revenue of the Company includes various telecommunications services in different streams.  The information of disaggregation of revenue please refer to Note  44.

2018

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

$

214,461

 

Other revenues

 

 

 

 

Rental income

 

 

640

 

Other

 

 

382

 

 

 

 

1,022

 

Total

 

$

215,483

 

 

The information of performance obligations in customer contracts, please refer to Note 3 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for details.

 

a.

Disaggregation of revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Domestic

Fixed

Communi-

cations

Business

 

 

Mobile

Communi-

cations

Business

 

 

Internet

Business

 

 

International

Fixed

Communi-

cations

Business

 

 

Others

 

 

Total

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Main Products and Service Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile services revenue

 

$

 

 

$

63,906

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

63,906

 

Sales of products

 

 

1,731

 

 

 

35,702

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

251

 

 

 

3,601

 

 

 

41,289

 

Local telephone and domestic long distance telephone

   services revenue

 

 

29,996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,996

 

Broadband access and domestic leased line services

   revenue

 

 

22,453

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,453

 

Data Communications internet services revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,137

 

International network and leased telephone services

   revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,724

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,724

 

Others

 

 

11,923

 

 

 

1,269

 

 

 

8,509

 

 

 

4,449

 

 

 

806

 

 

 

26,956

 

 

 

$

66,103

 

 

$

100,877

 

 

$

29,650

 

 

$

13,424

 

 

$

4,407

 

 

$

214,461

 

 

 

 

b.

Contract balances

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Trade notes and accounts receivable (Note 11)

 

$

30,076

 

Contract assets

 

 

 

 

Products and service bundling

 

$

7,123

 

Other

 

 

109

 

Less : Loss allowance

 

 

(19

)

 

 

$

7,213

 

Current

 

$

4,869

 

Noncurrent

 

 

2,344

 

 

 

$

7,213

 

Contract liabilities

 

 

 

 

Telecommunications business

 

$

8,193

 

Project business

 

 

4,508

 

Products and service bundling

 

 

106

 

Other

 

 

476

 

 

 

$

13,283

 

Current

 

$

10,688

 

Noncurrent

 

 

2,595

 

 

 

$

13,283

 

 

The changes in the contract asset and the contract liability balances primarily result from the timing difference between the satisfaction of performance obligations and the payments collected from customers.  Significant changes of contract assets and liabilities recognized resulting from product and service bundling were as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Contract assets

 

 

 

 

Net increase of customer contracts

 

$

4,126

 

Reclassified to trade receivables

 

 

(7,532

)

 

 

$

(3,406

)

Contract liabilities

 

 

 

 

Net increase of customer contracts

 

$

16

 

Recognized as revenues

 

 

(194

)

 

 

$

(178

)

 

The Company applies the simplified approach to providing for expected credit losses prescribed by IFRS 9, which permits the use of lifetime expected loss provision for receivables. Contract assets will be reclassified to trade receivables when the corresponding invoice is billed to the client. Contract assets have substantially the same risk characteristics as the trade receivables of the same types of contracts. Therefore, the Company concluded that the expected loss rates for trade receivables can be applied to the contract assets.

Revenue recognized for the period that was included in the contract liability at the beginning of the period was as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Telecommunications business

 

$

7,157

 

Project business

 

 

627

 

Others

 

 

324

 

 

 

$

8,108

 

 

 

c.

Incremental costs of obtaining contracts

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Noncurrent

 

 

 

 

Incremental costs of obtaining contracts

 

$

1,335

 

 

The Company considered the past experience and the default clauses in the telecommunications service contract and believes the commissions and equipment subsidy paid for obtaining contracts are expected to be recoverable; therefore, incremental costs of obtaining contracts are recognized as an asset. Amortization expense of incremental costs of obtaining contracts for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $1,941 million.

 

d.

Remaining Performance Obligations

As of December 31, 2018, the aggregate amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligations for non-cancellable telecommunications service contracts that are unsatisfied is $38,909 million.  The Company expects to recognize revenue when service is provided over contract terms in the next 36 months, $24,388 million, $11,581 million and $2,940 million for 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively.  The variable consideration collected from customers on nonrecurring basis resulting from exceeded usage from monthly fee and revenue recognized for contracts that the Company has a right to consideration from customers in the amount corresponding directly with the value to the customers of the Company’s performance completed to date have been excluded from the disclosure of remaining performance obligations.

As of December 31, 2018, the aggregate amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligations for non-cancellable project business contracts that are unsatisfied is $20,990 million.  The Company recognizes revenues when the project business contract is completed and accepted by customers.  The Company expects to recognize such revenue of $3,656 million, $12,893 million and $4,441 million in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively.  Project business contracts whose expected duration are less than a year have been excluded from the aforementioned disclosure.