Equity Investments Without Readily Determinable Fair Value [Roll Forward]

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Payments For Equity Securities Without Readily Determinable Fair Value

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Amount of investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
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Amount of loss from downward price adjustment on investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 321
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Amount of cash outflow to acquire investments classified as other.

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-Topic 230
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Equity Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		9 Months Ended
Equity Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 07, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Equity Investments Without Readily Determinable Fair Value [Roll Forward]
Balance as of December 31, 2019		$ 86
Jio		6,302	$ 61
Adjustments		(9)
Balance as of September 30, 2020		6,164
Jio
Equity Investments Without Readily Determinable Fair Value [Roll Forward]
Jio		5,824
Other investments	$ 5,820
Other investments
Equity Investments Without Readily Determinable Fair Value [Roll Forward]
Other investments		$ 263