Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of net property, plant and equipment

Net property, plant and equipment is composed of the following:

		Successor
	Depreciable Lives	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
		(Dollars in millions)
Property, plant and equipment:
Land	N/A	$	356		356
Fiber, conduit and other outside plant(1)	15-45 years	4,033			3,475
Central office and other network electronics(2)	4-10 years	3,026			2,611
Support assets(3)	5-30 years	2,470			2,428
Construction in progress(4)	N/A	308			372
Gross property, plant and equipment		10,193			9,242
Accumulated depreciation		(2,985		)	(2,011	)
Net property, plant and equipment		$	7,208		7,231

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⁽¹⁾  Fiber, conduit and other outside plant consists of fiber and metallic cable, conduit, poles and other supporting structures.

⁽²⁾  Central office and other network electronics consists of circuit and packet switches, routers, transmission electronics and electronics providing service to customers.

⁽³⁾  Support assets consist of buildings, computers and other administrative and support equipment.

⁽⁴⁾  Construction in progress includes inventory held for construction and property of the aforementioned categories that has not been placed in service as it is still under construction.