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Restructuring Charges
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]
Restructuring Charges
As of March 31, 2013, restructuring liabilities have been established for employee separations, lease abandonments and contract terminations. A summary of the activity in our restructuring liabilities is presented below:
(dollars in millions)
Employee
Separation
 
Lease
Abandonment
 
Other
 
Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012
$
7.8

 
$
5.5

 
$
0.2

 
$
13.5

Charges
0.9

 
1.7

 
—

 
2.6

Utilizations
(2.8
)
 
(0.7
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(3.6
)
Balance as of March 31, 2013
$
5.9

 
$
6.5

 
$
0.1

 
$
12.5


For the three months ended March 31, 2013, employee separation charges were primarily comprised of consulting fees related to a workforce optimization initiative. The Company also made severance payments during this period pursuant to its written severance plan, certain management contracts and a voluntary termination program offered to certain Wireline call center employees. These severance payments are expected to continue through 2014. Lease abandonment costs represent future minimum lease obligations, net of expected sublease income, for abandoned facilities. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company ceased use of certain office space and revised its estimate of sublease income to be received on another abandoned facility. Lease payments on abandoned facilities will continue through 2018. Other consists of amounts due to distributors to terminate their contractual agreements and to telecommunication carriers to cancel circuits.
A summary of restructuring activity by business segment is presented below:
(dollars in millions)
Wireline
 
Wireless
 
IT Services and Hardware
 
Corporate
 
Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012
$
8.6

 
$
1.6

 
$
0.5

 
$
2.8

 
$
13.5

Charges
1.4

 
—

 
—

 
1.2

 
2.6

Utilizations
(2.1
)
 
—

 
(0.3
)
 
(1.2
)
 
(3.6
)
Balance as of March 31, 2013
$
7.9

 
$
1.6

 
$
0.2

 
$
2.8

 
$
12.5


At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, $5.5 million and $5.8 million, respectively, of the restructuring liabilities were included in “Other current liabilities,” and $7.0 million and $7.7 million, respectively, were included in “Other noncurrent liabilities” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.