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Restructuring and Severance
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]
Restructuring and Severance
Liabilities have been established for employee separations and lease abandonment. A summary of activity in the restructuring and severance liability is shown below:
(dollars in millions)
Employee
Separation
 
Lease
Abandonment
 
Total
Balance as of December 31, 2017
$
14.4

 
$
0.1

 
$
14.5

Charges
0.3

 
—

 
0.3

Utilizations
(7.3
)
 
—

 
(7.3
)
Balance as of March 31, 2018
$
7.4

 
$
0.1

 
$
7.5



In the first quarter of 2018, the Company recorded $0.3 million in restructuring and severance charges related to employee separations. The Company made severance payments during the three months ended March 31, 2018, for employee separations associated with initiatives to reduce costs within our legacy copper network and headcount reductions in our IT Services and Hardware segment. In the first quarter of 2017, the Company finalized a voluntary severance program for certain bargained employees related to an initiative to reduce field and network costs within our legacy copper network. As a result, a severance charge of $25.6 million was recorded to the Entertainment and Communications segment.
Lease abandonment costs represent future minimum lease obligations, net of expected sublease income, for abandoned facilities. Lease payments on abandoned facilities will continue through 2019.
A summary of restructuring activity by business segment is presented below:
(dollars in millions)
Entertainment and Communications
 
IT Services and Hardware
 
Corporate
 
Total
Balance as of December 31, 2017
$
12.3

 
$
2.2

 
$
—

 
$
14.5

Charges
—

 
0.3

 
—

 
0.3

Utilizations
(5.7
)
 
(1.6
)
 
—

 
(7.3
)
Balance as of March 31, 2018
$
6.6

 
$
0.9

 
$
—

 
$
7.5


At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, $5.6 million and $12.0 million, respectively, of the restructuring liabilities were included in “Other current liabilities.” At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, $1.9 million and $2.5 million, respectively, were included in "Other noncurrent liabilities."