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Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Note 13. Segment Information

Reportable Segments

As discussed in Note 1, in November 2018, we announced a strategic reorganization of our business. Under the new structure, effective April 1, 2019, there are two reportable segments that we operate and manage as strategic business units - Consumer and Business. We measure and evaluate our reportable segments based on segment operating income, consistent with the chief operating decision maker’s assessment of segment performance.

Our segments and their principal activities consist of the following:



Segment		Description
Verizon Consumer Group		Our Consumer segment provides consumer-focused wireless and wireline communications services and products. Our wireless services are provided across one of the most extensive wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon brand and through wholesale and other arrangements. Our wireline services are provided in nine states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S., as well as Washington D.C., over our 100% fiber-optic network under the Fios brand and over a traditional copper-based network to customers who are not served by Fios.

Verizon Business Group		Our Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, video and data services, corporate networking solutions, security and managed network services, local and long distance voice services and network access to deliver various IoT services and products. We provide these products and services to businesses, government customers and wireless and wireline carriers across the U.S. and select products and services to customers around the world.

Our Consumer segment's wireless and wireline products and services are available to our retail customers, as well as resellers that purchase wireless network access from us on a wholesale basis. Our Business segment’s wireless and wireline products and services are organized by the primary customer groups targeted by these offerings: Global Enterprise, Small and Medium Business, Public Sector and Other, and Wholesale.

Corporate and other includes the results of our media business,Verizon Media, and other businesses, investments in unconsolidated businesses, unallocated corporate expenses, certain pension and other employee benefit related costs and interest and financing expenses. Corporate and

other also includes the historical results of divested businesses and other adjustments and gains and losses that are not allocated in assessing segment performance due to their nature. Although such transactions are excluded from the business segment results, they are included in reported consolidated earnings. Gains and losses from these transactions that are not individually significant are included in segment results as these items are included in the chief operating decision maker’s assessment of segment performance.

We completed our acquisition of Yahoo's operating business on June 13, 2017 and as such results are included since the acquisition date.

In May 2017, we completed the Data Center Sale, where we sold 23 customer-facing data center sites in the U.S. and Latin America to Equinix. The results of operations for this divestiture and other insignificant transactions are included within Corporate and other for all periods presented to reflect comparable segment operating results consistent with the information regularly reviewed by our chief operating decision maker.

The reconciliation of segment operating revenues and expenses to consolidated operating revenues and expenses below includes the effects of special items that the chief operating decision maker does not consider in assessing segment performance, primarily because of their nature.

The following tables provides operating financial information for our two reportable segments:



	(dollars in millions)
2019	Consumer		Business		Total Reportable Segments
External Operating Revenues
Service	$	65,384	$	—	$	65,384
Wireless equipment	18,048		—		18,048
Other	7,384		—		7,384
Global Enterprise	—		10,815		10,815
Small and Medium Business	—		11,447		11,447
Public Sector and Other	—		5,922		5,922
Wholesale	—		3,198		3,198
Intersegment revenues	240		61		301
Total Operating Revenues⁽¹⁾	91,056		31,443		122,499

Cost of services	15,884		10,655		26,539
Cost of wireless equipment	18,219		4,733		22,952
Selling, general and administrative expense	16,639		8,188		24,827
Depreciation and amortization expense	11,353		4,105		15,458
Total Operating Expenses	62,095		27,681		89,776
Operating Income	$	28,961	$	3,762	$	32,723

⁽¹⁾ Service and other revenues and Wireless equipment revenues included in our Business segment amounted to approximately $27.9 billion and $3.5 billion, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2019.



	(dollars in millions)
2018	Consumer		Business		Total Reportable Segments
External Operating Revenues
Service	$	64,207	$	—	$	64,207
Wireless equipment	18,874		—		18,874
Other	6,447		—		6,447
Global Enterprise	—		11,197		11,197
Small and Medium Business	—		10,732		10,732
Public Sector and Other	—		5,830		5,830
Wholesale	—		3,713		3,713
Intersegment revenues	234		62		296
Total Operating Revenues⁽¹⁾	89,762		31,534		121,296

Cost of services	15,335		10,859		26,194
Cost of wireless equipment	18,763		4,560		23,323
Selling, general and administrative expense	15,701		7,689		23,390
Depreciation and amortization expense	11,952		4,258		16,210
Total Operating Expenses	61,751		27,366		89,117
Operating Income	$	28,011	$	4,168	$	32,179

⁽¹⁾ Service and other revenues and Wireless equipment revenues included in our Business segment amounted to approximately $28.1 billion and $3.4 billion, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2018.



	(dollars in millions)
2017	Consumer		Business		Total Reportable Segments
External Operating Revenues
Service	$	63,769	$	—	$	63,769
Wireless equipment	17,292		—		17,292
Other	5,735		—		5,735
Global Enterprise	—		11,444		11,444
Small and Medium Business	—		9,793		9,793
Public Sector and Other	—		5,652		5,652
Wholesale	—		3,978		3,978
Intersegment revenues	258		46		304
Total Operating Revenues⁽¹⁾	87,054		30,913		117,967

Cost of services	14,981		11,094		26,075
Cost of wireless equipment	17,713		4,434		22,147
Selling, general and administrative expense	17,292		7,448		24,740
Depreciation and amortization expense	11,308		4,483		15,791
Total Operating Expenses	61,294		27,459		88,753
Operating Income	$	25,760	$	3,454	$	29,214

⁽¹⁾ Service and other revenues and Wireless equipment revenues included in our Business segment amounted to approximately $29.3 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2017.

The following table provides Fios revenues for our two reportable segments:



	(dollars in millions)
Years Ended December 31,	2019		2018		2017
Consumer	$	11,175	$	11,056	$	10,903
Business	967		883		788
Total Fios revenue	$	12,142	$	11,939	$	11,691

The following table provides Wireless service revenue for our reportable segments and includes intersegment activity:



	(dollars in millions)
Years Ended December 31,	2019		2018		2017
Consumer	$	53,791	$	52,459	$	51,954
Business	11,188		10,484		11,093
Total Wireless service revenue	$	64,979	$	62,943	$	63,047

Reconciliation to Consolidated Financial Information

A reconciliation of the reportable segment operating revenues to consolidated operating revenues is as follows:



	(dollars in millions)
Years Ended December 31,	2019			2018			2017
Operating Revenues
Total reportable segments	$	122,499		$	121,296		$	117,967
Corporate and other	9,812			9,936			8,098
Reconciling items:
Operating results from divested businesses (Note 3)	—			—			368
Eliminations	(443		)	(369		)	(399		)
Consolidated Operating Revenues	$	131,868		$	130,863		$	126,034

A reconciliation of the total reportable segments’ operating income to consolidated income before provision for income taxes is as follows:



	(dollars in millions)
Years Ended December 31,	2019			2018			2017
Operating Income
Total reportable segments	$	32,723		$	32,179		$	29,214
Corporate and other	(1,403		)	(1,326		)	(1,119		)
Reconciling items:
Severance charges	(204		)	(2,157		)	(497		)
Other components of net periodic pension and benefit (charges) credits (Note 11)	(813		)	(823		)	(800		)
Net gain on sale of divested businesses (Note 3)	—			—			1,774
Acquisition and integration related charges (Note 3)	—			(553		)	(884		)
Gain on spectrum license transactions (Note 3)	—			—			270
Operating results from divested businesses	—			—			149
Impairment charges	(186		)	(4,591		)	—
Product realignment charges	—			(451		)	(682		)
Net gain from dispositions of assets and businesses	261			—			—
Consolidated operating income	30,378			22,278			27,425
Equity in losses of unconsolidated businesses	(15		)	(186		)	(77		)
Other income (expense), net	(2,900		)	2,364			(2,021		)
Interest expense	(4,730		)	(4,833		)	(4,733		)
Income Before (Provision) Benefit For Income Taxes	$	22,733		$	19,623		$	20,594

No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our total operating revenues during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017. International operating revenues are not significant.

The chief operating decision maker does not review disaggregated assets on a segment basis; therefore, such information is not presented. Depreciation included in the measure of segment profitability is primarily allocated based on proportional usage.