Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Debt Disclosure

Summary Of Long-Term Debt Of AT&T And Its Subsidiaries [Table Text Block]

				2016		2015
Notes and debentures1
		Interest Rates	Maturities2
		0.49% – 2.99%	2016 – 2022	$	26,396	$	34,265
		3.00% – 4.99%	2016 – 2049		66,520		54,678
		5.00% – 6.99%	2016 – 2095		26,883		31,140
		7.00% – 9.50%	2016 – 2097		5,050		5,805
Other					4		15
Fair value of interest rate swaps recorded in debt					48		109
					124,901		126,012
Unamortized (discount) premium - net					(2,201)		(842)
Unamortized issuance costs					(319)		(323)
Total notes and debentures					122,381		124,847
Capitalized leases					869		884
Other					259		416
Total long-term debt, including current maturities					123,509		126,147
Current maturities of long-term debt					(9,828)		(7,632)
Total long-term debt				$	113,681	$	118,515
1	Includes credit agreement borrowings.
2	Maturities assume putable debt is redeemed by the holders at the next opportunity.

Debt Maturing Within One Year [Table Text Block]

			2016		2015
Current maturities of long-term debt		$	9,828	$	7,632
Bank borrowings1			4		4
Total		$	9,832	$	7,636
1	Outstanding balance of short-term credit facility of a foreign subsidiary.

Long-Term Debt - Scheduled Repayments [Table Text Block]

		2017			2018			2019			2020			2021			Thereafter
Debt repayments1		$	9,609		$	8,840		$	8,113		$	9,179		$	8,614		$	85,926
Weighted-average interest rate			2.7	%		3.6	%		3.7	%		2.8	%		4.0	%		4.7	%
1	Debt repayments assume putable debt is redeemed by the holders at the next opportunity.