Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Debt Disclosure

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

				2017		2016
Notes and debentures1
		Interest Rates	Maturities2
		0.49% – 2.99%	2017 – 2022	$	20,534	$	26,396
		3.00% – 4.99%	2017 – 2049		93,915		66,520
		5.00% – 6.99%	2017 – 2095		46,343		26,883
		7.00% – 9.50%	2017 – 2097		4,579		5,050
Other					680		4
Fair value of interest rate swaps recorded in debt					(20)		48
					166,031		124,901
Unamortized (discount) premium - net					(2,968)		(2,201)
Unamortized issuance costs					(537)		(319)
Total notes and debentures					162,526		122,381
Capitalized leases					1,818		869
Other					-		259
Total long-term debt, including current maturities					164,344		123,509
Current maturities of long-term debt					(38,372)		(9,828)
Total long-term debt				$	125,972	$	113,681
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]

			2017		2016
Current maturities of long-term debt		$	38,372	$	9,828
Bank borrowings1			2		4
Total		$	38,374	$	9,832
1	Outstanding balance of short-term credit facility of a foreign subsidiary.

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

		2018			2019			2020			2021			2022			Thereafter
Debt repayments1		$	37,836		$	8,793		$	7,464		$	8,465		$	9,690		$	95,631
Weighted-average interest rate			4.2	%		3.5	%		2.9	%		3.6	%		3.2	%		4.8	%
1	Debt repayments assume putable debt is redeemed by the holders at the next opportunity.