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Acquired Intangible Assets
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Acquired Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] 
Acquired Intangible Assets
Acquired Intangible Assets
 
Identifiable acquisition-related intangible assets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows (in millions):
 
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
September 30, 2011
 

 
 

 
 

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets:
 

 
 

 
 

Customer Contracts and Relationships
$
743

 
$
(549
)
 
$
194

Patents and Developed Technology
140

 
(86
)
 
54

 
883

 
(635
)
 
248

Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets:
 

 
 

 
 

Vyvx Trade Name
32

 
—

 
32

Wireless Licenses
20

 
—

 
20

 
$
935

 
$
(635
)
 
$
300

December 31, 2010
 

 
 

 
 

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets:
 

 
 

 
 

Customer Contracts and Relationships
$
743

 
$
(488
)
 
$
255

Patents and Developed Technology
140

 
(76
)
 
64

 
883

 
(564
)
 
319

Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets:
 

 
 

 
 

Vyvx Trade Name
32

 
—

 
32

Wireless Licenses
20

 
—

 
20

 
$
935

 
$
(564
)
 
$
371


 
During the third quarter of 2010, the Company determined that the useful life of certain customer relationships and developed technology should be reduced based on adverse economic conditions affecting customer attrition associated with these assets, which prospectively increased amortization expense by approximately $3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
 
The gross carrying amount of identifiable acquisition-related intangible assets in the table above is subject to change due to foreign currency fluctuations, as a portion of the Company’s identifiable acquisition-related intangible assets are related to foreign subsidiaries.
 
Acquired finite-lived intangible asset amortization expense was $23 million and $72 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and $24 million and $70 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010.

As of September 30, 2011, estimated amortization expense for the Company’s finite-lived acquisition-related intangible assets over the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in millions):
 
2011 (remaining three months)
$
22

2012
69

2013
51

2014
39

2015
28

2016
21

Thereafter
18

 
$
248