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Products and Services Revenues
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Revenues [Abstract]  
Products and Services Revenues Revenue Recognition
Disaggregated Revenue by Service Offering

The following tables provide disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers based on service offering for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018. It also shows the amount of revenue that is not subject to ASC 606, but is instead governed by other accounting standards.
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Total Revenue
Adjustments for Non-ASC 606 Revenue (6)
Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
(Dollars in millions)
IP and Data Services (1)
$3,587 — 3,587 
Transport and Infrastructure (2)
2,615 (703)1,912 
Voice and Collaboration (3)
1,423 — 1,423 
Other (4)
100 (8)92 
Affiliate Services (5)
208 (208)— 
Total Revenue$7,933 (919)7,014 
Timing of revenue:
Goods transferred at a point in time$15 
Services performed over time6,999 
Total revenue from contracts with customers$7,014 

Year Ended December 31, 2019
Total Revenue
Adjustments for Non-ASC 606 Revenue (6)
Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
(Dollars in millions)
IP and Data Services (1)
$3,655 — 3,655 
Transport and Infrastructure (2)
2,544 (704)1,840 
Voice and Collaboration (3)
1,385 — 1,385 
Other (4)
(9)— 
Affiliate Services (5)
180 (180)— 
Total Revenue$7,773 (893)6,880 
Timing of revenue:
Goods transferred at a point in time$— 
Services performed over time6,880 
Total revenue from contracts with customers$6,880 
Year Ended December 31, 2018
Total Revenue
Adjustments for Non-ASC 606 Revenue (6)
Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
(Dollars in millions)
IP and Data Services (1)
$3,728 — 3,728 
Transport and Infrastructure (2)
2,591 (189)2,402 
Voice and Collaboration (3)
1,413 — 1,413 
Other (4)
— (3)(3)
Affiliate Services (5)
107 (107)— 
Total Revenue$7,839 (299)7,540 
Timing of revenue:
Goods transferred at a point in time$— 
Services performed over time7,540 
Total revenue from contracts with customers$7,540 
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(1)Includes primarily VPN data network, IP, Ethernet, video and ancillary revenue.
(2)Includes primarily wavelength, colocation and data center services, dark fiber, private line and professional services revenue.
(3)Includes voice, Voice Over IP ("VoIP"), Collaboration.
(4)Includes sublease rental income and IT services and managed services revenue.
(5)Includes telecommunications and data services we bill to our affiliates.
(6)Includes lease revenue which is not within the scope of ASC 606.

Customer Receivables and Contract Balances

The following table provides balances of customer receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities as of December 31, 2020 and 2019:
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
(Dollars in millions)
Customer receivables (1)
$683 678 
Contract assets38 32 
Contract liabilities385 423 
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(1)Gross customer receivables of $728 million and $691 million, net of allowance for credit losses of $45 million and $13 million, as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Contract liabilities are consideration we have received from our customers in advance of providing the goods or services promised in the future. We defer recognizing this consideration until we have satisfied the related performance obligation to the customer. Contract liabilities include recurring services billed one month in advance and installation and maintenance charges that are deferred and recognized over the actual or expected contract term, which typically ranges from one to five years depending on the service. Contract liabilities are included within deferred revenue in our consolidated balance sheets. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, we recognized $188 million and $175 million, respectively, of revenue that was included in contract liabilities as of January 1, 2020 and January 1, 2019, respectively.
Performance Obligations

As of December 31, 2020, our estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations associated with existing customer contracts that are partially or wholly unsatisfied is approximately $4.0 billion. We expect to recognize approximately 91% of this revenue through 2023, with the balance recognized thereafter.

We do not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts for which we recognize revenue at the amount to which we have the right to invoice for services performed (for example, uncommitted usage or non-recurring charges associated with professional or technical services to be completed), or contracts that are classified as leasing arrangements that are not subject to ASC 606.

Contract Costs

The following tables provide changes in our contract acquisition costs and fulfillment costs for the years ended:
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Acquisition CostsFulfillment Costs
(Dollars in millions)
Beginning of period balance$79 121 
Costs incurred61 88 
Amortization(62)(87)
End of period balance$78 122 
Year Ended December 31, 2019
Acquisition CostsFulfillment Costs
(Dollars in millions)
Beginning of period balance$64 84 
Costs incurred60 103 
Amortization(45)(66)
End of period balance$79 121 
Acquisition costs include commission fees paid to employees as a result of obtaining contracts. Fulfillment costs include third party and internal costs associated with the provision, installation and activation of telecommunications services to customers, including labor and materials consumed for these activities.

Deferred acquisition and fulfillment costs are amortized based on the transfer of services on a straight-line basis over the average expected contract term of approximately 30 months for our business customers. Amortized fulfillment costs are included in cost of services and products and amortized acquisition costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. The amount of these deferred costs that are anticipated to be amortized in the next twelve months are included in other current assets on our consolidated balance sheets. The amount of deferred costs expected to be amortized beyond twelve months is included in other non-current assets on our consolidated balance sheets. Deferred acquisition and fulfillment costs are assessed for impairment on an annual basis.
Products and Services Revenues
At December 31, 2020, we categorized our products, services and revenue among the following five categories:
IP and Data Services, which include primarily VPN data networks, Ethernet, IP, video (including our facilities-based video services, CDN services and Vyvx broadcast services) and other ancillary services;
Transport and Infrastructure, which includes private line (including business data services), wavelength, colocation and data center services, including cloud, hosting and application management solutions, professional services, network security services, dark fiber services and other ancillary services;
Voice and Collaboration, which includes primarily TDM voice services, VoIP and other ancillary services;
Other, which includes sublease rental income and IT services and managed services, which may be purchased in conjunction with our other network services; and
Affiliate Services, which includes telecommunication services provided to our affiliates that we also provide to our external customers.
From time to time, we may change the categorization of our products and services.
Our operating revenue for our products and services consisted of the following categories:
Years Ended December 31,
202020192018
(Dollars in millions)
IP and Data Services$3,587 3,655 3,728 
Transport and Infrastructure2,615 2,544 2,591 
Voice and Collaboration1,423 1,385 1,413 
Other100 — 
Affiliate Services208 180 107 
Total operating revenue$7,933 7,773 7,839 

The following tables present total assets as of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 as well as operating revenue for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 by geographic region:
Total Assets
As of December 31,
20202019
(Dollars in millions)
North America$23,511 24,144 
Europe, Middle East and Africa3,059 2,842 
Latin America2,006 2,112 
Total$28,576 29,098 

Revenue
Years Ended December 31,
202020192018
(Dollars in millions)
North America$6,411 6,307 6,358 
Europe, Middle East and Africa785 719 744 
Latin America737 747 737 
Total$7,933 7,773 7,839 

Our operations are integrated into and reported as part of the consolidated segment data of Lumen Technologies. Lumen's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") is our CODM, but reviews our financial information on an aggregate basis only in connection with our quarterly and annual reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Consequently, we do not provide our discrete financial information to the CODM on a regular basis. As such, we believe we have one reportable segment.

A relatively small number of customers account for a significant percentage of our revenue. Our top ten customers accounted for approximately 16%, 16% and 20% of our revenue for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.