advance billings and customer deposits

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

advance billings and customer deposits

24 advance billings and customer deposits


	June 30,		December 31,
As at (millions)	2020		2019
Advance billings	$	548	$	522
Deferred customer activation and connection fees		8		9
Customer deposits		14		14
Contract liabilities		570		545
Other		126		130
	$	696	$	675

Contract liabilities represent our future performance obligations to customers in respect of services and/or equipment and for which we have received consideration from the customer or for which an amount is due from the customer. Our contract liability balances, and the changes in those balances, are set out in the following table:


		Three months				Six months
Periods ended June 30 (millions)	Note	2020		2019		2020		2019
Balance, beginning of period		$	824	$	814	$	801	$	811
Revenue deferred in previous period and recognized in current period			(593)		(642)		(577)		(647)
Net additions arising from operations			571		638		573		641
Additions arising from business acquisitions	18(b)		—		1		5		6
Balance, end of period		$	802	$	811	$	802	$	811
Current						$	721	$	732
Non-current	27
Deferred revenues							70		65
Deferred customer activation and connection fees							11		14
						$	802	$	811
Reconciliation of contract liabilities presented in the consolidated statements of financial position – current
Gross contract liabilities						$	721	$	732
Reclassification to contract assets for contracts with contract liabilities less than contract assets							(142)		(155)
Reclassification from contract assets for contracts with contract assets less than contract liabilities							(9)		(5)
						$	570	$	572