property, plant and equipment (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

property, plant and equipment

Schedule of property, plant and equipment

		Owned assets												Right-of-use lease assets (Note 19)
				Buildings and		Computer
		Network		leasehold		hardware				Assets under				Network		Real
(millions)	Note	assets		improvements		and other		Land		construction		Total		assets		estate		Other		Total		Total
AT COST
As at January 1, 2022		$	34,510	$	3,537	$	1,525	$	75	$	771	$	40,418	$	594	$	1,694	$	99	$	2,387	$	42,805
Additions 1			240		16		31		8		922		1,217		—		138		13		151		1,368
Additions arising from business acquisitions	18(b)		1		7		2		—		—		10		—		2		—		2		12
Assets under construction put into service			380		40		49		—		(469)		—		—		—		—		—		—
Transfers			38		—		12		—		—		50		(50)		—		—		(50)		—
Dispositions, retirements and other			(393)		(6)		28		—		—		(371)		—		(15)		(2)		(17)		(388)
Net foreign exchange differences			—		(1)		(3)		—		(1)		(5)		—		(10)		—		(10)		(15)
As at June 30, 2022		$	34,776	$	3,593	$	1,644	$	83	$	1,223	$	41,319	$	544	$	1,809	$	110	$	2,463	$	43,782
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
As at January 1, 2022		$	23,070	$	2,207	$	938	$	—	$	—	$	26,215	$	64	$	566	$	34	$	664	$	26,879
Depreciation 2			772		68		90		—		—		930		37		111		9		157		1,087
Transfers			9		—		7		—		—		16		(16)		—		—		(16)		—
Dispositions, retirements and other			(407)		(5)		(33)		—		—		(445)		—		(8)		(3)		(11)		(456)
Net foreign exchange differences			—		(1)		(2)		—		—		(3)		—		(7)		—		(7)		(10)
As at June 30, 2022		$	23,444	$	2,269	$	1,000	$	—	$	—	$	26,713	$	85	$	662	$	40	$	787	$	27,500
NET BOOK VALUE
As at December 31, 2021		$	11,440	$	1,330	$	587	$	75	$	771	$	14,203	$	530	$	1,128	$	65	$	1,723	$	15,926
As at June 30, 2022		$	11,332	$	1,324	$	644	$	83	$	1,223	$	14,606	$	459	$	1,147	$	70	$	1,676	$	16,282

1 For the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, additions include $(222) in respect of asset retirement obligations (see Note 25).

2 For the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, depreciation includes $1 in respect of impairment of real estate right-of-use lease assets.