property, plant and equipment (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

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)	assets		improvements		and other		Land		construction		Total		assets		estate		Other		Total		Total
AT COST
Balance as at January 1, 2024	$	37,154	$	3,830	$	1,842	$	83	$	689	$	43,598	$	1,308	$	2,386	$	116	$	3,810	$	47,408
Additions		461		14		20		—		424		919		211		175		21		407		1,326
Additions arising from business acquisitions		—		—		1		—		—		1		—		1		—		1		2
Assets under construction put into service		227		21		31		—		(279)		—		—		—		—		—		—
Dispositions, retirements and other		(971)		(96)		(94)		—		—		(1,161)		—		(21)		(19)		(40)		(1,201)
Net foreign exchange differences		2		6		13		—		—		21		—		15		—		15		36
Balance as at June 30, 2024	$	36,873	$	3,775	$	1,813	$	83	$	834	$	43,378	$	1,519	$	2,556	$	118	$	4,193	$	47,571
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
Balance as at January 1, 2024	$	25,254	$	2,404	$	1,226	$	—	$	—	$	28,884	$	172	$	1,056	$	48	$	1,276	$	30,160
Depreciation 1		784		95		98		—		—		977		92		219		10		321		1,298
Dispositions, retirements and other		(986)		(67)		(48)		—		—		(1,101)		(1)		(19)		(11)		(31)		(1,132)
Net foreign exchange differences		2		3		8		—		—		13		—		6		—		6		19
Balance as at June 30, 2024	$	25,054	$	2,435	$	1,284	$	—	$	—	$	28,773	$	263	$	1,262	$	47	$	1,572	$	30,345
NET BOOK VALUE
Balance as at December 31, 2023	$	11,900	$	1,426	$	616	$	83	$	689	$	14,714	$	1,136	$	1,330	$	68	$	2,534	$	17,248
Balance as at June 30, 2024	$	11,819	$	1,340	$	529	$	83	$	834	$	14,605	$	1,256	$	1,294	$	71	$	2,621	$	17,226

1 For six-month periods ended June 30, 2024, depreciation includes $97 in respect of impairment of real estate right-of-use lease assets.