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Acquisitions Divestitures and Exchanges (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Business Combination  
Acquisitions, Divestitures and Exchanges

The allocations of the purchase price for these acquisitions were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allocation of Purchase Price

 

 

 

Purchase Price1

 

Goodwill2

 

Franchise

Rights

 

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization3

 

Net Tangible

Assets/(Liabilities)

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TDS Telecom cable business

$

29 

 

$

5 

 

$ 

11 

 

$

1 

 

$

12 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Cash amounts paid for acquisitions may differ from the purchase price due to cash acquired in the transactions and the timing of cash payments related to the respective transactions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

The entire amount of Goodwill acquired in 2017 was amortizable for income tax purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

In 2017, at the date of acquisition, the weighted average amortization period for Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization acquired was 3.6 years for TDS Telecom's cable business.