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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Amortization of Intangible Assets

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Depreciation

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Amount classified as cash and cash equivalents attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Discontinued Operations (Details)		12 Months Ended
Discontinued Operations (Details)	May 01, 2017 USD ($) agreement	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Dispositions
Cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations				$ 5,000,000
Tempo Business
Dispositions
Number of commercial agreements \| agreement	2
Tempo Business \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Dispositions
Purchase price	$ 4,300,000,000
Depreciation of fixed assets		$ 8,000,000
Amortization of intangible assets		$ 11,000,000
Cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations			$ 0
Maximum \| Tempo Business \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Dispositions
Purchase price	4,200,000,000
Deferred consideration	$ 500,000,000