Software Development and Intellectual Property Licenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Software Development Costs and Intellectual Property Licenses

Software Development and Intellectual Property Licenses

Software Development and Intellectual Property Licenses

The following table summarizes the components of our capitalized software development costs (amounts in millions):

	At December 31,
	2018		2017
Internally-developed software costs	$	291	$	270
Payments made to third-party software developers	38		183
Total software development costs	$	329	$	453

As of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, capitalized intellectual property licenses were not material.

Amortization of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses was as follows (amounts in millions):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Amortization of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses	$	501	$	314	$	335

Write-offs and impairments of capitalized software development costs and intellectual property licenses were not material for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016.