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7 Property, plant and equipment

millions of €

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land and equivalent rights, and buildings including buildings on land owned by third parties

Technical equipment and machinery

Other equipment, operating and office equipment

Advance payments and construction in progress

Total

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2018

17,963

130,520

9,437

4,162

162,082

Transfer resulting from changes in accounting standardsa

(1,474)

(3,067)

(16)

(2)

(4,558)

Currency translation

44

400

39

30

514

Changes in the composition of the Group

0

273

2

23

298

Additions

90

3,993

497

6,065

10,644

Disposals

(229)

(4,733)

(607)

(125)

(5,694)

Change from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale

(51)

(4)

0

(3)

(58)

Reclassifications

177

5,502

488

(5,975)

192

At December 31, 2019

16,522

132,885

9,839

4,174

163,421

Transfer resulting from changes in accounting standardsa

0

0

0

0

0

Currency translation

(562)

(4,304)

(318)

(229)

(5,413)

Changes in the composition of the Group

2,002

11,222

261

168

13,653

Additions

116

5,711

571

9,337

15,734

Disposals

(182)

(7,414)

(717)

(199)

(8,512)

Change from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale

(131)

(1,443)

(71)

(79)

(1,723)

Reclassifications

738

8,111

679

(8,428)

1,100

At December 31, 2020

18,503

144,769

10,244

4,745

178,261

Accumulated depreciation and impairment losses

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2018

(11,675)

(93,440)

(6,337)

0

(111,452)

Transfer resulting from changes in accounting standardsa

1,145

882

7

0

2,034

Currency translation

(29)

(225)

(17)

0

(271)

Changes in the composition of the Group

0

(1)

(1)

0

(2)

Additions (depreciation)

(613)

(7,362)

(911)

0

(8,886)

Additions (impairment)

(1)

(287)

(16)

(15)

(319)

Disposals

177

4,428

528

0

5,133

Change from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale

13

4

0

3

21

Reclassifications

53

(174)

(16)

0

(137)

Reversal of impairment losses

7

0

0

0

7

At December 31, 2019

(10,923)

(96,176)

(6,761)

(13)

(113,872)

Transfer resulting from changes in accounting standardsa

0

0

0

0

0

Currency translation

228

2,080

192

0

2,499

Changes in the composition of the Group

0

11

8

0

19

Additions (depreciation)

(725)

(11,787)

(985)

0

(13,496)

Additions (impairment)

(28)

(140)

(27)

(16)

(210)

Disposals

172

6,069

655

7

6,903

Change from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale

60

1,337

64

5

1,466

Reclassifications

4

(641)

(12)

0

(649)

Reversal of impairment losses

4

48

1

0

53

At December 31, 2020

(11,207)

(99,198)

(6,864)

(17)

(117,286)

Net carrying amounts

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2019

5,599

36,710

3,079

4,161

49,548

At December 31, 2020

7,296

45,571

3,380

4,728

60,975

a

Due to the introduction of accounting standard IFRS 16 “Leases,” leased assets arising from finance leases, which were previously disclosed under property, plant and equipment, were reclassified as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities as of January 1, 2019.

millions of €

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land and equivalent rights, and buildings including buildings on land owned by third parties

Technical equipment and machinery

Other equipment, operating and office equipment

Advance payments and construction in progress

Total

 

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2018

17,963

130,520

9,437

4,162

162,082

 

Transfer resulting from changes in accounting standardsa

(1,474)

(3,067)

(16)

(2)

(4,558)

 

Currency translation

44

400

39

30

514

 

Changes in the composition of the Group

0

273

2

23

298

 

Additions

90

3,993

497

6,065

10,644

 

Disposals

(229)

(4,733)

(607)

(125)

(5,694)

 

Change from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale

(51)

(4)

0

(3)

(58)

 

Reclassifications

177

5,502

488

(5,975)

192

 

At December 31, 2019

16,522

132,885

9,839

4,174

163,421

 

Transfer resulting from changes in accounting standardsa

0

0

0

0

0

 

Currency translation

(562)

(4,304)

(318)

(229)

(5,413)

 

Changes in the composition of the Group

2,002

11,222

261

168

13,653

 

Additions

116

5,711

571

9,337

15,734

 

Disposals

(182)

(7,414)

(717)

(199)

(8,512)

 

Change from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale

(131)

(1,443)

(71)

(79)

(1,723)

 

Reclassifications

738

8,111

679

(8,428)

1,100

 

At December 31, 2020

18,503

144,769

10,244

4,745

178,261

 

Accumulated depreciation and impairment losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2018

(11,675)

(93,440)

(6,337)

0

(111,452)

 

Transfer resulting from changes in accounting standardsa

1,145

882

7

0

2,034

 

Currency translation

(29)

(225)

(17)

0

(271)

 

Changes in the composition of the Group

0

(1)

(1)

0

(2)

 

Additions (depreciation)

(613)

(7,362)

(911)

0

(8,886)

 

Additions (impairment)

(1)

(287)

(16)

(15)

(319)

 

Disposals

177

4,428

528

0

5,133

 

Change from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale

13

4

0

3

21

 

Reclassifications

53

(174)

(16)

0

(137)

 

Reversal of impairment losses

7

0

0

0

7

 

At December 31, 2019

(10,923)

(96,176)

(6,761)

(13)

(113,872)

 

Transfer resulting from changes in accounting standardsa

0

0

0

0

0

 

Currency translation

228

2,080

192

0

2,499

 

Changes in the composition of the Group

0

11

8

0

19

 

Additions (depreciation)

(725)

(11,787)

(985)

0

(13,496)

 

Additions (impairment)

(28)

(140)

(27)

(16)

(210)

 

Disposals

172

6,069

655

7

6,903

 

Change from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale

60

1,337

64

5

1,466

 

Reclassifications

4

(641)

(12)

0

(649)

 

Reversal of impairment losses

4

48

1

0

53

 

At December 31, 2020

(11,207)

(99,198)

(6,864)

(17)

(117,286)

 

Net carrying amounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2019

5,599

36,710

3,079

4,161

49,548

 

At December 31, 2020

7,296

45,571

3,380

4,728

60,975

 

a

Due to the introduction of accounting standard IFRS 16 “Leases,” leased assets arising from finance leases, which were previously disclosed under property, plant and equipment, were reclassified as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities as of January 1, 2019.

The carrying amount of property, plant and equipment increased by EUR 11.4 billion to EUR 61.0 billion compared with December 31, 2019, primarily due to the following effects: effects from changes in the composition of the Group in connection with the acquisition of Sprint contributed EUR 13.7 billion to this increase. Additions of EUR 15.7 billion to upgrade and build out the network in our United States operating segment and in connection with the broadband/fiber-optic build-out, the IP transformation, and mobile infrastructure in the Germany and Europe operating segments also increased the carrying amount. Depreciation of EUR 13.5 billion and negative exchange rate effects of EUR 2.9 billion, especially from the translation of U.S. dollars into euros, lowered the carrying amount. Disposals of EUR 1.6 billion, reclassifications to non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale of EUR 0.3 billion, and impairment losses of EUR 0.2 billion reduced the carrying amount. The impairment losses are primarily related to the ad hoc impairment tests described in Note 6 “Intangible assets.”

Ad hoc impairment tests were conducted at the Romania – Fixed network TKR and Romania – Mobile communications TKRM cash-generating units, which are assigned to the Europe operating segment. In the Romanian fixed-network business TKR, the agreed sale of TKR resulted in a reversal of impairment losses recognized in the past on property, plant and equipment of EUR 50 million. The recoverable amount was calculated at EUR 242 million, which is EUR 50 million higher than the carrying amount of TKR. The observable market price (Level 1 input parameter/agreed purchase price) was used to determine the recoverable amount. The reversal of impairment losses was recognized as other operating income.

For further information, please refer to the section “Changes in the composition of the Group and other transactions.”

For further information on depreciation and amortization, please refer to Note 27 “Depreciation, amortization and impairment losses” and Note 6 “Intangible assets.”

Deutsche Telekom had commitments for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment in the amount of EUR 7.0 billion as of the reporting date (December 31, 2019: EUR 4.4 billion). Restoration obligations of EUR 0.9 billion were recognized as of December 31, 2020 (December 31, 2019: EUR 0.2 billion), mainly attributable to restoration obligations of T‑Mobile US.

IP – Internet Protocol
Non-proprietary transport protocol in Layer 3 of the OSI reference model for inter-network communications.
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