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ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2007 ANNUAL REPORT 95
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Other primarily includes miscellaneous equipment and vehicles.
Depreciation expense for 2007 amounted to $1,303 million (2006 –
$1,172 million).
10. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:
2007 2006
Accumulated Net book Accumulated Net book
Cost depreciation value Cost depreciation value
Land and buildings $ 662 $ 133 $ 529 $ 561 $ 102 $ 459
Towers, head-ends and transmitters 998 566 432 898 451 447
Distribution cable and subscriber drops 4,562 2,542 2,020 4,288 2,303 1,985
Network equipment 4,749 2,393 2,356 4,420 2,233 2,187
Wireless network radio base station equipment 1,250 770 480 1,619 1,210 409
Computer equipment and software 2,068 1,518 550 1,789 1,319 470
Customer equipment 1,068 614 454 922 513 409
Leasehold improvements 316 175 141 293 169 124
Other 754 427 327 614 372 242
$ 16,427 $ 9,138 $ 7,289 $ 15,404 $ 8,672 $ 6,732
2007 2006
Accumulated Net book Accumulated Net book
Cost amortization value Cost amortization value
Spectrum licences $ 921 $ – $ 921 $ 901 $ – $ 901
Brand names 437 116 321 411 80 331
Subscriber bases 1,046 790 256 1,045 609 436
Baseball player contracts 120 120 – 120 118 2
Roaming agreements 523 138 385 523 94 429
Dealer networks 41 32 9 41 22 19
Wholesale agreements 13 13 – 13 9 4
Marketing agreement 52 5 47 – – –
Broadcast licences 147 – 147 30 – 30
$ 3,300 $ 1,214 $ 2,086 $ 3,084 $ 932 $ 2,152
Details of PP&E are as follows:
PP&E not yet in service and therefore not depreciated at
December 31, 2007, amounted to $614 million (2006 – $403 million).
(B) INTANGIBLE ASSETS:
Details of intangible assets are as follows:
11. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS:
(A) GOODWILL:
A summary of the changes to goodwill is as follows:
2007 2006
Opening balance $ 2,779 $ 3,036
Acquisition of Citytv (note 4(a)(ii)) 264 –
Adjustments to Call-Net purchase price allocation (note 4(b)) – (47)
Adjustments to other purchase price allocations (7) (6)
Other acquisitions (note 4(a)(iii) and (b)) 1 5
Reduction in valuation allowance for acquired future income tax assets (note 7) (10) (209)
$ 3,027 $ 2,779