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NOTE 11 – INTANGIBLE AND OTHER ASSETS

Intangible assets with finite economic useful lives:

		Licenses				Costs of obtaining contracts with customers(4)				Trade name				Customer relationships				Subscriber acquisition and retention costs				Computer software(1)				Total
		New Israeli Shekels in millions
Cost
At January 1, 2015			2,088								73				276				13				646				3,096
Additions in 2015			35																6				89				130
Disposals in 2015																			6				73				79
At December 31, 2015			2,123								73				276				13				662				3,147
Additions in 2016																			4				82				86
Disposals in 2016																			4				110				114
At December 31, 2016			2,123								73				276				13				634				3,119
Transition to IFRS 15(4)							2												(13	)							(11	)
Additions in 2017							84																59				143
Disposals in 2017											73												128				201
At  December 31, 2017			2,123				86				-				276				-				565				3,050
Accumulated amortization
At  January 1, 2015			1,502								33				188				9				285				2,017
Amortization in 2015(2)			86								6				23				7				121				243
Impairment charges (3)											2				8												10
Disposals in 2015																			6				73				79
At December 31, 2015			1,588								41				219				10				333				2,191
Amortization in 2016			88								21				18				5				117				249
Disposals in 2016																			4				110				114
At December 31, 2016			1,676								62				237				11				340				2,326
Transition to IFRS 15(4)																			(11	)							(11	)
Amortization in 2017			88				15				11				18								107				239
Disposals in 2017											73												128				201
At December 31, 2017			1,764				15				-				255				-				319				2,353
Carrying amounts, net
At December 31, 2015			535								32				57				3				329				956
At December 31, 2016			447								11				39				2				294				793
At December 31, 2017			359				71				-				21				-				246				697

		New Israeli Shekels
		Year ended December 31
		2015				2016				2017
		In millions
(1) Cost additions include capitalization of salary and employee related expenses			35				36				44

 

(2) See information with respect to change in estimate of economic life of the trade name in 2015 in note 2(f)(4)

(3) See note 13(2).

(4) See adoption of IFRS 15 Revenues from Contracts with Customers in note 2 (n) and note 2(f)(5)

 

For depreciation and amortization in the statement of income see note 22.