11. INVENTORIES
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2017 |
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2016 |
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Customer equipment |
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$ |
73,124 |
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$ |
66,402 |
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Network materials |
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16,466 |
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19,662 |
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$ |
89,590 |
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$ |
86,064 |
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Cost of inventories included in purchase of goods and services amounted to $278.0 million in 2017 ($258.7 million in 2016 and $205.7 million in 2015). Write-downs of inventories totalling $4.8 million were recognized in purchase of goods and services in 2017 ($3.0 million in 2016 and $1.5 million in 2015).