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1072 - Disclosure - Activity in Allowance for Credit Losses for Device Payment Plan Agreement Receivables (Detail)
(http://www.verizon.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureActivityInAllowanceForCreditLossesForDevicePaymentPlanAgreementReceivables)
TableSchedule of Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000732712 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Legal Entity [Axis]Entity [Domain]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Balance at January 1, 2016
444,000,000  
Bad debt expense
692,000,000  
Write-offs
(479,000,000) 
Allowance related to receivables sold
28,000,000  
Other
3,000,000  
Balance at December 31, 2016
688,000,000