QWEST CORP
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 20, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 20, 2025
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Item 2. Properties
Our property, plant and equipment consists principally of telephone lines, cable, central office equipment, land and buildings related to our operations. Our gross property, plant and equipment consisted of the following components as of the dates below:
| As of December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Land | 2% | 2% |
| Fiber, conduit and other outside plant(1) | 46% | 42% |
| Central office and other network electronics(2) | 33% | 32% |
| Support assets(3) | 16% | 17% |
| Construction in progress(4) | 3% | 7% |
| Gross property, plant and equipment | 100% | 100% |
(1)Fiber, conduit and other outside plant consists of fiber and metallic cable, conduit, poles and other supporting structures.
(2)Central office and other network electronics consists of circuit and packet switches, routers, transmission electronics and electronics providing service to customers.
(3)Support assets consist of buildings, computers and other administrative and support equipment.
(4)Construction in progress includes inventory held for construction and property of the aforementioned categories that is under construction and has not yet been placed in service.
We own a substantial portion of our telecommunications equipment required for our business. However, we also lease from third parties certain facilities, network capacity and equipment and software under various lease or other arrangements. We also own and lease administrative offices in major metropolitan locations primarily within our local service area. Substantially all of our network electronics equipment is located in buildings or on land that we own or lease within our local service area. Outside of our local service area, our assets are generally located on real property pursuant to an agreement with the property owner or another person with rights to the property. It is possible that we may lose our rights under one or more of these agreements, due to their termination or expiration or in connection with legal challenges to our rights under such agreements.
Our net property, plant and equipment was approximately $8.9 billion and $8.7 billion at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For additional information, see Note 8—Property, Plant and Equipment to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of Part II of this report.
We have entered into various agreements regarding our unused office and technical space to reduce our ongoing operating expenses regarding such space.
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