UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q
                                                       
(Mark One)
 
x
 
 
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 20152016
 
or
 
 
 o
 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
       
For the transition period from          to

Commission File Number 1-8610

AT&T INC.

Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 43-1301883

208 S. Akard St., Dallas, Texas 75202
Telephone Number: (210) 821-4105


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
                                                                                                                                                                        Yes [X]    No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
                                                                                                                                                               Yes [X]   No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of "accelerated filer," "large accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer[X] Accelerated filer[   ]
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
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At April 30, 20152016, there were 5,1936,156 million common shares outstanding.


PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.  Financial Statements

AT&T INC.AT&T INC. AT&T INC. 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOMECONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME 
Dollars in millions except per share amountsDollars in millions except per share amounts Dollars in millions except per share amounts 
(Unaudited)(Unaudited) (Unaudited) 
 Three Months Ended 
 Three months ended  March 31, 
 March 31,  2016  2015 
 2015  2014       
Operating Revenues          
Service $28,962  $29,776  $37,101  $28,962 
Equipment  3,614   2,700   3,434   3,614 
Total operating revenues  32,576   32,476   40,535   32,576 
                
Operating Expenses                
Cost of services and sales (exclusive of depreciation        
Cost of services and sales        
Equipment  4,375   4,546 
Broadcast, programming and operations  4,629   1,122 
Other cost of services (exclusive of depreciation        
and amortization shown separately below)  14,581   13,321   9,396   8,812 
Selling, general and administrative  7,961   8,260   8,441   7,961 
Depreciation and amortization  4,578   4,617   6,563   4,578 
Total operating expenses  27,120   26,198   33,404   27,019 
Operating Income  5,456   6,278   7,131   5,557 
Other Income (Expense)                
Interest expense  (899)  (860)  (1,207)  (899)
Equity in net income of affiliates  -   88   13   - 
Other income (expense) – net  70   145   70   70 
Total other income (expense)  (829)  (627)  (1,124)  (829)
Income Before Income Taxes  4,627   5,651   6,007   4,728 
Income tax expense  1,351   1,917   2,122   1,389 
Net Income  3,276   3,734   3,885   3,339 
Less: Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest  (76)  (82)  (82)  (76)
Net Income Attributable to AT&T $3,200  $3,652  $3,803  $3,263 
Basic Earnings Per Share Attributable to AT&T $0.61  $0.70  $0.62  $0.63 
Diluted Earnings Per Share Attributable to AT&T $0.61  $0.70  $0.61  $0.63 
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding – Basic (in millions)  5,203   5,222   6,172   5,203 
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding – with Dilution (in millions)  5,219   5,238   6,190   5,219 
Dividends Declared Per Common Share $0.47  $0.46  $0.48  $0.47 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.        
 
       
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AT&T INC.               
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME               
Dollars in millions    
(Unaudited)           
   Three months ended  
  March 31, 
  2015  2014 
Net income $3,276  $3,734 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:        
   Foreign currency:        
        Foreign currency translation adjustment (includes $0 and $0 attributable to
             noncontrolling interest), net of taxes of $(104) and $(9)
  (186)  (20)
        Reclassification adjustment included in net income, net of taxes of $0 and $14  -   25 
   Available-for-sale securities:        
        Net unrealized gains, net of taxes of $19 and $10  34   16 
        Reclassification adjustment included in net income, net of taxes of $(3) and $(7)  (5)  (11)
   Cash flow hedges:        
        Net unrealized (losses) gains, net of taxes of $(190) and $3  (354)  6 
        Reclassification adjustment included in net income, net of taxes of $4 and $4  7   7 
   Defined benefit postretirement plans:        
        Amortization of net prior service credit included in net income, net of taxes of $(131)
             and $(147)
  (215)  (240)
        Reclassification adjustment included in net income, net of taxes of $0 and $2  -   3 
Other comprehensive income (loss)  (719)  (214)
Total comprehensive income  2,557   3,520 
Less: Total comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest  (76)  (82)
Total Comprehensive Income Attributable to AT&T $2,481  $3,438 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.        
AT&T INC.      
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME      
Dollars in millions      
(Unaudited)      
  Three months ended 
  March 31, 
  2016  2015 
Net income $3,885  $3,339 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:        
   Foreign currency:        
        Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of taxes of $(10) and $(104)  (44)  (186)
   Available-for-sale securities:        
        Net unrealized gains (losses), net of taxes of $(15) and $19  (26)  33 
        Reclassification adjustment included in net income, net of taxes of $(2) and $(3)  (3)  (5)
   Cash flow hedges:        
        Net unrealized gains (losses), net of taxes of $67 and $(190)  124   (354)
        Reclassification adjustment included in net income, net of taxes of $5 and $4  10   7 
   Defined benefit postretirement plans:        
        Amortization of net prior service credit included in net income, net of taxes of $(131)
             and $(131)
  (215)  (215)
Other comprehensive income (loss)  (154)  (720)
Total comprehensive income  3,731   2,619 
Less: Total comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest  (82)  (76)
Total Comprehensive Income Attributable to AT&T $3,649  $2,543 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.        
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AT&T INC. 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 
Dollars in millions except per share amounts 
  March 31,  December 31, 
  2015  2014 
Assets (Unaudited)   
Current Assets    
Cash and cash equivalents $4,444  $8,603 
Accounts receivable - net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $488 and $454  13,592   14,527 
Prepaid expenses  930   831 
Deferred income taxes  1,538   1,142 
Other current assets  6,906   6,925 
Total current assets  27,410   32,028 
Property, plant and equipment  285,133   282,295 
   Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization  (171,935)  (169,397)
Property, Plant and Equipment – Net  113,198   112,898 
Goodwill  70,341   69,692 
Licenses  80,560   60,824 
Other Intangible Assets – Net  6,423   6,139 
Investments in Equity Affiliates  266   250 
Other Assets  9,830   10,998 
Total Assets $308,028  $292,829 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        
Current Liabilities        
Debt maturing within one year $8,181  $6,056 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  20,418   23,592 
Advanced billing and customer deposits  4,221   4,105 
Accrued taxes  2,390   1,091 
Dividends payable  2,441   2,438 
Total current liabilities  37,651   37,282 
Long-Term Debt  88,272   76,011 
Deferred Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities        
Deferred income taxes  38,019   37,544 
Postemployment benefit obligation  37,074   37,079 
Other noncurrent liabilities  19,908   17,989 
Total deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities  95,001   92,612 
         
Stockholders' Equity        
Common stock ($1 par value, 14,000,000,000 authorized at March 31, 2015 and        
   December 31, 2014: issued 6,495,231,088 at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014)  6,495   6,495 
Additional paid-in capital  90,977   91,108 
Retained earnings  28,490   27,736 
Treasury stock (1,302,176,826 at March 31, 2015 and 1,308,318,131        
   at December 31, 2014, at cost)  (46,804)  (47,029)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  7,341   8,060 
Noncontrolling interest  605   554 
Total stockholders' equity  87,104   86,924 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $308,028  $292,829 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.        
AT&T INC. 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 
Dollars in millions except per share amounts 
  March 31,  December 31, 
  2016  2015 
Assets (Unaudited)    
Current Assets      
Cash and cash equivalents $10,008  $5,121 
Accounts receivable - net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $697 and $704  16,070   16,532 
Prepaid expenses  1,378   1,072 
Other current assets  10,545   13,267 
Total current assets  38,001   35,992 
Property, plant and equipment  309,380   306,227 
   Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization  (185,926)  (181,777)
Property, Plant and Equipment – Net  123,454   124,450 
Goodwill  104,651   104,568 
Licenses  94,130   93,093 
Customer Lists and Relationships - Net  17,197   18,208 
Other Intangible Assets – Net  9,108   9,409 
Investments in Equity Affiliates  1,594   1,606 
Other Assets  15,503   15,346 
Total Assets $403,638  $402,672 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        
Current Liabilities        
Debt maturing within one year $8,399  $7,636 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  26,169   30,372 
Advanced billing and customer deposits  4,550   4,682 
Accrued taxes  2,455   2,176 
Dividends payable  2,955   2,950 
Total current liabilities  44,528   47,816 
Long-Term Debt  122,104   118,515 
Deferred Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities        
Deferred income taxes  57,489   56,181 
Postemployment benefit obligation  34,114   34,262 
Other noncurrent liabilities  20,998   22,258 
Total deferred credits and other noncurrent liabilities  112,601   112,701 
         
Stockholders' Equity        
Common stock ($1 par value, 14,000,000,000 authorized at March 31, 2016 and        
   December 31, 2015: issued 6,495,231,088 at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015)  6,495   6,495 
Additional paid-in capital  89,414   89,763 
Retained earnings  34,506   33,671 
Treasury stock (339,006,986 at March 31, 2016 and 350,291,239        
   at December 31, 2015, at cost)  (12,163)  (12,592)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  5,180   5,334 
Noncontrolling interest  973   969 
Total stockholders' equity  124,405   123,640 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $403,638  $402,672 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.        
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AT&T INC. 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 
Dollars in millions 
(Unaudited) 
  Three months ended 
  March 31, 
  2015  2014 
Operating Activities    
Net income $3,276  $3,734 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
   Depreciation and amortization  4,578   4,617 
   Undistributed earnings from investments in equity affiliates  -   17 
   Provision for uncollectible accounts  285   241 
   Deferred income tax expense  214   578 
   Net (gain) loss from sale of investments, net of impairments  (33)  (122)
   Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
      Accounts receivable  739   (498)
      Other current assets  13   (340)
      Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  (1,817)  1,025 
   Retirement benefit funding  (140)  (140)
   Other - net
  (377)  (313)
Total adjustments  3,462   5,065 
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities  6,738   8,799 
         
Investing Activities        
Construction and capital expenditures:        
   Capital expenditures  (3,848)  (5,716)
   Interest during construction  (123)  (55)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired  (19,514)  (662)
Dispositions  8   351 
Sale of securities  1,890   - 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  (21,587)  (6,082)
         
Financing Activities        
Net change in short-term borrowings with original maturities of three months or less  -   (17)
Issuance of long-term debt  16,572   2,987 
Repayment of long-term debt  (596)  (1,867)
Purchase of treasury stock  -   (1,237)
Issuance of treasury stock  8   13 
Dividends paid  (2,434)  (2,398)
Other  (2,860)  74 
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities  10,690   (2,445)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents  (4,159)  272 
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of year  8,603   3,339 
Cash and Cash Equivalents End of Period $4,444  $3,611 
         
Cash paid (received) during the three months ended March 31 for:        
   Interest $1,021  $976 
   Income taxes, net of refunds $(247) $(40)
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.        
AT&T INC. 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 
Dollars in millions 
(Unaudited) 
  Three months ended 
  March 31, 
  2016  2015 
Operating Activities      
Net income $3,885  $3,339 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
   Depreciation and amortization  6,563   4,578 
   Undistributed earnings from investments in equity affiliates  (13)  - 
   Provision for uncollectible accounts  374   285 
   Deferred income tax expense  1,346   252 
   Net gain from sale of investments, net of impairments  (44)  (33)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
      Accounts receivable  627   739 
      Other current assets  612   408 
      Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  (4,006)  (1,817)
Retirement benefit funding  (140)  (140)
Other - net
  (1,304)  (873)
Total adjustments  4,015   3,399 
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities  7,900   6,738 
         
Investing Activities        
Construction and capital expenditures:        
   Capital expenditures  (4,451)  (3,848)
   Interest during construction  (218)  (123)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired  (165)  (19,514)
Dispositions  81   8 
Sale of securities, net  445   1,890 
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities  (4,308)  (21,587)
         
Financing Activities        
Issuance of long-term debt  5,978   16,572 
Repayment of long-term debt  (2,296)  (596)
Issuance of treasury stock  89   8 
Dividends paid  (2,947)  (2,434)
Other  471   (2,860)
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  1,295   10,690 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  4,887   (4,159)
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of year  5,121   8,603 
Cash and Cash Equivalents End of Period $10,008  $4,444 
         
Cash paid (received) during the three months ended March 31 for:        
   Interest $1,459  $1,021 
   Income taxes, net of refunds $477  $(247)
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.        
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AT&T INC. 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 
Dollars and shares in millions except per share amounts 
(Unaudited) 
  March 31, 2015 
  Shares  Amount 
Common Stock    
Balance at beginning of year  6,495  $6,495 
Issuance of stock  -   - 
Balance at end of period  6,495  $6,495 
         
Additional Paid-In Capital        
Balance at beginning of year     $91,108 
Issuance of treasury stock      3 
Share-based payments      (123)
Change related to acquisition of interests held by noncontrolling owners      (11)
Balance at end of period     $90,977 
         
Retained Earnings        
Balance at beginning of year     $27,736 
Net income attributable to AT&T ($0.61 per diluted share)      3,200 
Dividends to stockholders ($0.47 per share)      (2,446)
Balance at end of period     $28,490 
         
Treasury Stock        
Balance at beginning of year  (1,308) $(47,029)
Issuance of treasury stock  6   225 
Balance at end of period  (1,302) $(46,804)
         
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Attributable to AT&T, net of tax        
Balance at beginning of year     $8,060 
Other comprehensive loss attributable to AT&T      (719)
Balance at end of period     $7,341 
         
Noncontrolling Interest        
Balance at beginning of year     $554 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest      76 
Distributions      (54)
Acquisition of noncontrolling interests      29 
Balance at end of period     $605 
         
Total Stockholders' Equity at beginning of year     $86,924 
Total Stockholders' Equity at end of period     $87,104 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.        
AT&T INC. 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 
Dollars and shares in millions except per share amounts 
(Unaudited) 
  March 31, 2016
  Shares  Amount 
       
Common Stock      
Balance at beginning of year  6,495  $6,495 
Issuance of stock  -   - 
Balance at end of period  6,495  $6,495 
         
Additional Paid-In Capital        
Balance at beginning of year     $89,763 
Issuance of treasury stock      (41)
Share-based payments      (308)
Balance at end of period     $89,414 
         
Retained Earnings        
Balance at beginning of year     $33,671 
Net income attributable to AT&T ($0.61 per diluted share)      3,803 
Dividends to stockholders ($0.48 per share)      (2,968)
Balance at end of period     $34,506 
         
Treasury Stock        
Balance at beginning of year  (350) $(12,592)
Issuance of treasury stock  11   429 
Balance at end of period  (339) $(12,163)
         
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Attributable to AT&T, net of tax        
Balance at beginning of year     $5,334 
Other comprehensive loss attributable to AT&T      (154)
Balance at end of period     $5,180 
         
Noncontrolling Interest        
Balance at beginning of year     $969 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest      82 
Distributions      (78)
Balance at end of period     $973 
         
Total Stockholders' Equity at beginning of year     $123,640 
Total Stockholders' Equity at end of period     $124,405 
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.        
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AT&T INC.
MARCH 31, 20152016

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Dollars in millions except per share amounts

NOTE 1. PREPARATION OF INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Basis of PresentationThroughout this document, AT&T Inc. is referred to as "AT&T," "we" or the "Company." We believe that theseThese consolidated financial statements include all adjustments consisting only of normal recurring accruals, that are necessary to present fairly the results for the presented interim periods.periods, consisting of normal recurring accruals and other items. The results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of those for the full year. You should read this document in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.2015.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and our majority-owned subsidiaries and affiliates.affiliates, including the results of DIRECTV and wireless properties in Mexico for the period from acquisition to the reporting date. Our subsidiaries and affiliates operate in the communications and digital entertainment services industry, bothproviding services and equipment that deliver voice, video and broadband services domestically and internationally, providing wireless communications services, traditional wireline voice services, data/broadband and Internet services, video services, telecommunications equipment, managed networking and wholesale services.internationally.

All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated in the consolidation process. Investments in less than majority-owned subsidiaries and partnerships where we have significant influence are accounted for under the equity method. Earnings from certain investments accounted for using the equity method are included for periods ended within up to one monthquarter of our period end. We also recordedrecord our proportionate share of our equity method investees' other comprehensive income (OCI) items, including actuarial gains and losses on pension and other postretirement benefit obligations.cumulative translation adjustments.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes, including estimates of probable losses and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Certain amounts have been conformed to the current period's presentation, including our change in accounting to capitalize customer set-up and installations costs and amortize them over the expected economic life of the customer relationship. The consolidated statements of income also include revisions to present "Equipment" and "Broadcast, programming and operations" costs separately from "Other cost of services."

New Accounting Standards

Leases  In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)" (ASU 2016-02), which replaces existing leasing rules with a comprehensive lease measurement and recognition standard and expanded disclosure requirements. ASU 2016-02 will require lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets as liabilities, with corresponding "right-of-use" assets. Leases will be classified as either a finance or an operating lease without relying upon the bright-line tests under current GAAP.

Upon initial evaluation, we believe the key change upon adoption will be the balance sheet recognition. The income statement recognition appears similar to our current methodology.

ASU 2016-02 becomes effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, subject to early adoption. We have just begun our evaluation of the impact on our financial statements, as well as available adoption methods, but we believe our implementation of the revenue recognition standard discussed below could influence the timing of our adoption of ASU 2016-02.

Revenue Recognition  In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)FASB issued Accounting Standards UpdateASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)" (ASU 2014-09) and has since modified the standard with ASU 2015-14, "Deferral of the Effective Date," ASU 2016-08, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606):  Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), which replaces" and ASU 2016-10, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606):  Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing." These standards replace existing revenue recognition rules with a comprehensive revenue measurement and recognition standard and expanded disclosure requirements. ASU 2014-09, as amended, becomes effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. In April 2015,2017, at which point we plan to adopt the FASB issued an exposure draft to delay the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. We continue to evaluate the impact of the new standard and available adoption methods.standard.
 
Long-Term Debt and Debt Issuance Costs  In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, "Interest—Imputation of Interest: Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs" (ASU 2015-03), which will result in the reclassification of debt issuance costs from "Other Assets" to inclusion as a reduction of our reportable "Long-term Debt" balance on our consolidated balance sheets. ASU 2015-03 becomes effective January 1, 2016, subject to early adoption, and will require full retrospective application. We do not expect this new standard to have a material impact on our consolidated balance sheets.7

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AT&T INC.
MARCH 31, 20152016

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) - Continued
Dollars in millions except per share amounts

The FASB allows two adoption methods under ASU 2014-09. Under one method, a company will apply the rules to contracts in all reporting periods presented, subject to certain allowable exceptions. Under the other method, a company will apply the rules to all contracts existing as of January 1, 2018, recognizing in beginning retained earnings an adjustment for the cumulative effect of the change and providing additional disclosures comparing results to previous rules ("modified retrospective method"). We continue to evaluate the impact of the new standard and available adoption methods.

Upon initial evaluation, we believe the key changes in the standard that impact our revenue recognition relate to the allocation of contract revenues between various services and equipment, and the timing of when those revenues are recognized. We are still in the process of evaluating these impacts. As a result of our accounting policy change for customer set-up and installation costs in 2015, we believe under the new standard that the requirement to defer such costs will not result in a significant change to our results. However, the requirement to defer incremental contract acquisition costs and recognize them over the contract period or expected customer life will result in the recognition of a deferred charge on our balance sheets. We cannot currently estimate the impact of this change upon adoption, as the industry continues to undergo changes in how devices and services are sold to customers.

NOTE 2. EARNINGS PER SHARE

A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 20152016 and 2014,2015, is shown in the table below:

 Three months ended  Three months ended 
 March 31,  March 31, 
 2015  2014  2016  2015 
Numerators          
Numerator for basic earnings per share:          
Net income $3,276  $3,734  $3,885  $3,339 
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest  (76)  (82)  (82)  (76)
Net income attributable to AT&T  3,200   3,652   3,803   3,263 
Dilutive potential common shares:                
Share-based payment  4   4   4   4 
Numerator for diluted earnings per share $3,204  $3,656  $3,807  $3,267 
Denominators (000,000)                
Denominator for basic earnings per share:                
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding  5,203   5,222   6,172   5,203 
Dilutive potential common shares:                
Share-based payment (in shares)  16   16   18   16 
Denominator for diluted earnings per share  5,219   5,238   6,190   5,219 
Basic earnings per share attributable to AT&T $0.61  $0.70  $0.62  $0.63 
Diluted earnings per share attributable to AT&T $0.61  $0.70  $0.61  $0.63 

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Dollars in millions except per share amounts

NOTE 3. OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Changes in the balances of each component included in accumulated other comprehensive income (accumulated OCI) are presented below. All amounts are net of tax and exclude noncontrolling interest.
                
At March 31, 2015 and for the period ended:            
 
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
 
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Cash Flow
Hedges
 
Defined Benefit
Postretirement
Plans
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Balance as of December 31, 2014$ (26) $ 498  $ 741  $ 6,847  $ 8,060 
Other comprehensive income
   (loss) before reclassifications
  (186)   34    (354)   -      (506)
Amounts reclassified
   from accumulated OCI
  -   
 
  (5)
 
  7 
 
  (215)
 
  (213)
Net other comprehensive
   income (loss)
  (186)   29    (347)   (215)   (719)
Balance as of March 31, 2015$ (212) $ 527  $ 394  $ 6,632  $ 7,341 
                
At March 31, 2014 and for the period ended:            
 
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
 
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Cash Flow
Hedges
 
Defined Benefit
Postretirement
Plans
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Balance as of December 31, 2013$ (367) $ 450  $ 445  $ 7,352  $ 7,880 
Other comprehensive income
   (loss) before reclassifications
  (20)   16    6    -      2 
Amounts reclassified
   from accumulated OCI
  25 
 
  (11)
 
  7 
 
  (237)
 
  (216)
Net other comprehensive
   income (loss)
  5    5    13    (237)   (214)
Balance as of March 31, 2014$ (362) $ 455  $ 458  $ 7,115  $ 7,666 
 1 Translation (gain) loss reclassifications are included in Other income (expense) - net in the consolidated statements of income.
 2 (Gains) losses are included in Other income (expense) - net in the consolidated statements of income.
 3 (Gains) losses are included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of income. See Note 6 for additional information.
 4 The amortization of prior service credits associated with postretirement benefits, net of amounts capitalized as part of construction labor, are included in Cost of services and sales and Selling, general and administrative in the consolidated statements of income (see Note 5).
   Actuarial loss reclassifications related to our equity method investees are included in Other income (expense) - net in the consolidated statements of income.

9Following our 2015 acquisitions of DIRECTV and wireless businesses in Mexico, we have additional foreign operations that are exposed to fluctuations in the exchange rates used to convert operations, assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars. Since December 31, 2015, when compared to the U.S. dollar, the Brazilian real exchange rate has appreciated 9.3%, the Argentine peso exchange rate has depreciated 13.7% and the Mexican peso exchange rate has depreciated 0.4%.
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Dollars in millions except per share amounts
At March 31, 2016, and for the period ended:            
 
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
 
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Cash Flow
Hedges
 
Defined Benefit
Postretirement
Plans
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Balance as of December 31, 2015$ (1,198) $ 484  $ 16  $ 6,032  $ 5,334 
Other comprehensive income
   (loss) before reclassifications
  (44)   (26)   124    -      54 
Amounts reclassified
   from accumulated OCI
  -   
 
  (3)
 
  10 
 
  (215)
 
  (208)
Net other comprehensive
   income (loss)
  (44)   (29)   134    (215)   (154)
Balance as of March 31, 2016$ (1,242) $ 455  $ 150  $ 5,817  $ 5,180 
                
At March 31, 2015, and for the period ended:            
 
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
 
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Cash Flow
Hedges
 
Defined Benefit
Postretirement
Plans
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Balance as of December 31, 2014$ (26) $ 499  $ 741  $ 6,847  $ 8,061 
Other comprehensive income
   (loss) before reclassifications
  (186)   33    (354)   -      (507)
Amounts reclassified
   from accumulated OCI
  -   
 
  (5)
 
  7 
 
  (215)
 
  (213)
Net other comprehensive
   income (loss)
  (186)   28    (347)   (215)   (720)
Balance as of March 31, 2015$ (212) $ 527  $ 394  $ 6,632  $ 7,341 
 
 Translation (gain) loss reclassifications are included in Other income (expense) - net in the consolidated statements of income.
 
 (Gains) losses are included in Other income (expense) - net in the consolidated statements of income.
 
 (Gains) losses are included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of income. See Note 6 for additional information.
 
 The amortization of prior service credits associated with postretirement benefits, net of amounts capitalized as part of construction labor, are included in Cost of services and sales and Selling, general and administrative in the consolidated statements of income (see Note 5).

NOTE 4. SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services to different customer segments over various technology platforms and/or in different geographies that are managed accordingly. Due to recent organizational changes and our July 24, 2015, acquisition of DIRECTV, effective for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, we revised our operating segments to align with our new management structure and organizational responsibilities. We analyze our operating segments based on segment contribution, which consists of operating income, before income taxes. We make our capital allocation decisions based on our strategic direction of the business, needs of the network (wireless or wireline) providing services and to provide emerging services to our customers. Actuarial gains and losses from pensionexcluding acquisition-related costs and other postretirement benefits, interest expensesignificant items (as discussed below), and otherequity in net income (expense) – net, areof affiliates for investments managed only on a total company basis and are, accordingly, reflected only in consolidated results. Therefore, these items are not included inwithin each segment's reportable results. The customers and long-lived assets of our reportable segments are predominantly in the United States.operating segment. We have threefour reportable segments: (1) Wireless,Business Solutions, (2) WirelineEntertainment Group, (3) Consumer Mobility and (3)(4) International.
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Dollars in millions except per share amounts
We also evaluate segment performance based on segment operating income before depreciation and amortization, which we refer to as EBITDA and/or EBITDA margin. We believe EBITDA to be a relevant and useful measurement to our investors as it is part of our internal management reporting and planning processes and it is an important metric that management uses to evaluate segment operating performance. EBITDA does not give effect to cash used for debt service requirements and thus does not reflect available funds for distributions, reinvestment or other discretionary uses.

The WirelessBusiness Solutions segment uses our nationwide networkprovides services to business, including multinational companies; governmental and wholesale customers; and individual subscribers who purchase wireless services through employer-sponsored plans. We provide consumeradvanced IP-based services including Virtual Private Networks (VPN); Ethernet-related products and broadband, collectively referred to as strategic business customers with wirelessservices; as well as traditional data and voice products. We utilize our wireless and wired networks (referred to as "wired" or "wireline") to provide a complete communications services. This segment includedsolution to our portion of the results from our equity investment in the SoftcardTM mobile wallet joint venture.business customers.

The WirelineEntertainment Group segment usesprovides video, Internet, voice communication and interactive and targeted advertising services to customers located in the U.S. or in U.S. territories. We utilize our regional, nationalcopper and globalIP-based wired network and/or our satellite technology.

The Consumer Mobility segment provides nationwide wireless service to consumers and wireless wholesale and resale subscribers located in the U.S. or in U.S. territories. We utilize our U.S. wireless network to provide consumervoice and business customers with data and voice communications services, AT&T U-verse® high speedincluding high-speed Internet, video, and VoIP services and managed networking to business customers.home monitoring services.

The International segment uses the Iusacellprovides entertainment services in Latin America and Unefonwireless services in Mexico. Video entertainment services are provided to primarily residential customers using satellite technology. We utilize our regional and national networks in Mexico to provide consumer and business customers with wireless data and voice communication servicesservices. Our international subsidiaries conduct business in Mexico. Beginning April 30, 2015, the International segment also utilizes the regionaltheir local currency and national networks of Nextel Mexicooperating results are converted to provide similar services.U.S. dollars using official exchange rates.

The In reconciling items to consolidated operating income and income before income taxes, Corporate and Other column includes unallocated corporate expenses, includes: (1) operations that are not considered reportable segments and that are no longer integral to our operations or which includes costs to support corporate-driven activitieswe no longer actively market, and operations, and(2) impacts of corporate-wide decisions for which the individual operating segments are not being evaluated, including interest costs and expected return on plan assets for our pension and postretirement benefit plansplans.

Certain operating items are not allocated to our business segments:
·
Acquisition-related items include (1) operations and support items associated with the merger and integration of newly acquired businesses, and (2) the noncash amortization of intangible assets acquired in acquisitions.
·
Certain significant items include (1) noncash actuarial gains and losses from pension and other postretirement benefits, (2) employee separation charges associated with voluntary and/or strategic offers, (3) losses resulting from abandonment or impairment of assets and (4) other items for which the segments are not being evaluated.

Interest expense and other income (expense) – net, are managed only on a total company basis and are, accordingly, reflected only in consolidated results. Therefore, these items are also not included in each segment's reportable results.

Our operating assets are utilized by multiple segments and consist of our wireless and wired networks as well as an international satellite fleet. We manage our actuarial gainsassets to provide for the most efficient, effective and losses onintegrated service to our pensioncustomers, not by operating segment, and postretirement plan valuations. Results from equity method investments in América Móvil S.A. de C.V. (prior to the June 2014 disposal of our investment), YP Holdings LLC,therefore asset information and Otter Media (our joint venture with The Chernin Group), are also excluded from ourcapital expenditures by segment results as those results are not considered in our assessment of segment performance. We have revised our prior-period presentation to conform to our current reporting.presented. Depreciation is allocated based on network usage or asset utilization by segment.
 
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Dollars in millions except per share amounts

For the three months ended March 31, 2016
  Revenue  
Operations
and
Support
Expenses
  EBITDA  
Depreciation
and
Amortization
  
Operating
Income
(Loss)
  
Equity in
Net
Income
(Loss) of
Affiliates
  
Segment
Contribution
Business Solutions$ 17,609  $ 10,802  $ 6,807  $ 2,508  $ 4,299  $ -  $ 4,299 
Entertainment Group  12,658    9,578    3,080    1,488    1,592    3    1,595 
Consumer Mobility  8,328    4,912    3,416    922    2,494    -    2,494 
International  1,667    1,588    79    277    (198)   14    (184)
Segment Total  40,262    26,880    13,382    5,195    8,187  $ 17  $ 8,204 
Corporate and Other  273    377    (104)   17    (121)      
Acquisition-related items  -    295    (295)   1,351    (1,646)      
Certain significant items  -    (711)   711    -    711       
AT&T Inc.$ 40,535  $ 26,841  $ 13,694  $ 6,563  $ 7,131       
                     
For the three months ended March 31, 2015
  Revenue  
Operations
and
Support
Expenses
  EBITDA  
Depreciation
and
Amortization
  
Operating
Income
(Loss)
  
Equity in
Net
Income
(Loss) of
Affiliates
  
Segment
Contribution
Business Solutions$ 17,557  $ 11,073  $ 6,484  $ 2,342  $ 4,142  $ -  $ 4,142 
Entertainment Group  5,660    4,859    801    1,065    (264)   (6)   (270)
Consumer Mobility  8,778    5,541    3,237    1,002    2,235    -    2,235 
International  236    218    18    28    (10)   -    (10)
Segment Total  32,231    21,691    10,540    4,437    6,103  $ (6) $ 6,097 
Corporate and Other  345    234    111    20    91       
Acquisition-related items  -    299    (299)   121    (420)      
Certain significant items  -    217    (217)   -    (217)      
AT&T Inc.$ 32,576  $ 22,441  $ 10,135  $ 4,578  $ 5,557       
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Dollars in millions except per share amounts

For the three months ended March 31, 2015:                        
  Wireless  Wireline  International  
Corporate
and Other
  
Consolidated
Results
 
Service $14,812  $13,935  $215  $-  $28,962 
Equipment  3,374   213   21   6   3,614 
Total segment operating revenues  18,186   14,148   236   6   32,576 
Operations and support expenses  11,681   10,263   219   379   22,542 
Depreciation and amortization expenses  2,058   2,476   44   -   4,578 
Total segment operating expenses  13,739   12,739   263   379   27,120 
Segment operating income (loss)  4,447   1,409   (27)  (373)  5,456 
Interest expense  -   -   -   899   899 
Equity in net income (loss) of affiliates  (4)  (7)  -   11   - 
Other income (expense) – net  -   -   -   70   70 
Segment income (loss) before income taxes $4,443  $1,402  $(27) $(1,191) $4,627 
                     
For the three months ended March 31, 2014:                 
  Wireless  Wireline  International  
Corporate
and Other
  
Consolidated
Results
 
Service $15,387  $14,389  $-  $-  $29,776 
Equipment  2,479   212   -   9   2,700 
Total segment operating revenues  17,866   14,601   -   9   32,476 
Operations and support expenses  10,882   10,457   -   242   21,581 
Depreciation and amortization expenses  1,931   2,684   -   2   4,617 
Total segment operating expenses  12,813   13,141   -   244   26,198 
Segment operating income (loss)  5,053   1,460   -   (235)  6,278 
Interest expense  -   -   -   860   860 
Equity in net income (loss) of affiliates  (20)  1   -   107   88 
Other income (expense) – net  -   -   -   145   145 
Segment income (loss) before income taxes $5,033  $1,461  $-  $(843) $5,651 
The following table is a reconciliation of operating contribution to "Income Before Income Taxes" reported on our consolidated statements of income. 
       
  First Quarter 
  2016  2015 
Business Solutions  $4,299  $4,142 
Entertainment Group   1,595   (270)
Consumer Mobility   2,494   2,235 
International   (184)  (10)
Segment Operating Contribution   8,204   6,097 
Reconciling Items:        
  Corporate and Other   (121)  91 
  Merger and integration charges   (295)  (299)
  Amortization of intangibles acquired   (1,351)  (121)
  Employee separation charges   (25)  (217)
  Gain on wireless spectrum transactions   736   - 
  Segment equity in net (income) loss
    of affiliates 
  (17)  6 
AT&T Operating Income   7,131   5,557 
Interest Expense   1,207   899 
Equity in net income (loss) of affiliates   13   - 
Other income (expense) - Net   70   70 
Income Before Income Taxes  $6,007  $4,728 

NOTE 5. PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

Substantially all of our employees are covered by one of our noncontributory pension plans. We also provide certain medical, dental, life insurance and death benefits to certain retired employees under various plans and accrue actuarially determined postretirement benefit costs. Our objective in funding these plans, in combination with the standards of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), is to accumulate assets sufficient to provide benefits described in the plans to employees upon their retirement.

In December 2014, we offered an opportunity for certain management employees who were retirement eligible as of March 31, 2015 to elect an enhanced, full lump sum payment option of their accrued pension if they retired on or before March 31, 2015. The lump sum value totaled approximately $1,200 which will be distributed in 2015. We recorded special termination benefits of approximately $150 as a result of this offer.

In 2013, we made a voluntary contribution of a preferred equity interest in AT&T Mobility II LLC, the primary holding company for our domestic wireless business, to the trust used to pay pension benefits under our qualified pension plans. The preferred equity interest had a fair value of $8,970$8,787 at March 31, 2015.2016. The trust is entitled to receive cumulative cash distributions of $560 per annum, which will be distributed quarterly in equal amounts and will be accounted for as contributions. We distributed $140 to the trust during the three months ended March 31, 2015.2016. So long as we make the distributions, we will have no limitations on our ability to declare a dividend or repurchase shares. This preferred equity interest is a plan asset under ERISA and is recognized as such in the plan's separate financial statements. However, because the preferred equity interest is not unconditionally transferable to an unrelated party, it is not reflected in plan assets in our consolidated financial statements and instead has been eliminated in consolidation. We have also agreed to make a cash contribution to the trust of $175 no later than the due date of our federal income tax return for 2014.
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Dollars in millions except per share amounts

We recognize actuarial gains and losses on pension and postretirement plan assets in our operating results at our annual measurement date of December 31, unless earlier remeasurements are required. The following table details pension and postretirement benefit costs included in operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income, expense credits are denoted with parentheses.income. A portion of these expenses is capitalized as part of internal construction projects, providing a small reduction in the net expense recorded.

  Three months ended 
  March 31, 
  2015  2014 
Pension cost:         
   Service cost – benefits earned during the period $299  $282 
   Interest cost on projected benefit obligation  474   661 
   Expected return on assets  (826)  (849)
   Amortization of prior service credit  (26)  (24)
   Net pension (credit) cost $(79) $70 
         
Postretirement cost:        
   Service cost – benefits earned during the period $55  $58 
   Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation  242   365 
   Expected return on assets  (105)  (164)
   Amortization of prior service credit  (320)  (362)
   Net postretirement (credit) cost $(128) $(103)
         
   Combined net pension and postretirement (credit) cost $(207) $(33)

Our combined net pension and postretirement cost decreased $174 in the first quarter of 2015. The decrease is primarily due to the change in the method used to estimate the service and interest components of net periodic benefit cost for pension and other postretirement benefits. While this change in estimate provides a more precise measurement of interim service and interest costs, it will not affect the measurement of our total benefit obligations or our annual net periodic benefit cost as the change in the service and interest costs is completely offset in the actuarial gain or loss reported. The decrease from this change was partially offset by lower amortization of prior service credits as previous postretirement plan changes have become fully amortized, our lower expected long-term rate of return on our postretirement plan assets and updated assumed mortality rates.

We also provide senior- and middle-management employees with nonqualified, unfunded supplemental retirement and savings plans. Net supplemental retirement pension benefits cost, which is not included in the table above, was $20 in the first quarter of 2015, of which $19 was interest cost, and $29 for the first quarter of 2014, of which $27 was interest cost.

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Dollars in millions except per share amounts
  Three months ended 
  March 31, 
  2016  2015 
Pension cost:      
   Service cost – benefits earned during the period $278  $299 
   Interest cost on projected benefit obligation  495   474 
   Expected return on assets  (778)  (826)
   Amortization of prior service credit  (26)  (26)
   Net pension (credit) cost $(31) $(79)
         
Postretirement cost:        
   Service cost – benefits earned during the period $48  $55 
   Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation  243   242 
   Expected return on assets  (89)  (105)
   Amortization of prior service credit  (319)  (320)
   Net postretirement (credit) cost $(117) $(128)
         
   Combined net pension and postretirement (credit) cost $(148) $(207)

The increase of $59 in the first quarter of 2016 is primarily due to a lower expected return on assets resulting from a decrease in the value in the plan assets.

We also provide senior- and middle-management employees with nonqualified, unfunded supplemental retirement and savings plans. For the first quarter ended 2016 and 2015, net supplemental retirement pension benefits costs not included in the table above, were $23 and $20, respectively.

NOTE 6. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AND DISCLOSURE

The Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure framework provides a three-tiered fair value hierarchy that gives highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that we have the ability to access.

Level 2Inputs to the valuation methodology include:
·Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets.
·Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets.
·Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability.
·Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
·Fair value is often based on developed models in which there are few, if any, external observations.

The fair value measurements level of an asset or liability within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. ValuationOur valuation techniques used should maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
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The valuation methodologies described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of future net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. We believe our valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants. The use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date. There have been no changes in the methodologies used since December 31, 2014.2015.

Long-Term Debt and Other Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our long-term debt, including current maturities and other financial instruments, are summarized as follows:

March 31, 2015 December 31, 2014 March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015 
Carrying Fair Carrying Fair Carrying Fair Carrying Fair 
Amount Value Amount Value Amount Value Amount Value 
Notes and debentures$96,026  $105,084  $81,632  $90,367 
Notes and debentures1
$129,229  $137,865  $124,847  $128,993 
Bank borrowings 5   5   5   5  4   4   4   4 
Investment securities 2,740   2,740   2,735   2,735  2,592   2,592   2,704   2,704 
1 Includes credit agreement borrowings.
               

The carrying value of debt with an original maturity of less than one year approximates market value. The fair value measurements used for notes and debentures are considered Level 2 and are determined using various methods, including quoted prices for identical or similar securities in both active and inactive markets. The carrying and fair values included above reflect our March 2016 debt exchange of $16,049 of DIRECTV notes for AT&T global notes with matching terms.

13Following is the fair value leveling for available-for-sale securities and derivatives as of March 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015:

  March 31, 2016 
  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Available-for-Sale Securities            
   Domestic equities $1,111  $-  $-  $1,111 
   International equities  541   -   -   541 
   Fixed income bonds  -   676   -   676 
Asset Derivatives
                
   Interest rate swaps  -   197   -   197 
   Cross-currency swaps  -   519   -   519 
Liability Derivatives
                
   Cross-currency swaps  -   (2,582)  -   (2,582)
 Derivatives designated as hedging instruments are reflected as "Other assets," "Other noncurrent liabilities" and, for a portion of interest rate swaps, "Other current assets" in our consolidated balance sheets.
 
    
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Following is the fair value leveling for available-for-sale securities and derivatives as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014:
  December 31, 2015 
  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Available-for-Sale Securities            
   Domestic equities $1,132  $-  $-  $1,132 
   International equities  569   -   -   569 
   Fixed income bonds  -   680   -   680 
Asset Derivatives
                
   Interest rate swaps  -   136   -   136 
   Cross-currency swaps  -   556   -   556 
   Foreign exchange contracts  -   3   -   3 
Liability Derivatives
                
   Cross-currency swaps  -   (3,466)  -   (3,466)
 Derivatives designated as hedging instruments are reflected as "Other assets," "Other noncurrent liabilities" and, for a portion of interest rate swaps, "Other current assets" in our consolidated balance sheets.
 
    

 March 31, 2015 
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total 
Available-for-Sale Securities        
   Domestic equities$1,176  $-  $-  $1,176 
   International equities 592   -   -   592 
   Fixed income bonds -   793   -   793 
Asset Derivatives
               
   Interest rate swaps -   194   -   194 
   Cross-currency swaps -   706   -   706 
Liability Derivatives
               
   Cross-currency swaps -   (3,528)  -   (3,528)
   Interest rate locks -   (444)  -   (444)
                
 December 31, 2014 
 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total 
Available-for-Sale Securities               
   Domestic equities$1,160  $-  $-  $1,160 
   International equities 553   -   -   553 
   Fixed income bonds -   836   -   836 
Asset Derivatives
               
   Interest rate swaps -   157   -   157 
   Cross-currency swaps -   1,243   -   1,243 
   Interest rate locks -   5   -   5 
Liability Derivatives
               
   Cross-currency swaps -   (1,506)  -   (1,506)
   Interest rate locks -   (133)  -   (133)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments are reflected as "Other assets," "Other noncurrent liabilities" and, for a portion of interest rate swaps, "Other current assets" in our consolidated balance sheets.
 
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Dollars in millions except per share amounts

Investment Securities
Our investment securities include equities, fixed income bonds and other securities. A substantial portion of the fair values of our available-for-sale securities was estimated based on quoted market prices. Investments in securities not traded on a national securities exchange are valued using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or discounted cash flows. Realized gains and losses on securities are included in "Other income (expense) – net" in the consolidated statements of income using the specific identification method. Unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, on available-for-sale securities are recorded in accumulated OCI. Unrealized losses that are considered other than temporary are recorded in "Other income (expense) – net" with the corresponding reduction to the carrying basis of the investment. Fixed income investments of $91$99 have maturities of less than one year, $409$308 within one to three years, $66$65 within three to five years, and $227$204 for five or more years.

Our cash equivalents (money market securities), short-term investments (certificate and time deposits) and customer deposits are recorded at amortized cost, and the respective carrying amounts approximate fair values. Short-term investments and customer deposits are recorded in "Other current assets" and our investment securities are recorded in "Other Assets" on the consolidated balance sheets.

Derivative Financial Instruments
We employ derivativesenter into derivative transactions to manage certain market risks, primarily interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange risk. This includes the use of interest rate swaps, interest rate locks, foreign exchange forward contracts and combined interest rate foreign exchange contracts (cross-currency swaps). We do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. We record derivatives on our consolidated balance sheets at fair value that is derived from observable market data, including yield curves and foreign exchange rates (all of our derivatives are Level 2). Cash flows associated with derivative instruments are presented in the same category on the consolidated statements of cash flows as the item being hedged.

The majority of our derivatives are designated either as a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or of an unrecognized firm commitment (fair value hedge), or as a hedge of a forecasted transaction or of the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability (cash flow hedge).

Fair Value HedgingWe designate our fixed-to-floatingfixed-to-floating interest rate swaps as fair value hedges. The purpose of these swaps is to manage interest rate risk by managing our mix of fixed-rate and floating-rate debt. These swaps involve the receipt of fixed-rate amounts for floating interest rate payments over the life of the swaps without exchange of the underlying principal amount. Accrued and realized gains or losses from interest rate swaps impact interest expense in the consolidated statements of income. Unrealized gains on interest rate swaps are recorded at fair market value as assets, and unrealized losses on interest rate swaps are recorded at fair market value as liabilities. Changes in the fair values of the interest rate swaps are exactly offset by changes in the fair value of the underlying debt. Gains or losses realized upon early termination of our fair value hedges are recognized in interest expense. In the three months ended March 31, 20152016, and March 31, 2014,2015, no ineffectiveness was measured on interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges.
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Cash Flow Hedging  We designate our cross-currency swaps as cash flow hedges. We have entered into multiple cross-currency swaps to hedge our exposure to variability in expected future cash flows that are attributable to foreign currency risk generated from the issuance of our Euro, British pound sterling, Canadian dollar and Swiss Francfranc denominated debt. These agreements include initial and final exchanges of principal from fixed foreign currency denominations to fixed U.S. dollar denominated amounts, to be exchanged at a specified rate which wasthat is usually determined by the market spot rate upon issuance. They also include an interest rate swap of a fixed or floating foreign-denominatedforeign currency-denominated rate to a fixed U.S. dollar denominated interest rate.

Unrealized gains on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are recorded at fair value as assets, and unrealized losses on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are recorded at fair value as liabilities, both for the period they are outstanding.liabilities. For derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion is reported as a component of accumulated OCI until reclassified into interest expense in the same period the hedged transaction affects earnings. The gain or loss on the ineffective portion is recognized as "Other income (expense) – net" in the consolidated statements of income in each period. We evaluate the effectiveness of our cross-currency swaps each quarter. In the three months ended March 31, 20152016, and March 31, 2014,2015, no ineffectiveness was measured on cross-currency swaps designated as cash flow hedges.
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Dollars in millions except per share amounts

Periodically, we enter into and designate interest rate locks to partially hedge the risk of changes in interest payments attributable to increases in the benchmark interest rate during the period leading up to the probable issuance of fixed-rate debt. We designate our interest rate locks as cash flow hedges. Gains and losses when we settle our interest rate locks are amortized into income over the life of the related debt, except where a material amount is deemed to be ineffective, which would be immediately reclassified to "Other income (expense) – net" in the consolidated statements of income. Over the next 12 months, we expect to reclassify $35$59 from accumulated OCI to interest expense due to the amortization of net losses on historical interest rate locks. Our unutilized interest rate locks carry mandatory early terminations, the latest occurring in the first half of 2015.

We hedge a portion of the exchange risk involved in anticipation of highly probable foreign currency-denominated transactions. In anticipation of these transactions, we often enter into foreign exchange contracts to provide currency at a fixed rate. Some of these instruments are designated as cash flow hedges while others remain nondesignated, largely based on size and duration. Gains and losses at the time we settle or take delivery on our designated foreign exchange contracts are amortized into income in the same period the hedged transaction affects earnings, except where an amount is deemed to be ineffective, which would be immediately reclassified to "Other income (expense) –net"– net" in the consolidated statements of income. In the three months ended March 31, 20152016, and March 31, 2014,2015, no ineffectiveness was measured on foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges.

Collateral and Credit-Risk Contingency  We have entered into agreements with our derivative counterparties establishing collateral thresholds based on respective credit ratings and netting agreements. At March 31, 2015,2016, we had posted collateral of $2,566$1,743 (a deposit asset) and held collateral of $62$111 (a receipt liability). Under the agreements, if our credit rating had been downgraded one rating level by Fitch Ratings, before the final collateral exchange in March, we would have been required to post additional collateral of $147.$130. If DIRECTV Holdings LLC's credit rating had been downgraded below BBB- (S&P) and below Baa3 (Moody's), we would owe an additional $195. At December 31, 2014,2015, we had posted collateral of $530$2,343 (a deposit asset) and held collateral of $599$124 (a receipt liability). We do not offset the fair value of collateral, whether the right to reclaim cash collateral (a receivable) or the obligation to return cash collateral (a payable), exists, against the fair value of the derivative instruments.

Following is the notional amount of our outstanding derivative positions:

 March 31,  December 31,  March 31,  December 31, 
 2015  2014  2016  2015 
Interest rate swaps $6,550  $6,550  $7,050  $7,050 
Cross-currency swaps  29,350   26,505   29,642   29,642 
Interest rate locks  7,000   6,750 
Foreign exchange contracts  3   100 
Total $42,900  $39,805  $36,695  $36,792 
Following is the related hedged items affecting our financial position and performance: 
    
Effect of Derivatives on the Consolidated Statements of Income   
Fair Value Hedging RelationshipsThree months ended 
March 31, March 31, 
2015  2014 
Interest rate swaps (Interest expense):   
   Gain (Loss) on interest rate swaps$41  $(11)
   Gain (Loss) on long-term debt (41)  11 

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Dollars in millions except per share amounts

Following are the related hedged items affecting our financial position and performance: 
      
Effect of Derivatives on the Consolidated Statements of Income     
Fair Value Hedging RelationshipsThree months ended 
March 31, March 31, 
2016 2015 
Interest rate swaps (Interest expense):     
   Gain (Loss) on interest rate swaps$66  $41 
   Gain (Loss) on long-term debt (66)  (41)

In addition, the net swap settlements that accrued and settled in the quarter ended March 31 were offset against interest expense.

Three months ended  Three months ended 
March 31,  March 31,  March 31,  March 31, 
Cash Flow Hedging Relationships2015  2014  2016  2015 
Cross-currency swaps:         
Gain (Loss) recognized in accumulated OCI$(228) $11  $191  $(228)
Interest rate locks:               
Gain (Loss) recognized in accumulated OCI (316)  -   -   (316)
Interest income (expense) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (11)  (11)  (15)  (11)
Foreign exchange contracts:       
Gain (Loss) recognized in accumulated OCI -   (2)

NOTE 7. ACQUISITIONS, DISPOSITIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS

Acquisitions

DIRECTV  In July 2015, we completed our acquisition of DIRECTV, a leading provider of digital television entertainment services in both the United States and Latin America. For accounting purposes, the transaction was valued at $47,409. Our operating results include the results of DIRECTV following the acquisition date.

The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were preliminarily determined using the income, cost and market approaches. The fair value measurements were primarily based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and are considered Level 3 under the Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure framework, other than long-term debt assumed in the acquisition (see Note 6). The income approach was primarily used to value the intangible assets, consisting of acquired customer relationships, orbital slots and trade names. The income approach estimates fair value for an asset based on the present value of cash flows projected to be generated by the asset. Projected cash flows are discounted at a required rate of return that reflects the relative risk of achieving the cash flows and the time value of money. The cost approach, which estimates value by determining the current cost of replacing an asset with another of equivalent economic utility, was used primarily for property, plant and equipment. The cost to replace a given asset reflects the estimated reproduction or replacement cost for the property, less an allowance for loss in value due to depreciation.

The fair value estimates are preliminary in nature and subject to adjustments, which could be material. Any necessary adjustments will be finalized within one year from the date of acquisition. Substantially all the receivables acquired are expected to be collectable. We have not identified any material unrecorded pre-acquisition contingencies where the related asset, liability or impairment is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Goodwill is calculated as the difference between the acquisition date fair value of the consideration transferred and the fair value of the net assets acquired, and represents the future economic benefits that we expect to achieve as a result of acquisition. Prior to the finalization of the purchase price allocation, if information becomes available that would indicate it is probable that such events had occurred and the amounts can be reasonably estimated, such items will be included in the final purchase price allocation and may change goodwill.
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The following table summarizes the preliminary estimated fair values of the DIRECTV assets acquired and liabilities assumed and related deferred income taxes that existed as of the acquisition date.

Assets acquired   
Cash $4,797 
Accounts receivable  2,026 
All other current assets  1,535 
Property, plant and equipment  9,331 
Intangible assets not subject to amortization    
   Orbital slots  11,946 
   Trade name  1,371 
Intangible assets subject to amortization    
   Customer lists and relationships  19,508 
   Trade name  2,915 
   Other  457 
Investments and other assets  2,388 
Goodwill  34,449 
Total assets acquired  90,723 
     
Liabilities assumed    
Current liabilities, excluding current portion of long-term debt  5,733 
Long-term debt  20,585 
Other noncurrent liabilities  16,642 
Total liabilities assumed  42,960 
Net assets acquired  47,763 
Noncontrolling interest  (354)
Aggregate value of consideration paid $47,409 

Purchased goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The goodwill was allocated to our Entertainment Group and International segments.

Nextel Mexico  In April 2015, we completed our acquisition of the subsidiaries of NII Holdings Inc., operating its wireless business in Mexico, for $1,875, including approximately $427 of net debt and other adjustments. The subsidiaries offered service under the name Nextel Mexico.

The purchase price allocation of assets acquired was: $376 in licenses, $1,167 in property, plant and equipment, $128 in customer lists and $193 of goodwill. The goodwill was allocated to our International segment.

GSF Telecom  In January 2015, we acquired Mexican wireless company GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (GSF Telecom) for $2,500, including net debt of approximately $700. GSF Telecom offered service under both the Iusacell and Unefon brand names in Mexico.

The purchase price allocation of assets acquired was: $735 in licenses, $658 in property, plant and equipment, $378 in customer lists, $26 in trade names and $956 of goodwill. The goodwill was allocated to our International segment.

AWS-3 AuctionIn January 2015, we submitted winning bids for 251of $18,189 in the Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) spectrum licenses in the AWS-3-3 Auction (FCC Auction 97) for $18,189.a portion of which represented spectrum clearing and First Responder Network Authority funding. We provided the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) an initial down payment of $921 in October 2014 and paid the remaining $17,268 in the first quarter of 2015. The interest associated with this acquisition will be excluded from interest expense and capitalized until this spectrum is ready for its intended use.

GSF Telecom  On January 16, 2015, we acquired Mexican wireless company GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (GSF Telecom) for $2,500, less net debt of approximately $700. GSF Telecom offers service under both the Iusacell and Unefon brand names in Mexico.

The preliminary values of assets acquired were: $1,078 in licenses, $943 in property, plant and equipment, $365 in customer lists, $51 in trade names and $690 of goodwill.

Subsequent and Pending Acquisitions
Nextel Mexico  On April 30, 2015, we completed our acquisition of the subsidiaries of NII Holdings Inc., operating its wireless business in Mexico, for $1,875, less approximately $427 of net debt and other adjustments. The subsidiaries offer service under the name Nextel Mexico.
 
DIRECTV  In May 2014, we announced a merger agreement to acquire DIRECTV in a stock-and-cash transaction for $95.00 per share of DIRECTV's common stock, or approximately $48,500 at the date of announcement. As of March 31, 2015, DIRECTV had approximately $15,129 in net debt. Each DIRECTV shareholder will receive cash of $28.50 per share and $66.50 per share in our stock subject to a collar such that DIRECTV shareholders will receive 1.905 AT&T shares if our average stock price is below $34.90 per share at closing and 1.724 AT&T shares if our average stock price is above $38.58 at closing. If our average stock price (calculated in accordance with the merger agreement with DIRECTV) is between $34.90 and $38.58 at closing, then DIRECTV shareholders will receive a number of shares between 1.724 and 1.905, equal to $66.50 in value. DIRECTV is a premier pay TV provider in the United States and Latin America, with a high-quality customer base, the best selection of programming, the best technology for delivering and viewing high-quality video on any device and the best customer satisfaction among major U.S. cable and satellite TV providers.

The merger agreement was adopted by DIRECTV's stockholders on September 25, 2014 and the transaction remains subject to review by the FCC and the Department of Justice and to other closing conditions. It is also a condition that all necessary consents by certain foreign governmental entities have been obtained and are in full force and effect. The transaction is still expected to close in the second quarter of 2015. The merger agreement provides certain mutual termination rights for us and DIRECTV, including the right of either party to terminate the agreement if the merger is not consummated by May 18 2015, subject to extension in certain cases to a date no later than November 13, 2015. Either party may also terminate the agreement if an order permanently restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the merger becomes final and nonappealable. In October 2014, DIRECTV and the National Football League renewed their agreement for the "NFL Sunday Ticket" service substantially on the terms discussed between AT&T and DIRECTV, satisfying one of the conditions to closing the merger. Under certain circumstances relating to a competing transaction, DIRECTV may be required to pay a termination fee to us in connection with or following a termination of the agreement.
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Dollars in millions except per share amounts
Subsequent Debt Issuance
In May 2015, we issued $17,500 in debt to be used for general corporate purposes, including funding previously announced acquisitions.


NOTE 8. SALES OF EQUIPMENT INSTALLMENT RECEIVABLES
We offer our customers the option to purchase certain wireless devices in installments over a period of up to 30 months, with the right to trade in the original equipment for a new device within a set period and have the remaining unpaid balance satisfied. As of March 31, 20152016, and December 31, 2014,2015, gross equipment installment receivables of $3,786$5,079 and $4,265$5,719 were included on our consolidated balance sheets, of which $2,240$3,007 and $2,514$3,239 are notes receivable that are included in "Accounts receivable - net."
On June 27,In 2014, we entered into the first of a series of uncommitted agreements pertaining to the sale of equipment installment receivables and related security with Citibank N.A. and various other relationship banks as purchasers (collectively, the Purchasers). Under these agreements, we transferred the receivables to the Purchasers for cash and additional consideration upon settlement of the receivables.receivables, referred to as the deferred purchase price. Under the terms of the arrangements, we continue to bill and collect on behalf of our customers for the receivables sold. To date, we have collected and remitted approximately $1,298 (net of fees), of which $130 was returned as deferred purchase price.
The following table sets forth a summary of equipment installment receivables sold during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015:

Three months ended Three months ended 
March 31, March 31, 
2015 2016 2015 
Gross receivables sold $2,482  $2,635 
Net receivables sold1
$2,381   2,256   2,381 
Cash proceeds received 1,524   1,521   1,524 
Deferred purchase price recorded 858   719   858 
1 Gross receivables sold were $2,635, before deducting the allowance, imputed interest and trade-in right guarantees.
 
1 Receivables net of allowance, imputed interest and trade-in right guarantees.
1 Receivables net of allowance, imputed interest and trade-in right guarantees.
 

The deferred purchase price wasis initially recorded at estimated fair value, which wasis based on remaining installment payments expected to be collected, adjusted by the expected timing and value of device trade-ins, and is subsequently carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The estimated value of the device trade-ins considers prices offered to us by independent third parties that contemplate changes in value after the launch of a device model. The fair value measurements used are considered Level 3 under the Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure framework (see Note 6).
During the first quarter of 2016, we repurchased installment receivables previously sold to the Purchasers, with a fair value of $532. These transactions reduced our current deferred purchase price receivable by $539, resulting in a loss of $7 during the quarter. This loss is included in "Selling, general and administrative" in the consolidated statements of income.
At March 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015, our deferred purchase price receivable was $2,410,$2,975 and $2,961, respectively, of which $1,148$1,469 and $1,772 is included in "Other current assets" on our consolidated balance sheets, with the remainder in "Other Assets." At December 31, 2014, our deferred purchase price receivable was $1,606, which is included in "Other Assets." Our maximum exposure to loss as a result of selling these equipment installment receivables is limited to the amount of our deferred purchase price at any point in time.
The sales of equipment installment receivables did not have a material impact inon our consolidated statements of income or to "Total Assets" reported on our consolidated balance sheets. We reflect the cash flows related to the arrangement as operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows because the cash received from the Purchasers upon both the sale of the receivables and the collection of the deferred purchase price is not subject to significant interest rate risk.
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Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Dollars in millions except per share and per subscriber amounts
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

For ease of reading, AT&T Inc. is referred to as "we," "AT&T" or the "Company" throughout this document, and the names of the particular subsidiaries and affiliates providing the services generally have been omitted. AT&T is a holding company whose subsidiaries and affiliates operate in the communications and digital entertainment services industry both in the United Statesindustry. Our subsidiaries and internationally, providing wireless and wireline telecommunicationsaffiliates provide services and equipment.equipment that deliver voice, video and broadband services both domestically and internationally. During 2015, we completed our acquisitions of DIRECTV and wireless properties in Mexico, and the following discussion of changes in our operating revenues and expenses is affected by the timing of these acquisitions. In accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), operating results from acquired businesses prior to acquisition are excluded. You should read this discussion in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.notes. A reference to a "Note" in this section refers to the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In the tables throughout this section, percentage increases and decreases that are not considered meaningful are denoted with a dash. Certain amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation.

Consolidated Results  Our financial results in the first quarter of 20152016 and 20142015 are summarized as follows:

 First Quarter  First Quarter 
 2015  2014  
Percent
Change
  2016  2015  
Percent
Change
 
Operating Revenues               
Service $28,962  $29,776   (2.7) % $37,101  $28,962   28.1%
Equipment  3,614   2,700   33.9   3,434   3,614   (5.0)
Total Operating Revenues  32,576   32,476   0.3   40,535   32,576   24.4 
Operating expenses                        
Cost of services and sales  14,581   13,321   9.5             
Equipment  4,375   4,546   (3.8)
Broadcast, programming and operations  4,629   1,122   - 
Other cost of services  9,396   8,812   6.6 
Selling, general and administrative  7,961   8,260   (3.6)  8,441   7,961   6.0 
Depreciation and amortization  4,578   4,617   (0.8)  6,563   4,578   43.4 
Total Operating Expenses  27,120   26,198   3.5   33,404   27,019   23.6 
Operating Income  5,456   6,278   (13.1)  7,131   5,557   28.3 
Income Before Income Taxes  4,627   5,651   (18.1)  6,007   4,728   27.1 
Net Income  3,276   3,734   (12.3)  3,885   3,339   16.4 
Net Income Attributable to AT&T $3,200  $3,652   (12.4) % $3,803  $3,263   16.5%

Overview

Operating revenues increased $100,$7,959, or 0.3%24.4%, in the first quarter of 2015.2016.

Service revenues decreased $814,increased $8,139, or 2.7%28.1%, in the first quarter of 2015.2016. The decreaseincrease was primarily due to increased adoptionour 2015 acquisitions of ourDIRECTV and wireless Mobile Share Value plans,operations in Mexico and gains in IP broadband and fixed strategic business services. These were partially offset by continued declines in our legacy wireline voice and data products and the October 2014 sale ofas well as from customers choosing to purchase devices through installment payment agreements, which entitle them to a lower monthly service rate under our Connecticut wireline operations, partially offset by strong revenues from AT&T U-verse® (U-verse), strategic business services and revenues from our prepaid wireless offering, Cricket®.Mobile Share plans.

Equipment revenues increased $914,decreased $180, or 33.9%5.0%, in the first quarter of 2015. Growth in2016. This decline reflects fewer wireless handset sales, additional promotional activities during 2016 and lower revenue related to customer premises equipment revenues reflected. Revenue declines were partially offset by the continuing trend byof our postpaid wireless subscriberscustomers to choosepurchase higher priced devices on installment purchase rather than the device subsidy model. Revenues also increased as subscribers are purchasing higher-priced smartphones.

Operating expenses increased $922, or 3.5%, in the first quarter of 2015.

Cost of services and sales expenses increased $1,260, or 9.5%, in the first quarter of 2015. The increase was primarily due to higher wireless equipment costs resulting from customers choosing higher-priced devices, increased wireless network costs, higher expenses attributable to U-verse subscriber growth, voluntary employee separation charges and an increase in noncash benefit expenses in our Wireline segment. These increases were slightly offset by lower noncash financing-related costs associated with our pension and postretirement benefits and lower traffic compensation costs.customers choosing to purchase devices on installment when compared to the prior year.
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Dollars in millions except per share and per subscriber amounts
 
Operating expenses increased $6,385, or 23.6%, in the first quarter of 2016.

Equipment expenses decreased $171, or 3.8%, in the first quarter of 2016. The decrease was primarily due to the decline in devices sold to postpaid subscribers, who tend to buy more expensive devices. The decrease was partially offset by increased sales volumes to our prepaid subscribers.

Broadcast, programming and operations expenses increased $3,507 in the first quarter of 2016. Broadcast costs increased due to our acquisition of DIRECTV, slightly offset by fewer AT&T U-verse® (U-verse) subscribers.

Other cost of services expenses increased $584, or 6.6%, in the first quarter of 2016. The increase was primarily due to our acquisitions of DIRECTV and Mexican wireless properties. Also contributing to higher expenses was an increase in noncash financing-related costs associated with our pension and postretirement benefits. These increases were partially offset by lower network and access charges.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $299,increased $480, or 3.6%6.0%, in the first quarter of 2015.2016. The decreaseincrease was primarily due to lowerour acquisitions in 2015 and increased advertising employee related and wireless commissions costs, whichactivity in 2016. The increases were partiallylargely offset by increases in our salesa $736 noncash gain on wireless spectrum transactions, lower wireless commission expenses resulting from increased competition.and lower employee separation charges.

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $39,increased $1,985, or 0.8%43.4%, in the first quarter of 2015. The decrease is2016. Amortization expense increased $1,228 due to the amortization of intangibles from recent acquisitions. Depreciation expense increased $757 primarily due to extending the estimated useful life of softwarepreviously mentioned acquisitions and abandonment of certain network assets, both in 2014. These decreases were partially offset by increases due to ongoing capital spending for network upgrades and additional expenses associated with the assets acquired from Leap Wireless International, Inc. (Leap) and GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (GSF Telecom).upgrades.

Operating income decreased $822,increased $1,574, or 13.1%28.3%, in the first quarter of 2015.2016. Our operating income margin in the first quarter decreasedincreased from 19.3%17.1% in 20142015 to 16.7%17.6% in 2015.2016.

Interest expenseincreased $39,$308, or 4.5%34.3%, in the first quarter of 2015.2016. The increase was primarily due to higher average debt balances.balances, including debt issued and debt acquired in connection with our acquisition of DIRECTV. The increase wasincreases were partially offset by lower average interest rates and an increase inhigher capitalized interest resulting from spectrum acquired in the AWS-3Advanced Wireless Service (AWS)-3 Auction (see Note 7).

Equity in net income of affiliates decreased $88increased $13 in the first quarter of 2015.2016. This decreaseincrease primarily resulted from earnings from investments acquired in our purchase of DIRECTV in the salethird quarter of América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. (América Móvil) in June 2014 and2015, partially offset by lower earnings from Otter Media Holdings and YP Holdings LLC.

Other income (expense) – net We had other income of $70 in the first quarter of 2015, compared to other income of $145both 2016 and 2015. Results in the first quarter of 2014. Results for first quarter2016 and 2015 included a net gain on the sale of investments of $44 and $33 and interest and dividend income of $19. Results for first quarter 2014 included a net gain on the sale of América Móvil shares$29 and other investments of $122 and interest and dividend income of $13.
$19, respectively.

Income taxes decreased $566,increased $733, or 29.5%52.8%, in the first quarter of 2015.2016. Our effective tax rate was 29.2% for the first quarter 2015, compared to 33.9% for first quarter 2014. The decrease in effective tax rate35.3% for the first quarter of 20152016, compared to 29.4% for first quarter of 2015. The increase in income tax expense for the first quarter of 2016 was primarily due to recognition ofhigher income before income taxes in 2016. In 2015, we recognized tax benefits related to the restructuring of a portion of our enterprise business.Business Solutions segment, which contributed to lower income tax expense and the effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2015.
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Selected Financial and Operating Data    
  March 31, 
Subscribers and connections in (000s) 2015  2014 
Domestic wireless subscribers  121,772   116,014 
Network access lines in service  18,949   23,582 
U-verse VoIP connections  5,200   4,134 
Total wireline broadband connections  16,097   16,503 
Debt ratio
  52.5%  46.6%
Net debt ratio2
  50.1%  44.5%
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
  4.22   5.50 
Number of AT&T employees
  250,790   246,730 
Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Continued
Dollars in millions except per share and per subscriber amounts

Selected Financial and Operating Data      
  March 31, 
Subscribers and connections in (000s) 2016  2015 
Domestic wireless subscribers  130,445   121,772 
Mexican wireless subscribers  9,213   5,728 
North American wireless subscribers  139,658   127,500 
         
North American branded subscribers  98,158   91,448 
North American branded net additions  1,195   539 
         
Domestic satellite video subscribers  20,112   - 
U-verse video subscribers  5,260   5,993 
Latin America satellite video subscribers
  12,436   - 
Total video subscribers  37,808   5,993 
         
Total domestic broadband connections  15,764   16,097 
         
Network access lines in service  15,975   18,949 
U-Verse VoIP connections  5,484   5,200 
         
Debt ratio
  51.2%  51.5%
Net Debt Ratio
  47.3%  49.1%
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
  4.22   4.30 
Number of AT&T employees 
  280,870   250,790 
1Excludes subscribers of our International segment equity investments in SKY Mexico.
2 Debt ratios are calculated by dividing total debt (debt maturing within one year plus long-term debt) by total capital (total debt plus total stockholders' equity) and do not consider cash available to pay down debt. See our "Liquidity and Capital Resources" section for discussion.
23 Net debt ratios are calculated by dividingderiving total debt (debt maturing within one year plus long-term debt) less cash available by total capital (total debt plus total stockholders' equity).
3 4See Exhibit 12.
4 Reflects recent acquisition activity.

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Dollars in millions except per share amounts

Segment Results

Our segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services over various technology platforms and/or in different geographies that are managed accordingly. Our operating segment results presented in Note 4 and discussed below for each segment follow our internal management reporting. We analyze our operating segments based on segment contribution, which consists of operating income, before income taxes. We make our capital allocation decisions based on our strategic direction of the business, needs of the network (wireless or wireline) providing services and to provide emerging services to our customers. Actuarial gains and losses from pensionexcluding acquisition-related costs and other postretirement benefits, interest expensesignificant items, and otherequity in net income (expense) – net, areof affiliate for investments managed only on a total company basis and are, accordingly, reflected only in consolidated results. Therefore, these items are not included inwithin each segment's reportable results. The customers and long-lived assets of our reportable segments are predominantly in the United States.operating segment. We have threefour reportable segments: (1) Wireless,Business Solutions, (2) WirelineEntertainment Group, (3) Consumer Mobility and (3)(4) International.

We also evaluate segment performance based on segment operating income before depreciation and amortization, which we refer to as EBITDA and/or EBITDA margin. We believe EBITDA to be a relevant and useful measurement to our investors as it is part of our internal management reporting and planning processes and it is an important metric that management uses to evaluate operating performance. EBITDA does not give effect to cash used for debt service requirements and thus does not reflect available funds for distributions, reinvestment or other discretionary uses. EBITDA margin is operating income before depreciation and amortization, divided by total revenues.

The WirelessBusiness Solutions segment uses our nationwide network provides services to business, including multinational companies; governmental and wholesale customers; and individual subscribers who purchase wireless services through employer-sponsored plans. We provide consumeradvanced IP-based services including Virtual Private Networks (VPN); Ethernet-related products and broadband, collectively referred to as strategic business customers with wirelessservices; as well as traditional data and voice communications services. This segment includedproducts. We utilize our portion of the results from our equity investment in Softcard.

The Wireline segment uses our regional, nationalwireless and global networkwired networks (referred to as "wired" or "wireline") to provide consumer and business customers with data and voicea complete communications services, U-verse high speed Internet, video and VoIP services and managed networkingsolution to our business customers.

The International segment uses the Iusacell and Unefon regional and national networks to provide consumer and business customers with wireless data and voice communication services in Mexico. Beginning April 30, 2015, the International segment also utilizes the regional and national networks of Nextel Mexico to provide similar services.22

We discuss capital expenditures for each segment in "Liquidity and Capital Resources."

Wireless      
Segment Results      
  First Quarter 
  2015  2014  
Percent
Change
 
 
Segment operating revenues      
      Service $14,812  $15,387   (3.7) %
      Equipment  3,374   2,479   36.1 
Total Segment Operating Revenues  18,186   17,866   1.8 
             
Segment operating expenses            
      Operations and support  11,681   10,882   7.3 
      Depreciation and amortization  2,058   1,931   6.6 
Total Segment Operating Expenses  13,739   12,813   7.2 
Segment Operating Income  4,447   5,053   (12.0)
Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Affiliates  (4)  (20)  80.0 
Segment Income $4,443  $5,033   (11.7) %

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Dollars in millions except per share and per subscriber amounts

The following table highlights other key measures of performance for the Wireless segment: 
       
  First Quarter 
  2015  2014  
Percent
Change
 
(in 000s)
Wireless Subscribers
  121,772   116,014   5.0%
   Postpaid smartphones  57,157   53,020   7.8 
   Postpaid feature phones and data-centric devices  19,018   20,271   (6.2)
Postpaid  76,175   73,291   3.9 
Prepaid  10,037   10,411   (3.6)
Reseller  13,595   13,886   (2.1)
Connected devices
  21,965   18,426   19.2 
Total Wireless Subscribers  121,772   116,014   5.0 
             
Net Additions
            
   Postpaid  441   625   (29.4)
   Prepaid  98   88   11.4 
   Reseller  (266)  (206)  (29.1)
   Connected devices
  945   555   70.3 
Net Subscriber Additions  1,218   1,062   14.7 
             
Mobile Share connections  55,581   32,585   70.6 
Smartphones under our installment program at end of period  18,540   4,132   - 
Smartphones sold under our installment program during period  4,065   2,868   41.7%
             
Total Churn
  1.40%  1.39% 1 BP 
Postpaid Churn
  1.02%  1.07% (5) BP 
Represents 100% of AT&T Mobility wireless subscribers.
 
Includes data-centric devices such as session-based tablets, monitoring devices and automobile systems. Excludes postpaid tablets.
 
Excludes merger and acquisition-related additions during the period.
 
Calculated by dividing the aggregate number of wireless subscribers who canceled service during a period divided by the total number of wireless subscribers at the beginning of that period. The churn rate for the period is equal to the average of the churn rate for each month of that period. 
The Entertainment Group segment provides video, Internet, voice communication and interactive and targeted advertising services to customers located in the U.S. or in U.S. territories. We utilize our copper and IP-based wired network and/or our satellite technology.

The Consumer Mobility segment provides nationwide wireless service to consumers and wireless wholesale and resale subscribers located in the U.S. or in U.S. territories. We utilize our U.S. wireless network to provide voice and data services, including high-speed Internet, video, and home monitoring services.

The International segment provides entertainment services in Latin America and wireless services in Mexico. Video entertainment services are provided to primarily residential customers using satellite technology. We utilize our regional and national networks in Mexico to provide consumer and business customers with wireless data and voice communication services. Our international subsidiaries conduct business in their local currency and operating results are converted to U.S. dollars using official exchange rates. Our International segment is subject to foreign currency fluctuations.

Our operating assets are utilized by multiple segments and consist of our wireless and wired networks as well as an international satellite fleet. We manage our assets to provide for the most efficient, effective and integrated service to our customers, not by operating segment, and therefore asset information and capital expenditures by operating segment are not presented. Depreciation is allocated based on network usage or asset utilization by segment.

We discuss capital expenditures in "Liquidity and Capital Resources."

Business Solutions         
Segment Results         
  First Quarter 
  2016  2015  
Percent
Change
 
 
Segment operating revenues         
     Wireless service $7,855  $7,515   4.5%
     Fixed strategic services  2,786   2,549   9.3 
     Legacy voice and data services  4,338   4,754   (8.8)
     Other service and equipment  859   846   1.5 
     Wireless equipment  1,771   1,893   (6.4)
Total Segment Operating Revenues  17,609   17,557   0.3 
             
Segment operating expenses            
     Operations and support  10,802   11,073   (2.4)
     Depreciation and amortization  2,508   2,342   7.1 
Total Segment Operating Expenses  13,310   13,415   (0.8)
Segment Operating Income  4,299   4,142   3.8 
Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Affiliates  -   -   - 
Segment Contribution $4,299  $4,142   3.8%

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Dollars in millions except per share and per subscriber amounts
The following table highlights other key measures of performance for the Business Solutions segment: 
    
  First Quarter 
  2016  2015 
Percent
Change
 
(in 000s)
Business Wireless Subscribers        
Postpaid  48,844   45,959   6.3  %
Reseller  64   14   - 
Connected devices 1
  26,863   20,972   28.1 
Total Business Wireless Subscribers  75,771   66,945   13.2 
             
Business Wireless Net Additions 2
            
Postpaid  133   297   (55.2)
Reseller  (22)  3   - 
Connected devices 1
  1,578   1,024   54.1 
Business Wireless Net Subscriber Additions  1,689   1,324   27.6 
             
Business Wireless Postpaid Churn 2, 3
  1.02%   0.90% 12 BP 
             
Business IP Broadband Connections  928   849   9.3 
Business IP Broadband Net Additions  17   27   (37.0) %
1 Includes data-centric devices such as session-based tablets, monitoring devices and automobile systems. Excludes postpaid tablets. 
2 Excludes migrations between AT&T segments and/or subscriber categories and acquisition-related additions during the period.
 
3 Calculated by dividing the aggregate number of wireless subscribers who canceled service during a period divided by the total number of wireless subscribers at the beginning of that period. The churn rate for the period is equal to the average of the churn rate for each month of that period. 
Operating revenues increased $52, or 0.3%, in the first quarter of 2016. Revenue growth was driven by wireless service revenues and increased fixed strategic business services. Revenue increases were partially offset by continued declines in our legacy voice and data products, lower equipment revenue and foreign exchange pressures.

Wireless service revenues increased $340, or 4.5%, in the first quarter of 2016. The revenue increase is primarily due to customer migrations from our Consumer Mobility segment and reflects smartphone and tablet gains.

At March 31, 2016, we served 75.8 million subscribers, an increase of 13.2% from the prior year. Postpaid subscribers increased 6.3% from the prior year reflecting the addition of new customers as well as migrations from our Consumer Mobility segment, partially offset by continuing competitive pressures in the industry. Connected devices, which have lower average revenue per average subscriber (ARPU) and churn, increased 28.1% from the prior year reflecting growth in business customers using tracking, monitoring and other sensor-embedded devices on their equipment.

The effective management of subscriber churn is critical to our ability to maximize revenue growth and to maintain and improve margins. In the first quarter, business wireless postpaid churn increased to 1.02% in 2016 from 0.90% in 2015.

Fixed strategic services revenues increased $237, or 9.3%, in the first quarter of 2016. Our revenues, which were negatively impacted by foreign exchange rates, increased in the first quarter of 2016 due to increases in: Ethernet of $65, AT&T Dedicated Internet (formally known as Ethernet access to Managed Internet Services) of $54, U-verse services of $50, and VPN of $26.
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Dollars in millions except per share and per subscriber amounts

Legacy wired voice and data service revenues decreased $416, or 8.8%, in the first quarter of 2016. Traditional data revenues in the first quarter of 2016 decreased $229 and long-distance and local voice revenues decreased $183. The decreases were primarily due to lower demand as customers continue to shift to our more advanced IP-based offerings or our competitors.

Other service and equipment revenues increased $13, or 1.5%, in the first quarter of 2016. Other service revenues include project-based revenue, which is nonrecurring in nature, as well as revenues from other managed services, outsourcing, government professional service and customer premises equipment.

Wireless equipment revenues decreased $122, or 6.4%, in the first quarter of 2016. The decrease in equipment revenues resulted from a decrease in handsets sold to postpaid customers and increased promotional activities during the quarter. The decreases were partially offset by an increase in purchases of devices on installment payment agreements rather than the device subsidy model.

Operations and support expenses decreased $271, or 2.4%, in the first quarter of 2016. Operations and support expenses consist of costs incurred to provide our products and services, including costs of operating and maintaining our networks and personnel costs, such as compensation and benefits.

The first quarter decrease was primarily due to declines of $170 in wireless equipment and $161 in wireless commissions costs, reflecting a decrease in sale volumes and upgrade transactions, as well as lower average commission rates. Access costs also declined $59, resulting from lower interconnect and roaming costs. Partially offsetting these decreases were higher advertising expenses, wireless handset insurance claims and bad debt expense driven by a higher AT&T NextSM (AT&T Next) subscriber base.

Depreciation expense increased $166, or 7.1%, in first quarter of 2016. The increases were primarily due to ongoing capital spending for network upgrades and expansion, partially offset by fully depreciated assets.

Operating income increased $157, or 3.8%, in the first quarter of 2016. Our Business Solutions segment operating income margin in the first quarter increased from 23.6% in 2015 to 24.4% in 2016. Our Business Solutions EBITDA margin in the first quarter increased from 36.9% in 2015 to 38.7% in 2016.
Entertainment Group         
Segment Results         
  First Quarter 
  2016  2015  
Percent
 Change
 
 
Segment operating revenues         
     Video entertainment $8,904  $1,871    - 
     High-speed Internet  1,803   1,553    16.1 
     Legacy voice and data services  1,313   1,612    (18.5)
     Other service and equipment  638   624    2.2 
Total Segment Operating Revenues  12,658   5,660    - 
             
Segment operating expenses            
     Operations and support  9,578   4,859    97.1 
     Depreciation and amortization  1,488   1,065    39.7 
Total Segment Operating Expenses  11,066   5,924    86.8 
Segment Operating Income (Loss)  1,592   (264)   - 
Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Affiliates  3   (6)   - 
Segment Contribution $1,595  $(270)   - 

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Dollars in millions except per share and per subscriber amounts
The following table highlights other key measures of performance for the Entertainment Group segment:

  First Quarter 
  2016  2015  
Percent
Change
 
(in 000s)
Video Connections         
   Satellite  20,112   -   - 
   U-verse  5,232   5,969   (12.3)
Total Video Connections  25,344   5,969   - 
             
Video Net Additions  
            
   Satellite  328   -   - 
   U-verse  (382)  49   - 
Net Video Additions  (54)  49   - 
             
Broadband Connections            
   IP  12,542   11,796   6.3 
   DSL  1,749   2,741   (36.2)
Total Broadband Connections  14,291   14,537   (1.7)
             
Broadband Net Additions            
   IP  186   413   (55.0)
   DSL  (181)  (320)  43.4 
Net Broadband Additions  5   93   (94.6)
             
Retail Consumer Switched Access Lines  6,888   8,660   (20.5)
U-verse Consumer VoIP Connections  5,225   5,009   4.3 
Total Retail Consumer Voice Connections  12,113   13,669   (11.4) %
    
Operating revenues increased $6,998 in the first quarter of 2016, largely due to our acquisition of DIRECTV in the third quarter of 2015. Also contributing to the increase was continued strong growth in consumer IP broadband, which more than offset lower revenues from legacy voice and data products.

Video entertainment revenues increased $7,033 in the first quarter of 2016. The first quarter increase was primarily related to our acquisition of DIRECTV. We are now focusing our sales efforts on satellite service as there are lower content costs for satellite subscribers. U-verse video revenue was flat in the first quarter of 2016, primarily due to a 12.3% decrease in U-verse video connections, when compared to 2015.

High-speed Internet revenues increased $250, or 16.1%, in the first quarter of 2016. When compared to 2015, IP broadband connections increased 6.3%, to 12.5 million connections at March 31, 2016; however, first quarter net additions were lower due to fewer U-verse sales promotions in the year. The churn of video customers also contributed to lower net additions as a portion of those video subscribers also choose to disconnect their IP broadband service.

Legacy voice and data service revenues decreased $299, or 18.5%, in the first quarter of 2016. At March 31, 2016, legacy voice and data services represented approximately 10% of our total Entertainment Group revenue, and reflect a decrease of $179 in long-distance and local voice revenues, and $120 in traditional data revenues. The decreases reflect our continued migration of customers to our more advanced IP-based offerings or to competitors. At March 31, 2016, approximately 12% of our broadband connections were DSL compared to nearly 19% at March 31, 2015.
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Operations and support expenses increased $4,719, or 97.1%, in the first quarter of 2016. Operations and support expenses consist of costs incurred to provide our products and services, including costs of operating and maintaining our networks and providing video content, as well as personnel charges for compensation and benefits.

The first quarter increase was primarily due to our acquisition of DIRECTV in the third quarter of 2015, which increased our first quarter Entertainment Group expenses by $4,823. The DIRECTV related increases were primarily due to the recognition of additional content costs for satellite subscribers, customer support and service related charges and advertising expenses.

Partially offsetting the increased expenses were lower employee charges resulting from ongoing workforce reductions and our focus on cost initiatives.

Depreciation expense increased $423, or 39.7%, in the first quarter of 2016. The increase was primarily due to our acquisition of DIRECTV and ongoing capital spending for network upgrades and expansion, partially offset by fully depreciated assets.

Operating income increased $1,856 in the first quarter of 2016. Our Entertainment Group segment operating income margin increased from (4.7)% in 2015 to 12.6% in 2016. Our Entertainment Group segment EBITDA margin in the first quarter increased from 14.2% in 2015 to 24.3% in 2016.

Consumer Mobility         
Segment Results         
  First Quarter 
  2016  2015  
Percent
Change
 
 
Segment operating revenues         
     Service $6,943  $7,297   (4.9) %
     Equipment  1,385   1,481   (6.5)
Total Segment Operating Revenues  8,328   8,778   (5.1)
             
Segment operating expenses            
     Operations and support  4,912   5,541   (11.4)
     Depreciation and amortization  922   1,002   (8.0)
Total Segment Operating Expenses  5,834   6,543   (10.8)
Segment Operating Income  2,494   2,235   11.6 
Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Affiliates  -   -   - 
Segment Contribution $2,494  $2,235   11.6  %

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The following table highlights other key measures of performance for the Consumer Mobility segment: 
          
  First Quarter 
  2016  2015  
Percent
Change
 
(in 000s)
Consumer Mobility Subscribers         
   Postpaid  28,294    30,216    (6.4) %
   Prepaid  12,171    10,037    21.3 
Branded  40,465    40,253    0.5 
Reseller  13,313    13,581    (2.0)
Connected devices
  896    993    (9.8)
Total Consumer Mobility Subscribers  54,674    54,827    (0.3)
             
Consumer Mobility Net Additions
            
   Postpaid  (4)   144    - 
   Prepaid  500    98    - 
Branded Net Additions  496    242    - 
Reseller  (378)   (269)   (40.5)
Connected devices
  (26)   (79)   67.1 
Consumer Mobility Net Subscriber Additions  92    (106)   - 
             
Total Churn 2, 3
  2.11%   2.04%  7 BP 
Postpaid Churn 2, 3
  1.24%   1.20%  4 BP 
Includes data-centric devices such as session-based tablets, monitoring devices and automobile systems. Excludes postpaid tablets. 
Excludes migrations between AT&T segments and/or subscriber categories and acquisition-related additions during the period. 
Calculated by dividing the aggregate number of wireless subscribers who canceled service during a period divided by the total number of wireless subscribers at the beginning of that period. The churn rate for the period is equal to the average of the churn rate for each month of that period. 

Operating Revenues decreased $450, or 5.1%, in the first quarter of 2016. Decreased revenues reflect declines in postpaid service revenues due to customers choosing Mobile Share plans and migrating to our Business Solutions segment, partially offset by higher prepaid service revenues. Our business wireless offerings allow for individual subscribers to purchase wireless services through employer-sponsored plans for a reduced price. The migration of these subscribers to the Business Solutions segment negatively impacted our consumer postpaid subscriber total and service revenue growth.

Service revenue decreased $354, or 4.9%, in the first quarter of 2016. The decrease was largely due to a $516 decline from postpaid customers continuing to shift to no-device-subsidy plans, which allow for discounted monthly service charges under our Mobile Share plans and the migration of subscribers to Business Solutions. Without the migration of customers to Business Solutions, postpaid wireless revenues would have decreased approximately 4.2%. The decrease was partially offset by a $204 increase in prepaid service revenues, which includes services sold under the Cricket brand.

Equipment revenue decreased $96, or 6.5%, in the first quarter of 2016. The decrease in equipment revenues resulted from a decrease in handsets sold to postpaid customers and increased promotional activities, partially offset by an increase in handsets sold to prepaid customers and devices purchased on installment payment agreements rather than the device subsidy model.

Operations and support expenses decreased $629, or 11.4%, in the first quarter of 2016. Operations and support expenses consist of costs incurred to provide our products and services, including costs of operating and maintaining our networks and personnel expenses, such as compensation and benefits.
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Decreased operations and support expenses in the first quarter were primarily due to the following:
·Selling and commission expenses decreased $205 primarily due to lower sales volumes and lower average commission rates, including those paid under the AT&T Next program, combined with fewer upgrade transactions.
·Equipment costs decreased $120 primarily due to a decrease in postpaid handset volumes partially offset by the sale of more devices to prepaid subscribers.
·Network costs decreased $115 primarily due to lower interconnect costs resulting from our ongoing network transition to more efficient Ethernet/IP-based technologies.
·Other administrative expenses decreased $73 primarily due to lower technology and development costs.

Depreciation expense decreased $80, or 8.0%, in the first quarter of 2016. The decrease was primarily due to fully depreciated assets, partially offset by the ongoing capital spending for network upgrades and expansion.

Operating income increased $259, or 11.6%, in the first quarter of 2016. Our Consumer Mobility segment operating income margin increased from 25.5% in 2015 to 29.9% in 2016. Our Consumer Mobility EBITDA margin increased from 36.9% in 2015 to 41.0% in 2016.

International         
Segment Results         
  First Quarter 
  2016  2015  
Percent
Change
 
Segment operating revenues         
     Video entertainment $1,130   $   - 
     Wireless  455    215    - 
     Equipment  82    21    - 
Total Segment Operating Revenues  1,667    236    - 
             
Segment operating expenses            
     Operations and support  1,588    218    - 
     Depreciation and amortization  277    28    - 
Total Segment Operating Expenses  1,865    246    - 
Segment Operating Income (Loss)  (198)   (10)   - 
Equity in Net Income of Affiliates  14       - 
Segment Contribution $(184)  $(10)   - 

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The following table highlights other key measures of performance for the International segment:

  First Quarter 
        Percent 
(in 000s) 2016  2015  Change 
Mexican Wireless Subscribers         
   Postpaid  4,405   1,646   - 
   Prepaid  4,445   3,590   23.8 
Branded  8,850   5,236   69.0 
Reseller  363   492   (26.2)
Total Mexican Wireless Subscribers  9,213   5,728   60.8 
Mexican Wireless Net Additions            
   Postpaid  116   -   - 
   Prepaid  450   -   - 
Branded Net Additions  566   -    - 
Reseller  (37)  -   - 
Mexican Wireless Net Subscriber Additions  529   -   - 
             
Latin America Satellite Subscribers            
   PanAmericana  7,094   -   - 
   SKY Brazil  5,342   -   - 
Total Latin America Satellite Subscribers  12,436   -   - 
Latin America Satellite Net Additions            
   PanAmericana  28   -   - 
   SKY Brazil  (101)  -   - 
Latin America Satellite Net Subscriber Additions  (73)  -   - 

Operating Results
Our International segment consists of the Latin American operations acquired in our July 2015 acquisition of DIRECTV as well as the Mexican wireless operations acquired earlier in 2015 (see Note 7). Video entertainment services are provided to primarily residential customers using satellite technology. Our international subsidiaries conduct business in their local currency and operating results are converted to U.S. dollars using official exchange rates. Our International segment is subject to foreign currency fluctuations.

Operating revenues increased $1,431, with $1,130 in video services in Latin America and $301 attributable to additional wireless revenues in Mexico.

Operations and support expenses increased $1,370 and consist of costs incurred to provide our products and services, including costs of operating and maintaining our networks and providing video content, as well as personnel expenses, such as compensation and benefits.

Depreciation expense increased $249 in 2016. The increase was primarily due to the acquisition of DIRECTV and the Nextel Mexico wireless property.

Operating income decreased $188. Our International segment operating income margin in the first quarter was (11.9)% for 2016, compared to (4.2)% for 2015. Our International EBITDA margin in the first quarter was 4.7% for 2016 and 7.6% for 2015.
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Supplemental Operating Information
As a supplemental discussion of our operating results, for comparison purposes, we are providing a view of our combined domestic wireless operations (AT&T Mobility).

AT&T Mobility Results         
  First Quarter 
  2016  2015  
Percent
Change
 
 
Operating revenues         
      Service $14,798  $14,812   (0.1) %
      Equipment  3,156   3,374   (6.5)
Total Operating Revenues  17,954   18,186   (1.3)
             
Operating expenses            
      Operations and support  10,624   11,472   (7.4)
EBITDA  7,330   6,714   9.2 
      Depreciation and amortization  2,056   2,005   2.5 
Total Operating Expenses  12,680   13,477   (5.9)
Operating Income $5,274  $4,709   12.0  %
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The following table highlights other key measures of performance for AT&T Mobility: 
          
  First Quarter 
  2016  2015  
Percent
Change
 
(in 000s)
Wireless Subscribers
         
   Postpaid smartphones  58,258    57,157    1.9  %
   Postpaid feature phones and data-centric devices  18,880    19,018    (0.7)
Postpaid  77,138    76,175    1.3 
Prepaid  12,171    10,037    21.3 
Branded  89,309    86,212    3.6 
Reseller  13,378    13,595    (1.6)
Connected devices
  27,758    21,965    26.4 
Total Wireless Subscribers  130,445    121,772    7.1 
             
Net Additions
            
   Postpaid  129    441    (70.7)
   Prepaid  500    98    - 
Branded Net Additions  629    539    16.7 
Reseller  (400)   (266)   (50.4)
Connected devices
  1,552    945    64.2 
Net Subscriber Additions  1,781    1,218    46.2 
Branded Smartphones  68,271    64,047    6.6 
Mobile Share connections  59,372    55,581    6.8 
Smartphones under our installment program at end of period  28,548    18,540    54.0 
Smartphones sold under our installment program during period  4,135    4,065    1.7  %
             
Total Churn
  1.42%   1.40%  2 BP 
Branded Churn 4
  1.63%   1.59%  4 BP 
Postpaid Churn
  1.10%   1.02%  8 BP 
 Represents 100% of AT&T Mobility wireless subscribers.
 Includes data-centric devices such as session-based tablets, monitoring devices and automobile systems. Excludes postpaid tablets.
 Excludes acquisition-related additions during the period.
 Calculated by dividing the aggregate number of wireless subscribers who canceled service during a period divided by the total number of wireless subscribers at the beginning of that period. The churn rate for the period is equal to the average of the churn rate for each month of that period.
 
Operating income increased $565, or 12.0%, in the first quarter of 2016. The operating income margin of AT&T Mobility increased from 25.9% in 2015 to 29.4% in 2016. AT&T Mobility's EBITDA margin increased from 36.9% in 2015 to 40.8% in 2016. AT&T Mobility's EBITDA service margin increased from 45.3% in 2015 to 49.5% in 2016. (EBITDA service margin is operating income before depreciation and amortization, divided by total service revenues.)

Subscriber Relationships
As the wireless industry continues to mature, we believe that future wireless growth will increasingly depend on our ability to offer innovative services, plans and devices and a wireless network that has sufficient spectrum and capacity to support these innovations on as broad a geographic basis as possible. To attract and retain subscribers in a maturing market, we have launched a wide variety of plans, including Mobile Share and Mobile Share Value (collectively referred to as Mobile Share) and AT&T Next SM (AT&T Next).

At March 31, 2015, we served 121.8 million subscribers, an increase of 5.0% from the prior year. Our subscriber base consists primarily of postpaid accounts and connected devices. Our prepaid services, which include results from services sold under the Cricket brand, are monthly prepaid services.

ARPU
Postpaid phone-only ARPU (average revenue per average wireless subscriber) decreased 9.6% compared toNext. Additionally, in the first quarter of 2014 reflecting subscribers' continued adoption of AT&T Next and Mobile Share Value plans. Postpaid phone-only ARPU plus Next subscriber installment billings (postpaid phone-only ARPU plus AT&T Next) decreased 1.9% compared to2016, we introduced an integrated offer that allows for unlimited wireless data when combined with our video services, ending the first quarter of 2014 and increased 0.4% sequentially. As AT&T Next continues to grow, postpaid phone-only ARPU plus AT&T Next is expected to increase.with more than 3.0 million subscribers on these packages.
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ARPU
Postpaid phone-only ARPU (average revenue per average wireless subscriber) was $59.53 at March 31, 2016 and $59.98 at March 31, 2015. Postpaid phone-only ARPU plus AT&T Next subscriber installment billings increased 5.1% in the first quarter of 2016 due to the continuing growth of the AT&T Next program.

Churn
The effective management of subscriber churn is critical to our ability to maximize revenue growth and to maintain and improve margins. Total churn was slightly higher in the first quarter of 2015, compared to2016. Postpaid churn was also higher reflecting continuing competitive pressure in the industry.

Branded Subscribers
Branded subscribers increased 3.6% in the first quarter of 2014. Postpaid churn, however, was lower for the first quarter of 2015. A significant portion of our2016, which included a 21.3% increase in prepaid subscribers and a 1.3% increase in postpaid subscribers are on plans that historically have experienced lower churn.

Postpaid
Postpaid subscribers increased 3.9% compared to March 31, 2014.subscribers. At March 31, 2015, 84%2016, 88% of our postpaid phone subscriber base used smartphones, compared to 78%84% at March 31, 2014. About 97%2015. Virtually all of our postpaid smartphone subscribers are on plans that provide for service on multiple devices at reduced rates, and such subscribers tend to have higher retention and lower churn rates. A growing percentage of our postpaid smartphone subscribers are on usage-based data plans, with approximately 49.0 million subscribers on these plans as compared to 42.7 million subscribers in the prior year. About half of our Mobile Share accounts have chosen data plans with 10 gigabytes or higher and 38% have chosen plans with 15 gigabytes or higher. Device connections on our Mobile Share plans now represent over 70%77% of our postpaid customer base. Such offerings are intended to encourage existing subscribers to upgrade their current services and/or add connected devices, attract subscribers from other providers and minimize subscriber churn.

AsDuring the first quarter of March 31, 2015, approximately 92%2016, we discontinued offering subsidized smartphones to most of our postpaid smartphonecustomers. Under this no-subsidy model, subscribers use a 4G-capable device (i.e.,must purchase a device that would operate on our LTEinstallments under the AT&T Next program or HSPA+ network), and about 80% of our postpaid smartphone subscribers use an LTE device.

Historically, our postpaid customers have signed two-year service contracts when they purchase subsidized handsets. However, through our Mobile Share plans, we offer postpaid services at lower prices for those customers who eitherchoose to bring their own devices (BYOD) or participate in our AT&T Next program. Approximately 65%device, with no annual service contract. Over 90% of all postpaid smartphone gross adds and upgrades during the first quarter of 2015 chose2016 were either AT&T Next. We also experienced an 18% increase in the number of BYOD gross adds year over year.Next or BYOD. While BYOD customers do not generate equipment revenue or incur additional expenses for device subsidy,expense, the service revenue helps improve our margins.

Our AT&T Next program allows for postpaid subscribers to purchase certain devices in installments over a period of up to 30 months. Additionally, after a specified period of time, they also have the right to trade in the original device for a new device with a new installment plan and have the remaining unpaid balance satisfied. For customers that elect these trade-ininstallment programs, we recognize equipment revenue at the time of the sale for the amount of the customer receivable, net of the fair value of the trade-in right guarantee and imputed interest. A significant percentage of our customers on the AT&T Next program pay a lower monthly service charge, which results in lower service revenue recorded for these subscribers.

PrepaidConnected Devices
Beginning with the first quarter of 2015, we have updated our definition of prepaid subscribers to excludeConnected Devices includes data-centric devices such as session-based tablets, which are now included with connected devices. Prepaidmonitoring devices and automobile systems. Connected device subscribers now consist primarily of phone users. On this revised basis, prepaid subscribers decreased 3.6% when compared to the first quarter of 2014.

Operating Results
Service revenues decreased $575, or 3.7%,increased 26.4% in the first quarter of 2015. This decrease was largely due to customers continuing to shift to no-device-subsidy plans, which allow for discounted monthly service charges under our Mobile Share plans. While we expect monthly service revenues to continue to be pressured as customers move to Mobile Share plans, we expect equipment revenues to increase for those subscribers who elect the AT&T Next program. The decline in service revenue was partially offset by increased revenues from Cricket and higher handset insurance revenue.
Equipmentrevenues increased $895, or 36.1%, in2016. During the first quarter of 2015.2016, we added approximately 1.2 million "connected" cars through agreements with various carmakers. We believe that these connected car agreements give us the opportunity to create future retail relationships with the car owners.

OTHER BUSINESS MATTERS

Litigation Challenging DIRECTV's NFL Sunday Ticket More than two dozen putative class actions have been filed in the U.S. District Courts for the Central District of California and the Southern District of New York against DIRECTV and the National Football League (NFL). These cases were brought by residential and commercial DIRECTV subscribers that have purchased NFL Sunday Ticket. The increase was primarily relatedplaintiffs allege that (i) the 32 NFL teams have unlawfully agreed not to compete with each other in the market for nationally televised NFL football games and instead have "pooled" their broadcasts and assigned to the increaseNFL the exclusive right to market them; and (ii) the NFL and DIRECTV have entered into an unlawful exclusive distribution agreement that allows DIRECTV to charge "supra-competitive" prices for the NFL Sunday Ticket package. The complaints seek unspecified treble damages and attorneys' fees along with injunctive relief. The first complaint, Abrahamian v. National Football League, Inc., et al., was served in devices sold under our AT&T Next programJune 2015. In December 2015, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred the cases outside the Central District of California to that court for consolidation and management of pre-trial proceedings. We vigorously dispute the increase in sales of higher-priced smartphones, including those to Cricket customers.allegations the complaints have asserted.

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Operations and supportexpenses increased $799, or 7.3%, in the first quarter of 2015. The first quarter increase was primarily due to the following:
·Equipment costs increased $690, reflecting the sales of more expensive smartphones. Equipment costs also include subscriber integration charges. We expect Cricket integration charges will continue during 2015 as we complete the migration of those subscribers to our network.
·Handset insurance cost increased $111 due to an increase in the cost and volume of replacement phones.
·Network costs, which include incremental costs associated with the acquisition of Leap, increased $100 due to increased lease fees, higher maintenance and energy costs resulting from the increase in the number of cell sites and expenses related to our network enhancement efforts. These increases were partially offset by lower interconnect costs resulting from our ongoing network transition to more efficient Ethernet/IP-based technologies.

Partially offsetting these increases were the following:
·Selling (other than commissions) and administrative expenses decreased $75, primarily due to: decreases of $113 in advertising and promotions and $50 in information technology and development, partially offset by increases of $55 in sales and marketing and $41 in bad debt expense.
·Commission expenses decreased $53, primarily due to lower average commission rates paid under the AT&T Next program as well as decreases due to national equipment activation credits. These decreases are partially offset by an increase due to Cricket sales, postpaid gross activations and upgrades.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $127, or 6.6%, in the first quarter of 2015. The expense increase was primarily due to ongoing capital spending for network upgrades and expansion and additional expenses associated with the assets acquired from Leap, partially offset by fully depreciated assets.

Operating income decreased $606, or 12.0%, in the first quarter of 2015. Our Wireless segment operating income margin in the first quarter decreased from 28.3% in 2014 to 24.5% in 2015.

Wireline      
Segment Results      
  First Quarter 
  2015  2014  
Percent
Change
 
 
Segment operating revenues      
   Service $13,935  $14,389   (3.2) %
   Equipment  213   212   0.5 
Total Segment Operating Revenues  14,148   14,601   (3.1)
Segment operating expenses            
   Operations and support  10,263   10,457   (1.9)
   Depreciation and amortization  2,476   2,684   (7.7)
Total Segment Operating Expenses  12,739   13,141   (3.1)
Segment Operating Income  1,409   1,460   (3.5)
Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Affiliates  (7)  1   - 
Segment Income $1,402  $1,461   (4.0) %
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Our broadband, switched access lines and other services provided by our local exchange telephone subsidiaries at March 31, 2015 and 2014 are shown below and trends are addressed throughout this segment discussion.

  March 31,  March 31,  Percent 
(in 000s) 
 
20151
  
20141
  Change 
U-verse high speed Internet  12,644   11,009   14.9%
DSL and Other Broadband Connections  3,453   5,494   (37.1)
Total Wireline Broadband Connections
  16,097   16,503   (2.5)
             
Total U-verse Video Connections  5,993   5,661   5.9 
             
Retail consumer Switched Access Lines  8,660   11,655   (25.7)
U-verse consumer VoIP connections  5,009   4,120   21.6 
Total Retail Consumer Voice Connections  13,669   15,775   (13.4)
             
Switched Access Lines            
Retail consumer  8,660   11,655   (25.7)
Retail business  8,610   10,084   (14.6)
Retail Subtotal  17,270   21,739   (20.6)
             
Wholesale  1,490   1,611   (7.5)
             
Total Switched Access Lines
  18,949   23,582   (19.6) %
1 Connections reflect the sale of our Connecticut wireline operation in 2014.
2 Total wireline broadband connections include DSL, U-verse high speed Internet and satellite broadband.
3 Total switched access lines include access lines provided to national mass markets and private payphone service providers of 189 at March 31, 2015 and 232 at March 31, 2014.

Operating Results
Service revenues decreased $454, or 3.2%, in the first quarter of 2015, reflecting the sale of our Connecticut wireline operations in 2014. The decline was also driven by lower service revenues from business customers (which include integration, government-related and outsourcing services), and the continued decline in revenues from our legacy services that we no longer actively market.

Business
Service revenues from business customers decreased $387, or 4.6%, in the first quarter of 2015 and were negatively impacted by the sale of our Connecticut operations in 2014, our exit from low-margin wholesale businesses and foreign exchange rates. The revenue decrease was also due to a $317 decrease in long-distance and local voice revenues and a $270 decrease in traditional data revenues, which include circuit-based and packet-switched data services. These decreases were primarily due to lower demand as customers continue to shift to our most advanced IP-based offerings, including VPNs, Ethernet, and U-verse services (Strategic business services). Strategic business services grew $339, or 14.8%, in the first quarter. Revenue from Ethernet increased $101, VPN increased $62, U-verse services increased $57 and EaMIS increased $46.

Consumer
Service revenues from residential customers decreased $50, or 0.9%, in the first quarter of 2015 and reflects the sale of our Connecticut operations in the fourth quarter of 2014. The decrease was also driven by a $377 decrease in traditional voice revenues and a decrease of $180 in DSL revenue as customers continue to shift to our strategic high-speed Internet access offerings or choose competitors' offerings. These decreases were partially offset by higher IP data revenue reflecting increased U-verse penetration, customer additions, and migration from our legacy voice and DSL services. In the first quarter, U-verse revenue from consumers increased $229 for high-speed Internet access, $209 for video and $71 for voice.
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Equipment revenues increased $1, or 0.5%, in the first quarter of 2015. Our equipment revenues are mainly attributable to our business customers.

Operations and support expenses decreased $194, or 1.9%, in the first quarter of 2015. Operations and support expenses consist of costs incurred to provide our products and services, including costs of operating and maintaining our networks and personnel costs, such as compensation and benefits.

The decrease in the first quarter reflects the sale of our Connecticut operations in 2014. Lower expenses were also due to lower net traffic compensation costs of $123; lower contract services costs of $60; lower advertising costs of $47; and lower materials and energy costs of $16. These decreases were partially offset by increased cost of sales of $98, related to U-verse related content fees, and higher employee-related expenses driven by an increase in noncash benefit expenses.

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $208, or 7.7%, for the first quarter of 2015. Depreciation decreased $176, or 6.8%, primarily due to extending the estimated useful life of software and abandonment of certain network assets, both in 2014. These decreases were partially offset by increases due to ongoing capital spending for network upgrades and expansion. Amortization decreased $32, or 37.6%, primarily due to lower amortization of intangibles for the customer lists associated with acquisitions.

Operating income decreased $51, or 3.5%, in the first quarter of 2015. Our Wireline segment operating income margin in the first quarter was 10.0% for 2015 and 2014. We expect margin improvement in the remaining quarters of 2015 due in part to additional cost savings, including the impact of our voluntary retirement plan offer.

International     
Segment Results     
 First Quarter 
 2015 2014  
Percent
Change
 
Total Segment Operating Revenues$236  $-   -%
Segment operating expenses           
     Operations and support 219   -   - 
     Depreciation and amortization 44   -   - 
Total Segment Operating Expenses 263   -   - 
Segment Income (Loss)$(27) $-   -%

Operating Results
On January 16, 2015, we acquired GSF Telecom which offers service under both the Iusacell and Unefon brand names in Mexico (see Note 7). Our International segment operating income margin was (11.4)% in the first quarter of 2015.

We are a wireless provider in Mexico, with approximately 6 million subscribers at March 31, 2015. Our subscriber base predominantly consists of prepaid customers. Operating revenues were $236 and operating expenses were $263 in the first quarter of 2015.

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Supplemental Operating Information

As a supplemental discussion of our operating results, we are providing a view of our AT&T Business Solutions (ABS) business revenues which includes both wireless and wireline. This combined view of ABS presents a complete revenue profile of the entire business customer relationship, and underscores the growing importance of mobile solutions to serving our business customers.

AT&T Business Solutions     
Operating Revenues     
 First Quarter 
 2015 2014  
Percent
Change
 
 
ABS operating revenues     
     Wireless$9,445  $9,032   4.6%
     Wireline 8,288   8,670   (4.4)
Total ABS Operating Revenues$17,733  $17,702   0.2%

ABS Operating Revenues
Our ABS operating revenues increased $31, or 0.2%, in the first quarter of 2015. At March 31, 2015, mobile solutions represented 53% of total ABS revenues, compared to 51% at March 31, 2014.

Wireless revenues increased $413, or 4.6%, in the first quarter of 2015. Growth in ABS postpaid subscribers of 9.8% contributed to total revenue growth in the first quarter of 2015. ABS wireless revenues consist of services provided to businesses as well as revenue from wireless customers who pay lower negotiated rates through their employers. Revenue increases reflect the impact of equipment installment plans, which resulted in equipment revenue growth of 44.9%, and a 2.4% decline in service revenue.

Wireline revenues decreased $382, or 4.4%, in the first quarter of 2015. Revenues in the first quarter of 2015 were negatively impacted by the sale of our Connecticut operations in 2014, our exit from low-margin wholesale businesses and foreign exchange rates. The decline in revenues continues to be driven by migrations to alternative technologies, increasing price competition and sustained economic pressure. These declines were partially offset by growth in our strategic business services, including the continued success of our VPN and Cloud services.

While our wholesale revenues continue to be negatively impacted by increasing competition and our strategic decisions to change offerings, we are experiencing lower revenue declines than in prior quarters for services provided to small and medium-sized businesses.

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OTHER BUSINESS MATTERS

DIRECTV Acquisition  In May 2014, we announced a merger agreement to acquire DIRECTV in a stock-and-cash transaction for ninety-five dollars per share of DIRECTV's common stock, or approximately $48,500 at the date of announcement. As of March 31, 2015, DIRECTV had approximately $15,129 in net debt. Each DIRECTV shareholder will receive cash of $28.50 per share and $66.50 per share in our stock subject to a collar such that DIRECTV shareholders will receive 1.905 AT&T shares if our average stock price is below $34.90 per share at closing and 1.724 AT&T shares if our average stock price is above $38.58 at closing. If our average stock price (calculated in accordance with the merger agreement with DIRECTV) is between $34.90 and $38.58 at closing, then DIRECTV shareholders will receive a number of shares between 1.724 and 1.905, equal to $66.50 in value. DIRECTV is a premier pay TV provider in the United States and Latin America, with a high-quality customer base, the best selection of programming, the best technology for delivering and viewing high-quality video on any device and the best customer satisfaction among major U.S. cable and satellite TV providers.

The merger agreement was adopted by DIRECTV's stockholders on September 25, 2014 and the transaction remains subject to review by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice and to other closing conditions. It is also a condition that all necessary consents by certain foreign governmental entities have been obtained and are in full force and effect. The transaction is still expected to close in the second quarter of 2015. The merger agreement provides certain mutual termination rights for us and DIRECTV, including the right of either party to terminate the agreement if the merger is not consummated by May 18, 2015, subject to extension in certain cases to a date no later than November 13, 2015. Either party may also terminate the agreement if an order permanently restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the merger becomes final and nonappealable. In October 2014, DIRECTV and the National Football League renewed their agreement for the "NFL Sunday Ticket" service substantially on the terms discussed between AT&T and DIRECTV, satisfying one of the conditions to closing the merger. Under certain circumstances relating to a competing transaction, DIRECTV may be required to pay a termination fee to us in connection with or following a termination of the agreement.

Based on synergies we expect to realize with the acquisition, we have also committed to the following upon closing of the transaction: (1) expanding or enhancing our deployment of both wireline and fixed wireless broadband to at least 15 million customer locations across 48 states, with most of the locations in underserved rural areas, (2) adhering to the FCC's Open Internet protections established in 2010 for three years after closing, regardless of whether the FCC re-establishes such protections for other industry participants following the D.C. Circuit's vacating of those rules, (3) for three years after closing, offering standalone retail broadband Internet access service at reasonable market-based prices, including a service of at least 6 Mbps down (where feasible) at guaranteed prices, in areas where we offer wireline broadband service today, and (4) offering, for three years after closing, standalone DIRECTV satellite video service at nationwide package prices that do not differ between customers in AT&T's wireline footprint and customers outside our current 21-state wireline footprint.

Nextel Mexico AcquisitionOn April 30, 2015, we completed our acquisition of the subsidiaries of NII Holdings Inc., operating its wireless business in Mexico, for $1,875, less approximately $427 of net debt and other adjustments. The subsidiaries offer service under the name Nextel Mexico.
GSF Telecom Acquisition  On January 16, 2015, we completed our acquisition of 100 percent of the stock of Mexican wireless company GSF Telecom for $2,500, less net debt at closing, which was approximately $700. GSF Telecom offers service under both the Iusacell and Unefon brand names in Mexico with a network that covers about 70 percent of Mexico's population of approximately 120 million.

Spectrum Acquisitions  In January 2015, we submitted winning bids for 251 Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) spectrum licenses, comprised of 42 G Block licenses, 37 H Block licenses, 58 I Block licenses, and 114 J Block licenses, in the AWS-3 Auction (FCC Auction 97) for $18,189 (see "Liquidity and Capital Resources"). We will cover approximately 96 percent of the U.S. population with high-value contiguous AWS-3 spectrum. In 2016, we also intend to bid at least $9,000 in connection with the 600 MHz auction (see "Competitive and Regulatory Environment"), provided there is sufficient spectrum available in the auction without undue impairments to give us a viable path to at least a 2x10 MHz nationwide spectrum footprint.
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Federal Trade Commission Litigation Involving DIRECTV In March 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a civil suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against DIRECTV seeking injunctive relief and unspecified money damages under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act and Section 4 of the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act. The FTC's allegations concern DIRECTV's advertising, marketing and sale of programming packages. The FTC alleges that DIRECTV did not adequately disclose all relevant terms. We are disputing these allegations vigorously.

Unlimited Data Plan Claims  In October 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)FTC filed a civil suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against AT&T Mobility, LLC seeking injunctive relief and unspecified money damages under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. The FTC's allegations concern the application of AT&T's Maximum Bit Rate (MBR) program whichto customers who enrolled in our Unlimited Data Plan from 2007-2010. MBR temporarily reduces in certain instances the download speeds of a small portion of our legacy Unlimited Data Plan customers each month.month after the customer exceeds a designated amount of data during the customer's billing cycle. MBR is an industry-standard practice that is authorized by the FCC and designed to affect only the most data-intensive applications (such as video streaming). Texts, emails, tweets, social media posts, Internet browsing and many other applications are typically unaffected. Contrary to the FTC's allegations, which we vigorously dispute, our MBR program is permitted by our customer contracts, was fully disclosed in advance to our Unlimited Data Plan customers, and was implemented to protect the network for the benefit of all customers. In March 2015, our motion to dismiss the litigation on the grounds that the FTC lacked jurisdiction to file suit was denied. We have askedIn May 2015, the Court granted our motion to certify its decision for permission to appeal the denialimmediate appeal. The United States Court of the motion immediately. If the Court grants the motion, we will then askAppeals for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appealssubsequently granted our petition to accept the appeal, soand the appeal is now pending before that Court while limited discovery proceeds in the District Court. Oral argument on the appeal is presently set for June 17, 2016. In addition to the FTC case, several class actions have been filed also challenging our MBR program. We vigorously dispute the allegations the complaints have asserted.

In June 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Apparent Liability and Order (NAL) to AT&T Mobility, LLC concerning our MBR policy that applies to Unlimited Data Plan customers described above. The NAL alleges that we violated the FCC's Open Internet Transparency Rule by using the term "unlimited" in connection with the offerings subject to the MBR policy and by failing adequately to disclose the speed reductions that apply once a customer reaches a specified data threshold. The NAL proposes a forfeiture penalty of $100, and further proposes to order us to correct any misleading and inaccurate statements about our unlimited plans, inform customers of the alleged violation, revise our disclosures to address the alleged violation and inform these customers that they may cancel their plans without penalty after reviewing the revised disclosures. In July 2015, we filed our response to the NAL. We believe that the threshold question of jurisdiction mayNAL is unlawful and should be withdrawn, because we have fully litigatedcomplied with the Open Internet Transparency Rule and the FCC has no authority to impose the proposed remedies. The matter is currently pending before the FCC.

South Coast Air Quality  On January 15, 2016, AT&T Mobility received an offer to enter into an administrative settlement with California's South Coast Air Quality Management District associated with a Notice of Violation (NOV) received in 2015. The 2015 NOV alleged violations of local environmental air permitting and emissions rules issued by the District in connection with operation of a back-up power generator system at one AT&T Mobility facility. After conclusion of its investigation and discussion, the parties incurresolved the expensealleged violations set forth in the NOV without admission of discovery.fault by AT&T Mobility for a payment of civil penalties in an amount less than one hundred thousand dollars.

Labor Contracts  ContractsA contract covering approximately 17,0009,000 mobility employees in the Southwest region, which expired in February 2016, was ratified on April 14, 2016. A contract covering nearly 16,000 traditional wireline employees in our West region expired in April 20152016 and employees are currently working under the terms of the expired agreements. Theprior contract, covering approximately 24,000 traditional wireline employees in our nine-state Southeast region will expire in August 2015. Upon contractincluding benefits, while negotiations continue. After expiration of the current agreements, work stoppages or labor disruptions may occur in the absence of new contracts or other agreements being reached. A separate contract covering only benefits with approximately 40,000 employees in our mobility business expires in 2016, though there is a no strike/no lock-out clause. Contracts covering wages and other non-benefit working terms for these mobility employees are structured on a regional basis.
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COMPETITIVE AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

OverviewAT&T subsidiaries operating within the United States are subject to federal and state regulatory authorities. AT&T subsidiaries operating outside the United States are subject to the jurisdiction of national and supranational regulatory authorities in the markets where service is provided, and regulation is generally limited to operational licensing authority for the provision of services to enterprise customers.provided.

In the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Telecom Act), Congress established a national policy framework intended to bring the benefits of competition and investment in advanced telecommunications facilities and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition and reducing or eliminating regulatory burdens that harm consumer welfare. However, since the Telecom Act was passed, the FCC and some state regulatory commissions have maintained or expanded certain regulatory requirements that were imposed decades ago on our traditional wireline subsidiaries when they operated as legal monopolies. We are pursuing, at both the state and federal levels, additional legislative and regulatory measures to reduce regulatory burdens that are no longer appropriate in a competitive telecommunications market and that inhibit our ability to compete more effectively and offer services wanted and needed by our customers, including initiatives to transition services from traditional networks to all IP-based networks. At the same time, we also seek to ensure that legacy regulations are not further extended to broadband or wireless services, which are subject to vigorous competition.

In February 2015, the FCC released an order reclassifying both fixed and mobile consumer broadband Internet access services as telecommunications services, subject to comprehensive regulation under the Telecom Act. The FCC's decision significantly expands the FCC's existing authority to regulate the provision of fixed and mobile broadband Internet access services. AT&T and other providers of broadband Internet access services have challenged the FCC's decision before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. We expect a decision on AT&T's appeal in the first half of 2016.

Though early in the rulemaking process, the FCC is considering a number of regulatory changes that could restrict our commercial flexibility in the provision of video, special access, business, and advertising services.

We provide satellite video service through our subsidiary DIRECTV, whose satellites are licensed by the FCC. The Communications Act of 1934 and other related acts give the FCC broad authority to regulate the U.S. operations of DIRECTV. In addition, states representing a majority of our local service access lines have adopted legislation that enables new video entrantsus to acquireprovide U-verse service through a single statewide or state-approved franchise (as opposed to the need to acquire hundreds or even thousands of municipal-approved franchises) to offer a competitive video services.product. We also are supporting efforts to update and improve regulatory treatment for retail services. Regulatory reform and passage of legislation is uncertain and depends on many factors.

We provide wireless services in robustly competitive markets, but those services are subject to substantial and increasing governmental regulation. Wireless communications providers must obtain licenses from the FCC to provide communications services at specified spectrum frequencies within specified geographic areas and must comply with the FCC rules and policies governing the use of the spectrum. While wireless communications providers' prices and service offerings are generally not subject to state regulation, states sometimes attempt to regulate or legislate various aspects of wireless services, such as in the area of consumer protection.

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The FCC has recognized that the explosive growth of bandwidth-intensive wireless data services requires the U.S. Government to make more spectrum available. In February 2012, Congress set forth specific spectrum blocks to be auctioned and licensed by February 2015 (the "AWS-3 Auction"), and also authorized the FCC to conduct an "incentive auction," to make available for wireless broadband use certain spectrum that is currently used by broadcast television licensees (the "600 MHz Auction"). We participated in the AWS-3 Auction, which began in October 2014 and closed in January 2015 (see "Other Business Matters").Auction. The FCC announced that the 600 MHz Auction has been postponed until 2016.(Auction 1000) began on March 29, 2016, and the multiple phases of Auction 1000 are expected to progress over the next several months.

In May 2014, in a separate proceeding, the FCC issued an order revising its policies governing mobile spectrum holdings. The FCC rejected the imposition of caps on the amount of spectrum any carrier could acquire, retaining its case-by-case review policy. Moreover, it increased the amount of spectrum that could be acquired before exceeding an aggregation "screen" that would automatically trigger closer scrutiny of a proposed transaction. On the other hand, it indicated that it will separately consider an acquisition of "low band" spectrum that exceeds one-third of the available low band spectrum as presumptively harmful to competition. In addition, the FCC imposed limits on certain bidders in the 600 MHz Auction, including AT&T, restricting them from bidding on up to 40 percent of the available spectrum in the incentive auction in markets that cover as much as 70-80 percent of the U.S. population. On balance, the order and the new spectrum screen should allow AT&T to obtain additional spectrum to meet our customers' needs, but because AT&T uses more "low band" spectrum in its network than some other national carriers, the separate consideration of low band spectrum acquisitions might affect AT&T's ability to expand capacity in these bands ("low band"(low band spectrum has better propagation characteristics than "high band" spectrum). Also, a competitor has filed a petition asking the FCC to increase the percentage of spectrum for which we would be prohibited from bidding in the incentive auction. That petition is pending. We seek to ensure that we have the opportunity, through the auction process and otherwise, to obtain the spectrum we need to provide our customers with high-quality service in the future.
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As the wireless industry continues to mature, we believe that future wireless growth will increasingly depend on our ability to offer innovative video and data services and a wireless network that has sufficient spectrum and capacity to support these innovations. We are facing significantcontinue to face spectrum and capacity constraints on our wireless network in certain markets. We expect such constraints to increase and expand to additional markets in the coming years. While we are continuing to invest significant capital in expanding our network capacity, our capacity constraints could affect the quality of existing voice and data services and our ability to launch new, advanced wireless broadband services, unless we are able to obtain more spectrum. Any long-term spectrum solution will require that the FCC make additional spectrum available to the wireless industry to meet the expanding needs of our subscribers. We will continue to attempt to address spectrum and capacity constraints on a market-by-market basis.

Net Neutrality  In February 2015, the FCC released an order in response to the D.C. Circuit's January 2014 decision adopting new rules, and reclassifying both fixed and mobile consumer broadband Internet access services as telecommunications services, subject to comprehensive regulation under the Act. The FCC's decision significantly expands the FCC's existing authority to regulate the provision of fixed and mobile broadband Internet access services. The FCC also asserted jurisdiction over Internet interconnection arrangements, which until now have been unregulated. These actions could have an adverse impact on our fixed and mobile broadband services and operating results. AT&T and several other parties, including US Telecom and CTIA trade groups, have appealed the FCC's order. On May 1, 2015, AT&T and several other parties filed a request for a stay of the order with the FCC.

Intercarrier Compensation/Universal Service  In October 2011, the FCC adopted an order fundamentally overhauling its high-cost universal service program and its existing intercarrier compensation (ICC) rules, which govern payments between carriers for the exchange of traffic. The order also established a new ICC regime that will result in the elimination of virtually all terminating switched access charges and reciprocal compensation payments over a six-year transition. In May 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied all challenges to the universal service and intercarrier compensation rules adopted in the 2011 order. In May 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court denied all petitions to review this decision.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

We had $4,444$10,008 in cash and cash equivalents available at March 31, 2015.2016. Cash and cash equivalents included cash of $533$2,114 and money market funds and other cash equivalents of $3,911.$7,894. Approximately $939 of our cash and cash equivalents resided in foreign jurisdictions, some of which is subject to restrictions on repatriation. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $4,159increased $4,887 since December 31, 2014.2015. In the first three months of 2015,2016, cash inflows were primarily provided by long-term debt issuances and cash receipts from operations, including cash from our sale and transfer of certain equipment installment receivables to third parties.parties, and long-term debt issuances. These inflows were offset by cash used to meet the needs of the business, including, but not limited to, payment of operating expenses,expenses; funding capital expenditures; debt repayments; dividends to stockholders; and the acquisition of wireless spectrum and GSF Telecom, funding capital expenditures, collateral posting (see Note 6), and dividends to stockholders.spectrum. We discuss many of these factors in detail below.

Cash Provided by or Used in Operating Activities
During the first three months of 2015,2016, cash provided by operating activities was $6,738,$7,900, compared to $8,799$6,738 for the first three months of 2014. Lower2015. Higher operating cash flows in 20152016 were primarily due to our acquisition of DIRECTV and partially offset by the timing of working capital payments.

Cash Used in or Provided by Investing Activities
For the first three months of 2015,2016, cash used in investing activities totaled $21,587$4,308 and consisted primarily of:
·$17,678 for acquisitions of spectrum licenses, most notably the remaining payment for AWS spectrum licenses from the FCC in the AWS-3 Auction.
·$1,836of $4,451 for capital expenditures, excluding interest during construction, and $165 for the acquisition of GSF Telecom and other operations.
·$3,848 for capital expenditures, excluding interest during construction.

During the first three months, we also received $1,890 upon the maturity of certain short-term investments.

On April 30, 2015, we completed our acquisition of Nextel Mexico, for $1,875, less approximately $427 of net debtwireless spectrum and other adjustments.operations. These expenditures were partially offset by net cash receipts of $445 from the sale of securities.

Virtually all of our capital expenditures are spent on our wirelesscommunications networks and wireline networks, our U-versevideo services and support systems for our communicationsdigital entertainment services. Capital expenditures, excluding interest during construction, decreased $1,868increased $603 in the first three months. Our Wireless segment represented 45% ofThe increase was primarily due to our total spendingwireless network expansion in Mexico, DIRECTV operations and decreased 42%fiber buildout. In connection with capital improvements to our wireless network in Mexico, we also negotiated favorable payment terms (referred to as vendor financing). For the first three months. Wireless expenditures were primarily used for the ongoing deploymentmonths of LTE equipment. The Wireline segment, which includes U-verse services, represented 54%2016, we deferred $43 of the totalvendor financing related to capital additions to future periods. We do not report capital expenditures and decreased 22% inat the first three months. Our declines in Wireless and Wireline segment capital expenditures reflected our completion of various Project VIP initiatives in 2014. Capital expenditures for our new International segment include spending for GSF Telecom after the acquisition date.level.

We continue to expect our 20152016 capital investment, which includes our capital expenditures plus vendor financing payments related to our Mexico network, for our existing businesses to be in the $18,000$22,000 range, excluding expendituresand we expect our capital investment to be in the 15 percent range of service revenues or lower for newly acquired businesses.each of the years 2016 through 2018. The amount of capital investment is influenced by demand for services and products, capacity needs and network enhancements. We are also focused on ensuring merger commitments are met and our expenditures may also be influenced by regulatory considerations. We expect to support our business and spectrum acquisitions with a combination of debt issuances, cash from operations, and asset sales.met.

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Cash Provided by or Used in Financing Activities
For the first three months of 2015, cash provided by financing activities totaled $10,690 and included net proceeds of $16,572 from the following long-term debt issuances:
·February 2015 issuance of $2,619 of 4.600% global notes due 2045.
·March 2015 borrowings under a variable rate term loan facility due 2018, variable rate term loan facility due 2020 and variable rate 18-month credit agreement due 2016, together totaling $11,155.
·March 2015 issuance of €1,250 of 1.300% global notes due 2023 and €1,250 of 2.450% global notes due 2035 (together, equivalent to $2,844, when issued).

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In May 2015, we issued $17,500Cash Provided by or Used in Financing Activities
For the first three months of 2016, cash provided by financing activities totaled $1,295 and included net proceeds of $5,978 from the following long-term debt to be used for general corporate purposes, including funding previously announced acquisitions. Details of the notes are as follows:issuances:
·$3,000February issuance of 2.450%$1,250 of 2.800% global notes due 2020, subject to mandatory redemption.2021.
·$2,750February issuance of 3.000%$1,500 of 3.600% global notes due 2022, subject to mandatory redemption.2023.
·$5,000February issuance of 3.400%$1,750 of 4.125% global notes due 2025.2026.
·$2,500February issuance of 4.500%$1,500 of 5.650% global notes due 2035.2047.
·$3,500 of 4.750% global notes due 2046, subject to mandatory redemption.
·$750 floating rate global notes due 2020. The floating rate for the note is based upon the three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), reset quarterly, plus 93 basis points.

If we do not consummate the DIRECTV acquisition pursuant to the merger agreement, on or prior to November 30, 2015 or, if prior to such date, the merger agreement is terminated, then in either case we must redeem certain of the notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued but unpaid interest.

We do not currently anticipate the issuance of additional U.S. dollar denominated senior notes for the remainder of 2015.

During the first three months of 2015,2016, we redeemed $596$2,296 of debt, consisting primarily consisting of $587the following:
·February redemption of $1,250 of AT&T Floating Rate Notes due 2016.
·March prepayment of the remaining $1,000 of the outstanding advances under the $2,000 18-month credit agreement (the "18-month Credit Agreement") by and between AT&T and Mizuho. (See "Credit Facilities" below).

In March 2016, we completed a debt exchange covering $16,049 of notes of various seniorseries issued by DIRECTV with stated rates of 1.75% to 6.375% for $16,049 in new AT&T Inc. global notes in connection with stated rates of 1.75% to 6.375% plus a $16 cash payment.
On May 3, 2016, we agreed to sell the GSF Telecom acquisition.following debt amounts:
·$750 of 2.300% global notes due 2019.
·$750 of 2.800% global notes due 2021.
·$1,100 of 3.600% global notes due 2023.
·$900 of 4.125% global notes due 2026.
·$500 of 4.800% global notes due 2044.

These notes will be reopening of existing series of notes.  The transactions are expected to close on May 12, 2016, and proceeds will be used to pay down amounts outstanding under our $9,155 Syndicated Credit Agreement (discussed below).
Our weighted average interest rate of our entire long-term debt portfolio, including the impact of derivatives, was approximately 3.9%4.1% as of March 31, 2015,2016, and 4.2%4.0% as of December 31, 2014.2015. We had $96,026$129,229 of total notes and debentures outstanding at March 31, 2015,2016, which included Euro, British pound sterling, Swiss Franc, Brazilian real and Canadian dollar denominated debt of approximately $25,169.$26,852.

As of March 31, 2015,2016, we had approximately 415407 million shares remaining from 2013 and 2014 authorizations from our Board of Directors to repurchase shares of our common stock. Upon completing our acquisition of DIRECTV,In 2016, our priority will be to use free cash flow (operating cash flows less construction and capital expenditures) after dividends to pay down debt.

We paid dividends of $2,434$2,947 during the first three months of 2015,2016, compared with $2,398$2,434 for the first three months of 2014,2015, primarily reflecting the increase in the quarterly dividend approved by our Board of Directors in December 2014, partially offset by the impact of the decline in shares outstanding due to repurchases in 2014.resulting from our acquisition of DIRECTV. Dividends declared by our Board of Directors totaled $0.47$0.48 per share in the first quarter of 20152016 and $0.46$0.47 per share for the first three months of 2014.2015. Our dividend policy considers the expectations and requirements of stockholders, capital funding requirements of AT&T and long-term growth opportunities. It is our intent to provide the financial flexibility to allow our Board of Directors to consider dividend growth and to recommend an increase in dividends to be paid in future periods. All dividends remain subject to declaration by our Board of Directors.

At March 31, 2015,2016, we had $8,181$8,399 of debt maturing within one year, $8,130$7,874 of which was related to long-term debt issuances. Debt maturing within one year includes the following notes that may be put back to us by the holders:
·$1,000 of annual put reset securities issued by BellSouth that may be put back to us each April until maturity in 2021. No such put was exercised during April 2015.2016.
·An accreting zero-coupon note that may be redeemed each May until maturity in 2022. If the zero-coupon note (issued for principal of $500 in 2007) is held to maturity, the redemption amount will be $1,030.

Credit Facilities
We have a $5,000 revolving credit agreement with a syndicate of banks that expires in December 2018 (the "December 2018 Facility") and a $3,000 revolving credit agreement with a syndicate of banks that expires in December 2017 (the "December 2017 Facility"). There were no advances outstanding under the December 2018 Facility or the December 2017 Facility at March 31, 2015.37

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Credit Facilities
On December 11, 2015, we entered into a five-year, $12,000 credit agreement (the "Revolving Credit Agreement") with Citibank, N.A. (Citibank), as administrative agent, replacing our $5,000 credit agreement that would have expired in December 2018. At the same time, AT&T and the lenders terminated their obligations under the existing revolving $3,000 credit agreement with Citibank that would have expired in December 2017.

In January 21, 2015, we entered into a $9,155 credit agreement (the "Syndicated Credit Agreement") containing (i) a $6,286 term loan facility (the "Tranche A Facility") and (ii) a $2,869 term loan facility (the "Tranche B Facility"), with certain investment and commercial banks and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. ("Mizuho"), as administrative agent. On that date, weWe also entered into a $2,000 18-month credit agreement (the "18-Monththe 18 Month Credit Agreement")Agreement with Mizuho as initial lender and agent. The 18-Month Credit Agreement was repaid and terminated in March 2016.

On March 2, 2015, we borrowed $9,155Revolving Credit Agreement
In the event advances are made under the SyndicatedRevolving Credit Agreement, those advances would be used for general corporate purposes. Advances are not conditioned on the absence of a material adverse change. All advances must be repaid no later than the date on which lenders are no longer obligated to make any advances under the agreement. We can terminate, in whole or in part, amounts committed by the lenders in excess of any outstanding advances; however, we cannot reinstate any such terminated commitments. We also may request that the total amount of the lender's commitments be increased by an integral multiple of $25 effective on a date that is at least 90 days prior to the scheduled termination date then in effect, provided that no event of default has occurred and in no event shall the total amount of the lender's commitments at any time exceed $14,000. At March 31, 2016, we had no advances outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement and $2,000we have complied with all covenants.

The obligations of the lenders to provide advances will terminate on December 11, 2020, unless prior to that date either: (i) AT&T reduces to $0 the commitments of the lenders, or (ii) certain events of default occur. We and lenders representing more than 50% of the facility amount may agree to extend their commitments for two one-year periods beyond the December 11, 2020, termination date, under certain circumstances.

Advances under the 18-MonthRevolving Credit Agreement would bear interest, at floatingAT&T's option, either:
·at a variable annual rate equal to (i) the highest of: (a) the base rate of the bank affiliate of Citibank, N.A. which is serving as administrative agent under the Agreement, (b) 0.50% per annum above the Federal Funds Rate, and (c) the LIBOR applicable to U.S. dollars for a period of one month plus 1.00% per annum, plus (ii) an applicable margin, as set forth in the Revolving Credit Agreement ("Applicable Margin for Base Advances"); or
·at a rate equal to: (i) LIBOR for a period of one, two, three or six months, as applicable, plus (ii) the Applicable Margin ("Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Rate Advances").

The Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Rate Advances will equal 0.680%, 0.910%, 1.025%, or 1.125% per annum, depending on AT&T's credit rating. The Applicable Margin for Base Rate Advances will be equal to the greater of 0.00% and the relevant Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Rate Advances minus 1.00% per annum depending on AT&T's credit rating.

We will pay a facility fee of 0.070%, 0.090%, 0.100% or 0.125% per annum, depending on AT&T's credit rating, of the amount of lender commitments.

The Revolving Credit Agreement contains covenants that are customary for an issuer with an investment grade senior debt credit rating, as well as a net debt-to-EBITDA (earnings before interest, rates. We used these advancestaxes, depreciation and amortization, and other modifications described in the Revolving Credit Agreement) financial ratio covenant that AT&T will maintain, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of not more than 3.5-to-1.

The events of default contained in the Revolving Credit Agreement are customary for general corporate purposes, including acquisition related payments.an agreement of this type and such events would result in the acceleration or permit the lenders to accelerate, as applicable, required payments and would increase the Applicable Margin by 2.00% per annum.

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The Syndicated Credit Agreement
In March 2015, AT&T borrowed all amounts available under the Tranche A Facility and the Tranche B Facility. Amounts borrowed under the Tranche A Facility will be due and payable on March 2, 2018. The Tranche A Facility interest rate equals three-month LIBOR, reset quarterly, plus the Applicable Margin (or 100 basis points when issued). Amounts borrowed under the Tranche B Facility will be subject to amortization from March 2, 2018, with twenty-five25 percent of the aggregate principal amount thereof being payable prior to March 2, 2020, and all remaining principal amount due and payable on March 2, 2020.

Advances bear interest at a rate equal to: (i) the LIBOR for deposits in dollars (adjusted upwards to reflect any bank reserve costs) for a period of three or six months, as applicable, plus (ii) the Applicable Margin (each such Advance, a Eurodollar Rate Advance). The Applicable Margin under the Tranche A Facility will equal 1.000%, 1.125% or 1.250% per annum depending on AT&T's credit rating. The Applicable Margin under the Tranche B Facility interest rate equals three-month LIBOR, reset quarterly, plus the Applicable Margin (or 112.5 basis points when issued). Amounts borrowed under the 18-Monthwill equal 1.125%, 1.250% or 1.375% per annum, depending on AT&T's credit rating.
The Syndicated Credit Agreement contains covenants that are customary for an issuer with an investment grade senior debt credit rating, as well as a net debt-to-EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and other modifications described in the Syndicated Credit Agreement) financial ratio covenant that AT&T will be due and payable on September 2, 2016. The 18-Month Credit Agreement interest rate equals three-month LIBOR, reset quarterly, plusmaintain, as of the Applicable Margin (or 80 basis points when issued).last day of each fiscal quarter of not more than 3.5-to-1.

At March 31, 2015, we had advances outstandingThe events of $9,155 underdefault contained in the Syndicated Credit Agreement are customary for an agreement of this type and weresuch events would result in compliance with all covenants. At March 31, 2015, we had advances outstanding of $2,000 under the 18-Month Credit Agreementacceleration or permit the lenders to accelerate, as applicable, required payments and were in compliance with all covenants. Additional details regardingwould increase the Syndicated Credit Agreement and 18-Month Credit Agreement are available in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.Applicable Margin by 2.00% per annum.

Collateral Arrangements
During the first quarterthree months of 2015,2016, we posted $2,572received $587 of additional cash collateral, on a net basis, tofrom banks and other participants in our derivative arrangements. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, approximately $911 of the collateral has been returned to AT&T. Cash postings under these arrangements vary with changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates, credit ratings and netting agreements. (See Note 6.)6)

Other
Our total capital consists of debt (long-term debt and debt maturing within one year) and stockholders' equity. Our capital structure does not include debt issued by our equity method investments. At March 31, 2015,2016, our debt ratio was 52.5%51.2%, compared to 46.6%51.5% at March 31, 2014,2015, and 48.6%50.5% at December 31, 2014.2015. Our net debt ratio was 47.3% at March 31, 2016, compared to 49.1% at March 31, 2015, and 48.5% at December 31, 2015. The debt ratio is affected by the same factors that affect total capital, and reflects our recent debt issuances.issuances and repayments.

During 2015,2016, we received $1,532$1,610 from the monetization of various assets, primarily the sale of certain equipment installment receivables. We plan to continue to explore similar opportunities in 2015.opportunities.

In 2013, we made a voluntary contribution of a preferred equity interest in AT&T Mobility II LLC (Mobility), the holding company for our wireless business, to the trust used to pay pension benefits under our qualified pension plans. The preferred equity interest had a value of $8,970$8,787 as of March 31, 2015,2016, and $9,021$8,714 as of December 31, 2014,2015, does not have any voting rights and has a liquidation value of $8,000. The trust is entitled to receive cumulative cash distributions of $560 per annum, which will be distributed quarterly in equal amounts. We distributed $140 to the trust during the first quarter of 2015.2016. So long as we make the distributions, the terms of the preferred equity interest will not impose any limitations on our ability to declare a dividend or repurchase shares. At the time of the contribution of the preferred equity interest, we agreed to annual cash contributions to the trust of $175 no later than the due date for our federal income tax return for each of 2014, 2015 and 2016.
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At March 31, 2015,2016, we had interest rate swaps with a notional value of $6,550$7,050 and a fair value of $194.$197.

We have fixed-to-fixed and floating-to-fixed cross-currency swaps on foreign-currency-denominatedforeign currency-denominated debt instruments with a U.S. dollar notional value of $29,350$29,642 to hedge our exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These derivatives have been designated at inception and qualify as cash flow hedges with a net fair value of $(2,822)$(2,063) at March 31, 2015. 2016.

We also have rate locksforeign exchange contracts with a notional value of $7,000$3 and a fair value of $(444) at March 31, 2015.$0.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

The registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant is recorded, processed, summarized, accumulated and communicated to its management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms. The chief executive officer and chief financial officer have performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2015.2016. Based on that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2015.2016.

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CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Information set forth in this report contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially. Many of these factors are discussed in more detail in the "Risk Factors" section. We claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

The following factors could cause our future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements:

·Adverse economic and/or capital access changes in the markets served by us or in countries in which we have significant investments, including the impact on customer demand and our ability and our suppliers' ability to access financial markets at favorable rates and terms.
·Changes in available technology and the effects of such changes, including product substitutions and deployment costs.
·Increases in our benefit plans' costs, including increases due to adverse changes in the United States and foreign securities markets, resulting in worse-than-assumed investment returns and discount rates; adverse changes in mortality assumptions; adverse medical cost trends, and unfavorable or delayed implementation of healthcare legislation, regulations or related court decisions.
·The final outcome of FCC and other federal or state agency proceedings (including judicial review, if any, of such proceedings) involving issues that are important to our business, including, without limit,limitation, intercarrier compensation,compensation; interconnection obligations,obligations; pending Notices of Apparent Liability; the transition from legacy technologies to IP-based infrastructure including the withdrawal of legacy TDM-based services; universal service,service; broadband deployment,deployment; E911 services,services; competition policy,policy; net neutrality,neutrality; including the FCC's order reclassifying broadband as Title II services subject to much more fulsome regulation,regulation; unbundled network elements and other wholesale obligations,obligations; multi-channel video programming distributor services and equipment; availability of new spectrum from the FCC on fair and balanced terms, and wireless and satellite license awards and renewals.
·The final outcome of state and federal legislative efforts involving issues that are important to our business, including deregulation of IP-based services, relief from Carrier of Last Resort obligations and elimination of state commission review of the withdrawal of services.
·Enactment of additional state, local, federal and/or foreign regulatory and tax laws and regulations, or changes to existing standards and actions by tax agencies and judicial authorities including the resolution of disputes with any taxing jurisdictions, pertaining to our subsidiaries and foreign investments, including laws and regulations that reduce our incentive to invest in our networks, resulting in lower revenue growth and/or higher operating costs.
·Our ability to absorb revenue losses caused by increasing competition, including offerings that use alternative technologies or delivery methods (e.g., cable, wireless, VoIP and Over The Top Video service) and our ability to maintain capital expenditures.
·The extent of competition including from governmental networks and other providers and the resulting pressure on customer and access line totals and wireline and wirelesssegment operating margins.
·Our ability to develop attractive and profitable product/service offerings to offset increasing competition in our wireless and wireline markets.competition.
·The ability of our competitors to offer product/service offerings at lower prices due to lower cost structures and regulatory and legislative actions adverse to us, including state regulatory proceedings relating to unbundled network elements and nonregulation of comparable alternative technologies (e.g., VoIP).
·The continued development and delivery of attractive and profitable U-verse service offerings;video offerings through satellite and U-verse; the extent to which regulatory franchise fees and build-out requirements apply to this initiative;our offerings; and the availability, cost and/or reliability of the various technologies and/or content required to provide such offerings.
·Our continued ability to maintain margins, attract and offer a diverse portfolio of wireless service and devices and device financing plans, devices and maintain margins.plans.
·The availability and cost of additional wireless spectrum and regulations and conditions relating to spectrum use, licensing, obtaining additional spectrum, technical standards and deployment and usage, including network management rules.
·Our ability to manage growth in wireless data services, including network quality and acquisition of adequate spectrum at reasonable costs and terms.
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The outcome of pending, threatened or potential litigation, including, without limitation, patent and product safety claims by or against third parties.
·The impact from major equipment failures on our networks, and business from major equipment failures;including satellites operated by DIRECTV; the effect of security breaches related to the network or customer information; our inability to obtain handsets, equipment/software or have handsets, equipment/software serviced in a timely and cost-effective manner from suppliers; and in the case of satellites launched, timely provisioning of services from vendors; or severe weather conditions, natural disasters, pandemics, energy shortages, wars or terrorist attacks.
·The issuance by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting oversight bodies of new accounting standards or changes to existing standards.
·The issuance by the Internal Revenue Service and/or state tax authorities of new tax regulations or changesOur ability to existing standards and actions by federal, state or local tax agencies and judicial authorities with respect to applying applicable tax laws and regulations and the resolution of disputes with any taxing jurisdictions.
·Our pendingintegrate our acquisition of DIRECTV.
·Our ability to adequately fund our wireless operations, including payment for additional spectrum, network upgrades and technological advancements.
·Our increased exposure to video competition and foreign economies due to our recent acquisitions of DIRECTV and pending acquisitions,Mexican wireless properties, including foreign exchange fluctuations.fluctuations as well as regulatory and political uncertainty in Latin America.
·Changes in our corporate strategies, such as changing network requirements or acquisitions and dispositions, which may require significant amounts of cash or stock, to respond to competition and regulatory, legislative and technological developments.
·The uncertainty surrounding further congressional action to address spending reductions, which may result in a significant reductiondecrease in government spending and reluctance of businesses and consumers to spend in general and on our products and services specifically, due to this fiscal uncertainty.general.

Readers are cautioned that other factors discussed in this report, although not enumerated here, also could materially affect our future earnings.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Dollars in millions except per share amounts

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

In February 2014, prior to our merger with Leap Wireless International, Inc., the San Diego, California, County Air Pollution Control District and Department of Environmental Health initiated investigation into the potential supervision and control by Cricket Wireless, L.L.C. over construction work by an independent third-party dealer's contractors at a dealer store location, which allegedly resulted in disturbance of asbestos-containing materials in violation of applicable regulations. It is our position that Cricket Wireless, L.L.C. did not exercise supervision or control over the activity at issue and is not liable for violations which occurred at the dealer store location, if any. We are cooperating with the County in its investigation. No enforcement action has been initiated against AT&T, but on April 22, 2015 we were placed on notice the County may seek civil penalties from AT&T in an amount exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, but which in no event are expected to be material.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

We discuss in our Annual Report on Form 10-K various risks that may materially affect our business. We use this section to update this discussion to reflect material developments since our Form 10-K was filed. For the first quarter 2015,2016, there were no such material developments.

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
  
           
(c) A summary of our repurchases of common stock during the first quarter of 20152016 is as follows:
           
Period 
(a)
 
 
 
 
Total Number of
Shares (or Units)
Purchased1,2
 
(b)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Price Paid
Per Share (or Unit)
 
(c)
 
 
Total Number of
Shares (or Units)
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
 
(d)
 
Maximum Number (or
Approximate Dollar
Value) of Shares (or
Units) That May Yet Be
Purchased Under The
Plans or Programs
           
January 1, 20152016 -
January 31, 20152016
  591,255541,982  $-  -     414,550,000406,550,000 
February 1, 20152016 -
February 28, 201529, 2016
  449448   -  -     414,550,000406,550,000 
March 1, 20152016 -
March 31, 20152016
  6,2369,074   -  -     414,550,000406,550,000 
Total  597,940551,504  $-  -     
1
 In March 2014, our Board of Directors approved a fourthan additional authorization to repurchase up to 300 million shares of our common stock. In March 2013, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 300 million shares of our common stock. The authorizations have no expiration date.
2
 All repurchased shares were acquired through the withholding of taxes on the vesting of restricted stock or through the payment in stock of taxes on the exercise price of options.
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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated by reference as exhibits hereto. Unless otherwise indicated, all exhibits so incorporated are from File No. 1-8610.

10-a
12
2016 Incentive Plan
Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
31
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications
31.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
31.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer
32Section 1350 Certifications
101XBRL Instance Document
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SIGNATURE



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
 
May 5, 20152016  
  
AT&T Inc.
 
 
 
/s/ John J. Stephens
John J. Stephens
Senior Executive Vice President
    and Chief Financial Officer
 
   


 
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