Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions Other Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $) In Millions |
Sep. 25, 2011 |
Sep. 26, 2010 |
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Intangible Assets [Line Items] | ||
Gross carrying amount | $ 3,991 | $ 3,584 |
Accumulated amortization | (892) | (562) |
Spectrum Licenses [Member] |
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Intangible Assets [Line Items] | ||
Gross carrying amount | 20 | 766 |
Accumulated amortization | (2) | (2) |
Marketing-related [Member] |
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Intangible Assets [Line Items] | ||
Gross carrying amount | 72 | 21 |
Accumulated amortization | (18) | (13) |
Technology-based [Member] |
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Intangible Assets [Line Items] | ||
Gross carrying amount | 3,767 | 2,785 |
Accumulated amortization | (802) | (537) |
Customer-related [Member] |
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Intangible Assets [Line Items] | ||
Gross carrying amount | 132 | 12 |
Accumulated amortization | $ (70) | $ (10) |
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- Definition Sum of the gross carrying amounts before accumulated amortization as of the balance sheet date of all intangible assets. The aggregate gross carrying amount (including any previously recognized impairment charges) of a major intangible asset class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company.
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.
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- Definition The accumulated amount of amortization of a major finite-lived intangible asset class. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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