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ENRICHING LIVES EXPANDING HORIZONS - Maxis

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MAXIS BERHAD<br />

ANNUAL REPORT 2011<br />

137<br />

4 CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENTS (CONTINUED)<br />

Critical accounting estimates and assumptions (continued)<br />

(a) Intangible assets (continued)<br />

The estimated economic useful life reflects the Group’s expectation of the period over which the Group will continue<br />

to recover benefits from the licence.<br />

The economic useful life is periodically reviewed, taking into consideration such factors as changes in technology and<br />

regulatory environment.<br />

(b) Estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment<br />

The Group reviews annually the estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment based on factors such as business<br />

plans and strategies, expected level of usage and future technological developments. It is possible that future results of<br />

operations could be materially affected by changes in these estimates brought about by changes in the factors mentioned.<br />

A reduction in the estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment would increase the recorded depreciation and<br />

decrease the carrying value of property, plant and equipment. See Note 15 to the financial statements for the impact on the<br />

changes in the estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment.<br />

(c) Provisions for liabilities and charges<br />

The Group recognises provisions for liabilities and charges when it has a present legal or constructive obligation arising as a<br />

result of a past event, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a<br />

reliable estimate can be made. The recording of provision requires the application of judgments about the ultimate resolution<br />

of these obligations. As a result, provisions are reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect the Group’s current<br />

best estimate. See Note 30 to the financial statements for the impact on change in estimate in relation to the provision for<br />

site rectification and decommissioning works.<br />

5 SEGMENT REPORTING<br />

During the financial year, an additional reportable operating segment, Home services, which was previously included in the Fixed<br />

line services segment has been reported as a separate reportable operating segment in line with the internal reporting provided<br />

to the chief operating decision-makers. Fixed line services is now reported as Enterprise fixed services. The comparative segment<br />

information for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 has been restated to conform with the segment reporting presented<br />

in the current financial year and the restatement of comparative information is disclosed in Note 37(a) to the financial statements.<br />

Arising from the above, the Group is now operating in four key reportable operating segments described as follows:<br />

(i)<br />

mobile services comprise postpaid mobile, prepaid mobile, mobile data, broadband and roaming services;<br />

(ii) enterprise fixed services comprise a full suite of voice services, data services, VSAT services and IP and managed services to<br />

cater for business customers;<br />

(iii) international gateway services comprise services to international telecommunications carriers for termination of traffic into<br />

Malaysia, services to send the Group’s own international traffic abroad and bandwidth leasing services; and<br />

(iv) home services comprise fixed voice services and data services to home customers.<br />

The Group also provides other services which are currently not significant enough to be reported separately.

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