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Cincinnati Bell Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 8/4/22, at 4:35pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1564590-22-28024   ·   File #:  1-08519

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/04/22  Cincinnati Bell Inc.              10-Q        6/30/22   80:18M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   4.78M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML   1.40M 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    491K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     70K 
14: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     85K 
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     67K 
                Income (Loss)                                                    
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     36K 
                Income (Loss) (Parenthetical)                                    
17: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareowners'   HTML     75K 
                Equity (Deficit)                                                 
18: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    137K 
19: R7          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     26K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
20: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    117K 
21: R9          Description of Business and Accounting Policies     HTML     57K 
22: R10         Mergers and Acquisitions                            HTML    159K 
23: R11         Revenue                                             HTML    419K 
24: R12         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    180K 
25: R13         Debt and Other Financing Arrangements               HTML    113K 
26: R14         Leases                                              HTML    110K 
27: R15         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML    140K 
28: R16         Pension and Postretirement Plans                    HTML    189K 
29: R17         Shareowners' Equity (Deficit)                       HTML    255K 
30: R18         Business Segment Information                        HTML    237K 
31: R19         Description of Business and Accounting Policies     HTML     87K 
                (Policies)                                                       
32: R20         Description of Business and Accounting Policies     HTML     39K 
                (Tables)                                                         
33: R21         Mergers and Acquisitions (Tables)                   HTML    150K 
34: R22         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    402K 
35: R23         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    185K 
36: R24         Debt and Other Financing Arrangements (Tables)      HTML    109K 
37: R25         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    110K 
38: R26         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML    138K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R27         Pension and Postretirement Plans (Tables)           HTML    181K 
40: R28         Shareowners' Equity (Deficit) (Tables)              HTML    249K 
41: R29         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML    231K 
42: R30         Description of Business and Accounting Policies -   HTML     32K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
43: R31         Description of Business and Accounting Policies -   HTML     34K 
                Schedule of Reconciliation of Cash, Cash                         
                Equivalents and Restricted Cash (Details)                        
44: R32         Mergers and Acquisitions - Narratives (Details)     HTML     66K 
45: R33         Mergers and Acquisitions - Schedule of              HTML     33K 
                Consideration (Details)                                          
46: R34         Mergers and Acquisitions - Purchase Price           HTML    105K 
                Allocation (Details)                                             
47: R35         Mergers and Acquisitions - Preliminary Fair Values  HTML     64K 
                of Identifiable Intangible Assets Acquired                       
                (Details)                                                        
48: R36         Revenue - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     50K 
49: R37         Revenue - Schedule of Expected Revenue to be        HTML     44K 
                Recognized for Existing IRU Contracts (Details)                  
50: R38         Revenue - Schedule of Activity of Contract Assets   HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R39         Revenue - Schedule of Revenues Disaggregation by    HTML     59K 
                Product and Service Lines (Details)                              
52: R40         Revenue - Schedule of Revenues Disaggregation by    HTML     53K 
                Contract Type (Details)                                          
53: R41         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     42K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
54: R42         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative          HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R43         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     50K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
56: R44         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     35K 
                Estimated Useful Lives for Finite-lived Intangible               
                Assets (Details)                                                 
57: R45         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of        HTML     40K 
                Estimated Amortization Expense (Details)                         
58: R46         Debt and Other Financing Arrangements - Schedule    HTML     72K 
                of Debt (Details)                                                
59: R47         Debt and Other Financing Arrangements - Schedule    HTML     34K 
                of Debt (Parenthetical) (Details)                                
60: R48         Debt and Other Financing Arrangements - Credit      HTML     37K 
                Agreement - Narrative (Details)                                  
61: R49         Debt and Other Financing Arrangements - Accounts    HTML     39K 
                Receivable Securitization Facility - Narrative                   
                (Details)                                                        
62: R50         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Balance Sheet     HTML     45K 
                Information Related to Leases (Details)                          
63: R51         Leases - Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow         HTML     38K 
                Information Related to Leases (Details)                          
64: R52         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     59K 
                - Narrative (Details)                                            
65: R53         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     49K 
                - Schedule of Fair Value of Interest rate Swaps                  
                and Interest Rate Caps are Recorded in Condensed                 
                Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details)                            
66: R54         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     33K 
                - Schedule of Summarizes the Location of Losses in               
                the Condensed Consolidated Statements of                         
                Operations in Addition to the Derivative Contract                
                Type (Details)                                                   
67: R55         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     28K 
                - Amount of Gains Recognized in Accumulated Other                
                Comprehensive Income ("AOCI") Net of                             
                Reclassification into Earnings (Details)                         
68: R56         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     29K 
                - Schedule of Cash Flow Hedges Included in                       
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)                    
                (Details)                                                        
69: R57         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     33K 
                - Schedule of Carrying and Fair Values by Balance                
                Sheet Grouping (Details)                                         
70: R58         Pension and Postretirement Plans - Narrative        HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R59         Pension and Postretirement Plans - Schedule of      HTML     55K 
                Pension and Postretirement Costs (Benefits)                      
                (Details)                                                        
72: R60         Shareowners' Equity (Deficit) - Narrative           HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R61         Shareowners' Equity (Deficit) - Schedule of         HTML     60K 
                Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                
                (Loss) by Component (Details)                                    
74: R62         Business Segment Information - Narrative (Details)  HTML     26K 
75: R63         Business Segment Information - Selected Financial   HTML     72K 
                Data for the Company's Business Segment                          
                Information (Details)                                            
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