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United States Cellular Corporation
(NYSE:USM) 

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United States Cellular Corporation provides wireless telecommunications services in the United States. The company offers wireless services, including voice, messaging, and data services. It also provides wireless devices, such as handsets, tablets, mobile hotspots, home phones, and routers, as well...

Founded: 1983
Full Time Employees: 5,300
Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Telecom Services

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      operating revenues
                                                                                                 
      site rental
    51,024,000 54,991,000 45,838,000                                                                                           
      services
    988,000 5,338,000 1,281,000                                                                                           
      total operating revenues
    52,012,000 60,329,000 47,119,000 916,000,000 891,000,000 971,000,000 922,000,000 927,000,000 950,000,000 1,000,000,000 963,000,000 957,000,000 986,000,000 1,049,000,000 1,083,000,000 1,027,000,000 1,010,000,000 1,069,000,000 1,016,000,000 1,014,000,000 1,023,000,000 1,027,000,000 973,000,000 963,000,000 1,052,000,000 1,031,000,000 973,000,000 966,000,000 1,051,000,000 1,001,000,000                           810,928,250 1,110,439,000      1,024,037,000   1,042,550,000 1,052,764,000 713,697,000 1,091,875,000 1,060,592,000 1,037,856,000 820,374,000 1,015,834,000 971,646,000 934,674,000 902,119,000 888,523,000 845,704,000 837,236,000 787,345,000 795,506,000 741,922,000 708,435,000 529,522,000 748,213,000 712,225,000 657,650,000 657,343,000 639,810,000 595,914,000 597,571,000  
      operating expenses
                                                                                                 
      cost of operations
    21,609,000 22,823,000 20,976,000                                                                                           
      selling, general and administrative
    12,745,000 15,381,000 20,525,000 328,000,000 332,000,000 353,000,000 324,000,000 322,000,000 331,000,000 348,000,000 333,000,000 341,000,000 345,000,000 376,000,000 369,000,000 339,000,000 325,000,000 361,000,000 346,000,000 334,000,000 305,000,000 335,000,000 323,000,000 335,000,000 379,000,000 358,000,000 344,000,000 326,000,000 374,000,000 346,000,000 342,000,000 326,000,000 371,000,000 350,000,000 351,000,000 339,000,000 391,000,000 370,000,000 357,000,000 361,000,000 387,206,000 374,585,000 362,971,000 368,968,000 394,553,000 397,545,000 404,252,000 395,564,000 442,720,000 410,468,000 404,127,000 420,080,000 60,029,000 438,526,000 435,053,000 442,244,000 -46,084,000 441,512,000 426,172,000 442,004,000 -181,202,000 446,938,000 445,177,000 428,661,000 -152,384,000 454,839,000 410,070,000 412,448,000 -139,879,000 441,543,000 422,367,000 407,634,000 -97,610,000 414,978,000 371,894,000 354,931,000 370,696,000 358,392,000 342,162,000 325,618,000 337,558,000 312,777,000 283,676,000  206,459,000 298,011,000 269,619,000 258,206,000      
      depreciation and accretion
    12,604,000                                                                                             
      loss on asset disposals
    904,000 1,126,000 707,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000 2,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000   5,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 4,045,000 2,618,000 5,399,000 4,251,000 4,193,500 7,947,000 6,893,000 1,934,000 4,038,250 1,701,000 9,018,000 5,434,000   2,702,000 -2,210,000   2,922,000 1,037,000 2,101,750 1,981,000 1,250,000 5,176,000 1,912,000 3,371,000 2,086,000 2,191,000 4,194,000 6,884,000 6,219,000 3,673,000                      
      loss on license sales and exchanges
    -156,635,000  -1,323,000 -4,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 8,000,000 -1,000,000                 2,000,000  -2,000,000   -11,000,000     -17,000,000 -3,000,000     -23,986,000 -25,000 -122,873,000 -22,861,500   -91,446,000                                              
      total operating expenses
    -108,773,000 51,732,000 100,432,000 881,000,000 850,000,000 980,000,000 1,012,000,000 891,000,000 899,000,000 978,000,000 906,000,000 923,000,000 960,000,000 1,076,000,000 1,098,000,000 987,000,000 939,000,000 1,064,000,000 971,000,000 978,000,000 939,000,000 962,000,000 920,000,000 913,000,000 1,055,000,000 1,011,000,000 943,000,000 902,000,000 1,048,000,000 967,000,000                         1,020,237,000  744,812,250 1,008,819,000      945,252,000   901,631,000 937,994,000 708,374,500 971,918,000 942,690,000 918,890,000 647,305,000 914,895,000 848,174,000 826,151,000 838,474,000 811,196,000 766,151,000 765,515,000 715,716,000 729,285,000 674,858,000 672,198,000 495,481,750 706,204,000 646,355,000 629,368,000 560,312,000 585,351,000 602,103,000 532,876,000  
      operating income
    160,785,000 8,597,000 -53,313,000 35,000,000 41,000,000 -9,000,000 -90,000,000 36,000,000 51,000,000 22,000,000 57,000,000 34,000,000 26,000,000 -27,000,000 -15,000,000 40,000,000 71,000,000 5,000,000 45,000,000 36,000,000 84,000,000 65,000,000 53,000,000 50,000,000 -3,000,000 20,000,000 30,000,000 64,000,000 3,000,000 34,000,000 56,000,000 65,000,000 -3,000,000 -360,000,000 5,000,000 54,000,000 6,500,000 9,000,000 18,000,000  -23,595,000 77,725,000 8,499,000 250,313,000 -49,554,000 -51,354,000 -50,307,000 7,825,000 -30,486,000 -43,207,000 219,092,000 1,466,000 1,007,844,000 48,079,000 84,163,000 85,202,000 728,372,000 101,620,000 102,390,000 57,043,000 935,960,000 59,833,000 63,504,000 78,785,000 816,209,000 57,692,000 140,919,000 114,770,000 821,615,000 119,957,000 117,902,000 118,966,000 915,718,000 100,939,000 123,472,000 108,523,000 63,645,000 77,327,000 79,553,000 71,721,000 71,629,000 66,221,000 67,064,000 36,237,000 34,040,250 42,009,000 65,870,000 28,282,000 97,031,000 54,459,000 -6,189,000 64,695,000  
      yoy
    292.16% -195.52% -40.76% -2.78% -19.61% -140.91% -257.89% 5.88% 96.15% -181.48% -480.00% -15.00% -63.38% -640.00% -133.33% 11.11% -15.48% -92.31% -15.09% -28.00% -2900.00% 225.00% 76.67% -21.88% -200.00% -41.18% -46.43% -1.54% -200.00% -109.44% 1020.00% 20.37% -146.15% -4100.00% -72.22%  -127.55% -88.42% 111.79%  -52.39% -251.35% -116.89% 3098.89% 62.55% 18.86% -122.96% 433.77% -103.02% -189.87% 160.32% -98.28% 38.37% -52.69% -17.80% 49.36% -22.18% 69.84% 61.23% -27.60% 14.67% 3.71% -54.94% -31.35% -0.66% -51.91% 19.52% -3.53% -10.28% 18.84% -4.51% 9.62% 1338.79% 30.54% 55.21% 51.31% -11.15% 16.77% 18.62% 97.92% 110.42% 57.64% 1.81% 28.13% -64.92% -22.86% -1164.31% -56.28%      
      qoq
    1770.25% -116.13% -252.32% -14.63% -555.56% -90.00% -350.00% -29.41% 131.82% -61.40% 67.65% 30.77% -196.30% 80.00% -137.50% -43.66% 1320.00% -88.89% 25.00% -57.14% 29.23% 22.64% 6.00% -1766.67% -115.00% -33.33% -53.13% 2033.33% -91.18% -39.29% -13.85% -2266.67% -99.17% -7300.00% -90.74% 730.77% -27.78% -50.00%   -130.36% 814.52% -96.60% -605.13% -3.51% 2.08% -742.90% -125.67% -29.44% -119.72% 14844.88% -99.85% 1996.22% -42.87% -1.22% -88.30% 616.76% -0.75% 79.50% -93.91% 1464.29% -5.78% -19.40% -90.35% 1314.77% -59.06% 22.78% -86.03% 584.92% 1.74% -0.89% -87.01% 807.20% -18.25% 13.77% 70.51% -17.69% -2.80% 10.92% 0.13% 8.17% -1.26% 85.07% 6.45% -18.97% -36.22% 132.90% -70.85% 78.17% -979.93% -109.57%   
      other income
                                                                                   202,000   84,000  -679,750 -3,384,000 293,000 373,000 582,000 1,145,000 -309,000 156,000  
      equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities
    40,408,000 26,301,000 69,811,000 42,000,000 36,000,000 38,000,000 43,000,000 38,000,000 42,000,000 37,000,000 40,000,000 38,000,000 44,000,000 36,000,000 40,000,000 37,000,000 45,000,000 42,000,000 48,000,000 47,000,000 42,000,000 48,000,000 44,000,000 45,000,000 38,000,000 44,000,000 40,000,000 44,000,000 39,000,000 42,000,000 40,000,000 38,000,000 36,000,000 35,000,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 30,000,000 38,000,000 37,000,000 35,000,000 30,354,000 39,674,000 35,584,000 34,471,000 23,598,000 35,971,000 33,120,000 37,075,000 32,152,000 37,360,000 35,602,000 26,835,000 17,896,000 24,816,000 25,154,000 21,614,000 16,322,250 21,929,000 22,469,000 20,891,000 18,604,500 23,971,000 25,753,000 24,694,000 18,311,750 23,126,000 24,794,000 25,327,000 16,590,250 22,319,000 22,807,000 21,235,000 17,465,000 23,782,000 22,980,000 23,098,000 28,196,000 23,483,000 21,957,000               
      interest and dividend income
    4,223,000 3,650,000 8,909,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 16,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 13,000,000 10,498,000 9,299,000 8,969,000 7,566,000 6,119,000 3,572,000 1,573,000 884,000 994,000 1,095,000 969,000 903,000 705,750 935,000 845,000 1,043,000 616,500 869,000 748,000 849,000 746,000 1,101,000 862,000 1,021,000 662,000 1,420,000 751,000 477,000 1,117,750 1,137,000 1,429,000 1,905,000 2,149,500 3,395,000 2,653,000 2,550,000 5,541,000 601,000 9,807,000 588,000 4,684,000 384,000 4,359,000 2,036,000 795,750 687,000 2,117,000 378,000   570,000   
      interest expense
    -7,180,000 -11,989,000 -8,855,000 -45,000,000 -40,000,000 -46,000,000 -49,000,000 -45,000,000 -43,000,000 -49,000,000 -50,000,000 -51,000,000 -47,000,000 -48,000,000 -42,000,000 -40,000,000 -33,000,000 -31,000,000 -45,000,000 -60,000,000 -39,000,000 -29,000,000 -25,000,000 -24,000,000 -23,000,000 -29,000,000 -29,000,000 -29,000,000 -29,000,000 -29,000,000 -29,000,000 -29,000,000 -28,000,000 -28,000,000 -28,000,000 -28,000,000 -29,000,000 -28,000,000 -28,000,000 -28,000,000 -24,955,000 -21,121,000 -20,154,000 -19,964,000 -14,674,000 -13,514,000 -14,336,000 -14,862,000 -11,570,000 -11,329,000 -10,154,000 -10,910,000 -8,818,000 -9,501,000 -12,360,000 -13,411,000   -25,197,000 -15,186,000 -12,229,500 -15,956,000 -16,438,000  -14,441,750 -19,358,000                       -15,615,000 -16,444,000    
      short-term imputed spectrum lease income
    34,200,000 38,620,000 30,413,000                                                                                           
      other
    -14,000 -84,000 254,000                     1,000,000         250,000       1,000,000 192,000 78,000 91,000 105,000 -121,000 95,000 100,000 86,000 135,000 47,000 321,000 -215,000 4,768,000 200,000 -229,000 202,000   175,000 -125,000 6,780,000 -620,000 472,000  5,048,000 905,000  280,000 4,915,000 391,000 600,000 118,000  179,000 91,000                   
      total other income
    71,637,000 56,498,000 100,532,000 1,000,000 -1,000,000                                                                                         
      income before income taxes
    232,422,000 65,095,000 47,219,000 36,000,000 40,000,000 -14,000,000 -92,000,000 32,000,000 52,000,000 12,000,000 50,000,000 24,000,000 25,000,000 -36,000,000 -15,000,000 40,000,000 84,000,000 17,000,000 49,000,000 25,000,000 89,000,000 89,000,000 73,000,000 76,000,000 15,000,000 39,000,000 46,000,000 85,000,000 17,000,000 51,000,000 70,000,000 77,000,000 6,000,000 -351,000,000 12,000,000 61,000,000 -11,000,000 33,000,000 40,000,000 20,000,000 -7,506,000 105,655,000 32,989,000 272,491,000 -6,018,000 -25,230,000 -29,850,000 31,008,000 -8,746,000 -16,034,000 264,357,000 18,079,000 63,256,000 64,529,000 93,845,000 94,650,000 73,410,000 112,799,000 113,958,000 63,472,000 57,308,000 68,329,000 74,153,000 88,149,000 83,173,000 63,785,000 147,075,000 121,832,000                          
      income tax expense
    52,398,000 23,331,000 -62,701,000 4,000,000 20,000,000 -19,000,000 -14,000,000 14,000,000 28,000,000 -3,000,000 27,000,000 19,000,000 11,000,000 -9,000,000 -3,000,000 18,000,000 32,000,000 -11,000,000 14,000,000 -10,000,000 27,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 -3,000,000 15,000,000 14,000,000 27,000,000 -4,000,000 14,000,000 18,000,000 22,000,000 -268,000,000 -53,000,000  33,000,000 -6,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 11,000,000 -4,880,000 40,634,000 13,079,000 107,501,000 -12,528,000 -1,459,000 -10,399,000 12,604,000 -8,484,000 -6,433,000 120,682,000 7,369,000 20,656,000 22,389,000 34,597,000 25,638,000 25,692,750 43,292,000 34,077,000 24,092,000 21,723,500 25,051,000 28,181,000 34,198,000 27,880,250 22,541,000 57,748,000 31,232,000 34,265,500 45,506,000 44,016,000 47,540,000 44,135,500 41,154,000 91,500,000 43,888,000 42,701,000 15,510,000 34,301,000 27,649,000 22,959,000 24,471,000 26,021,000 12,803,000 11,600,250 11,646,000 23,095,000 11,661,000 47,364,000 22,247,000 -1,118,000 16,269,000  
      net income from continuing operations
    180,024,000 41,764,000 109,920,000                                                                                           
      less: net income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
    193,000 405,000 1,084,000                                                                                           
      net income from continuing operations attributable to array shareholders
    179,831,000 41,359,000 108,836,000                                                                                           
      net income from discontinued operations
    -2,036,000 -3,881,000 -130,492,000                                                                                           
      less: net income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
      16,809,000                                                                                           
      net income from discontinued operations attributable to array shareholders
    -2,036,000 -3,881,000 -147,301,000                                                                                           
      net income
    177,988,000 37,883,000 -20,572,000 32,000,000 20,000,000 5,000,000 -78,000,000 18,000,000 24,000,000 15,000,000 23,000,000 5,000,000 14,000,000 -27,000,000 -12,000,000 22,000,000 52,000,000 28,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 62,000,000 85,000,000 69,000,000 72,000,000 18,000,000 24,000,000 32,000,000 58,000,000 21,000,000 37,000,000 52,000,000 55,000,000 274,000,000 -298,000,000 12,000,000 28,000,000 -5,000,000 18,000,000 27,000,000 9,000,000 -2,626,000 65,021,000 19,910,000 164,990,000 -22,104,000 -23,771,000 -19,451,000 18,404,000 -262,000 -9,601,000 143,675,000 10,710,000 1,060,880,000 42,140,000 59,248,000 69,012,000 809,492,000 69,507,000 79,881,000 39,380,000 1,036,361,000 43,278,000 45,972,000 53,951,000 955,651,000 41,244,000 89,327,000 90,600,000 976,882,000 89,949,000 72,602,000 70,557,000 1,003,074,000 63,555,000 147,571,000 74,401,000 54,105,000 35,875,000 51,086,000 37,492,000 42,486,000 34,620,000 37,936,000 16,898,000 17,131,250 21,309,000 37,984,000 9,232,000 41,739,000 29,114,000 -14,643,000 12,164,000  
      yoy
    789.94% 657.66% -73.63% 77.78% -16.67% -66.67% -439.13% 260.00% 71.43% -155.56% -291.67% -77.27% -73.08% -196.43% -134.29% -37.14% -16.13% -67.06% -49.28% -51.39% 244.44% 254.17% 115.63% 24.14% -14.29% -35.14% -38.46% 5.45% -92.34% -112.42% 333.33% 96.43% -5580.00% -1755.56% -55.56% 211.11% 90.40% -72.32% 35.61% -94.55% -88.12% -373.53% -202.36% 796.49% 8336.64% 147.59% -113.54% 71.84% -100.02% -122.78% 142.50% -84.48% 31.06% -39.37% -25.83% 75.25% -21.89% 60.61% 73.76% -27.01% 8.45% 4.93% -48.54% -40.45% -2.17% -54.15% 23.04% 28.41% -2.61% 41.53% -50.80% -5.17% 1753.94% 77.16% 188.87% 98.45% 27.35% 3.63% 34.66% 121.87% 148.00% 62.47% -0.13% 83.04% -58.96% -26.81% -359.40% -24.10%      
      qoq
    369.84% -284.15% -164.29% 60.00% 300.00% -106.41% -533.33% -25.00% 60.00% -34.78% 360.00% -64.29% -151.85% 125.00% -154.55% -57.69% 85.71% -20.00% 0.00% -43.55% -27.06% 23.19% -4.17% 300.00% -25.00% -25.00% -44.83% 176.19% -43.24% -28.85% -5.45% -79.93% -191.95% -2583.33% -57.14% -660.00% -127.78% -33.33% 200.00% -442.73% -104.04% 226.57% -87.93% -846.43% -7.01% 22.21% -205.69% -7124.43% -97.27% -106.68% 1241.50% -98.99% 2417.51% -28.88% -14.15% -91.47% 1064.62% -12.99% 102.85% -96.20% 2294.66% -5.86% -14.79% -94.35% 2217.07% -53.83% -1.41% -90.73% 986.04% 23.89% 2.90% -92.97% 1478.28% -56.93% 98.35% 37.51% 50.82% -29.78% 36.26% -11.75% 22.72% -8.74% 124.50% -1.36% -19.61% -43.90% 311.44% -77.88% 43.36% -298.83% -220.38%   
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
    193,000 405,000 17,893,000 1,000,000 2,000,000  1,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000 1,000,000   1,000,000 1,000,000  1,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  2,000,000  1,000,000 1,000,000  1,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000  1,000,000 3,000,000 10,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  2,000,000  1,000,000   -963,000 1,427,000 558,000    -662,000 -1,078,000 -1,854,000 258,000 -284,000 -5,796,000 -4,943,000 -6,689,000 -6,563,000 -6,520,000   -5,993,000 -5,269,000 -4,214,500 -5,920,000 -5,219,000  -4,395,750 -5,606,000                            
      net income attributable to array shareholders
    177,795,000 37,478,000 -38,465,000 31,000,000                                                                                          
      basic weighted-average shares outstanding
    86,416,000   86,000,000 85,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 87,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 87,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 86,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 85,000,000 84,000,000 84,248,000 84,333,000 84,293,000  84,213,000  84,341,000 84,213,000 83,968,000 84,005,000 83,845,000 83,838,000  84,737,000 84,707,000 84,570,000  84,547,000 84,930,000 85,484,000  85,992,000 86,425,000 86,576,000  86,848,000 86,992,000 87,196,000  87,460,000 87,571,000 87,571,000  87,757,000 87,590,000 87,882,000 87,346,000 87,281,000 87,281,000 87,213,000 86,775,000 86,904,000  86,405,000    86,153,000  86,134,000 86,121,000   
      basic earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to array shareholders
    2.08                                                                                             
      basic earnings per share from discontinued operations attributable to array shareholders
    -0.02                                                                                             
      basic earnings per share attributable to array shareholders
    2.06   0.37                                                                                          
      diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
    86,488   88 88 86 86 88 88 87 86 86 86 86 85 87 87 87 87 88 88 88 87 88 88 88 88 88 87 87 86 86 86 85 86 86 85 85 85 85 84,891 84,947 84,892  84,213  84,341 85,065 84,730 84,005 84,661 84,403  85,152 85,061 85,133  84,940 85,397 86,101  86,428 86,787 86,978  87,128 87,177 87,446  87,833 87,872 88,064  88,589  88,688 88,109    87,464 87,661  87,125    86,704   86,121   
      diluted earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to array shareholders
    2.08                                                                                             
      diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations attributable to array shareholders
    -0.02                                                                                             
      diluted earnings per share attributable to array shareholders
    2.06   0.36                                                                                          
      depreciation, amortization and accretion
     12,402,000 11,868,000 163,000,000 163,000,000 166,000,000 167,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000 166,000,000 159,000,000 161,000,000 170,000,000 180,000,000 177,000,000 172,000,000 171,000,000 168,000,000 160,000,000 180,000,000 170,000,000 161,000,000 178,000,000 177,000,000 178,000,000 181,000,000 177,000,000 169,000,000 162,000,000 160,000,000 159,000,000 159,000,000 155,000,000 153,000,000 155,000,000 153,000,000 156,000,000 155,000,000 154,000,000 153,000,000 156,420,000 152,369,000 150,581,000 147,085,000 140,955,000 148,952,000 148,337,000 167,753,000 210,371,000 200,985,000 202,580,000 189,845,000 109,847,750 145,151,000 147,555,000 146,685,000 107,895,250 141,664,000 148,283,000 145,045,000 108,101,250 144,717,000 144,455,000 143,233,000 105,962,750 147,586,000 138,614,000 137,651,000 108,305,500 145,434,000 145,258,000 142,530,000 111,972,250 149,776,000 148,856,000 149,257,000 107,362,750 146,940,000 140,018,000 141,726,000 95,215,000 126,583,000 126,467,000           
      loss on impairment of licenses
      47,679,000    136,000,000         3,000,000                                                                              
      service
       736,000,000 741,000,000 742,000,000 747,000,000 743,000,000 754,000,000 755,000,000 762,000,000 760,000,000 767,000,000 774,000,000 781,000,000 783,000,000 787,000,000 782,000,000 788,000,000 774,000,000 771,000,000 775,000,000 753,000,000 762,000,000 763,000,000 774,000,000 757,000,000 741,000,000 754,000,000 759,000,000 741,000,000 724,000,000 755,000,000 737,000,000 740,000,000 746,000,000 737,000,000 771,000,000 762,000,000 760,000,000 801,887,000 895,960,000 824,373,000 828,211,000 849,788,000 851,063,000 843,473,000 853,613,000 825,128,000 862,330,000 910,966,000 996,349,000 772,483,000 1,036,370,000 1,029,742,000 1,023,820,000 755,938,000 1,036,609,000 1,002,030,000 985,113,000 730,271,750 983,503,000 972,576,000 965,188,000 735,388,000 984,923,000 974,755,000 981,874,000 740,843,500 1,013,928,000 987,352,000 962,094,000 680,335,250 954,540,000 906,218,000 860,583,000 831,663,000 821,820,000 791,272,000 770,082,000 738,682,000 729,504,000 691,574,000 668,792,000 493,501,000 691,964,000 662,658,000 619,382,000 628,440,000 610,109,000 564,601,000 561,240,000  
      equipment sales
       180,000,000 150,000,000 229,000,000 175,000,000 184,000,000 196,000,000 245,000,000 201,000,000 197,000,000 219,000,000 275,000,000 302,000,000 244,000,000 223,000,000 287,000,000 228,000,000 240,000,000 252,000,000 252,000,000 220,000,000 201,000,000 289,000,000 257,000,000 216,000,000 225,000,000 297,000,000 242,000,000 233,000,000 218,000,000 273,000,000 226,000,000 223,000,000 190,000,000 254,000,000 239,000,000 218,000,000 198,000,000 185,148,000 172,946,000 151,294,000 137,034,000 158,956,000 149,356,000 114,300,000 72,198,000 77,596,000 76,906,000 84,164,000 85,397,000 61,736,500 103,987,000 74,658,000 68,301,000 54,990,250 73,830,000 74,152,000 71,979,000 48,361,000 77,278,000 57,317,000 58,849,000 53,015,500 73,377,000 67,795,000 70,890,000 56,737,250 77,947,000 73,240,000 75,762,000 50,203,250 61,294,000 65,428,000 74,091,000 70,456,000 66,703,000 54,432,000 67,154,000 48,663,000 66,002,000 50,348,000 39,643,000 36,021,000 56,249,000 49,567,000 38,268,000 28,903,000 29,701,000 31,313,000 36,331,000  
      system operations
       183,000,000 176,000,000 182,000,000 180,000,000 180,000,000 182,000,000 183,000,000 185,000,000 190,000,000 182,000,000 181,000,000 197,000,000 192,000,000 185,000,000 196,000,000 205,000,000 204,000,000 185,000,000 203,000,000 197,000,000 180,000,000 188,000,000 199,000,000 193,000,000 176,000,000 192,000,000 200,000,000 187,000,000 179,000,000 183,000,000 185,000,000 189,000,000 175,000,000 188,000,000 196,000,000 193,000,000 184,000,000 189,107,000 198,982,000 196,276,000 190,677,000 202,423,000 199,750,000 187,131,000 180,607,000 177,438,000 177,431,000 192,267,000 216,299,000 181,409,000 249,245,000 243,227,000 233,164,000 171,814,000 241,852,000 227,801,000 217,603,000 159,669,250 218,021,000 213,542,000 207,077,000 150,066,750 205,458,000 194,806,000 200,003,000 146,285,250 197,473,000 196,652,000 191,016,000 132,293,000 185,479,000 176,409,000 167,284,000 170,703,000 165,107,000 150,555,000 154,855,000 157,549,000 159,102,000      137,523,000  147,032,000 137,965,000 136,367,000  
      cost of equipment sold
       209,000,000 178,000,000 276,000,000 203,000,000 211,000,000 216,000,000 280,000,000 228,000,000 228,000,000 253,000,000 329,000,000 354,000,000 275,000,000 257,000,000 332,000,000 252,000,000 258,000,000 275,000,000 257,000,000 218,000,000 217,000,000 304,000,000 266,000,000 224,000,000 233,000,000 315,000,000 258,000,000 240,000,000 219,000,000 322,000,000 261,000,000 260,000,000 228,000,000 282,000,000 280,000,000 262,000,000 256,000,000 273,582,000 287,256,000 253,671,000 238,301,000 342,355,000 307,862,000 271,978,000 270,474,000 346,847,000 193,392,000 217,070,000 241,691,000 156,691,250 248,029,000 191,700,000 187,036,000 139,116,250 193,491,000 168,614,000 194,360,000 128,090,250 189,291,000 161,965,000 161,105,000 132,777,500 189,354,000 156,055,000 185,701,000 131,703,750 180,584,000 172,194,000 174,037,000 117,589,000 164,662,000 151,015,000 154,679,000 151,414,000 140,757,000 133,416,000 143,316,000 137,057,000 130,823,000 116,977,000 126,893,000 89,182,250 126,659,000 110,183,000 119,888,000 53,383,000 57,362,000 64,765,000 51,595,000  
      net income attributable to uscellular shareholders
        18,000,000 5,000,000 -79,000,000 17,000,000 18,000,000 14,000,000 23,000,000 5,000,000 13,000,000 -28,000,000 -12,000,000 21,000,000 49,000,000 27,000,000 34,000,000 35,000,000 60,000,000 85,000,000                                                                        
      basic earnings per share attributable to uscellular shareholders
        0.21 0.05 -0.92 0.2 0.21 0.17 0.26 0.05 0.15 -0.33 -0.15 0.25 0.57 0.32 0.39 0.4 0.7 0.98                                                                        
      diluted earnings per share attributable to uscellular shareholders
        0.21 0.05 -0.92 0.2 0.2 0.16 0.26 0.05 0.15 -0.32 -0.15 0.25 0.57 0.31 0.38 0.39 0.69 0.97                                                                        
      investment and other income
                                                                                                 
      total investment and other expense
         -1,250,000 -2,000,000 -4,000,000                                                                                      
      total investment and other income
            1,000,000 -10,000,000 -7,000,000 -10,000,000 -1,000,000 -9,000,000   13,000,000 12,000,000 4,000,000 -11,000,000 5,000,000 24,000,000 20,000,000 26,000,000 18,000,000 19,000,000 16,000,000 21,000,000 14,000,000 17,000,000                           7,294,000 11,179,000      9,364,000   6,156,000 7,062,000 6,989,500 20,753,000 4,062,000 3,143,000 34,951,750 7,731,000 118,236,000 13,840,000   8,617,000    -844,000 -4,032,000 -3,597,500 -7,103,000 -2,010,000 -5,277,000 -3,295,000 -1,439,000 -6,315,000 -33,668,000  
      loss on sale of business and other exit costs
                    -1,000,000 -1,000,000   -1,000,000       -2,000,000             270,000 -643,000 -1,705,000 -111,477,000 -6,923,500 -10,283,000 -10,511,000 -6,900,000 -60,906,750 -1,534,000 -249,024,000 6,931,000                                          
      gain on investments
                         3,000,000                           4,631,750  18,527,000                              137,750   551,000          
      net income attributable to u.s. cellular shareholders
                          68,000,000 71,000,000 18,000,000 23,000,000 31,000,000 54,000,000 21,000,000 36,000,000 49,000,000 45,000,000 273,000,000 -299,000,000 12,000,000 26,000,000 -5,000,000 17,000,000 27,000,000 9,000,000   19,352,000 160,064,000 -21,340,000 -22,165,000 -18,789,000 19,482,000 1,592,000 -9,859,000 143,391,000 4,914,000 37,657,000 35,451,000 52,685,000 62,492,000 43,060,000 62,140,000 73,888,000 34,111,000 31,370,000 37,358,000 40,753,000 48,232,000                              
      basic earnings per share attributable to u.s. cellular shareholders
                          0.79 0.82 0.21 0.27 0.36 0.63 0.24 0.42 0.57 0.52 3.21 -3.51 0.14 0.31 -0.07 0.2 0.32 0.1 -0.03 0.75 0.23 1.9   -0.22 0.23 0.02 -0.12 1.71 0.06 0.445 0.42 0.62 0.74 0.508 0.73 0.87 0.4 0.363 0.43 0.47 0.56 0.585 0.41 0.96 0.97                          
      diluted earnings per share attributable to u.s. cellular shareholders
                          0.78 0.81 0.2 0.27 0.35 0.62 0.23 0.41 0.56 0.52 3.21 -3.51 0.14 0.31 -0.07 0.2 0.32 0.1 -0.02 0.75 0.23 1.89   -0.22 0.23 0.01 -0.12 1.69 0.06 0.443 0.42 0.62 0.73 0.505 0.73 0.87 0.4 0.363 0.43 0.47 0.55 0.583 0.41 0.96 0.97                          
      loss on impairment of goodwill
                                     370,000,000                                                            
      the accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                                 
      (gain) loss on asset disposals
                                    3,500,000 5,000,000                                                            
      (gain) loss on license sales and exchanges
                                    -4,750,000                                                             
      (gain) loss on sale of business and other exit costs
                                                                                                 
      net income (loss) attributable to u.s. cellular shareholders
                                            60,752,500 63,594,000                                                    
      less: net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
                                               4,926,000 -836,500 -1,606,000                                                
      basic weighted average shares outstanding
                                               84,042,000  84,233,000                                                
      diluted weighted average shares outstanding
                                               84,838  84,233                             88,410   88,092 88,083 87,807              
      basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to u.s. cellular shareholders
                                                -0.063 -0.26                                                
      diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to u.s. cellular shareholders
                                                -0.063 -0.26                                                
      special dividend per share to u.s. cellular shareholders
                                                                                                 
      loss on asset disposals and exchanges
                                                        2,954,750 11,327,000                                        
      gain on investment
                                                        -932,000  -3,728,000  3,343,250  13,373,000                                   
      (gain) loss on asset disposals and exchanges
                                                                                                 
      gain on disposition of investments
                                                                        4,157,000 16,628,000                        
      net income attributable to u.s. cellular
                                                                    50,897,000 35,638,000 83,358,000 84,592,000                          
      fair value adjustment of derivative instruments
                                                                               12,461,000                  
      income before income taxes and minority interest
                                                                        96,195,750 140,710,000 121,964,000 122,109,000 118,185,250 108,670,000 241,708,000 122,363,000 98,712,000 55,927,000 88,170,000 68,786,000 41,537,250 62,536,000  32,205,000    23,005,000   -12,504,000   
      income before minority interest
                                                                        61,930,250 95,204,000 77,948,000 74,569,000 74,049,750 67,516,000 150,208,000 78,475,000 56,011,000 40,417,000 53,869,000 41,137,000 25,176,000 38,065,000 40,199,000 19,402,000 18,842,500 23,260,000 40,765,000 11,344,000 46,372,000 30,773,000 -11,386,000   
      minority share of income, net of tax
                                                                                                 
      basic earnings per share
                                                                        0.665 1.03 0.83 0.81 0.813 0.72 1.68 0.85 0.61 0.41 0.59 0.43 0.265 0.4 0.44 0.2          
      diluted earnings per share
                                                                        0.663 1.02 0.83 0.8 0.805 0.72 1.67 0.84 0.62 0.41 0.58 0.43 0.265 0.39 0.43 0.19          
      gain on sale of investments
                                                                            32,921,500  131,686,000                   
      minority share of income
                                                                                      -2,263,000 -2,504,000 -1,711,250 -1,951,000 -2,781,000 -2,112,000 -4,633,000 -1,659,000 -3,257,000 -2,594,000  
      other expense
                                                                                                 
      investment income
                                                                                   19,483,000 18,424,000 17,744,000 16,157,000 13,919,000 12,978,250 19,265,000 18,361,000 14,287,000 11,301,000 13,484,000 12,378,000 12,963,000  
      (gain) on assets held for sale
                                                                                                 
      interest
                                                                                      -21,444,000 -20,738,000 -16,234,250 -23,671,000 -20,951,000 -20,315,000   -15,454,000 -13,306,000  
      other (expense)
                                                                                                 
      system operations (excluding depreciation,
                                                                                                 
      amortization and accretion shown
                                                                                                 
      separately below)
                                                                                      147,738,000      153,724,000     
      income before income taxes and
                                                                                                 
      minority interest
                                                                                      66,220,000  30,442,750 34,906,000 63,860,000       
      basic weighted-average shares
                                                                                                 
      outstanding
                                                                                      86,708,000  21,552,750 86,278,000 86,199,000  86,142,000 86,501    
      diluted weighted-average shares
                                                                                                 
      system operations (excluding depreciation, amortization and accretion
                                                                                                 
      expense shown separately below)
                                                                                       140,066,000          
      selling, general and administrative expense
                                                                                       277,989,000          
      depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
                                                                                       127,250,000          
      gain on assets held for sale
                                                                                                 
      other income net
                                                                                       200,000          
      system operations (excluding depreciation
                                                                                                 
      shown separately below)
                                                                                        109,134,000 154,126,000 144,886,000       
      depreciation
                                                                                        81,782,750 115,377,000 110,314,000 101,440,000 89,797,000 87,104,000 95,872,000 93,355,000  
      amortization and accretion
                                                                                        9,105,000 12,031,000 11,935,000 12,454,000      
      loss on impairment of intangible assets
                                                                                                 
      loss on assets of operations held for sale
                                                                                        -181,250         
      loss on investments
                                                                                        -457,500  -1,830,000       
      income before cumulative effect of
                                                                                            0.48     
      accounting change
                                                                                        17,131,250 21,309,000 0.44  41,739,000 29,114,000    
      cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax
                                                                                                 
      cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                                 
      loss on assets held for sale
                                                                                          -582,000 -143,000 -1,442,000 3,500,000 23,500,000   
      income before cumulative
                                                                                                 
      effect of accounting change
                                                                                          37,984,000       
      income before cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                           9,232,000  0.34 -14,643,000   
      system operations (excluding depreciation shown
                                                                                                 
      marketing and selling
                                                                                            101,589,000 98,548,000 108,921,000 100,877,000  
      general and administrative
                                                                                            150,894,000 175,638,000 157,449,000 141,161,000  
      amortization of deferred charges and customer lists
                                                                                            12,367,000 16,167,000 13,631,000   
      interest income
                                                                                            437,000 376,000  729,000  
      and minority interest
                                                                                            93,736,000 53,020,000  31,027,000  
      (loss) on investments
                                                                                              -3,500,000   
      amortization of intangibles
                                                                                               9,521,000  
      amortization of licenses related to investments
                                                                                                 
      (loss) on wireless and other investments
                                                                                               -34,210,000  
      income before
                                                                                                 
      before minority interest
                                                                                               14,758,000  
      basic weighted-average common
                                                                                                 
      and series a common shares
                                                                                               86,095,000  
      basic earnings per common and
                                                                                                 
      series a common shares
                                                                                               140  
      diluted earnings per common and
                                                                                                 
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        current assets
                                                                                            
        cash and cash equivalents
      253,638,000 113,400,000 325,626,000 386,000,000 182,000,000 144,000,000 272,000,000 195,000,000 185,000,000 150,000,000 153,000,000 186,000,000 154,000,000 273,000,000 254,000,000 320,000,000 300,000,000 156,000,000 231,000,000 267,000,000 479,000,000 931,000,000 418,000,000 258,000,000 285,000,000 570,000,000 528,000,000 648,000,000 580,000,000 730,000,000           715,376,000 596,766,000 362,282,000 336,893,000 211,513,000 273,798,000 404,058,000 398,541,000 342,065,000 183,101,000 467,421,000 419,696,000 409,579,000 437,624,000 511,078,000 504,952,000 428,625,000 421,294,000 269,292,000 232,853,000 289,658,000 404,894,000 275,920,000 191,797,000 177,608,000 101,155,000 216,475,000 182,020,000 146,082,000 189,856,000 32,912,000 38,910,000 21,969,000 17,045,000 29,003,000 31,069,000 17,562,000 30,866,000         
        accounts receivable
                                                                                            
        affiliated
      1,883,000 7,420,000 9,356,000 1,000,000 7,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  2,000,000 3,000,000 6,000,000 9,000,000 1,000,000 12,000,000 8,000,000 14,000,000 1,000,000 14,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 6,000,000  1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000  3,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000                           218,000     3,818,000  2,545,000 644,000 1,683,000 99,000 111,000  10,038,000 10,892,000 13,568,000 11,065,000 10,881,000 8,804,000 7,239,000 6,453,000 5,111,000 5,412,000 6,934,000 4,271,000 3,938,000      
        other, less allowances of 2,393 and 3,090, respectively
      11,456,000                                                                                      
        prepaid expenses
      3,273,000 3,216,000 2,981,000 53,000,000 63,000,000 46,000,000 55,000,000 58,000,000 71,000,000 57,000,000 64,000,000 69,000,000 76,000,000 68,000,000 61,000,000 62,000,000 63,000,000 58,000,000 59,000,000 55,000,000 63,000,000 54,000,000 50,000,000 58,000,000 50,000,000 49,000,000 48,000,000 47,000,000 63,000,000 62,000,000           80,794,000 88,041,000 73,319,000 69,702,000 59,744,000 62,158,000 63,836,000 65,510,000 65,596,000 71,047,000 68,063,000 64,365,000 60,631,000 61,194,000 57,655,000 56,607,000 64,208,000 62,709,000 70,759,000 65,219,000 72,829,000 63,020,000 49,040,000 57,766,000 59,565,000 51,923,000 56,619,000 46,634,000 46,277,000 45,520,000 34,955,000 36,605,000 43,082,000 37,539,000 31,026,000 31,360,000 29,351,000 32,938,000 26,241,000 26,277,000 26,045,000 22,307,000 23,272,000 21,897,000 14,922,000  
        other current assets
      3,813,000 6,515,000 3,954,000 21,000,000 25,000,000 21,000,000 21,000,000 26,000,000 32,000,000 36,000,000 40,000,000 47,000,000 57,000,000 45,000,000 41,000,000 41,000,000 51,000,000 49,000,000 42,000,000 40,000,000 43,000,000 28,000,000 29,000,000 22,000,000 20,000,000 19,000,000 36,000,000 29,000,000 34,000,000 20,000,000           53,946,000 18,730,000 18,144,000 18,112,000 90,834,000 23,237,000 20,908,000 19,702,000 19,538,000 19,051,000 18,845,000 17,111,000 15,993,000 11,197,000 11,149,000 10,693,000 11,099,000 10,282,000 49,111,000 48,662,000 55,250,000 53,101,000 54,705,000 8,283,000 14,527,000 24,213,000 16,822,000 12,229,000 10,734,000 10,642,000 13,385,000 21,160,000 21,418,000 17,549,000 15,145,000 12,854,000 18,056,000 14,998,000 30,463,000 33,977,000 30,203,000 20,994,000 24,153,000 21,586,000 5,980,000  
        total current assets
      274,063,000 144,787,000 352,244,000 1,509,000,000 1,373,000,000 1,345,000,000 1,427,000,000 1,374,000,000 1,395,000,000 1,400,000,000 1,393,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,562,000,000 1,723,000,000 1,675,000,000 1,673,000,000 1,611,000,000 1,605,000,000 1,571,000,000 1,645,000,000 1,845,000,000 2,289,000,000 1,718,000,000 1,576,000,000 1,573,000,000 1,770,000,000 1,735,000,000 1,839,000,000 1,812,000,000 1,864,000,000                                                         
        non-current assets held for sale
      731,678,000 1,591,675,000 1,585,258,000                                                                                    
        licenses
      1,642,039,000 1,642,187,000 1,648,604,000 4,583,000,000 4,581,000,000 4,579,000,000 4,576,000,000 4,715,000,000 4,711,000,000 4,693,000,000 4,690,000,000 4,694,000,000 4,692,000,000 4,690,000,000 4,680,000,000 4,677,000,000 4,677,000,000 4,088,000,000 4,102,000,000 3,917,000,000 3,915,000,000 2,628,000,000 2,621,000,000 2,502,000,000 2,471,000,000 2,461,000,000 2,469,000,000 2,213,000,000 2,186,000,000 2,189,000,000           1,834,212,000 1,834,061,000 1,827,656,000 1,827,102,000 1,443,438,000 1,390,672,000 1,437,831,000 1,425,945,000 1,401,126,000 1,397,888,000 1,396,179,000 1,470,944,000 1,531,873,000 1,484,202,000 1,481,865,000 1,470,550,000 1,454,901,000 1,452,401,000 1,445,501,000 1,445,501,000 1,438,800,000 1,445,501,000 1,445,501,000 1,445,665,000 1,794,843,000 1,792,728,000 1,788,548,000 1,500,092,000 1,500,092,000 1,502,227,000 1,494,327,000 1,447,569,000 1,367,569,000 1,362,036,000 1,362,263,000 1,340,489,000 1,362,434,000 1,358,725,000 1,184,014,000 1,192,772,000 1,192,302,000 1,111,780,000 979,759,000 979,760,000   
        investments in unconsolidated entities
      435,061,000 412,608,000 452,174,000 444,000,000 479,000,000 454,000,000 478,000,000 461,000,000 482,000,000 461,000,000 477,000,000 457,000,000 477,000,000 452,000,000 461,000,000 441,000,000 465,000,000 439,000,000 466,000,000 445,000,000 455,000,000 467,000,000 445,000,000 469,000,000 447,000,000 471,000,000 450,000,000 468,000,000 441,000,000 461,000,000           363,383,000 347,710,000 325,857,000 304,501,000 283,014,000 296,900,000 270,215,000 289,842,000 265,585,000 309,481,000 276,363,000 165,529,000 162,012,000 175,663,000 154,431,000 160,374,000 142,377,000 171,485,000 177,075,000 163,518,000 178,903,000 177,497,000 192,445,000 175,571,000 175,424,000 157,162,000 172,586,000 176,557,000 155,514,000 171,040,000 150,325,000 197,817,000 174,896,000 185,915,000 170,337,000 178,874,000 166,310,000 176,367,000 171,727,000 189,463,000 174,297,000 178,417,000 171,214,000 161,708,000   
        property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
      386,727,000 388,999,000                                                                                     
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      473,383,000 472,995,000 477,744,000 922,000,000 925,000,000 926,000,000 912,000,000 906,000,000 910,000,000 915,000,000 914,000,000 912,000,000 910,000,000 918,000,000 932,000,000 944,000,000 952,000,000 959,000,000 953,000,000 950,000,000 933,000,000 919,000,000 914,000,000 902,000,000 900,000,000 897,000,000 888,000,000 888,000,000                                                           
        other assets and deferred charges
      21,736,000 24,837,000 15,469,000 606,000,000 612,000,000 643,000,000 619,000,000 643,000,000 666,000,000 690,000,000 666,000,000 670,000,000 680,000,000 686,000,000 648,000,000 582,000,000 579,000,000 626,000,000 592,000,000 574,000,000 580,000,000 536,000,000 544,000,000 534,000,000 566,000,000 539,000,000 527,000,000 684,000,000 579,000,000 546,000,000           172,212,000 187,268,000 195,909,000 211,453,000 276,218,000 168,984,000 133,704,000 132,536,000 117,735,000 95,709,000 82,067,000 78,436,000 75,482,000 71,194,000 65,094,000 61,941,000 56,152,000 74,028,000 38,195,000 37,865,000 38,393,000 38,484,000 37,621,000 69,495,000 31,290,000 29,728,000 30,072,000 28,658,000 30,356,000 30,447,000 31,136,000 30,647,000 30,125,000 29,178,000 29,985,000            
        total assets1
      3,964,687,000 4,678,088,000 4,918,327,000 10,377,000,000 10,365,000,000 10,449,000,000 10,516,000,000 10,639,000,000 10,704,000,000 10,750,000,000 10,749,000,000 10,889,000,000 10,997,000,000 11,119,000,000 11,056,000,000 11,003,000,000 10,875,000,000 10,341,000,000 10,144,000,000 9,920,000,000 10,148,000,000 9,180,000,000 8,500,000,000 8,251,000,000 8,164,000,000 8,291,000,000 8,223,000,000 8,229,000,000 7,274,000,000 7,228,000,000                                                         
        current liabilities
                                                                                            
        current portion of long-term debt
      6,094,000 4,063,000 2,031,000 28,000,000 26,000,000 22,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 18,000,000 54,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 11,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 19,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,313,000 8,501,000 57,000             101,000     84,000  10,088,000 10,086,000               3,000,000 415,391,000 3,000,000      
        accounts payable
                                                                                            
        trade
      26,122,000 27,892,000 58,462,000 204,000,000 198,000,000 232,000,000 266,000,000 261,000,000 224,000,000 241,000,000 406,000,000 240,000,000 206,000,000 344,000,000 340,000,000 314,000,000 272,000,000 346,000,000 364,000,000 283,000,000 276,000,000 307,000,000 285,000,000 321,000,000 296,000,000 329,000,000 313,000,000 355,000,000 304,000,000 314,000,000                          360,788,000     256,913,000  210,826,000 218,031,000 264,740,000 256,196,000 249,854,000 244,176,000 237,522,000 222,921,000 241,303,000 248,805,000 261,827,000 249,265,000 298,397,000 212,432,000 209,704,000 197,766,000 210,456,000 189,821,000 214,363,000 179,619,000 205,863,000 242,275,000   
        customer deposits and deferred revenues
      45,213,000 85,945,000 122,090,000 225,000,000 231,000,000 238,000,000 225,000,000 236,000,000 235,000,000 229,000,000 222,000,000 231,000,000 229,000,000 239,000,000 218,000,000 197,000,000 200,000,000 191,000,000 161,000,000 153,000,000 158,000,000 126,000,000 139,000,000 139,000,000 148,000,000 155,000,000 164,000,000 164,000,000 157,000,000 145,000,000 127,000,000 132,000,000 185,000,000 176,000,000 183,000,000 180,000,000 190,000,000 204,000,000 231,000,000 245,000,000 250,983,000 236,568,000 280,715,000             177,123,000     140,651,000  145,710,000 149,690,000 152,988,000 153,860,000 149,960,000 143,923,000 141,116,000 135,149,000 123,344,000 119,782,000 109,294,000 107,696,000 106,180,000 103,146,000 109,054,000 107,909,000 104,162,000 102,638,000 100,850,000 94,032,000 92,898,000 86,676,000 79,349,000  
        accrued taxes
      131,650,000 16,884,000 289,836,000 37,000,000 57,000,000 30,000,000 63,000,000 41,000,000 49,000,000 32,000,000 35,000,000 32,000,000 33,000,000 35,000,000 36,000,000 37,000,000 34,000,000 33,000,000 32,000,000 46,000,000 47,000,000 44,000,000 30,000,000 27,000,000 30,000,000 88,000,000 32,000,000 34,000,000 30,000,000 52,000,000 58,000,000 58,000,000 56,000,000 65,000,000 79,000,000 58,000,000 39,000,000 29,000,000 35,000,000 24,000,000 28,448,000 121,177,000 97,537,000             43,910,000     83,876,000  58,433,000 34,729,000 35,874,000 42,969,000 75,003,000 46,641,000 70,492,000 69,480,000 26,913,000 42,324,000 49,663,000 64,176,000 38,627,000 95,997,000 87,342,000 86,833,000 84,262,000 30,600,000 30,251,000 51,049,000 30,593,000 27,814,000 30,374,000  
        accrued compensation
      558,000 4,322,000 4,620,000 54,000,000 33,000,000 93,000,000 66,000,000 57,000,000 32,000,000 83,000,000 61,000,000 54,000,000 44,000,000 84,000,000 62,000,000 56,000,000 42,000,000 83,000,000 69,000,000 53,000,000 40,000,000 63,000,000 53,000,000 47,000,000 76,000,000 68,000,000 45,000,000 42,000,000 78,000,000 66,000,000 48,000,000 43,000,000 74,000,000 68,000,000 46,000,000 43,000,000 73,000,000 64,000,000 52,000,000 41,000,000 67,770,000 57,547,000 54,533,000             48,117,000     38,220,000  41,976,000 43,202,000 52,296,000 36,680,000 37,489,000 50,801,000 38,635,000 32,613,000 47,842,000 42,504,000 35,757,000 28,462,000 42,865,000 33,063,000 29,740,000 25,921,000 46,503,000 37,592,000 26,062,000 32,493,000 26,541,000 22,066,000 24,444,000  
        short-term operating lease liabilities
      15,640,000 15,294,000 15,600,000 137,000,000 140,000,000 141,000,000 139,000,000 134,000,000 134,000,000 135,000,000 135,000,000 134,000,000 133,000,000 133,000,000 133,000,000 133,000,000 131,000,000 129,000,000 126,000,000 125,000,000 120,000,000 113,000,000 112,000,000 109,000,000 105,000,000 104,000,000 101,000,000 99,000,000                                                           
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
      20,242,000 20,242,000 20,242,000                                                                                    
        other current liabilities
      13,708,000 14,843,000 15,453,000 109,000,000 113,000,000 118,000,000 124,000,000 130,000,000 138,000,000 154,000,000 148,000,000 254,000,000 285,000,000 335,000,000 291,000,000 223,000,000 179,000,000 104,000,000 93,000,000 78,000,000 90,000,000 69,000,000 65,000,000 66,000,000 79,000,000 78,000,000 65,000,000 80,000,000 94,000,000 83,000,000 82,000,000 90,000,000 90,000,000 76,000,000 74,000,000 78,000,000 84,000,000 78,000,000 80,000,000 97,000,000 104,447,000 92,617,000 108,996,000             95,665,000     90,602,000  91,149,000 106,858,000 100,025,000 97,220,000 306,743,000 103,338,000 90,632,000 106,043,000 93,718,000 47,822,000 39,410,000 49,311,000 25,952,000 38,116,000 27,078,000 35,045,000 23,763,000 24,598,000 21,966,000 24,311,000 23,040,000 19,651,000 19,883,000  
        total current liabilities
      265,600,000 199,988,000 539,029,000 808,000,000 807,000,000 884,000,000 909,000,000 886,000,000 837,000,000 901,000,000 1,031,000,000 1,008,000,000 953,000,000 1,195,000,000 1,099,000,000 982,000,000 873,000,000 903,000,000 856,000,000 751,000,000 739,000,000 730,000,000 697,000,000 722,000,000 750,000,000 849,000,000 747,000,000 802,000,000 691,000,000 689,000,000                                                         
        deferred liabilities and credits
                                                                                            
        deferred income tax liability
      320,533,000 387,030,000 320,689,000 719,000,000 720,000,000 728,000,000 719,000,000 765,000,000 758,000,000 755,000,000 749,000,000 732,000,000 715,000,000 708,000,000 705,000,000 705,000,000 696,000,000 674,000,000 680,000,000 668,000,000 656,000,000 665,000,000 613,000,000 559,000,000 507,000,000 477,000,000 538,000,000 527,000,000 510,000,000 510,000,000 522,000,000 526,000,000 461,000,000 753,000,000 799,000,000 827,000,000 826,000,000 831,000,000 827,000,000                               27,035,000 26,326,000 28,681,000 43,015,000              
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      511,639,000 509,876,000 513,421,000 825,000,000 824,000,000 822,000,000 813,000,000 822,000,000 827,000,000 831,000,000 834,000,000 836,000,000 836,000,000 843,000,000 859,000,000 872,000,000 882,000,000 889,000,000 890,000,000 890,000,000 879,000,000 877,000,000 874,000,000 865,000,000 865,000,000 864,000,000 858,000,000 858,000,000                                                           
        other deferred liabilities and credits
      333,360,000 336,379,000 336,135,000 576,000,000 570,000,000 570,000,000 579,000,000 573,000,000 564,000,000 565,000,000 601,000,000 607,000,000 601,000,000 604,000,000 661,000,000 690,000,000 583,000,000 573,000,000 565,000,000 372,000,000 393,000,000 364,000,000 346,000,000 327,000,000 319,000,000 312,000,000 299,000,000 296,000,000 389,000,000 386,000,000 367,000,000 359,000,000 337,000,000 321,000,000 316,000,000 311,000,000 302,000,000 311,000,000 300,000,000 297,000,000 290,949,000 287,873,000 290,302,000             235,032,000     268,795,000  243,258,000 236,478,000 83,677,000 85,602,000 85,433,000 81,059,000 76,997,000 72,216,000 62,914,000 57,462,000 51,074,000 52,866,000 44,636,000 114,601,000 106,271,000 101,991,000         
        long-term debt
      668,499,000 670,258,000 671,902,000 2,819,000,000 2,829,000,000 2,837,000,000 2,882,000,000 2,887,000,000 3,029,000,000 3,044,000,000 2,903,000,000 3,105,000,000 3,297,000,000 3,187,000,000 3,115,000,000 3,118,000,000 3,220,000,000 2,728,000,000 2,604,000,000 2,710,000,000 2,981,000,000 2,108,000,000 1,625,000,000 1,503,000,000 1,502,000,000 1,592,000,000 1,596,000,000 1,601,000,000 1,605,000,000 1,609,000,000 1,614,000,000 1,618,000,000 1,622,000,000 1,626,000,000 1,613,000,000 1,616,000,000 1,618,000,000 1,621,000,000 1,623,000,000 1,626,000,000 1,628,507,000 1,368,656,000 1,151,999,000             880,411,000     867,662,000  997,651,000 997,534,000 1,006,431,000 1,007,054,000 1,006,395,000 1,002,180,000 1,002,066,000 1,001,953,000 1,001,839,000 1,001,725,000 1,001,612,000 1,001,498,000 1,001,385,000 1,161,127,000 1,161,014,000 1,160,900,000         
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                            
        equity
                                                                                            
        array shareholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        series a common and common shares
                                                                                            
        authorized 190,000 shares
                                                                                            
        issued 88,074 shares
                                                                                            
        outstanding 86,443 shares (33,006 series a common and 53,437 common shares) and 86,380 shares (33,006 series a common and 53,374 common shares), respectively
                                                                                            
        par value
      88,074,000 88,074,000 88,074,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000 88,000,000                          88,074,000                               
        additional paid-in capital
      1,795,691,000 1,795,369,000 1,795,035,000 1,812,000,000 1,800,000,000 1,783,000,000 1,764,000,000 1,752,000,000 1,740,000,000 1,726,000,000 1,717,000,000 1,710,000,000 1,704,000,000 1,703,000,000 1,696,000,000 1,692,000,000 1,685,000,000 1,678,000,000 1,671,000,000 1,663,000,000 1,657,000,000 1,654,000,000 1,646,000,000 1,636,000,000 1,629,000,000 1,622,000,000 1,615,000,000 1,599,000,000 1,590,000,000 1,578,000,000                          1,382,826,000     1,360,712,000  1,348,664,000 1,343,599,000 1,335,241,000 1,329,212,000 1,317,488,000 1,319,038,000 1,313,041,000 1,294,969,000 1,290,829,000    1,286,964,000 1,283,614,000 1,285,843,000 1,290,104,000 1,302,775,000 1,307,064,000 1,308,947,000 1,307,646,000 1,306,970,000 1,306,510,000 1,307,842,000  
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,631 and 1,694 common shares, respectively
      -84,129,000                                                                                      
        retained earnings
      59,261,000 769,789,000 732,333,000 2,802,000,000 2,822,000,000 2,818,000,000 2,813,000,000 2,893,000,000 2,910,000,000 2,892,000,000 2,878,000,000 2,855,000,000 2,872,000,000 2,861,000,000 2,890,000,000 2,903,000,000 2,897,000,000 2,849,000,000 2,822,000,000 2,794,000,000 2,796,000,000 2,736,000,000 2,657,000,000 2,620,000,000 2,550,000,000 2,532,000,000 2,509,000,000 2,497,000,000 2,444,000,000 2,430,000,000                          2,294,562,000     2,066,066,000  1,985,876,000 1,911,995,000 2,035,834,000 1,949,812,000 1,887,549,000 1,799,224,000 1,741,843,000 1,621,539,000 1,548,478,000 1,494,373,000 1,486,445,000 1,435,360,000 1,397,868,000 1,355,382,000 1,320,610,000 1,282,675,000 1,225,282,000 1,203,973,000 1,165,989,000 1,182,964,000 1,141,225,000 1,112,111,000 1,107,996,000  
        total array shareholders' equity
      1,858,897,000 2,567,626,000 2,529,824,000 4,600,000,000                                                                                   
        noncontrolling interests
      6,159,000 6,931,000 7,327,000 14,000,000 14,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 12,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 12,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,243,000 11,665,000 10,195,000             70,903,000     55,112,000  56,433,000 52,451,000                       
        total equity
      1,865,056,000 2,574,557,000 2,537,151,000 4,614,000,000 4,599,000,000 4,592,000,000 4,598,000,000 4,690,000,000 4,673,000,000 4,642,000,000 4,619,000,000 4,589,000,000 4,583,000,000 4,570,000,000 4,605,000,000 4,624,000,000 4,609,000,000 4,563,000,000 4,539,000,000 4,519,000,000 4,490,000,000 4,426,000,000 4,334,000,000 4,264,000,000 4,210,000,000 4,185,000,000 4,175,000,000 4,134,000,000 4,067,000,000 4,023,000,000                          3,683,354,000     3,497,770,000  3,418,943,000 3,334,284,000                       
        total liabilities and equity1
      3,964,687,000 4,678,088,000 4,918,327,000 10,377,000,000 10,365,000,000 10,449,000,000 10,516,000,000 10,639,000,000 10,704,000,000 10,750,000,000 10,749,000,000 10,889,000,000 10,997,000,000 11,119,000,000 11,056,000,000 11,003,000,000 10,875,000,000 10,341,000,000 10,144,000,000 9,920,000,000 10,148,000,000 9,180,000,000 8,500,000,000 8,251,000,000 8,164,000,000 8,291,000,000 8,223,000,000 8,229,000,000 7,274,000,000 7,228,000,000 7,075,000,000 7,048,000,000 6,841,000,000 6,780,000,000 7,077,000,000 7,024,000,000 7,110,000,000 7,104,000,000 7,091,000,000 7,057,000,000                                               
        other, less allowances of 3,090 and 1,540, respectively
       14,236,000                                                                                     
        current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                            
        non-current assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                            
        december 31,
       2,025,000    2,024,000,000    2,023,000,000    2,022,000,000    2,021,000,000       2,019,000,000    2,018,000,000            2,015,000                              2,006,000                
        non-current liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                            
        noncontrolling interests with redemption features
         16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 11,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 1,097,000 910,000 1,178,000             923,000     752,000   612,000                       
        outstanding 86,380 shares (33,006 series a common and 53,374 common shares) and 85,094 shares (33,006 series a common and 52,088 common shares), respectively
                                                                                            
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,694 and 2,980 common shares, respectively
       -85,606,000 -85,618,000                                                                                    
        other, less allowances of 3,068 and 1,540, respectively
        10,327,000                                                                                    
        income taxes receivable
         1,000,000      1,000,000 2,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 1,000,000   123,000,000 125,000,000 126,000,000 124,000,000 174,000,000 122,000,000 96,000,000 46,000,000                           2,776,000 2,280,000 324,000 70,000 35,121,000 32,106,000                              
        property, plant and equipment
        386,834,000 2,313,000,000 2,394,000,000 2,502,000,000 2,504,000,000 2,540,000,000 2,540,000,000 2,576,000,000 2,593,000,000 2,640,000,000 2,658,000,000 2,624,000,000 2,631,000,000 2,671,000,000 2,576,000,000 2,606,000,000 2,457,000,000 2,386,000,000 2,419,000,000 2,322,000,000 2,258,000,000 2,268,000,000 2,207,000,000 2,144,000,000 2,154,000,000 2,137,000,000 2,202,000,000 2,126,000,000                                                         
        in service and under construction
        1,070,631,000 8,477,000,000 8,417,000,000 8,387,000,000 8,402,000,000 8,294,000,000 8,321,000,000 9,560,000,000 9,571,000,000 9,491,000,000 9,440,000,000 9,334,000,000 9,410,000,000 9,352,000,000 9,136,000,000 9,056,000,000 8,990,000,000 8,874,000,000 8,823,000,000 8,623,000,000 8,481,000,000 8,485,000,000 8,293,000,000 8,088,000,000 7,980,000,000 7,867,000,000 7,778,000,000 7,647,000,000           7,668,736,000 7,511,997,000 7,420,889,000 7,426,410,000 7,458,740,000 7,647,406,000 7,670,466,000 7,715,292,000 7,717,512,000 7,571,429,000 7,380,123,000 7,562,931,000 7,341,632,000 7,232,771,000 7,126,220,000 6,778,852,000 6,598,300,000 6,465,667,000 6,203,085,000 6,096,533,000 5,975,704,000 5,718,767,000 5,602,245,000 5,527,778,000 5,754,793,000 5,612,054,000 5,493,389,000 5,414,358,000 5,313,726,000 5,195,511,000 5,120,994,000 4,981,963,000 4,901,700,000 4,753,058,000 4,653,292,000 4,397,253,000 4,352,889,000 4,216,083,000 3,733,188,000 3,700,425,000 3,549,751,000 3,339,146,000 3,214,214,000 3,074,844,000 2,802,207,000  
        less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
        683,797,000 6,164,000,000 6,023,000,000 5,885,000,000 5,898,000,000 5,754,000,000 5,781,000,000 6,984,000,000 6,978,000,000 6,851,000,000 6,782,000,000 6,710,000,000 6,779,000,000 6,681,000,000 6,560,000,000 6,450,000,000 6,533,000,000 6,488,000,000 6,404,000,000 6,301,000,000 6,223,000,000 6,217,000,000 6,086,000,000 5,944,000,000 5,826,000,000 5,730,000,000 5,576,000,000 5,521,000,000               4,730,523,000                                          
        customers and agents, less allowances of 55 and 63, respectively
         861,000,000                                                                                   
        other, less allowances of 2 and 2, respectively
         60,000,000 55,000,000         83,000,000 81,000,000 70,000,000            38,000,000                                                           
        inventory
         126,000,000 178,000,000 179,000,000 161,000,000 143,000,000 175,000,000 199,000,000 175,000,000 210,000,000 262,000,000 261,000,000 243,000,000 206,000,000 177,000,000 173,000,000 136,000,000 183,000,000 139,000,000 157,000,000 145,000,000 212,000,000 162,000,000 139,000,000 146,000,000 157,000,000 142,000,000 123,000,000           149,307,000 176,259,000 135,401,000 164,900,000 267,068,000 184,822,000 199,859,000 218,882,000 238,188,000 142,560,000 163,433,000 139,136,000 196,523,000 183,139,000 131,510,000 148,770,000 160,783,000 108,818,000 119,882,000 120,304,000 153,278,000 121,073,000 125,578,000 108,051,000 112,553,000 120,817,000 114,687,000 113,078,000 118,072,000 101,196,000 117,189,000 76,925,000 82,239,000 85,118,000 92,748,000 54,899,000 55,127,000 69,751,000 61,842,000 46,701,000 55,978,000 39,674,000 87,498,000 76,563,000 41,419,000  
        authorized 190 shares
                                                                                            
        issued 88 shares
                                                                                            
        outstanding 86 shares (33 series a common and 53 common shares) and 85 shares (33 series a common and 52 common shares), respectively
                                                                                            
        treasury shares, at cost, 2 and 3 common shares, respectively
         -102,000,000    -58,000,000                     -65,000,000 -84,000,000                                                         
        customers and agents, less allowances of 58 and 63, respectively
          863,000,000                                                                                  
        assets held for sale
          1,000,000     15,000,000 16,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 26,000,000 29,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 18,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 19,000,000    9,000,000   54,000,000 42,000,000             22,203,000 22,203,000 107,055,000 68,288,000   16,027,000 78,413,000 78,389,000 213,593,000    60,829,000 53,910,000                              
        uscellular shareholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        outstanding 85 shares
                                                                                            
        treasury shares, at cost, 3 common shares
          -125,000,000 -112,000,000 -83,000,000  -80,000,000 -80,000,000 -80,000,000 -80,000,000 -96,000,000                                                                          
        total uscellular shareholders' equity
          4,585,000,000 4,577,000,000 4,582,000,000 4,675,000,000 4,658,000,000 4,626,000,000 4,603,000,000 4,573,000,000 4,568,000,000 4,554,000,000 4,589,000,000 4,608,000,000 4,593,000,000 4,547,000,000 4,523,000,000 4,503,000,000 4,475,000,000 4,411,000,000                                                                 
        customers and agents, less allowances of 63 and 66, respectively
           905,000,000                                                                                 
        other, less allowances of 2 and 4, respectively
           49,000,000 46,000,000 61,000,000                                                                               
        customers and agents, less allowances of 59 and 66, respectively
            871,000,000                                                                                
        customers and agents, less allowances of 61 and 66, respectively
             891,000,000                                                                               
        customers and agents, less allowances of 62 and 66, respectively
              877,000,000                                                                              
        other, less allowances of 3 and 4, respectively
              53,000,000                                                                              
        customers and agents, less allowances of 66 and 70, respectively
               900,000,000  917,000,000                                                                           
        other, less allowances of 4 and 2, respectively
               54,000,000                                                                             
        customers and agents, less allowances of 62 and 70, respectively
                890,000,000                                                                            
        roaming
                2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 4,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 7,000,000 11,000,000 10,000,000 9,000,000 19,000,000 23,000,000 24,000,000 27,000,000 34,000,000 29,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 42,000,000                          42,378,000     26,087,000  30,411,000 27,772,000 43,142,000 42,528,000 35,715,000 39,941,000 36,745,000 30,899,000 30,396,000 39,178,000 40,102,000 35,819,000 27,178,000 31,213,000 27,701,000 23,039,000 34,600,000 34,380,000 33,194,000 42,421,000 42,203,000 38,494,000 67,294,000  
        other, less allowances of 3 and 2, respectively
                67,000,000 65,000,000 66,000,000                                                                          
        customers and agents, less allowances of 68 and 70, respectively
                  940,000,000                                                                          
        customers and agents, less allowances of 70 and 57, respectively
                   985,000,000                                                                         
        outstanding 85 shares (33 series a common and 52 common shares) and 86 shares (33 series a common and 53 common shares), respectively
                                                                                            
        treasury shares, at cost, 3 and 2 common shares, respectively
                   -98,000,000 -85,000,000 -75,000,000 -77,000,000       -92,000,000                                                               
        customers and agents, less allowances of 66 and 57, respectively
                    987,000,000                                                                        
        customers and agents, less allowances of 59 and 57, respectively
                     968,000,000 964,000,000                                                                      
        outstanding 86 shares
                                                                                            
        other, less allowances of 1 and 2, respectively
                      50,000,000        63,000,000 60,000,000 47,000,000                                                            
        short-term investments
                          3,000,000      18,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000                 40,014,000 40,035,000 40,056,000 50,104,000 45,162,000 110,352,000 110,585,000 140,494,000 100,738,000 116,368,000 110,761,000 96,085,000 121,252,000 120,771,000 135,798,000 25,534,000                          
        customers and agents, less allowances of 57 and 62, respectively
                       976,000,000                                                                     
        other, less allowances of 2 and 1, respectively
                       63,000,000   85,000,000 64,000,000 56,000,000      46,000,000                                                          
        liabilities held for sale
                               1,000,000   1,000,000                           858,000                               
        treasury shares, at cost, 2 common shares
                       -68,000,000 -58,000,000  -66,000,000 -67,000,000 -70,000,000  -70,000,000 -70,000,000  -63,000,000                                                           
        customers and agents, less allowances of 55 and 62, respectively
                        910,000,000                                                                    
        other, less allowances of 3 and 1, respectively
                        57,000,000 64,000,000                                                                   
        customers and agents, less allowances of 56 and 62, respectively
                         900,000,000 900,000,000                                                                  
        outstanding 87 shares
                                                                                            
        treasury shares, at cost, 1 and 2 common shares, respectively
                         -42,000,000       -50,000,000                                                            
        customers and agents, less allowances of 64 and 70, respectively
                           862,000,000                                                                 
        customers and agents, less allowances of 69 and 70, respectively
                            874,000,000                                                                
        u.s. cellular shareholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        total u.s. cellular shareholders' equity
                            4,321,000,000 4,252,000,000 4,197,000,000 4,172,000,000 4,162,000,000 4,121,000,000 4,057,000,000 4,012,000,000                                                         
        customers and agents, less allowances of 77 and 70, respectively
                             865,000,000                                                               
        other, less allowances of 1 and 1, respectively
                             40,000,000      42,000,000                                                         
        customers and agents, less allowances of 70 and 66, respectively
                              919,000,000                                                              
        customers and agents, less allowances of 69 and 66, respectively
                               899,000,000                                                             
        customers and agents, less allowances of 66 and 66, respectively
                                880,000,000 882,000,000                                                           
        customers and agents, less allowances of 66 and 55, respectively
                                  908,000,000                                                          
        customers and agents, less allowances of 63 and 55, respectively
                                   845,000,000                                                         
        the accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                            
        1
                                                                                            
        net deferred income tax liability
                                             825,000,000 820,731,000 828,563,000 827,339,000             742,343,000     504,822,000  498,823,000 481,196,000 603,323,000 580,193,000 570,299,000  582,343,000 582,580,000 601,535,000 582,328,000 603,283,000 656,375,000 660,667,000 657,452,000 671,148,000 676,773,000 551,866,000 529,625,000 506,610,000 487,589,000 447,194,000 424,812,000 394,013,000  
        net deferred income tax asset
                                               82,719,000 77,969,000 77,246,000 93,058,000 97,856,000 99,105,000 99,105,000 99,105,000 54,475,000 48,818,000 36,302,000 37,868,000 35,641,000 31,905,000 26,757,000 37,582,000 26,757,000 21,570,000 21,570,000 21,570,000 19,481,000 19,481,000 19,481,000 20,555,000 18,235,000                     
        goodwill
                                              369,596,000 369,596,000 369,596,000 370,151,000 370,151,000 387,524,000 387,524,000 387,524,000 387,524,000 387,360,000 387,360,000 421,743,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 494,737,000 493,918,000 493,918,000 492,286,000 491,316,000 491,316,000 491,270,000 485,452,000 485,485,000 475,925,000 471,935,000 471,617,000 442,698,000 426,058,000 425,908,000 425,343,000 433,254,000 433,250,000 549,780,000 547,663,000 546,702,000   
        less: accumulated depreciation
                                              5,019,803,000 4,903,559,000 4,795,074,000 4,781,293,000  4,900,957,000 4,909,062,000 4,939,072,000 4,860,992,000 4,696,836,000 4,556,614,000 4,614,423,000 4,406,847,000 4,349,653,000 4,278,794,000 4,124,358,000 4,016,255,000 3,898,393,000 3,649,212,000 3,525,193,000 3,397,244,000 3,157,001,000 3,024,243,000 2,904,973,000                       
        total assets
                                              7,059,978,000 6,938,384,000 6,596,619,000 6,606,378,000 6,487,268,000 6,257,075,000 6,298,967,000 6,338,334,000 6,445,708,000 6,259,854,000 6,329,778,000 6,523,635,000 6,536,348,000 6,425,252,000 6,341,435,000 6,280,601,000 6,089,916,000 5,961,928,000 5,859,091,000 5,795,648,000 5,759,036,000 5,841,825,000 5,731,247,000 5,619,955,000 5,913,969,000 5,832,552,000 5,926,074,000 5,589,454,000 5,557,411,000 5,798,194,000 5,680,616,000 5,573,507,000 5,476,019,000 5,412,286,000 5,434,028,000 5,243,627,000 5,202,850,000 5,253,264,000 4,979,174,000 5,232,886,000 4,848,957,000 4,740,704,000 4,790,134,000 4,698,012,000 4,444,293,000  
        total liabilities and equity
                                              7,059,978,000 6,938,384,000 6,596,619,000             6,280,601,000     5,759,036,000  5,731,247,000 5,619,955,000                       
        investments
                                                                                            
        investments - sum
                                                 2,501,754,000 2,096,603,000 2,075,096,000 2,095,570,000 2,103,311,000 2,054,235,000 2,134,828,000 2,100,055,000 2,098,426,000 2,198,928,000 2,210,322,000 2,171,613,000         2,127,894,000 2,479,057,000                      
        united states cellular corporation
                                                                                            
        consolidated balance sheet — liabilities and equity
                                                                                            
        u.s. cellular shareholders' equity
                                                                                            
        united states cellular corporation consolidated balance sheet — liabilities and equity
                                                                                            
        long-term investments
                                                       40,099,000 40,120,000 40,142,000 10,171,000 55,468,000 40,276,000 45,297,000 40,326,000 35,737,000 46,156,000 40,987,000                           
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 50,258 and 96,809, respectively
                                                                                            
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 50,224 and 96,809, respectively
                                                        33,000                                    
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 96,843 and 96,809, respectively
                                                         68,000                                   
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 96,776 and 96,597, respectively
                                                          135,000                                  
        notes and interest receivable — long-term
                                                           82,000 81,000 3,959,000 3,997,000 4,033,000 4,107,000 4,143,000 4,179,000   4,265,000     4,482,000                  
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 96,742 and 96,597, respectively
                                                           170,000                                 
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 96,689 and 96,597, respectively
                                                            223,000                                
        customers and agents, less allowances of 21,620 and 24,455, respectively
                                                             310,524,000                               
        other, less allowances of 1,846 and 1,361, respectively
                                                             81,214,000                               
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 96,487 and 96,153, respectively
                                                             425,000                               
        outstanding 84,551 shares (33,006 series a common and 51,545 common shares) and 85,547 shares (33,006 series a common and 52,541 common shares), respectively
                                                                                            
        treasury shares, at cost, 3,523 and 2,527 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        total u.s. cellular shareholders’ equity
                                                             3,612,451,000     3,442,658,000  3,362,510,000 3,281,833,000                       
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 96,376 and 96,153, respectively
                                                              536,000                              
        prepaid income taxes
                                                               4,910,000 32,086,000   4,793,000                 7,883,000 5,224,000 2,008,000 7,974,000 16,089,000 17,660,000   
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 96,264 and 96,153, respectively
                                                               648,000                             
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 96,042 and 92,829, respectively
                                                                869,000                            
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 95,211 and 92,829, respectively
                                                                 1,701,000                           
        customers, less allowances of 24,749 and 26,260, respectively
                                                                  305,083,000                          
        other, less allowances of 307 and 364, respectively
                                                                  69,565,000                          
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 94,020 and 92,829, respectively
                                                                  2,892,000                          
        common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 140,000 shares; issued 55,068 shares
                                                                  55,068,000                          
        series a common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 50,000 shares; issued and outstanding 33,006 shares
                                                                  33,006,000                          
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,634 and 1,534 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 91,638 and 87,976, respectively
                                                                   5,273,000                         
        notes and interest receivable – long-term
                                                                   4,247,000 4,231,000  4,328,000 4,359,000 4,391,000 4,452,000  4,512,000    4,865,000  4,727,000   5,252,000   6,476,000     
        the accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. 5
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowances of 8,383 and 8,222, respectively
                                                                    344,812,000                        
        other, less allowances of 313 and 150, respectively
                                                                    69,753,000                        
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 90,447 and 87,976, respectively
                                                                    6,465,000                        
        noncontrolling interests with mandatory redemption features
                                                                    640,000                        
        common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 140,000,000 shares; issued 55,068,000 shares
                                                                    55,068,000                        
        series a common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 33,006,000 shares
                                                                    33,006,000                        
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,203,000 and 794,000 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowances of 7,915 and 8,222, respectively
                                                                     325,669,000                       
        other, less allowances of 159 and 150, respectively
                                                                     60,298,000                       
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 89,256 and 87,976, respectively
                                                                     7,656,000                       
        deferred liabilities and credits - sum
                                                                     717,674,000 832,512,000                      
        common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 140,000,000 shares; issued 55,068,219 shares
                                                                     55,068,000                       
        series a common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 50,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 33,005,877 shares
                                                                     33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000  33,006,000           
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,143,480 and 794,254 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowances of 8,423 and 12,305, respectively
                                                                      334,553,000                      
        other, less allowances of 209 and 112, respectively
                                                                      64,156,000                      
        marketable equity securities
                                                                       16,508,000 16,404,000 16,133,000  240,792,000 249,039,000 204,933,000 218,226,000 219,584,000 225,387,000 270,582,000 251,115,000 274,079,000 249,571,000 229,712,000 248,403,000 211,178,000 202,879,000 156,394,000 131,767,000  
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 86,367 and 80,492, respectively
                                                                      10,544,000                      
        less accumulated depreciation
                                                                      3,179,513,000 3,045,114,000 2,925,051,000 2,844,527,000 2,715,722,000 2,595,669,000 2,492,146,000 2,382,414,000 2,311,957,000 2,193,509,000 2,076,528,000 1,975,846,000 1,902,593,000 1,787,613,000 1,503,688,000 1,470,492,000 1,370,131,000 1,248,339,000 1,159,849,000 1,083,890,000 976,028,000  
        accounts payable - sum
                                                                      614,576,000                      
        asset retirement obligation
                                                                      145,512,000 133,802,000 130,098,000 123,466,000 136,643,000 131,404,000 127,639,000 115,998,000 98,319,000 93,490,000 90,224,000    69,238,000 66,315,000 64,297,000      
        minority interest
                                                                      51,684,000 48,391,000 44,772,000 41,898,000 39,518,000 38,005,000 36,700,000 38,741,000 41,650,000 45,939,000 46,442,000       61,395,000 58,243,000 57,975,000 50,499,000  
        common shareholders’ equity
                                                                                            
        common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 140,000,000 shares; issued 55,045,685 shares
                                                                      55,046,000 55,046,000 55,046,000 55,046,000 55,046,000 55,046,000  55,046,000 55,046,000 55,046,000             
        treasury shares, at cost, 685,072 and 455,287 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                       10,233,000 10,167,000 10,009,000 10,082,000 74,879,000 80,382,000 51,571,000 25,457,000 24,319,000 24,944,000 31,343,000 26,832,000 28,516,000 27,130,000 22,739,000 27,105,000 20,142,000 16,546,000 12,831,000 4,385,000  
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                      5,913,969,000 5,832,552,000 5,926,074,000 5,589,454,000 5,557,411,000 5,798,194,000 5,680,616,000 5,573,507,000 5,476,019,000 5,412,286,000 5,434,028,000 5,243,627,000           
        customers, less allowances of 9,383 and 12,305, respectively
                                                                       338,091,000                     
        other, less allowances of 249 and 112, respectively
                                                                       61,697,000                     
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 84,461 and 80,492, respectively
                                                                       12,451,000                     
        notes payable
                                                                       50,000,000    60,000,000 35,000,000 150,000,000 105,000,000 85,000,000 135,000,000  50,000,000 135,000,000 55,000,000  85,000,000 470,000,000 605,000,000 532,000,000   
        treasury shares, at cost, 573,391 and 455,287 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowances of 10,616 and 12,305, respectively
                                                                        322,848,000                    
        other, less allowances of 360 and 112, respectively
                                                                        56,504,000                    
        net deferred tax assets
                                                                        19,335,000 1,328,000                   
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 82,498 and 80,492, respectively
                                                                        14,333,000                    
        treasury shares, at cost, 470,537 and 455,287 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowance of 12,581 and 12,027, respectively
                                                                         329,547,000                   
        other, less allowance of 427 and 989, respectively
                                                                         60,196,000                   
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 78,425 and 68,110, respectively
                                                                         17,442,000                   
        prepaid forward contracts
                                                                           159,856,000                 
        affiliate
                                                                         9,175,000                   
        derivative liability
                                                                           76,379,000 88,840,000 43,210,000 21,925,000 21,003,000 25,818,000 60,857,000 46,616,000 66,800,000 44,567,000 31,966,000 43,440,000 17,724,000 15,368,000 5,635,000   
        treasury shares, at cost, 338,193 and 329,934 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowance of 9,864 and 12,027, respectively
                                                                          321,668,000                  
        other, less allowance of 356 and 989, respectively
                                                                          51,358,000                  
        deferred tax asset
                                                                          9,082,000      8,218,000 15,337,000 46,461,000 72,667,000         
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 74,486 and 68,110, respectively
                                                                          21,381,000                  
        treasury shares, at cost, 294,922 and 329,934 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowance of 9,342 and 12,027, respectively
                                                                           295,613,000                 
        other, less allowance of 757 and 989, respectively
                                                                           55,919,000                 
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 71,883 and 68,110, respectively
                                                                           23,983,000                 
        treasury shares, at cost, 178,488 and 329,934 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowance of 12,027 and 11,410, respectively
                                                                            305,475,000                
        other, less allowance of 989 and 0, respectively
                                                                            71,567,000                
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 68,110 and 44,616, respectively
                                                                            26,196,000                
        notes and interest receivable—long-term
                                                                            4,541,000    4,707,000            
        forward contracts
                                                                            159,856,000 159,856,000 159,856,000 159,856,000 159,856,000            
        common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 140,000,000 shares; issued 55,045,684 shares
                                                                            55,046,000     55,046,000           
        treasury shares, at cost, 329,934 and 962,863 shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowance of 13,625 and 11,410, respectively
                                                                             298,018,000               
        other
                                                                             56,324,000 61,505,000 47,293,000 58,436,000 37,842,000 35,185,000 40,269,000 31,287,000 21,503,000 18,375,000 31,967,000 32,345,000 31,936,000 22,680,000  
        deferred income tax asset
                                                                               8,052,000             
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 62,259 and 44,616, respectively
                                                                             32,048,000               
        notes and interest receivable
                                                                             4,767,000 4,847,000              
        capital in excess of par value
                                                                             1,289,802,000 1,284,093,000 1,281,408,000             
        treasury shares, at cost, 847,851 and 962,863 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowance of 10,494 and 11,410, respectively
                                                                              295,180,000              
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 49,190 and 42,947, respectively
                                                                              45,117,000              
        customers, less allowance of 8,299 and 11,410, respectively
                                                                               284,523,000             
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 45,979 and 42,947, respectively
                                                                               46,286,000             
        customers, less allowance of 11,410 and 10,820, respectively
                                                                                281,896,000            
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 42,947 and 34,630, respectively
                                                                                49,318,000            
        common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 140,000,000 shares;
                                                                                            
        issued 55,045,684 shares
                                                                                55,046,000            
        series a common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 50,000,000 shares;
                                                                                            
        issued and outstanding 33,005,877 shares
                                                                                33,006,000            
        treasury shares, at cost, 962,863 and 1,716,658 shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowance of 10,423 and 10,820, respectively
                                                                                 256,496,000           
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 41,289 and 34,630, respectively
                                                                                 18,876,000           
        other deferred charges
                                                                                 28,260,000 31,372,000 31,954,000         
        assets of operations held for sale
                                                                                 66,644,000   51,923,000    223,876,000 226,422,000   
        liabilities of operations held for sale
                                                                                 5,585,000   2,283,000    9,005,000 9,823,000   
        minority interest in subsidiaries
                                                                                 46,407,000 43,863,000 42,796,000 38,736,000 36,882,000 34,397,000      
        treasury shares, at cost, 996,872 and 1,716,658 common shares, respectively
                                                                                            
        customers, less allowance of 9,330 and 18,277, respectively
                                                                                  260,117,000          
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 39,214 and
                                                                                            
        34,630, respectively
                                                                                  20,952,000 22,615,000         
        notes and interest receivable - long-term
                                                                                  4,753,000 4,778,000  5,275,000 5,400,000  6,476,000 6,568,000 18,887,000  
        common stockholders' equity
                                                                                            
        common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized 140,000,000
                                                                                            
        shares; issued 55,045,684 shares
                                                                                  55,046,000 55,046,000         
        series a common shares, par value 1 per share; authorized
                                                                                            
        50,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 33,005,877 shares
                                                                                  33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000 33,006,000   
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,238,263 and 1,716,658 common shares,
                                                                                            
        respectively
                                                                                  -65,428,000 -79,229,000 33,081,000 36,124,000 26,492,000 23,359,000 20,613,000 35,599,000   
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                                  5,202,850,000 5,253,264,000         
        customers, less allowance of 10,262 and 18,277, respectively
                                                                                   245,840,000         
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 36,930 and
                                                                                            
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,441,069 and 1,716,658 common shares,
                                                                                            
        general funds
                                                                                    30,661,000 346,440,000 35,005,000 21,945,000 24,966,000 17,676,000 27,401,000  
        affiliated cash equivalents
                                                                                    56,000 43,000 30,000  723,000 212,000 11,195,000  
        customers, less allowance of 17,568 and 13,786, respectively
                                                                                    257,810,000        
        license rights
                                                                                    42,037,000 42,037,000 42,037,000 47,158,000     
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 32,128
                                                                                            
        and 22,206, respectively
                                                                                    27,417,000 30,600,000 34,287,000      
        deferred charges
                                                                                            
        system development costs, net of accumulated amortization of
                                                                                            
        138,569 and 114,673, respectively
                                                                                            
        other, net of accumulated amortization of 1,414 and 5,815,
                                                                                            
        current portion of long-term debt – affiliated
                                                                                            
        accrued interest
                                                                                    15,408,000 12,726,000 14,335,000 5,203,000 9,858,000 4,903,000 4,356,000  
        6.7% notes
                                                                                    530,817,000 530,703,000 436,889,000      
        6% zero coupon convertible debentures
                                                                                      160,019,000 155,356,000 153,065,000 150,829,000 146,434,000  
        7.25% notes
                                                                                      250,000,000 250,000,000 250,000,000 250,000,000   
        8.75% notes
                                                                                    130,000,000 130,000,000 130,000,000 130,000,000 130,000,000 130,000,000   
        7.5% notes
                                                                                    330,000,000 330,000,000       
        variable prepaid forward contracts
                                                                                    159,856,000 159,856,000 159,856,000 159,856,000 159,856,000 159,856,000   
        common shareholders' equity
                                                                                            
        shares; issued 55,045,684 and 55,046,268 shares, respectively
                                                                                    55,046,000        
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,694,454 and 1,900,254 shares, respectively
                                                                                    -100,686,000        
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                    4,979,174,000        
        customers, less allowance of 20,398 and 13,786, respectively
                                                                                     249,921,000       
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 28,945
                                                                                            
        131,090 and 114,673, respectively
                                                                                            
        other, net of accumulated amortization of 2,623 and 5,815,
                                                                                            
        current portion of long-term debt - affiliated
                                                                                            
        shares; issued 55,046,268 shares
                                                                                     55,046,000 55,046,000      
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,832,787 and 1,900,254 shares, respectively
                                                                                     -109,436,000       
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                     5,232,886,000 4,848,957,000 4,740,704,000 4,790,134,000 4,698,012,000 4,444,293,000  
        customers, less allowance of 16,694 and 13,786, respectively
                                                                                      227,740,000      
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 25,258
                                                                                            
        124,097 and 114,673, respectively
                                                                                            
        other, net of accumulated amortization of 6,172 and 5,815,
                                                                                            
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,873,658 and 1,900,254 shares, respectively
                                                                                      -113,377,000      
        customers, less allowance of 18,703 and 17,866, respectively
                                                                                       199,512,000     
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization
                                                                                            
        of 19,453 and 6,567, respectively
                                                                                       27,201,000     
        107,805 and 89,320, respectively
                                                                                       107,754,000     
        other, net of accumulated amortization of 5,453 and 5,023,
                                                                                            
        9% senior notes
                                                                                            
        affiliates
                                                                                       5,446,000 4,170,000 6,436,000 2,634,000  
        long-term debt-affiliated
                                                                                       105,000,000 105,000,000 105,000,000   
        shares; issued and outstanding 55,046,268 shares
                                                                                       55,046,000 55,046,000 55,046,000   
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,905,845 and 1,932,322 shares, respectively
                                                                                       -115,473,000     
        customers, less allowance of 19,330 and 17,866, respectively
                                                                                        193,554,000    
        of 15,543 and 6,567, respectively
                                                                                        31,111,000    
        104,133 and 89,320, respectively
                                                                                        107,375,000    
        other, net of accumulated amortization of 5,486 and 5,023,
                                                                                            
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,913,547 and 1,932,322 shares, respectively
                                                                                        -115,757,000    
        customers, less allowance of 17,591 and 17,866, respectively
                                                                                         175,475,000   
        collateral investment pledged
                                                                                         32,200,000   
        customer lists, net of accumulated amortization of 11,055 and 6,567,
                                                                                            
        marketable equity securities - loaned
                                                                                         30,610,000   
        95,164 and 89,320, respectively
                                                                                         108,892,000   
        other, net of accumulated amortization of 5,363 and 5,023,
                                                                                            
        collateral loan payable
                                                                                         32,200,000   
        treasury shares, at cost, 1,920,739 and 1,932,322 shares, respectively
                                                                                         -116,479,000   
        customers, net of allowance
                                                                                          198,044,000  
        deposit receivable from federal
                                                                                            
        communications commission
                                                                                          8,494,000  
        licenses, net of accumulated amortization
                                                                                          1,040,840,000  
        goodwill, net of accumulated amortization
                                                                                          629,541,000  
        customer list, net of accumulated amortization
                                                                                          42,090,000  
        other investments
                                                                                            
        investment in unconsolidated entities,
                                                                                            
        net of accumulated amortization
                                                                                          162,211,000  
        system development costs,
                                                                                            
        derivative asset
                                                                                          35,961,000  
        other, net of accumulated amortization
                                                                                          17,308,000  
        1997 revolving credit facility
                                                                                          380,000,000  
        7.25% unsecured notes
                                                                                          250,000,000  
        9% series a notes
                                                                                          175,000,000  
        long-term debt - affiliates
                                                                                          105,000,000  
        contracts payable
                                                                                          159,856,000  
        common shares, par value 1 per share
                                                                                          55,046,000  
        series a common shares, par value 1 per share
                                                                                          33,006,000  
        treasury shares, at cost
                                                                                          -118,476,000  
        3.
                                                                                            
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 2003-09-30 2003-06-30 2003-03-31 
                                                                                                  
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                                  
          net income
        177,988,000 37,883,000 -20,690,000 32,000,000 20,000,000 5,000,000 -79,000,000 18,000,000 24,000,000 15,000,000 23,000,000 6,000,000 14,000,000 -27,000,000 -12,000,000 22,000,000 52,000,000 28,000,000 35,000,000 35,000,000 62,000,000 86,000,000 69,000,000 72,000,000 18,000,000 25,000,000 32,000,000 58,000,000 1,275,597,000 36,000,000 52,000,000 55,000,000 274,000,000 -299,000,000 12,000,000 28,000,000 -5,000,000 17,000,000 28,000,000 9,000,000 -2,626,000 65,021,000 19,910,000 164,990,000 -22,104,000 -23,771,000 -19,451,000 18,404,000 -262,000 -9,601,000 143,675,000 10,710,000 1,060,880,000 42,140,000 59,248,000 69,012,000 809,492,000 71,608,000 79,881,000 39,380,000 1,036,361,000 43,278,000 45,109,000 53,951,000 955,651,000 41,244,000 89,327,000 90,600,000 976,882,000 89,949,000 72,602,000 70,557,000 1,003,074,000 63,555,000 147,571,000 74,401,000 1,006,131,000 36,807,000 51,086,000 37,492,000 880,677,000 13,691,000 37,936,000 16,898,000 21,309,000 37,984,000 9,232,000 41,739,000 29,114,000 -14,643,000 
          net income from discontinued operations
        -2,036,000 -3,881,000                                                                                         
          net income from continuing operations
        180,024,000 41,764,000                                                                                         
          add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                                  
          depreciation and accretion
        12,604,000                                                                                          
          bad debts expense
        -264,000 34,000 -41,345,000 23,000,000 20,000,000 32,000,000 19,000,000 17,000,000 29,000,000 32,000,000 22,000,000 24,000,000 26,000,000 39,000,000 42,000,000 26,000,000 25,000,000 22,000,000 13,000,000 14,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 12,000,000 33,000,000 30,000,000 29,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000                                    19,193,000   20,324,000 18,704,000  20,327,000 14,464,000 17,962,000  22,669,000 12,783,000 11,087,000  20,698,000 15,695,000 7,394,000           
          stock-based compensation expense
        227,000 259,000 -27,440,000 12,000,000 17,000,000 18,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 13,000,000 9,000,000 8,000,000   6,000,000 4,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 7,000,000 9,000,000 7,000,000 16,000,000 9,000,000                                    3,830,000   5,010,000 2,964,000  4,812,000 4,708,000 1,773,000  3,206,000 5,155,000 3,022,000  7,198,000             
          deferred income taxes
        -62,256,000 43,354,000 -72,087,000 -1,000,000 -8,000,000 8,000,000 -46,000,000 7,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 7,000,000 2,000,000 9,000,000 22,000,000 -6,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 23,000,000 52,000,000 54,000,000 52,000,000 30,000,000 -61,000,000 10,000,000 17,000,000                                       17,931,000 1,673,000  17,255,000 11,305,000 15,926,000   4,633,000 369,000      13,877,000 22,295,000 10,374,000 12,972,000      
          equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities
        -40,408,000 -26,301,000 -69,453,000 -42,000,000 -36,000,000 -38,000,000 -43,000,000 -38,000,000 -42,000,000 -37,000,000 -39,000,000 -38,000,000 -44,000,000 -36,000,000 -40,000,000 -37,000,000 -45,000,000 -42,000,000 -49,000,000 -46,000,000 -42,000,000 -48,000,000 -44,000,000 -45,000,000 -38,000,000 -44,000,000 -40,000,000 -44,000,000                                                               
          distributions from unconsolidated entities
        18,373,000 65,867,000 61,732,000 77,000,000 11,000,000 63,000,000 26,000,000 58,000,000 22,000,000 53,000,000 19,000,000 58,000,000 20,000,000 45,000,000 20,000,000 61,000,000 19,000,000 70,000,000 27,000,000 57,000,000 22,000,000 28,000,000 66,000,000 24,000,000 62,000,000 23,000,000 58,000,000 18,000,000                                    7,238,000   7,089,000 5,908,000  5,290,000 38,636,000 6,933,000  4,426,000 40,943,000 2,226,000  2,198,000 31,629,000 5,547,000   26,562,000 1,394,000 16,109,000 3,680,000 3,541,000 3,664,000 3,949,000 13,615,000 
          loss on asset disposals
        904,000 1,126,000 -3,380,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000 2,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 2,000,000                                    5,176,000   2,086,000 2,191,000  6,884,000 6,219,000 3,673,000                   
          loss on license sales and exchanges
        -156,635,000 -1,123,000 -4,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -3,000,000 8,000,000 -1,000,000                  -2,000,000                                                               
          other operating activities
        -111,000 947,000 -2,662,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 12,000,000 20,000,000 -1,000,000    1,000,000 1,000,000                                      274,000                           
          changes in assets and liabilities from operations
                                                                                                  
          accounts receivable
        9,512,000 -1,471,000 15,843,000 -22,000,000 1,000,000 -41,000,000 31,000,000 -17,000,000 16,000,000 -13,000,000 -5,000,000 -2,000,000 37,000,000 -5,000,000 -37,000,000 -32,000,000 15,000,000 -46,000,000 -4,000,000 19,000,000 4,000,000 8,000,000 -32,000,000 55,000,000 -11,000,000 -38,000,000 -28,000,000 31,000,000 -38,867,000                                   1,313,000                           
          accounts payable
        -7,329,000 -31,570,000 26,231,000 13,000,000 -17,000,000 -31,000,000   -15,000,000 -46,000,000 67,000,000 43,000,000 -149,000,000 19,000,000 1,000,000 54,000,000 -62,000,000 -24,000,000 39,000,000 14,000,000 -86,000,000 22,000,000 -42,000,000 97,000,000 -65,000,000 3,000,000 -63,000,000 56,000,000                                                               
          customer deposits and deferred revenues
        -33,349,000 -36,145,000 -15,880,000 -5,000,000 -8,000,000 13,000,000 -10,000,000 1,000,000 5,000,000 7,000,000 -7,000,000 1,000,000 -10,000,000 20,000,000 21,000,000 -3,000,000 9,000,000 30,000,000 8,000,000 -5,000,000 7,000,000 -13,000,000 -10,000,000 -7,000,000 -9,000,000 1,000,000 7,000,000                                    403,000                           
          accrued taxes
        112,171,000 -4,241,000 -21,713,000 -19,000,000 29,000,000 -50,000,000 26,000,000 -3,000,000 23,000,000  11,000,000 1,000,000 -13,000,000 -1,000,000 5,000,000 130,000,000 -5,000,000 -13,000,000 -26,000,000 3,000,000 -35,000,000 -18,000,000 -49,000,000 -104,000,000 78,000,000 -8,000,000 11,000,000                                    29,860,000   25,260,000 39,591,000                       
          accrued interest
        756,000    9,000,000  9,000,000 -10,000,000 9,000,000  8,000,000 -10,000,000 9,000,000  9,000,000 -9,000,000 10,000,000    9,000,000   9,000,000    9,000,000                                    9,221,000   -8,887,000 9,337,000                       
          other assets and liabilities
        -9,741,000 -11,034,000 -54,627,000 47,000,000 -82,000,000 46,000,000 -6,000,000 38,000,000 -82,000,000  -3,000,000 20,000,000 -52,000,000 32,000,000 30,000,000 35,000,000 -40,000,000 40,000,000 6,000,000 24,000,000 -53,000,000 -16,000,000 37,000,000 -57,000,000 15,000,000 24,000,000 4,000,000 -52,000,000                                                               
          net cash from operating activities - continuing operations
        24,478,000 52,619,000                                                                                         
          net cash from operating activities - discontinued operations
        -652,000 -254,681,000                                                                                         
          net cash from operating activities
        23,826,000 -202,062,000 -82,102,000 325,000,000 160,000,000 122,000,000 245,000,000 313,000,000 203,000,000 147,000,000 329,000,000 349,000,000 41,000,000 180,000,000 74,000,000 267,000,000 311,000,000 135,000,000 304,000,000 239,000,000 124,000,000 258,000,000 350,000,000 342,000,000 37,000,000 211,000,000 189,000,000 287,000,000 644,720,000                                                              
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                                  
          cash paid for additions to property, plant and equipment
        -13,822,000 -8,603,000 128,403,000 -75,000,000 -72,000,000 -138,000,000 -129,000,000 -137,000,000 -133,000,000 -154,000,000 -103,000,000 -155,000,000 -196,000,000 -193,000,000 -121,000,000 -138,000,000 -150,000,000 -268,000,000 -175,000,000 -148,000,000 -133,000,000 -219,000,000 -156,000,000 -315,000,000 -211,000,000 -157,000,000 -175,000,000 -107,000,000  -104,000,000 -97,000,000 -76,000,000 -213,000,000 -97,000,000 -67,000,000 -88,000,000 -163,000,000 -103,000,000 -74,000,000 -103,000,000                                                   
          cash paid for licenses
         -175,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -4,000,000 -11,000,000 -106,000,000 -16,000,000 -3,000,000 -5,000,000 -10,000,000 -12,000,000 -2,000,000 -561,000,000 -39,000,000 -4,000,000 -3,000,000 -1,256,000,000 -25,000,000 -118,000,000 -26,000,000 -9,000,000 -2,000,000 -254,000,000 -1,000,000                                                             
          cash received from divestitures
        1,018,044,000                                           36,041,000 17,896,000 22,863,000 103,042,000 326,820,000 4,300,000    146,000 49,786,000             6,838,000  3,998,000 279,000               
          net cash from investing activities - continuing operations
        1,004,222,000 -8,603,000                                                                                         
          net cash from investing activities - discontinued operations
                                                                                                 
          net cash from investing activities
        1,004,222,000 -8,603,000 2,596,367,000 -76,000,000 -74,000,000 -141,000,000 -131,000,000 -140,000,000 -144,000,000 -257,000,000 -119,000,000 -153,000,000 -192,000,000 -203,000,000 -125,000,000 -141,000,000 -710,000,000 -304,000,000 -198,000,000 -146,000,000 -1,388,000,000 -224,000,000 -289,000,000 -342,000,000 -217,000,000 -141,000,000 -294,000,000 -212,000,000 213,158,000                                                              
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                                  
          repayment of long-term debt
         -863,250,000 -7,000,000 -5,000,000 -45,000,000 -5,000,000 -143,000,000 -55,000,000 -58,000,000 -239,000,000 -153,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -100,000,000 -101,000,000 -126,000,000 -1,000,000 -342,000,000   -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -102,000,000 -4,000,000 -5,000,000 -5,000,000  -4,000,000                -10,000 -5,000 -23,000 -21,000 -322,000 -10,000 -61,000  -298,000                                     
          tax withholdings, net of cash receipts, for stock-based compensation awards
        -1,374,000  -27,506,000                                                                                        
          repurchase of common shares
         -360,000 -21,000,000 -28,000,000        -15,000,000 -10,000,000 -8,000,000 -10,000,000 -10,000,000 -19,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -21,000,000                                                                  
          dividends paid to array shareholders
        -885,472,000                                                                                         
          distributions to noncontrolling interests
        -964,000 -801,000 -24,811,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000             -272,000 -225,000 -5,647,000 -225,000 -2,617,000 43,000 -136,000 -346,000 -319,000 -155,000 -896,000 -2,396,000  -848,000 -425,000 -218,000   -691,000 -186,000  -1,514,000                             
          other financing activities
         -70,000 -5,930,000   -1,000,000 1,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000  -1,000,000 -1,000,000 6,000,000 -4,000,000 -3,000,000 -6,000,000 3,000,000 -5,000,000 -2,000,000    -1,000,000           -1,000,000 -1,000,000   2,097,000 6,000 384,000 -2,130,000 417,000 -440,000   1,138,000 -895,000 54,000 2,000  -284,000 577,000 -9,000  6,000 146,000 17,000  -9,010,000              1,114,000  7,000 342,000   -1,195,000 -61,000 2,635,000 1,317,000 267,000 1,799,000 2,258,000 170,000 
          net cash from financing activities - continuing operations
        -887,810,000 -1,561,000                                                                                         
          net cash from financing activities - discontinued operations
                                                                                                 
          net cash from financing activities
        -887,810,000 -1,561,000 -2,589,781,000 -49,000,000 -44,000,000 -110,000,000 -41,000,000 -168,000,000 -28,000,000 104,000,000 -249,000,000 -172,000,000 43,000,000 42,000,000 -15,000,000 -115,000,000 544,000,000 105,000,000 -140,000,000 -308,000,000 485,000,000 478,000,000 108,000,000 -24,000,000 -104,000,000 -27,000,000 -15,000,000 -6,000,000 -1,237,878,000                                                              
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        140,238,000  -75,516,000 200,000,000 42,000,000 -129,000,000 73,000,000 5,000,000 31,000,000 -6,000,000 -39,000,000 24,000,000 -108,000,000 19,000,000 -66,000,000 11,000,000 145,000,000 -64,000,000 -34,000,000   512,000,000 169,000,000 -24,000,000 -284,000,000 43,000,000 -120,000,000 69,000,000  135,000,000 87,000,000 158,000,000                                                           
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                                                                                  
          beginning of period
        113,400,000 142,000 159,000,000 179,000,000 308,000,000 199,000,000 1,291,000,000 291,000,000 583,000,000  352,000,000 586,000,000 715,000,000 211,513,000 342,065,000 378,358,000  424,155,000  294,426,000  294,411,000  170,996,000  204,533,000  32,912,000  29,003,000  -31,074,000 40,922,000 9,848,000 14,864,000 
          end of period
        253,638,000 -212,226,000 -75,374,000 200,000,000 201,000,000 -129,000,000 73,000,000 5,000,000 210,000,000 -6,000,000 -39,000,000 24,000,000 200,000,000 19,000,000 -66,000,000 11,000,000 344,000,000 -64,000,000 -34,000,000 -215,000,000 512,000,000 512,000,000 169,000,000 267,000,000 -284,000,000 43,000,000 -120,000,000 652,000,000  135,000,000 87,000,000 510,000,000 -146,000,000 26,000,000 -100,000,000 572,000,000 -88,000,000 53,000,000 -151,000,000 772,000,000 118,610,000 234,484,000 25,389,000 336,893,000 -62,285,000 -130,260,000 5,517,000 398,541,000 158,964,000 -284,320,000 47,725,000 419,696,000  -28,045,000 -73,454,000 511,078,000  76,327,000 7,331,000 421,294,000  36,439,000 -56,805,000 289,658,000  128,974,000 84,123,000 191,797,000  76,453,000 -115,320,000 216,475,000  35,938,000 -43,774,000 189,856,000  16,941,000 4,924,000 17,045,000  13,155,000 -13,304,000 30,866,000 -315,766,000 311,448,000 35,035,000 -3,744,000 7,801,000 17,888,000 
          depreciation, amortization and accretion
         12,402,000 -289,140,000 162,000,000 163,000,000 166,000,000 170,000,000 164,000,000 165,000,000 166,000,000 160,000,000 160,000,000 170,000,000 180,000,000 178,000,000 171,000,000 171,000,000 168,000,000 160,000,000 180,000,000 170,000,000 162,000,000 177,000,000 177,000,000 178,000,000 179,000,000 176,000,000 169,000,000                                    143,233,000   138,614,000 137,651,000  145,434,000 145,258,000 142,530,000  149,776,000 148,856,000 149,257,000  147,707,000 140,018,000 141,726,000  109,834,000 126,467,000 127,250,000 127,408,000 122,249,000 113,894,000    
          loss on impairment of licenses
                                                                                              
          other investing activities
         301,000     3,000,000 5,000,000 9,000,000     2,000,000   4,000,000   -6,000,000 -1,000,000            13,000 -135,000 -26,000 1,151,000 1,815,000 -32,000 252,000 584,000 -4,552,000 -3,410,000 339,000 3,654,000  -1,933,000 -3,393,000 296,000   491,000 2,200,000  -233,000 533,000 356,000  250,000 867,000 240,000    239,000    662,000       -321,000 -1,052,000 350,000 -360,000 -651,000 436,000 1,217,000 -2,744,000 
          issuance of long-term debt
            40,000,000 200,000,000 115,000,000 75,000,000 100,000,000 625,000,000 125,000,000 225,000,000 500,000,000 492,000,000 500,000,000                   300,000,000                                                
          repayment of short-term debt
                 -60,000,000                                                                             
          tax withholdings, net of cash receipts, for array stock-based compensation awards
                                                                                                  
          payment of debt issuance costs
         -750,000            -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -4,000,000 -15,000,000 -1,000,000 -16,000,000                   -9,925,000 -62,000 -3,018,000                                               
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                            -779,000,000                                                                      
          equipment installment plans receivable
           6,000,000 38,000,000 -49,000,000 7,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 -40,000,000 13,000,000 6,000,000 1,000,000 -68,000,000 -106,000,000   -72,000,000 -12,000,000 -14,000,000 -18,000,000 -9,000,000 -1,000,000 23,000,000 -55,000,000 -31,000,000 -1,000,000 -10,000,000                                                               
          inventory
           51,000,000 1,000,000 -17,000,000 -19,000,000 33,000,000 24,000,000 -24,000,000 34,000,000 53,000,000 -1,000,000 -17,000,000 -38,000,000 -29,000,000 -4,000,000 -37,000,000 47,000,000 -44,000,000 7,000,000 -12,000,000 67,000,000 -50,000,000 -23,000,000 7,000,000 11,000,000 -15,000,000                                        7,204,000                       
          cash paid for software license agreements
           -11,000,000 -9,000,000 -35,000,000 -11,000,000 -11,000,000 -9,000,000 -38,000,000 -9,000,000 -12,000,000 -7,000,000                                                                              
          tax payments, net of cash receipts, for stock-based compensation awards
            -7,000,000                                                                                      
          loss on sale of business and other exit costs
                       -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000    1,000,000 -2,000,000                                                               
          issuance of short-term debt
                     50,000,000 60,000,000                                                                          
          common shares reissued for stock-based compensation awards, net of tax payments
                                                                                                  
          tax payments for stock-based compensation awards
              1,000,000                                                                                    
          advance payments for license acquisitions
                                  -135,000,000                                                               
          common shares reissued for benefit plans, net of tax payments
                     -3,000,000 -12,000,000 -1,000,000 -4,000,000   -1,000,000      2,000,000   3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 3,035,000 702,000 -2,057,000 487,000 -320,000 320,000 514,000 316,000 2,944,000 5,046,000 -2,329,000 123,000  166,000 -2,822,000 357,000  491,000 -41,000 1,305,000  594,000 -342,000 486,000    356,000                       
          loss on investments
                                                                                         2,381,000     3,500,000 
          cash received from divestitures and exchanges
                     7,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000   9,000,000 1,000,000 31,000,000  2,000,000 17,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 16,000,000 1,000,000 3,000,000 15,000,000 2,000,000 2,377,000 32,779,000 7,462,000 274,111,000                                               
          payments to acquire additional interest in subsidiaries
                                                                                                  
          cash received from investments
                             18,000,000 9,000,000 2,000,000                                                               
          cash paid for investments
                             -1,000,000 -10,000,000 -1,000,000                         -35,000,000 -10,000,000      -15,250,000                             
          loss on impairment of goodwill
                                                                                                  
          noncash interest
                                   1,000,000                                                               
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                  
          depreciation
                                                                                                  
          imputed interest on financing obligation
                                                                                                  
          provision for uncollectible accounts
                                                                                                  
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                  
          prepaid expenses and other
                                                                                                  
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                                                                                  
          contract liabilities and other
                                                                                                  
          deferred rent
                                                                                                  
          other liabilities
                                                                                                  
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                  
          capital expenditures
                                                                     
          free cash flows
        23,826,000 -202,062,000 -82,102,000 325,000,000 160,000,000 122,000,000 245,000,000 313,000,000 203,000,000 147,000,000 329,000,000 349,000,000 41,000,000 180,000,000 74,000,000 267,000,000 311,000,000 135,000,000 304,000,000 239,000,000 124,000,000 258,000,000 350,000,000 342,000,000 37,000,000 211,000,000 189,000,000 287,000,000 644,720,000                                                              
          fixed asset transfers out
                                                                                                  
          acquisition of wireless licenses
                                                                                                  
          collections on deferred purchase price and purchased receivables
                                                                                                  
          collection on beneficial interest - net
                                                                                                  
          change in due from affiliate
                                                                                                  
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                  
          change in due to affiliate
                                                                                                  
          repayments of financing obligation
                                                                                                  
          distributions
                                                                                                  
          change in cash
                                                                                                  
          cash - beginning of year
                                                                                                  
          cash - end of year
                                                                                                  
          cash paid for interest
                                                                                                  
          noncash transactions from investing activities:
                                                                                                  
          accruals for capital expenditures
                                                                                                  
          cash received for investments
                                     50,000,000             40,000,000 10,000,000 35,000,000     5,000,000 35,000,000 10,000,000  10,250,000 40,000,000 35,000,000                               
          add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows
                                                                                                  
          the accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
                                                                                                  
          add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income to net
                                                                                                  
          federal communications commission deposit
                                                                                                
          common shares repurchased
                                                -2,118,000 -1,768,000 -2,302,000 -4,245,000 -6,400,000 -6,298,000 -2,000,000 -119,000 -18,425,000       -44,951,000 -17,357,000  -19,097,000                             
          acquisition of assets in common control transaction
                                                                                                 
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                         26,000,000           -62,285,000                                              
          cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                                  
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                           -14,000,000 -88,000,000 53,000,000 -151,000,000 57,000,000 118,610,000 234,484,000 25,389,000 125,380,000   5,517,000 56,476,000   47,725,000 41,338,000  -28,045,000 -73,454,000 86,923,000  76,327,000 7,331,000 126,868,000  36,439,000    128,974,000 84,123,000 20,801,000    11,942,000  35,938,000        44,229,000 -13,304,000 -10,056,000 -315,766,000 311,448,000 25,187,000 -3,744,000 7,801,000 3,024,000 
          cash paid for acquisitions and licenses
                                            -7,000,000   -151,000 -6,000,000 -279,656,000 -172,000 -20,733,000 -8,110,000 -9,135,000   -14,150,000  -45,310,000 -1,551,000 -11,096,000                                  
          repayment of borrowing under revolving credit facility
                                                                                                  
          borrowing under revolving credit facility
                                                                                                  
          cash from additions to property, plant and equipment
                                                -173,997,000 -147,361,000 -143,156,000 -116,079,000 -180,309,000 -162,377,000 -152,899,000 -109,498,000  -199,023,000 -172,133,000 -151,024,000  -181,206,000 -221,065,000 -209,160,000                                   
          dividends paid
                                                                                                
          add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows
                                                                                                  
          acquisition of towers in common control transaction
                                                  -2,437,000                                               
          add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                                  
          cash flows from investing activities - sum
                                                   -120,473,000 -162,625,000 -165,246,000 -137,894,000 -5,007,000 161,586,000 -135,523,000 308,206,000 -161,520,000  -223,303,000 -226,009,000 -170,174,000                                   
          cash flows from financing activities - sum
                                                   -9,625,000 258,629,000 -82,785,000 -5,913,000 -2,053,000 2,714,000 3,555,000 -485,451,000 -20,757,000  -1,264,000 -2,715,000 130,000                                   
          acquisition of licenses in common control transaction
                                                                                                 
          cash used for additions to property, plant and equipment
                                                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                                                                                  
          depreciation and amortization
                                                                                               102,164,000 103,271,000 109,503,000 
          provision for losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                                  
          amortization of deferred gain on lease transaction
                                                                                                  
          changes in certain assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                  
          unbilled revenue
                                                                                                  
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
                                                                                                  
          other assets
                                                                                                  
          advance billings and customer deposits
                                                                                                  
          other long term liabilities
                                                                                                  
          distributions to partners
                                                                                                  
          cash—beginning of year
                                                                                                  
          cash—end of year
                                                                                                  
          cash classified as held for sale
                                                                                                  
          benefit from losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                                  
          general partner:
                                                                                                  
          airtouch cellular*
                                                                                                  
          limited partners:
                                                                                                  
          cellco partnership
                                                                                                  
          united states cellular corporation
                                                                                                  
          (gain) loss on asset disposals and exchanges
                                                                                                  
          gain on investment
                                                                                                  
          noncash interest expense
                                                                              443,000 443,000  443,000 445,000 445,000  445,000 445,000 445,000           
          accounts payable - trade
                                                                                                  
          accounts payable - affiliate
                                                                                                  
          additions to property, plant and equipment
                                                                  -162,107,000 -95,933,000  -124,688,000                     -143,743,000 -112,243,000 -124,954,000 -160,627,000 -99,579,000 -126,327,000 -155,624,000 -138,837,000 
          add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income
                                                                                                  
          net (gain) loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                                  
          capital expenditures from affiliates
                                                                                                  
          cash flows from financing activities —
                                                                                                  
          noncash transactions from investing and financing activities — accruals for capital expenditures
                                                                                                  
          proceeds from disposition of investments
                                                                                                  
          issuance of notes payable
                                                                                25,000,000  195,000,000 140,000,000 55,000,000  45,000,000 145,000,000 165,000,000 85,000,000      
          repayment of notes payable
                                                                                          -230,000,000 -60,000,000 -30,000,000 -125,000,000 -145,000,000 -175,000,000   
          excess tax benefit from stock awards
                                                                         1,000 3,000  122,000 132,000 764,000                   
          other noncash expense
                                                                           443,000              10,863,000 2,675,000 1,561,000 6,839,000 3,494,000 4,766,000 1,870,000 4,208,000 2,813,000 
          capital expenditures, including purchases from affiliates
                                                                                                  
          change in due from general partner
                                                                                                  
          noncash transactions from investing and financing activities:
                                                                                                  
          minority share of income
                                                                             5,255,000 5,346,000 4,012,000  3,961,000 2,637,000 4,074,000  4,710,000 2,783,000 3,645,000  2,078,000 2,263,000 2,504,000 1,951,000 2,782,000 2,112,000 4,633,000 1,659,000 3,257,000 
          unrealized fair value adjustment of derivative instruments
                                                                                                  
          gain on disposition of investments
                                                                                                  
          change in accounts receivable
                                                                                   14,019,000       -34,452,000 12,700,000 -18,489,000 -28,268,000 11,796,000 -4,087,000 -22,298,000 57,527,000 
          change in inventory
                                                                                   16,106,000  5,314,000 3,141,000 7,629,000  -12,597,000 14,624,000 7,167,000 -15,203,000 9,277,000 15,120,000 47,916,000 -10,586,000 -22,057,000 
          change in accounts payable - trade
                                                                             8,545,000                     
          change in accounts payable - affiliate
                                                                             -37,000                     
          change in customer deposits and deferred revenues
                                                                             -872,000 3,891,000 6,515,000  2,807,000 5,967,000 11,639,000  5,262,000 1,036,000 1,515,000  6,150,000 1,144,000 3,331,000 2,107,000 1,788,000 6,730,000 1,052,000 6,224,000 6,783,000 
          change in accrued taxes
                                                                              -31,478,000 32,949,000  -22,811,000 4,698,000 46,041,000  2,729,000 -24,793,000 31,209,000   1,943,000 8,475,000 -5,257,000 -1,985,000 5,632,000 26,260,000 4,822,000 12,703,000 
          change in accrued interest
                                                                             9,332,000 -8,882,000 9,337,000    9,382,000  8,477,000 -8,614,000 9,363,000  4,115,000 -8,801,000 8,678,000 2,682,000 -1,609,000 2,919,000 -4,655,000 2,828,000 -2,266,000 
          change in other assets and liabilities
                                                                                         21,603,000 10,119,000 -16,468,000 14,027,000 14,208,000 -12,981,000 8,947,000 1,240,000 -10,919,000 
          common shares reissued, net of tax payments
                                                                                                  
          capital distributions to minority partners
                                                                                                  
          gain on sale of investments
                                                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of investments
                                                                                                 
          cash paid for acquisitions
                                                                                                  
          unrealized fair value adjustment for derivative instruments
                                                                                                 
          capital expenditures, including purchases from affiliates— net
                                                                                                  
          change in due from general partner — net
                                                                                                  
          cash — beginning of year
                                                                                                  
          cash — end of year
                                                                                                  
          add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                  
          gain on sale of assets
                                                                                                  
          changes in assets and liabilities from operations:
                                                                                                  
          cash flows (used in) investing activities
                                                                                                  
          proceeds from return of investment
                                                                                                  
          cash flows from/(used in) financing activities
                                                                                                  
          common shares reissued
                                                                                 2,958,000 7,958,000 5,558,000  -2,000 3,858,000    6,892,000       
          capital (distributions) to minority partners
                                                                                            -97,000 -297,000 -438,000 -543,000 -1,390,000 -316,000 
          excess tax benefit from exercise of stock awards
                                                                                 1,695,000                 
          change in accounts payable
                                                                                          11,638,000 -57,062,000 24,092,000 -24,187,000 -68,343,000 -24,665,000 -37,630,000 -53,819,000 
          add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                                  
          net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                   156,944,000               
          net loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
                                                                                                  
          amortization of gain on lease transaction
                                                                                                  
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                                                                                  
          fair value adjustment of derivative instruments
                                                                                                  
          gain on investments
                                                                                           -551,000       
          return of investment
                                                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents-
                                                                                                  
          investment income
                                                                                          -16,157,000 -13,919,000 -19,265,000 -18,361,000 -14,287,000 -11,301,000 -13,484,000 -12,378,000 
          stock based compensation expense
                                                                                       5,804,000           
          acquisitions, divestitures and exchanges
                                                                                                  
          (gain) on assets held for sale
                                                                                                  
          accreted interest on repayment of long-term debt
                                                                                                  
          changes in assets and liabilities
                                                                                                  
          cash received from sale of assets
                                                                                            96,932,000    
          acquisitions, excluding cash acquired
                                                                                          -4,558,000 -120,924,000 -40,367,000 -7,000   
          repayment of long-term debt – affiliated
                                                                                                  
          to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                                  
          bad debt expense
                                                                                                  
          repayment of long-term debt - affiliated
                                                                                             -105,000,000    
          common shares issued for benefit plans
                                                                                                  
          gain on assets held for sale
                                                                                                  
          cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                                  
          loss on impairment of intangible assets
                                                                                                  
          loss on assets of operations held for sale
                                                                                                  
          system development costs
                                                                                            -6,694,000 -1,952,000 -956,000 -8,784,000 -7,452,000 -2,089,000 
          proceeds from exchange transaction
                                                                                                  
          repayment of long-term debt –affiliated
                                                                                                  
          loss on assets held for sale
                                                                                             -582,000 -143,000 -1,442,000 3,500,000 23,500,000 
          repurchase of long-term debt
                                                                                               -40,680,000 
          deferred income tax provision
                                                                                              9,991,000 38,629,000 20,219,000 -1,599,000 
          increase in notes payable
                                                                                              230,000,000 40,000,000 167,278,000 72,000,000 
          refund of deposit from fcc
                                                                                                  
          proceeds from contracts payable
                                                                                                  
          affiliated long-term debt borrowings
                                                                                                  
          (loss) to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                                  
          loss on wireless and other investments
                                                                                                  
          change in assets and liabilities from operations
                                                                                                  
          affiliated long term debt borrowings
                                                                                                  
          borrowings from 1997 revolving credit facility
                                                                                                  
          repayment of 1997 revolving credit facility
                                                                                                  
          repurchase and conversion of lyons
                                                                                                  
          proceeds from common shares issued
                                                                                                  
          net increase in cash
                                                                                                  
          and cash equivalents