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Consolidated Statement Of Operations (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Operating revenues      
Service $ 4,328,654us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet $ 4,443,491us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet $ 4,952,603us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Equipment and product sales 680,784us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet 457,745us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet 392,674us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Total operating revenues 5,009,438us-gaap_Revenues 4,901,236us-gaap_Revenues 5,345,277us-gaap_Revenues
Operating expenses      
Cost of services (excluding Depreciation, amortization and accretion reported below) 1,164,658us-gaap_CostOfServices 1,118,183us-gaap_CostOfServices 1,274,625us-gaap_CostOfServices
Cost of equipment and products 1,346,811us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold 1,107,133us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold 997,945us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Selling, general and administrative 1,865,807us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 1,947,778us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 2,033,901us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Depreciation, amortization and accretion 836,532us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 1,018,077us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 813,626us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet
Loss on impairment of assets 87,802us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment   515us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment
(Gain) loss on asset disposals, net 26,531us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 30,841us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 19,741us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
(Gain) loss on sale of business and other exit costs, net (15,846)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness (300,656)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness 21,061us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness
(Gain) loss on license sales and exchanges (112,993)tds_GainLossOnLicenseSalesAndExchanges (255,479)tds_GainLossOnLicenseSalesAndExchanges  
Total operating expenses 5,199,302us-gaap_OperatingExpenses 4,665,877us-gaap_OperatingExpenses 5,161,414us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Operating income (loss) (189,864)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 235,359us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 183,863us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Investment and other income (expense)      
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities 131,965us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 132,714us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 92,867us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Interest and dividend income 16,957us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend 9,092us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend 9,248us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend
Gain (loss) on investments   14,547us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestments (3,718)us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestments
Interest expense (111,397)us-gaap_InterestExpense (98,811)us-gaap_InterestExpense (86,745)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other, net 115us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense (37)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense 720us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total investment and other income (expense) 37,640us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense 57,505us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense 12,372us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income (loss) before income taxes (152,224)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 292,864us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 196,235us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense (benefit) (4,932)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 126,043us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 73,582us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income (loss) (147,292)us-gaap_ProfitLoss 166,821us-gaap_ProfitLoss 122,653us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax (10,937)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 24,894us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 40,792us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income (loss) attributable to TDS shareholders (136,355)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 141,927us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 81,861us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
TDS Preferred dividend requirement (49)us-gaap_DividendsPreferredStock (49)us-gaap_DividendsPreferredStock (50)us-gaap_DividendsPreferredStock
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders $ (136,404)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 141,878us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 81,811us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Basic weighted average shares outstanding 108,485us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 108,490us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 108,671us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to TDS shareholders $ (1.26)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 1.31us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.75us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding 108,485us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 109,132us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 108,937us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to TDS shareholders $ (1.26)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 1.29us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.75us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Dividends per share to TDS shareholders $ 0.54us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.51us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.49us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared